[Land of Water]
[Ryogoku Port]
Ryogoku Port is a very large port in the Land of Water.
Every day, it handles a huge volume of cargo ships, bringing in a large amount of foreign trade income for the Land of Water.
Yagura and his party took about a week and finally returned to the Land of Water.
Because their airship was broken, and there was no rush to return.
They came back by merchant ship.
"Mizukage-sama, are we going straight back to the village now?", Terumi Mei asked Yagura.
This time the upper echelon had all moved out together, originally expecting a tough battle.
But in the end, they just made a brief appearance and got billions.
Everyone was very satisfied with the result and had great respect for Yagura.
Yagura drew a line on the ground, and a water mirror appeared on the ground.
A clone of Rengoku slowly appeared from inside, and of course, he had transformed into the appearance of Yagura.
"I'll go handle that over there," Rengoku said to Yagura.
Yagura nodded and waved to Terumi Mei, "Give him one million in cash, it'll be inconvenient to work without it."
Terumi Mei was stunned for a moment, realizing this clone could exist long-term but indeed had no money on him.
So she quickly took a few bundles of money from the box and gave them to Rengoku's clone.
"Mizukage-sama," Rengoku took the money and nodded slightly, then released a large amount of Tailed Beast chakra, and his figure quickly disappeared.
Whether it was Ao, Chojuro, or Terumi Mei, they all felt this mirror clone was very mysterious, almost like an independent personality.
But this was Yagura's secret technique, and no one really understood why it was like that.
Yagura only knew that Rengoku's clone was going to pick someone up, but wasn't exactly clear on who.
It's just that now Kirigakure was a mess, and cleaning it up wouldn't be a short-term task.
"Let's go, back to the village first. We made a good sum this time, it can patch some holes," Yagura sighed, then left with his people.
———
In a town in the Land of Water, Rengoku's shadow clone who stayed behind was taking care of Haku and Kimimaro. These past few days, the main task was explaining some basic ninja world knowledge to the two.
In addition, he taught the two little ones how to read and about nutritional supplementation.
Both Kimimaro and Haku more or less had malnutrition issues.
After about ten days of nourishment, their complexion visibly turned rosy.
These past few days, Rengoku was also supplementing Kimimaro and Haku's basic knowledge.
Starting from the simplest chakra extraction technique.
However, he didn't let the two train. The prerequisite for extracting chakra is the mixing of physical and mental energy.
While the two's bodies weren't good, training would be like draining the lake to catch fish.
His own sister, Ryuri, had not trained up to now due to physical issues.
The two kids were quite clever. Without having to worry about food, drink, or safety, they learned quickly.
"…The product of balanced mixing between physical and spiritual energy," Rengoku, lecturing in the room, stopped because one of his clones walked in from outside.
Rengoku pointed at the clone who looked just like him and said, "This is the knowledge we learned a few days ago."
"I'm a shadow clone, split off from this body."
"Now that he's back, although I still have chakra, my mission is complete, so this jutsu can be dispelled."
"But the memories I've had with you during this time will be inherited by him," As Rengoku spoke, "poof," he turned into smoke and disappeared.
The clone who had just arrived paused for a moment, then digested all the recent memories.
"Alright, in this recent period, your bodies have recovered a bit."
"Pack up your things, we're leaving the Land of Water and returning to the Uchiha clan."
Kimimaro and Haku both showed smiles. After learning all that Rengoku had taught them recently, they also wanted to go out and see the vast world.
"Yes, Lord Rengoku."
———
[Konoha Village]
[Hokage Building]
"Kakashi, how's your eye recovery?", The Third Hokage asked kindly.
Kakashi gently touched his eye. Although it looked no different from before, this eye was no longer Obito's.
But under the current circumstances, it was already quite remarkable that the Third Hokage could get him a Sharingan.
Naturally, he was deeply grateful, "Hokage-sama, the condition is very good, my strength has fully recovered."
The Third Hokage was satisfied with Kakashi's attitude. He had too few experts under his command now.
There were very few people who could be entrusted with this task. The others weren't suitable.
Kakashi had to be the one.
The Third Hokage took out a scroll, "You've seen the intel on Uchiha Rengoku, Mangekyo Sharingan, an extremely powerful force."
"Judging by the Uchiha's arrogant nature, the chance of him becoming uncontrollable in the future is very high."
"This mission concerns Konoha's survival."
"So it's an S-rank top secret mission. These are your teammates. You should recognize them, so I won't introduce them."
The Third Hokage knocked on the table, and two people walked in from outside.
"This mission won't be easy. You must do your best to complete it. Understood?"
Kakashi's eyes scanned the two people standing before him, nothing to say about Yamato.
But when he saw the other person, he was a bit surprised.
This man had a ponytail, a scar by the right side of his lips, wore a black tight combat suit, and over it was a green jonin mesh armor.
"Shirakumo-senpai!"
Kakashi was a bit shocked that even Jonin Hayame was summoned.
Shirakumo Hayame used to serve under his father. The two were both mentor and friend and were very close.
But after Sakumo Hatake's death, Shirakumo Hayame had been doing field missions and hadn't returned to Konoha for many years.
If not for his usual outfit, Kakashi might not have recognized him.
Shirakumo's serious face also revealed a slight smile, "Kakashi, long time no see. This time you're the team leader, don't let me down."
Kakashi responded solemnly, "Yes, Shirakumo-senpai."
"Hokage-sama, we're heading out then," Kakashi greeted the Hokage, then left with Shirakumo and Yamato.
The Third Hokage held his pipe, lost in thought.
This time, Uchiha's move from passive to active, directly ascending to advisory elder through astonishing feats, made the already passive Third Hokage even more so.
But he had already made several preparations.
In addition to sending Jiraiya to find Tsunade, Shirakumo Hayame was also specially summoned by him.
This mission was important. Aside from needing someone who could stand alone in combat, he also needed Hayame to guide Kakashi a bit.
Of course, the Third Hokage knew about the connection between Shirakumo and White Fang.
The Third Hokage took a deep drag on his pipe.
'But, so long as people have bonds, they always have weaknesses.'
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