Chapter 26: I, Kakashi, Can Use Talk-no-Jutsu!
Kakashi casually took off his mask. He had to accept the facts. Instead of thinking about how his teacher Minato Namikaze's opponents dealt with him, it was better to think about Minato Namikaze's fighting style.
In the entire ninja world, only two people could use the Flying Thunder God Technique independently: the Second Hokage, Tobirama Senju, and the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze... With Danzo Shimura's methods, he probably had access to all the techniques developed by both users.
Fighting alone meant only waiting for death...
"Uchiha Shisui!" Kakashi jumped down from the tree branch, landing beside Shisui's clone, "We can't let any shuriken land near us; every single one might carry a Flying Thunder God marker. His fighting style is very crude..."
That bizarre-looking black and white enemy was merely relying on his speed and strength, not even proficient in the most basic swordsmanship...
Perhaps he had already recognized his own weakness, constantly using the Flying Thunder God Technique to escape, never choosing to engage in direct combat.
"Is there any way now, Senior Kakashi?" Uchiha Shisui nodded. That shuriken just now... didn't care at all if it hit Kakashi.
"We can only remain vigilant for now..." Kakashi Hatake shook his head, "Since that person appeared, he has used the Flying Thunder God Technique a total of six times... This kind of technique consumes a lot of chakra, even for Teacher Minato..."
Clang!
A shuriken was knocked far away by Shisui!
The figure appeared instantly; he had miscalculated... This shuriken carrying the Flying Thunder God marker was very far from Kakashi and the others... His ninja basics still needed a lot of practice!
"Wait!" Kakashi Hatake suddenly called out to him, "You've already used the Flying Thunder God Technique seven times now. You must have very little chakra left in your body, right!"
"..."
Not being able to speak is a critical flaw!
The attacker slowly turned his head. His figure was astonishingly bizarre, as if a purely black person and a purely white person were stuck together... It looked like a product of human experimentation!
Kakashi Hatake confirmed his inner speculation and continued, "I know your mission target, but you can't succeed anymore, right?"
"..."
Seemingly certain that the strange man wouldn't speak, Kakashi Hatake continued his monologue, "And you saw, under the watch of two people with Sharingan, you can no longer get close to us..."
"In the end, it can only be mutual destruction!"
"I know how precious a Flying Thunder God user is. Konoha might need you at any time! As fellow villagers... ninjas... how about we just go our separate ways?"
The strange man nodded, watching them carefully. He picked up all the shuriken he had thrown and erased the markers on all the ANBU members.
Kakashi Hatake and Uchiha Shisui watched his actions, still maintaining their guard... Only when he truly began to walk slowly into the forest did Shisui suddenly call out to him, "Hey, have you seen a crow?"
The strange man stopped, shook his head gently, and his figure entered the woods.
After remaining vigilant for a long time, the strange man still hadn't reappeared. Kakashi Hatake said with relief, "Let's go..."
"Senior Kakashi, I still need to find a crow... Summoning Jutsu!"
After sending out his flock of crows in all directions, Uchiha Shisui revealed everything, such as being entrusted by the clan head couple to take the crow for a walk... feeling that someone was impersonating the Hokage... that crow being really disobedient, and so on...
Uchiha Shisui watched his flock of crows quickly fly back, "Fortunately, that strange man didn't attack Kitahara, otherwise I really wouldn't know how to explain it to Senior Fugaku's family..."
"Caw!" Upon seeing Shisui, Kitahara preemptively cawed, blaming him for being impulsive.
"Alright, alright, who could have expected such a dangerous person to appear..." Shisui, under the barrage of accusations from the flock of crows, had a dark expression and quickly changed the subject, "Senior Kakashi, what's wrong?"
Kakashi looked at the corpses of several ANBU ninjas and said softly, "This time, the losses are heavy. Thanks to your appearance, Shisui, otherwise, I'm afraid even the news couldn't have been sent back..."
"It's nothing." Uchiha Shisui suddenly said, "Senior, do you know who that person was? Is he a ninja from our village? Why did he attack you?"
"...This is ANBU classified information!"
"Senior!" Uchiha Shisui said seriously, "This matter shouldn't be concealed no matter what! Whether it's a Flying Thunder God user or someone assassinating the Hokage..."
Kakashi Hatake couldn't stand the young man's questioning and just made an excuse, "Lord Hokage will handle it. Hey, Shisui, I hope you don't return to the village for the time being..."
His gaze was fixed on Uchiha Shisui. Everything that happened today would cause a huge uproar... If possible, Kakashi wanted to lock Shisui in a dark room.
Of course, not that kind of play, just to strictly guard the secret.
The problem was, facing a genius Uchiha with a three-tomoe Sharingan, it didn't look like an easy takedown no matter how you looked at it.
Kakashi proposed the minimum requirement, his gaze simultaneously shifting to the crow on Shisui's shoulder, "Because today's events cannot be leaked..."
...What do you mean by that? The ferocity in Kitahara's eyes was almost overflowing.
"Senior, are you joking?" Uchiha Shisui reached out to soothe the crow.
Kakashi Hatake had seen this crow's performance at Ichiraku Ramen and had heard Uncle Teuchi and his daughter discuss the strange combination of Uchiha Itachi and the red-eyed crow quite often. He just said in a low voice, "It's too smart..."
"Sorry, Kitahara is also my friend."
The three-tomoe Sharingan in Uchiha Shisui's eyes activated again, his expression gradually turning cold, "If Senior insists... can I assume you want to have another battle with a ninja from the village?"
"It's just a crow, it could put the entire village in danger..."
"Senior Kakashi!" Uchiha Shisui refused to yield an inch. Killing his own friend was something he would never do, especially when everything was still unknown.
"Alright, alright, I was just joking." Kakashi tugged at his mask and said in a low voice, "Honestly, what does any of that have to do with me..."
Their exchange ended there. They just needed to face a potential enemy who could appear at any time and had to travel together temporarily.
Along the way, Kakashi Hatake didn't know what he was thinking, somewhat absent-minded, his entire mental state not very good. Although Shisui was full of curiosity, he wouldn't deliberately provoke his displeasure.
After returning to the village, both of them would probably be summoned by the Third Hokage. At that time, maybe he could ask something...
Fortunately, along the way, that black and white strange man who could use the Flying Thunder God Technique never reappeared. Perhaps he really had accepted Kakashi's proposal. Shisui's curiosity grew even stronger.
Konoha.
Uchiha Shisui's shadow clone was waiting there. It rather familiarly tossed the mission target's scroll to Shisui and then dispersed itself... It seemed Shisui used this trick quite often...
The problem was, things weren't over yet!
"...Shadow Clone Jutsu!"
The dispersed shadow clone reappeared. Uchiha Shisui handed the crow on his shoulder to it, "Help me take Kitahara home..."
Shisui's shadow clone: "..."
(End of this chapter)