Asuma looked at the direction of the sound with a slightly scrutinizing gaze.

I saw Toneri with a smile on his face.

There was not much apology in his voice.

"Yeah...?"

Asuma prolonged his voice because he passed over Toneri's figure and shifted his gaze to Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi who were carrying water bags.

Especially staying for a long time on the water bags filled with fish in their hands.

"Toneri-sensei!"

Kai and Kurenai didn't seem to care anymore. They were still a little excited to see Toneri again, especially Kai who had already prepared a full meal.

Toneri grabbed Asuma's neck and held it tight. His other hand turned into a fist, gently grasped his temple, and said in his ear:

"Asma, sometimes a kid is too smart and is not lovable."

Hearing this, Asma's expression froze, recalling the fear of being dominated by force.

Sometimes you cannot bow before power, but if it is a fist blow, you need to cooperate with it, because you never know when you will become bruised and swollen.

"Cough cough cough..." Asuma was trapped by Toneri and chose to surrender.

Satisfied, he stood up.

"Come, let me introduce to you, these two little guys are the two new disciples I have accepted during this period. As seniors, you must take good care of them."

With that said, he pushed Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi in front of everyone.

Uchiha Shisui, who was holding a water bag in both hands, bent at a 90-degree angle and said, "Seniors, I am Uchiha Shisui. Please take good care of me in the future!"

Following Shisui's example, the young Itachi tried hard to hold his water bag without letting it touch the ground, and at the same time, he had to bend at 90 degrees as much as possible, which can be said to be very strenuous.

"Hello, seniors, I am Itachi Uchiha, please give me your advice."

Seeing Itachi's appearance, Yuhi Kurenai immediately helped him take the water bag in his hand.

"You don't have to be so polite. We are all students of Toneri-sensei, so we will be companions from now on." Kurenai Yuhi helped Itachi up with a smile, and Kai at the side also immediately helped Shisui up.

When Asma saw that she had two more little brothers, she immediately acted like a big brother.

He patted his chest and said, "Shisui, Itachi, don't worry. If anyone dares to bully you in Konoha from now on, just report my name. I, Sarutobi Asuma, am still somewhat famous in Konoha."

Sarutobi Esma, the second son of Sarutobi Hiruzen, even though he is somewhat famous, he is underestimated.

However, Kai next to him showed a puzzled look and couldn't help but ask.

"Asuma, tell me your name when something happens? Why don't you tell me the name of the teacher? I believe no one dares to ignore the name of the teacher... Konoha Aangmao!"

"Cough cough cough cough..."

He just wanted to show off, but unexpectedly, Kai forcibly interrupted his pretense.

The most important thing is that Asuma doesn't know how to refute.

Looking at Kai with a serious face, and then thinking about Toneri's name, Asuma looked dejected.

Shisui and Itachi saw that their seniors looked so happy, and their original nervousness faded away.

"By the way, you should all know this person..."

"Sister Lingxiang!"

Before Shiren finished speaking, a group of people shouted together, obviously they were more familiar with it.

Lingxiang smiled and nodded, squinting her eyes and looking very happy.

A group of people were chatting and laughing at the entrance of the barbecue restaurant, but they didn't appear shy because they had just met.

Even Itachi, who was already relatively introverted, quickly integrated in under the care of Asuma, the social big brother.

However, there was a person on the side who looked a little out of place.

That was Kakashi, who was leaning on the wall with his eyes closed and seemed to be sleeping. He didn't see the communication between this group of people, or he didn't want to see it.

My heart was inexplicably touched.

They used to get along with their teacher and two teammates like this.

Although he often seems so unsociable, in fact, his heart has long been integrated with them.

"Why not come together? Kakashi?"

Just as he was immersed in the memories of the past, a voice sounded in his ears.

Slowly open the only exposed eye.

He looked a little sleepy, as if he hadn't slept well. After seeing that it was Toneri who came to him, Kakashi regained some energy.

"Teacher Shiren."

For Toneri, this teacher or senior who had entered his family when he was very young, learned swordsmanship from his father, and complained about his father's suicide on the day, he still respected him more.

In addition, Tonerato and his teacher Minato Namikaze have a very good relationship. They often have dinner together and they are quite familiar with each other.

Toneri followed Kakashi's example, leaning against the wall with his arms folded, looking up at the bright starry sky.

"Kakashi, one cannot always dwell on the past. Sometimes it is very necessary to look forward." Toneri said slowly.

Before Kakashi could speak, he continued: "I know many people must have said this to you, asking you to let go of the past and face the new future.

But in my opinion...it's all just farting, it's just standing up and talking without pain in the back!"

Hearing Toneri swearing, Kakashi looked at him in surprise. He was originally prepared to be lectured, but he didn't expect that his words were actually different from what Kakashi had heard countless times.

"Anyway, this thing didn't happen to them. Of course they didn't care much. To comfort people is just a simple action of opening and closing their mouths.

How can someone who has not experienced your pain comfort you, right?"

Kakashi still only looked at Toneri and said nothing.

However, it can be clearly seen that his eyes were somewhat lazy at this time, and he gradually regained some of his energy.

"But Kakashi, you have to know that if you don't look for some things, you will never have the answer."

"Huh?" Kakashi was slightly surprised, not knowing what he wanted to say.

"Aren't you curious why Iwagakure Village suddenly launched a surprise attack of thousands of people on the Country of Grass, but only your team went to support it?

Don't tell me it's because your teacher Namikaze Minato is strong enough. Before he went, did anyone know that his strength had reached that level?

Does anyone know that he has mastered the art of Flying Thunder God, and has even surpassed his predecessors to some extent?"

"Teacher Shiren, you mean..."

"At that time, your teacher intercepted nearly a thousand ninjas in the Iwa Ninja Village by himself, and defeated them with his own power. At the same time, I sneaked into the Kirigakure Village of the Water Kingdom alone and forcibly gave birth to Konoha Yuzuki.

He survived on the battlefield of the country, but he was still under suspicion after he came back.

I’m not saying anyone is responsible, but there are indeed a lot of thought-provoking things in it.”

Listening to Toneri's words, Kakashi fell into deep thought.

The look of thinking in his eyes kept flickering, which was completely different from the sleepy look before. A little bit of the sharpness of becoming famous at a young age seemed to be gradually returning to him.

"Also, according to what you described, Yuan Yelin took the initiative to bump into your Chidori. Didn't you think about why she did that?"

Hearing this, Kakashi was stunned.

"She must have something to hide..."

"Then why when Minato arrived to rescue you, he didn't see Rin's body, but saw a large group of mist ninja ANBU with very ugly dead looks on the ground?" Toneri asked.

"That is..."

"Don't turn the so-called 'reasonable' guesses you have conceived in your own mind, or the explanations given by others, into the real answers in your mind. If you have doubts in your mind, then solve them yourself."

The series of words suddenly made Kakashi speechless.

"So, you should not forget these sorrows now. You should keep them firmly in your heart, always alert yourself, let it become your motivation to become stronger, and then use your own strength to fill all the doubts in your heart little by little.

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Sometimes, what you think is the truth may be very different from the real truth.”

Listening to Toneri's meaningful words, Kakashi fell into deep thought.

Because he felt that what Shiren said made sense.

Before, no matter who it was, they always persuaded him to forget all the sad things in his heart, abandon them all, and accept these so-called "facts" with peace of mind.

Under the words of many people, he subconsciously removed all other options, leaving only himself to bear this silently.

Seeing Kakashi thinking about everything, Toneri had a smile on his face.

"Uncle Sakumo, you don't want to see your genius son sink like this, right?

What a copy ninja, what a 50/50 Hatake, these are not the titles he should have due to his original talent. Even if he cannot inherit your White Fang title, he should have his own."

I sighed silently in my heart.

Toneri thought he should have repaid the help Hatake Sakumo had given him.
To be continued...