Hatake Kakashi Absolutely Will Not Be a Chakra Unit!

Chapter 67: Blue?

Kakashi had a decent impression of the Queen of Rouran; there was nothing wrong with admitting that. She was beautiful, dedicated to her people, wouldn't compromise with evil forces, and was quite strong. But this was absolutely no reason for him to become the Prince of Rouran.

Then again, this was something that happened in the future. If they could have a good impression of each other shortly after meeting, who could say what might happen later...

His tombstone after death was even built in Rouran. What did that imply?

For the first time, Kakashi questioned his own character. When it came to partners, he had always adopted a let-nature-take-its-course, absolutely-no-simping attitude. But this pace of development was too ridiculous. Although it might happen in the future, it ultimately wasn't his "present" self's fault.

He couldn't bear the name of "scumbag."

"I don't admit it. There's no such thing."

Sara, holding back her tears, wasn't too surprised by Kakashi's attitude. Putting herself in his shoes, if she traveled a few years into the future and someone suddenly claimed to be her husband, she would definitely react the same way.

The Mizukage, seated to the side, still looked terrible, but she spoke up for her semi-disciple, the Queen of Rouran. After all, keeping Kakashi here also required her strength.

"That's just how it is."

Turning his head suspiciously, the silver-haired youth smelled a conspiracy. Even the Queen of Rouran hadn't expected Mei Terumi to speak for her. For a moment, she didn't know how to react and could only clear a space on her desk.

"Can I be alone with him for a while?"

Meeting Sara's gaze alertly, the "threat" in the Mizukage's eyes was self-evident.

Kakashi took all this in and tactfully kept quiet, letting the two of them decide.

Finally, Mei Terumi stood up, swayed her slender waist, and gracefully walked towards the door. The sound of the door closing wasn't loud, yet it made the youth feel a slight pressure.

Only two people remained in the room.

Up to now, Kakashi couldn't say he was too familiar with Sara. In fact, because she had inexplicably attacked him earlier, he even harbored some ill feelings. Although he knew it wasn't her intention, such things often happened by chance.

The Queen of Rouran didn't immediately continue explaining the Prince's deeds to Kakashi, but instead took out a group photo from a drawer.

Cameras did exist in this era, though they were luxury items that ordinary people weren't qualified to use, let alone a color camera.

Seeing this group photo, the youth's face remained impassive, but a monstrous wave surged in his heart.

"A photo doesn't prove anything."

Hearing this, Sara silently took the photo back, put it in the drawer, and locked it in the innermost layer.

"I'm sorry." She bowed deeply, apologizing to Kakashi with the most humble posture – restrained, subtle, just like when Kakashi had rescued her from the royal tower.

This girl's personality was completely different from Mei Terumi's.

The youth, who yielded to a soft approach but resisted a hard one, felt a pang of guilt encountering such a situation for the first time. He clearly hadn't done anything, so why did it feel like he had abandoned her?

"Can you tell me what happened later?"

"My... what time period are you from?"

"I just rescued you; you were sealing the Dragon Vein."

"Seven years ago."

The destruction of Rouran felt like it had happened only yesterday. That was the fuse that ignited everything. Queen Sara of Rouran recounted the events of the future in a storytelling tone.

Kakashi, Mei Terumi, and Sara, having sealed the Dragon Vein, fled the third Dragon Vein entrance. At this moment, the Sand ninja's attack had just begun.

For some unknown reason, the Sand rogue ninja and the Sand Village authorities had reached some agreement, and they were recklessly slaughtering Rouran civilians. The entire royal city was bathed in blood. Kakashi hid the Queen of Rouran in the safest place and instructed Mei Terumi to protect her, while he alone engaged the Sand ninja in battle.

Channeling a large amount of chakra to create an underground cavity, the youth evacuated a portion of the citizens to the underground supply reserve. At this time, two powerful chakra signatures outside Rouran caught Kakashi's attention.

The Third Kazekage was fighting someone.

The Iron Sand obscuring the sky also alerted the Sand ninja within the city. They quickly rushed back, attempting to support the Third Kazekage.

Splitting half his chakra to create a Lightning Clone, he used a large-scale Sound Genjutsu to intercept the returning Sand ninja. Adhering to the principle that the enemy of his enemy was his friend, Kakashi temporarily decided to help the one challenging the Third Kazekage accomplish the grand feat of Kage-slaying.

Approaching the battlefield, besides the Iron Sand, there were seven or eight humanoid mechanical puppets stubbornly resisting the erosion of the Iron Sand. The suppression of Puppet Technique by Magnet Release was too obvious. Sasori, whose true body was fragile, was covered in wounds, yet he still stubbornly controlled the puppets, fighting and retreating, constantly looking for an opening to counterattack. His fighting spirit was truly top-notch.

Joining the battlefield with lightning speed, the Third Kazekage, who manipulated Iron Sand, was in a sense also a ninja with a fragile true body. As long as that layer of defense was breached, then in taijutsu, even if Kakashi couldn't achieve a crushing victory, he could still gain the upper hand.

Magnet Release, with its very obvious strengths and weaknesses, couldn't display its advantage against puppet masters when facing a highly mobile Lightning Release ninja. The unspoken cooperation between Sasori and Kakashi wasn't as simple as one plus one equals two.

With Sasori's containment, the Third Kazekage inevitably couldn't focus all his energy on defense. After all, every high-level puppet master was also an expert in using poison. In intense combat, the onset of poison would be several times faster than usual.

There was one detail: when Kakashi reached the Third Kazekage and fought him, his eyes had already returned to their normal color. The current Sasori and Kakashi were fighting the real Third Kazekage.

The silver-haired youth didn't know this, but Sasori did.

Fighting to this point, it was no longer a matter that could be resolved with a simple "sorry, you were under genjutsu before." Sasori was truly fighting with the intention of killing the Third Kazekage, and having no attachment to the village, he had indeed prepared to defect.

At this point, Sara was interrupted by Kakashi.

"How did you know I was fighting the Third Kazekage at that time?"

"Mei Terumi was worried about you. She left a Water Clone to protect me and then went to find you."

"The Lightning Release I used at that time, was it blue or purple?"

Sara thought for a moment, then answered uncertainly,

"Mei Terumi didn't mention this. It should have been blue, right? I saw you use Lightning Release later too; it was blue."

"Continue."

Kakashi carefully analyzed what happened next, a sense of incongruity lingering in his heart.

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