[with card] I have been very lucky in my life

Little Kakashi felt a little familiar with the Scarlet who disappeared after saving someone.

Not the "I've met this guy" kind of familiarity, but the "I know this guy" kind of familiarity.

This subtle sense of familiarity gave him a strange desire to be close.

He quietly summoned Parker.

"His smell, do you remember?"

Parker said: "His smell is very strange..."

It ran around the remnants of the battlefield, and then said to little Kakashi: "In the future, if you have a chance, if you are fresher, you may be able to tell the difference."

Since it was a trap, the three returned to the camp and reported the matter.

Just finished the report and was about to go to the medical camp for a routine checkup when Scaner walked out of a small building.

"Hi, long time no see."

Three people: "..."

"Well... I didn't want to come back at first. But I think it will bring trouble to you." He said, pointing to the small building behind, "So let me explain a little bit."

"So it's really Konoha's ninja..." Obito murmured.

Kakashi smiled.

He borrowed the code he knew and pretended to be the most mysterious root in Anbu. Probably no one could expose his lies except Danzo himself and his extremely trusted subordinates.

In this case, the probability can be said to be zero.

"Scaner, what are you doing now?"

After several people greeted each other and separated again, little Kakashi took a detour to gamble on Skaner.

Meeting him again directly ignited his curiosity, and now that he has confirmed his position, it shouldn't hurt to solve his own problems a little...

"Huh? Nothing particularly important."

"Then there is something wrong?" Kakashi the younger went straight in.

"My job, my job." Kakashi raised the camera in his hand.

Little Kakashi: "..."

Scanner smiled: "Looking for a quiet place?"

Kakashi hesitated for a while, then nodded.

They walked out of the camp side by side, and the backs of the two people, one big and one small, looked very similar.

Little Kakashi raised his hand and channeled Parker.

Parker still looked like a dead fish, he carefully looked at both sides, and then moved forward to smell Kakashi carefully.

Afterwards, he hesitated, "...is this your father?"

Little Kakashi: "..."

Kakashi: "..."

Parker said: "The taste is so similar that it is almost the same. If he is not your twin brother, then the most likely one is Shuo Mao."

Kakashi: "...Okay."

His demeanor changed all of a sudden, from the gentle and polite man with strange retirement hobbies, to a lazy and carefree look.

Little Kakashi: I hate it.

"Well, it's really troublesome to pretend...and I can't go back to the habitual look..." He complained casually, "So why did you set up this character in the first place..."

Little Kakashi said calmly, "Who are you?"

Kakashi said: "I am you."

Parker said: "That makes sense."

Little Kakashi had blue veins on his forehead: "Where does this make sense?!"

He crossed his arms and looked up and down at the uncle who looked like a waste wood with disgust on his face: "Is my growth too sad? Have you been dumped by people all over the world?"

"Don't look down on yourself too much." Kakashi said, "Speaking of which, my favorite reading is Jiraiya-sama's Intimate Paradise!"

Little Kakashi: "...Dirty adults..."

Still crossing his arms, he silently took three steps back.

Kakashi: "..."

Conversations with my childhood self—conversations with my older self are somewhat inexplicable and ironic for both of them.

The unknown years that lie across are skilled sculptors, who carve out right and wrong little by little on the dust of time when covering the face.

Kakashi sat cross-legged on the spot and waved to his little self.

Little Kakashi reluctantly rubbed over.

Kakashi pulled his little self into his arms.

Little Kakashi struggled instantly—neither of them was someone who would get close to others, except for the necessary physical touch, they both seemed unexpectedly lonely in their intimate relationship.

Therefore, the one who understands oneself best is only oneself.

With a helpless and indulgent smile, Kakashi firmly held himself who was struggling constantly, and tied him in his arms.

"Be considerate of a retired old man."

"..." Little Kakashi said speechlessly, "Aren't you married?"

"Ah... this matter..." Kakashi said, "Well, there is no suitable person."

"Oh." Little Kakashi understood.

Kakashi patted the head of the child in his arms.

Little Kakashi sank into Big Kakashi's arms, grabbing Big Kakashi's sleeve.

"So..." Little Kakashi hesitated for a long time, but still couldn't hold back his curiosity, "My future..."

Kakashi said: "Your future is different from mine. Knowing the past that I have experienced is meaningless."

"And... even if you accidentally walk the same path again in the future, you will know sooner or later."

Little Kakashi was silent.

Kakashi didn't speak, and patted little Kakashi lightly.

Little Kakashi only felt that his mind was very confused. Maybe his future self finally figured out everything and became a strong and firm ninja, but now, he is trapped in the abyss.

"You... think father..."

"Father is a great hero." Kakashi said, gently holding Kakashi's hand, "You must inherit White Fang well. He is a good sword."

"But……"

Kakashi loosened the clenched fist of little Kakashi little by little, and said: "You have already made a choice, right? ——Just like just now, father also made the same choice as you. As long as there is a slight Hope, and don’t give up your companions. What kind of choice is the right one? This is unsolvable, any choice will bring consequences, but the consequences are unpredictable, and it is meaningless to judge the beliefs at that time based on later events.”

"I can probably understand my father's guilt at the time. His choice to save his companion caused a heavy loss to Konoha. Therefore, those who suffered disasters in such a loss will blame father. Father was not doing it for the time. He is guilty of his choices, and he is guilty of the hurtful consequences of his choices—even if they were unpredictable."

"Maybe you both died there together just now, and Konoha will also suffer losses because of the security of the information. You are also very clear, right? But maybe, things will turn around...just like now."

"People can't control the future, so they can only establish their own beliefs. If you follow the righteous beliefs, never give up, and keep going forward, you can also save the wrong things and make them right again."

Little Kakashi turned around slightly, and buried his head in Big Kakashi's arms.

Kakashi adjusted his posture to make the young man in his arms more comfortable.

"Companions are very important existences. Abandoning them casually will create a gap in your heart—well, at least for me now, I will try my best to protect my companions, at least stepping over my corpse Before, don’t let others kill them easily.”

"And... even the enemy knows that after meeting the teacher, no matter what the mission is, they have to give up."

"Your beliefs may be different from mine, but I hope you can at least see the way of ninja that you really want to implement, instead of being blinded by unnecessary things."

Little Kakashi suddenly said, "Will I be a teacher when I grow up?"

Kakashi said with a smile: "Oh - I was seen through. In fact, I have only taught three students... They are all very good. This kind of persuasive ability, the ability to express what is in the heart, or they taught me of it."

If Namikaze Minato was here, he would definitely say that Kakashi has become better than blue, and has become a very good person-whether it is a teacher, ninja or Hokage.

When Kakashi faced Minato-sensei, even if he was nearly forty years old, he would show an embarrassed look, and expressed humility and sincerity uncharacteristically: "Compared to Sensei, I am still far behind. "

With its unique cruelty and gentleness in this world, Kakashi has been shaped into the bright and restrained appearance he is now.

Little Kakashi didn't speak any more.

In this way, the big Kakashi has been holding the little Kakashi gently, calmly, and full of reassuring power, and placed him in his arms, as if from this confusing, calling In a world where people are crazy and people are at a loss what to do, draw a barrier of absolute safety, a small oasis in the desert, a temporary dreamland in the blood and fire.

"Scanner what are you doing—what did you do to Kakashi—?!"

"Hey, have you been found?"

When little Kakashi woke up, he found that his sluggish, relaxed, comfortable, and lazy self had changed back to a gentle and kind appearance.

"Shh...Kakashi is sleeping, he is very tired, don't wake him up."

"I've been woken up by you." Little Kakashi rubbed his eyes and sat up, jumping out of his arms.

When no one was looking, he could still stay in his arms with peace of mind, but once Obito came, he felt that he couldn't stay any longer—inexplicably very ashamed.

"Especially you, the one at the end of the crane, you are too noisy!"

The corner of Kakashi's smiling mouth subtly raised a few more arcs.

Little Kakashi straightened his clothes with a slumped face.

"What—he may have bad intentions for you, Kakashi! You too! Aren't you usually very wary! Why are you sleeping in the arms of a stranger like this!"

Little Kakashi held his breath, but still couldn't hold back: "So what, it's better than you, the tail of the crane, when you don't know who he is..."

"Ah, ah, ah, don't say it, don't say it——"

Little Kakashi: "Cut."

"Lin is looking for you. She is very worried about you." Obito calmed down and explained why he came.

"Oh." Little Kakashi nodded, "What's the matter?"

"It's nothing..." Obito whispered, and then he said loudly as if to cheer himself up, "I can't worry about you if I'm okay! You have suffered a lot of injuries!"

Little Kakashi nodded: "I know, and it has been treated."

"What kind of treatment is that! I promised to take a good cure in the medical camp, but you haven't been seen until now... I'm not worried about you!"

"I know." Little Kakashi said, he patted his pants, and said to Kakashi, "Let's go first."

"It's all your fault... so nonsense, I told you to go back to the camp first... Maybe you can find rescuers..."

"Hmm." Little Kakashi responded, tilting his head, and lip-synched to another "retired" self.

--thanks.