Chapter 623 - Memories of the Melancholic Past
Hokage Building.
After returning to the Hokage Building, Elder Hiruzen sat in his office and thought about the situation that got stranger the more he thought about it…
The part that confused him most was the strength that Hyuga Kuroto showed today, it was higher than the former Hokage’s previous assumptions. Sarutobi Hiruzen assumed Hyuga Kuroto to be an elite Jonin level, however, Hyuga Kuroto clearly surpasses that level…
After thinking about it for a while, Elder Hiruzen called Hatake Kakashi to his office.
As Kakashi entered the new office of the former Hokage, he took off his new Anbu mask and asked Elder Hiruzen, “Sandaime-sama, is there a mission for me?”
Unlike Kuroto, Shisui, as well as several other captains of the Anbu, Kakashi is still part of the Anbu department… The reason he wasn’t excommunicated from the Anbu is that he has learned the Flying Thunder God Technique similar to Konoha’s Yellow Flash, and as such, he was highly valued by Danzo.
Sandaime Hokage shook his head, and said, “No, there is no mission… I just wanted to ask a few questions…” then, he pondered for a moment, and asked, “You and Hyuga Kuroto are from the same generation, even the short time you stayed in the academy, the two of you were in the same year and class, at the same time, the two of you were part of the team – 11 for quite a few years… Tell me our opinions of him.”
“Kuroto?” Kakashi mumbled, then said, “Kuroto… he is very responsible and trustworthy… I don’t know much about him during our time at the academy as I didn’t have much contact with him, but when we were part of Team-11, we got along very well. Although he didn’t speak much, it can be said that he was the brains of team-11… And with him around, almost all of our missions would go extremely smoothly and unhindered without anything unexpected happening…”
Sandaime nodded with a thoughtful expression, then asked again, “And what is his strength? How strong is he in our opinion?”
Kakashi didn’t even need to think about it and immediately replied, “Extremely strong… I have never been able to defeat him when we were in the team-11, in fact, even now, after I have mastered it, I don’t really think that defeating him is possible… basically, we are on the same level, probably…”