Chapter 283 - 282 : Name Echoes!!
"Heh... Go back to Konoha with you all, and you’ll guarantee my safety?"
Hayashi let out a mocking laugh at Kakashi’s words. Guarantee his safety?
What a joke.
He had already heard from Genya about Konoha’s secret experiments on children. If he returned as a Wood Style user, he’d probably be locked up the moment he stepped in—turned into some lab rat.
Did they really think he was that naive?
"Yes. This is a direct order from the Hokage. You’ll be safe," Kurenai added, nodding seriously. "It’s the Hokage’s personal command."
"And what if I refuse to go with you?" Hayashi looked at Kakashi and the others, his eyes filled with disdain. "Are you going to try to drag me back by force—just like those other shinobi earlier?"
That caught them off guard.
Kakashi and the others fell silent. After all, the Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen, and the higher-ups had ordered that if persuasion failed, they were to bring him back by force.
If this was really just a request, they wouldn’t have sent so many elite jonin in the first place.
"Heh. Nothing to say now?" Hayashi snorted coldly. "You’re no different from the rest. Don’t pretend this is for my own good."