Trees Chapter 239 Kakashi: Obito Can't Possibly Be Alive

After a trip to the Hokage Tower, Sasuke had essentially sold out his dear older brother to Konoha's ‘mama-san’, Tsunade. Tsunade also sent

After a trip to the Hokage Tower, Sasuke had essentially sold out his dear older brother to Konoha's ‘mama-san’, Tsunade.

Tsunade also sent the two away with great enthusiasm, and kept saying...

Sasuke and Naruto had finally matured. Not only were they no longer causing trouble for the village, but they were also starting to think about the village's interests.

Tsunade suddenly felt that all the hardships she had suffered for so many years were worth it.

After leaving the Hokage Tower, Naruto took Sasuke to find Kakashi first.

He planned to show Kakashi the photo of Obito.

‘Uchiha Obito! You're done for!’

After the two learned from Tsunade that Kakashi was training in the east of the village, they immediately headed back.

However, they both had their doubts about the white-haired slacker’s sudden burst of motivation...

"Yo, what brings you two here?"

Kakashi leaned against a tree, holding one of Jiraiya's books, leisurely enjoying his free time.

The two looked at each other and showed an expression of ‘as expected’.

Naruto looked at the white-haired prevert’s relaxed demeanor, and the corners of his mouth twitched a little.

"Didn't Tsunade say that you were training hard?"

"Oh, that..."

"If I didn't say that, Hokage-sama would've dragged me off to do work."

Kakashi didn't even lift his eyelids.

Recently, Tsunade had been pulling Jiraiya and Orochimaru into recording songs all day long, and naturally, he had been roped in as well… forced to handle editing, video shooting, and other chores.

He really didn’t want to do any of it!

"What do you want to see me for?"

Kakashi looked at the two of them with some annoyance. He felt that every time these two guys came to him, it was not a good thing.

Naruto suddenly stepped forward and slung an arm over Kakashi's shoulder, then said mysteriously.

"Kakashi-sensei..."

"I remember you once said that your Sharingan was given to you by Uchiha Obito, right?"

Sasuke, who was standing on the side, was lost in thought.

He regretted taking Itachi to the Hokage Tower first, ‘I should have brought Itachi to let this white-haired trash see him earlier.’

‘It will remind him that he was defeated instantly by a Genjutsu.’

Kakashi turned his head and looked at Naruto in shock.

‘Wait...’

‘Since when did this kid become so polite??’

‘Damn it!’

‘Is he about to screw me over again?!’

Kakashi instantly grew wary, fearing that he would fall into another one of Naruto’s traps at any second.

"If you have something to say, just say it directly..."

"Also... Naruto, it feels weird hearing you call me 'sensei’."

Naruto's face changed slightly, and he almost kicked Kakashi in anger.

‘Okay, okay!’

‘You used to insist I call you ‘sensei’ in the past, but now, you are not happy to do it when I call you that?!’

Naruto took a deep breath and then told the truth to Kakashi.

He was already looking forward to what kind of reaction Kakashi would have when he learned that his good friend was not dead.

"Uchiha Obito is not dead."

"Oh."

Kakashi responded flatly, not taking Naruto's words to heart at all.

"You should find someone else to mess with."

"If you’re that bored, go find Jiraiya or Orochimaru."

"Don’t come straight to me the moment you get back to the village."

Kakashi rolled his eyes.

‘Trying to trick me now?’

‘Do I not know whether Obito is dead or not?!’

‘Give me a break!’

‘I saw Obito die under that boulder with my own eyes.’

"Oh, and don’t joke about this kind of thing again."

"Obito was once a hero of Konoha..."

Kakashi felt Naruto was being somewhat disrespectful, so he raised his head and gave him a stern lecture.

Naruto sighed. He had expected the white-haired slacker wouldn’t believe him.

He walked up and took out his phone, then took out the hacked photo, opened it and put it in front of Kakashi.

"Take a look. Who’s this?"

Kakashi was a little angry, ‘Hadn’t I made myself clear?’

‘Why is this kid still thinking of fooling me?’

"Naruto, if you keep this up, I’m really going to..."

"Wait!"

"Where did you get this from!?"

Kakashi had been about to scold Naruto, but the moment he caught a glimpse of the photo on the phone, his entire demeanor changed.

In a rush, he snatched the phone and stared intently at the screen.

Afraid he might miss any details, he even brought his face closer to the display.

In the phone, there was a photo of Obito, who was grinning with half of his face destroyed.

As Kakashi swiped the screen, Kakashi also found photos of Obito being angry, shocked, and happy.

"Naruto..."

"Tell me the truth… How long have you been able to develop the technology to fake photos like this?"

At this moment, Kakashi’s emotions were incredibly complex.

‘If Obito hadn’t died back then... the grown-up version of him might very well have looked like the person in Naruto’s photo.’

‘But… how could something like that be possible?’

"What do you mean, fake!?"

Naruto was about to explode on the spot.

‘Was this guy slandering me now?!’

‘The technology for photo-editing hasn't been developed yet!’

Naruto was holding back his anger, snatched the phone back from Kakashi, and then opened the forum and clicked on the user profile of ‘I Really Don’t Want to Save the World’.

"This guy is Uchiha Obito!"

"And those photos were dug up by the Cult Mechanicus using special methods!"

"WHAT!?"

Kakashi's eyes widened, and even his Mangekyō Sharingan was activated.

"Naruto! What on earth is the Cult Mechanicus going to do!?"

Hearing Naruto’s words sent chills down Kakashi’s spine.

Kakashi thought that the Cult Mechanicus and the Scientific Truth Society had suddenly changed their ways when he saw them selling phones.

But what Naruto was saying now filled him with a terrible sense of foreboding.

‘Damn it!’

‘Are these two cults secretly plotting something huge?!’

Naruto stood there, rubbing his hair in frustration, utterly exasperated.

Kakashi’s reaction had nearly set him off.

‘What the hell is going on?!’

‘I’m talking about one thing, and you’re off on a completely different tangent!!’

"Just say something that’ll make Obito lose his cool, and you’ll see for yourself!?"

"Forget it..."

"Believe what you want!"

Naruto originally wanted to try to let Kakashi lure Obito out, and then let Sasuke trap him in the Duel Space.

But Kakashi kept doubting him, and even showed a palpitating expression.

‘Yeah, sure, I’ve tricked you a few times before...’

‘But is it really so bad that you won’t even believe a single word I say?’

Naruto snorted coldly and left with Sasuke.

He still had to help Sasuke transplant his new eyes and install Shisui’s Mangekyo into his Black Coffin, so he had no time to waste arguing with this white-haired scumbag.

Kakashi watched the two leave and let out a long sigh of relief.

He really didn't want to stay with these two guys now, otherwise, if something happened later, he would be the one taking the blame.

‘Better safe than sorry.’

Kakashi pulled out the book he’d been reading earlier, but after a few seconds, his thoughts kept drifting back to Obito...

He stared at his phone for a full two minutes before muttering to himself.

"Maybe… I should give it a try?"

Kakashi opened his account for some reason and clicked on the chat interface with the user 'I Really Don’t Want to Save the World’ and tentatively sent a message...

The Rotten Salted Fish: Obito… is that you? It’s me, Kakashi.

However, ten minutes after the message was sent, Kakashi still did not receive a response from the other party.

Kakashi rubbed his forehead, and he felt that he was really crazy to believe Naruto's nonsense.

But he thought that since he had tried it, he might as well send one more message.

What Naruto had just said flashed through his mind...

‘Say something that’ll make Obito lose his cool...’

‘Got it!’

Kakashi smacked his forehead, and then his fingers quickly typed out another message.

[The Rotten Salted Fish: She never loved you.😜]

Three minutes after the message was sent, Kakashi put the phone back in his pocket, muttering to himself.

"Sure enough, I really am going crazy..."

"There’s no way Obito could still be alive..."

But at this time, the space behind Kakashi suddenly twisted, and a voice filled with rage and choked-up sobs roared out…

"KAKASHI!! I’LL F***ING KILL YOU!!"