Actually, this was also good; it could, to a certain extent, cover up the truth, shifting all blame so that White Fang's death became a suicide;
And it could deeply instill the values of "mission is everything" and "prioritizing the Village's interests" in the hearts of every low-ranking Ninja, making them more dedicated to all kinds of missions.
Furthermore, he also harbored some resentment towards Sakumo Hatake's actions that night.
Why couldn't he discuss things properly with him, the Hokage, instead of choosing a lose-lose situation, causing the Village to lose so much combat power for nothing?
The Ninja World situation had been unfavorable in recent years, and this only made things worse.
So he merely issued a symbolic order for everyone to stop discussing it, and for the matter to end there.
Public opinion was temporarily suppressed, but the facts were not clarified.
This stigma, let it be Sakumo Hatake's punishment... Two days after that night, Naraku's body finally recovered enough for him to regain consciousness.
During this time, the animator updated an episode about Kakashi's experiences in Tanzaku Gai. He watched it in his mental space, and nothing special happened.
After leaving Konoha, Kakashi's mental state visibly improved.
The more this was the case, the more Naraku worried that he wouldn't be able to accept the current situation upon his return.
On the third day, Naraku was finally able to open his eyes.
The first thing he did was remove his oxygen mask, sit up, tear off the obstructive wires and instruments on his body, and stagger to the adjacent bed.
Sakumo lay quietly on it, still showing no signs of waking up.
"Wait, how can you get out of bed like that!"
The supervising nurse quickly came in to stop him, pulled him back to lie down, and put all those things back on him.
"Master... How is he?"
Having not eaten or drunk for a long time, and with previous burns, Naraku's voice sounded a bit hoarse.
"Don't worry," the nurse tucked in his blanket corner and comforted him, "Lady Tsunade will find a way."
After speaking, she went out to find Tsunade to handle it, as she had been instructed to report immediately if these two patients woke up.
"The kid's awake?"
Tsunade pushed the door open, saw Naraku was awake, and casually gave him a check-up.
"Besides the bloodline limit sickness, everything else is just superficial wounds. Rest up well."
"Lady Tsunade, Master he—"
"Aside from not being able to wake up for now, there's no problem."
Tsunade then walked to Sakumo's bedside, checking various data and making notes in the medical record book.
The situation was much trickier than expected. Sakumo's indicators were slowly recovering, but there were no signs of consciousness returning, and his prefrontal cortex was gradually weakening.
If this continued, his body would become an empty shell without a soul.
Tsunade didn't reveal this; the Uchiha kid had already suffered enough blows.
Moreover, there was Kakashi outside the Village; when he returned, who knew what things would turn out like.
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