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He slept until the middle of the day.
Kifu's life became peaceful once again. No one was bored enough to come to the Mortuary to disturb him.
Even Asuma was in class at this time.
For some reason, Kifu did not really want to see him these days. It was not because he felt guilty. He simply wanted to give Asuma and Yuhi Shinko more time to improve their relationship. They were a future son-in-law and father-in-law, after all.
He remembered that in the original story, Asuma and Yuhi Kurenai did not even get married before she became pregnant. Then Asuma died.
Tsk tsk.
He performed a standard lazy slouch on his rocking chair. Accompanied by the warm afternoon wind, he lit a cigarette. This was the true way to live.
The life of a loafer was far too comfortable.
It did not take long.
Asuma did not come to disturb him, but someone arrived who was both expected and unexpected.
Hatake Kakashi.
Kakashi had thick bandages wrapped around his arm. He still wore that dead-fish eye expression. He did not say anything when he walked up to Kifu. He simply pulled over a chair and sat down next to him.
They basked in the sun together.
Kifu glanced at him with some surprise.
Did the sun rise from the west today?
The mission-obsessed Kakashi actually did not go to train or perform a mission. He came here to sunbathe with him?
However, since Kakashi did not speak, Kifu would not take the initiative to open his mouth either.
Speaking was too exhausting. This was especially true when dealing with a brat whose mental development was already somewhat abnormal.
Kifu could endure the silence, but Kakashi could not.
After all, there was a massive human chimney next to him frantically puffing out clouds of smoke. No one would be able to stand it.
"Do you not know that smoking is extremely unfriendly to injured people?" Kakashi raised his bandaged arm and waved it in front of Kifu.
After their last mission, Kakashi's prejudice toward him had lessened significantly.
This was especially true after they returned to Konoha. He heard news that Kifu had stood before the unconscious Imai Kuriyama to protect her. He had faced the attack of a Hidden Mist Jonin with a death-defying resolve, which resulted in his own severe injuries.
For some reason, Kakashi felt a slight stir in his heart when he heard that Kifu protected his comrade like that.
"Is that so? I feel like my status is quite good right now. Thanks for your concern." Kifu ignored the injury Kakashi was showing off. He took a puff for himself and blew a smoke ring into Kakashi's face as he spoke.
"..."
Kakashi felt that he must have been losing his mind to have felt even a shred of goodwill toward Kifu earlier.
"Do you want one?" Kifu opened his cigarette pack and pulled one out, placing it in front of Kakashi.
Kakashi's eyes widened, and he immediately turned his head away.
How could such a person exist?
He was still a minor!
Kifu did not think much of it. Could people in the world of Shinobi really be measured by their age?
They started looking for partners before they were ten years old. Their hands were covered in blood before they were ten. Was that how a normal child should behave?
Kifu curled his lip at Kakashi's lack of interest.
Asuma was much more fun.
Even after being treated like this, Kakashi did not leave. He only moved his chair a short distance away.
There was a secret here. There was definitely a secret!
Kifu's intuition told him that Kakashi was acting a bit strange today.
However, before he could think further, a man with agile movements appeared. He wore a ridiculous green jumpsuit and was sprinting at full speed. He dragged a trail of dust behind him as he rushed in front of the two of them.
This time, the expressions on Kifu and Kakashi were remarkably similar.
Their eyes twitched.
The newcomer was the future Blue Beast of Konoha. He was the man who almost kicked the story to its finale, Guy!
He stopped his pace, but his momentum caused him to slide in front of them. He gave a thumbs-up and revealed snow-white, gleaming teeth that matched his thick, dark eyebrows.
"Yo! Kakashi, so you were here! Come and have a youthful duel between men with me!"
So Kakashi had hidden here to avoid this man.
Kifu secretly commented to himself that Guy was probably the only man in all of Konoha who could handle Kakashi.
Kakashi looked at Kifu with a slight plea for help.
Kifu simply turned his body silently and showed him his backside.
"..."
With no help in sight, Kakashi looked at Guy with a face full of despair. He raised his arm. "Next time, Guy. I am injured."
Only then did the simple-minded Guy notice the bandages on his arm. "Eh? Kakashi, how did you get injured?"
In Guy's impression, Kakashi was a unique genius. He was the target Guy intended to spend his entire life chasing. Someone actually managed to injure him?
Kakashi glanced at Kifu, who was acting as if none of this concerned him.
"Kifu-senpai!"
Kakashi was relieved that he successfully shifted the target.
"It really is Kifu-senpai. You are my idol!"
An idol?
Kifu was somewhat surprised.
He was a nobody who barely managed to graduate from the Ninja Academy. He was a person who could only work in an unpopular department like the Mortuary as a Body Collector. How could he become the idol of the famous Guy?
"Kifu-senpai, we are both dead-lasts in the eyes of others. We are trash who cannot become Ninjas. But you succeeded! You are now a successful Shinobi! I will definitely follow closely in your footsteps and become an excellent Ninja! I definitely will!"