Chapter 45 Funeral (2)

Even so, Kakashi didn't want to explain too much.

Following the flow of people, the two soon arrived at the Konoha Cemetery. In the small cemetery, the crowds that entered in batches consciously lined up and formed neat square formations.

They stood in front of the Konoha Memorial Monument, and then came forward one by one to offer flowers and express their grief.

The solemn atmosphere can spread among the crowd. When it was Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy's turn, they both solemnly stepped forward.

Like everyone else, they presented the white chrysanthemums in their hands and placed them in front of the memorial platform that had already piled up like a mountain.

Then, they bowed deeply, and finally walked off the stage and stood in the crowd.

According to the process, the next step is a moment of silence.

Unlike the original work, because of Minato Namikaze's advance preparation, only the ninjas of Konoha were sacrificed in this Nine-tailed Rebellion. No ordinary people or the public were affected or harmed.

Because Genin and young ninjas were forbidden to participate in the war, the victims were all at the level of mid-jonin.

Ninjas are different from other professions. Most of those who can be promoted to mid-jonin have experienced life and death.

Therefore, the families of these victims are slightly different from ordinary people. Most of them can accept such a heavy blow.

In the silence, the younger boys and girls in the crowd below occasionally sobbed.

Everyone was remembering and missing the dead, including Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy.

Although Kakashi was promoted to Jonin early, he was only 15 years old and was not in the battle sequence during the Nine-Tails Rebellion. However, in this incident, several Jonin seniors who had done missions with him many times, and many Anbu companions, all died.

Might Guy was different. He was just an elite Chunin who was just beginning to be valued. He also did not participate in the war because of his young age. However, in the Nine-Tails incident, there were also familiar ninjas who had performed missions together many times and died.

A moment of silence is a respect for life and a commemoration of the deceased.

The silent and depressing atmosphere lasted for more than three minutes. Then, the moment of silence was over. Hatake Kakashi and Might Guy raised their heads with the others and prepared to leave in order.

Because later, there will be another group of Konoha villagers who will come to participate in the funeral moment of silence.

In the corner of his eye, Kakashi glimpsed the blond man among the several figures who were still standing quietly in front of the memorial in the distance, and a complex color passed through his eyes.

He knew that his teacher Minato Namikaze also lost his loved ones in the Nine-Tails incident.

Although he had not experienced the pain of losing his wife, he understood what it felt like for a child to lose his mother. His father, Hatake Sakumo, lost his wife at an early age, and Hatake Kakashi had almost never experienced what maternal love was.

I heard that Minato's child was named Naruto.

Maybe he was a little luckier than this child. After all, he still had a vague impression of his mother's voice, appearance and smile when she was alive, but the teacher's child, Naruto, couldn't even get such luck...

Just when Kakashi was lost in thought, the group of Konoha villagers he was with had begun to walk out in an orderly manner.

Somewhere not far from him, a very young boy was crying more and more emotionally, and the cries came in waves, attracting other people around to look sideways from time to time.

"Akiyama, don't cry anymore, your father can't come back..."

Beside him, a slightly older, sturdy boy about six or seven years old, although he also had a sad expression on his face, still spoke to comfort him.

Seeing the people walking out, looking over here from time to time, he also felt something was wrong.

He held up the crying boy's arm with one hand, trying to pull him out. He secretly wiped the tears from his face while walking. Suddenly, he said with hatred: "Damn Uchiha, if it weren't for the traitorous ninja from their clan, father wouldn't..."

The younger brother he was holding suddenly raised his head, stopped crying temporarily, and asked in surprise: "Brother, was the one who killed father the Uchiha clan?"

"Yes, it was the traitorous ninja from the same clan as the group of tyrannical people in the Konoha Guard who did it..."

As the boy answered, hatred began to show in his eyes unconsciously.

At this moment, a very dissatisfied voice suddenly came from the crowd next to him and shouted: "Hey, kid, say it again!"

"Do you know that what you said just now is slandering the Konoha Guard and insulting the entire Uchiha clan?!"

Qiufeng pulled his younger brother Qiushan, and the two turned their heads and found that a short-haired boy with a sinister face was walking towards them. The boy was about 17 or 18 years old.

Obviously, he was very dissatisfied with what the Qiufeng brothers had just said.

Unlike his 5-year-old brother Qiushan, Qiufeng was already a second-year student in the ninja school. He quickly recognized the people in front of him. Although they were wearing black uniforms, the shuriken pattern on the sleeves and the armband with a fan icon in the middle clearly showed that they were members of the Konoha Guard.

The two were slightly shocked by the aggressive questioning. The Uchiha Guard's tyrannical style obviously left a deep impression on them.

But when they thought of the sacrifice of their father, the only one who raised them, the two brothers did not show weakness.

Akiyama said stubbornly: "It's you, it's your Uchiha clan that killed my father!"

After saying that, he burst into tears again.

"Hey, you little brat, say it again?!!" The short-haired boy was also a little angry, shouting: "It's clear that there are only traitors in the clan, and you dare to say that it's the fault of our entire Uchiha clan."

"Do you believe I'll beat you up?"

As he said that, he had already rolled up his sleeves, as if he was going to rush over directly.

Although Qiufeng knew that the other party was a member of the Konoha Guard, he was just a student who had not graduated from the Ninja School yet. If he fought, he would naturally not be an opponent.

But despite this, it was certainly not okay to sit back and watch his brother being bullied.

"Damn Uchiha clan, your clansmen killed my father, do you want to bully my family again now?" In this situation, Qiufeng suddenly became bold and stepped forward to block his brother.

While staring fiercely at the short-haired Uchiha boy, he was already in a fighting stance.

There was no doubt that he could now exert 200% of the basic physical skills taught in the ninja school.

Finally, the Uchiha boy who had just joined the Konoha Guard could no longer suppress his anger.

He threw a punch at his brother Qiufeng and said angrily: "Didn't I tell you not to slander the entire Uchiha clan?!!"