After leaving Xin's house, Sakumo returned to the Hokage's office and recounted his conversation with Xin.
"It seems the boy has a deep misunderstanding of me," Third Hokage sighed.
"Hokage-sama, I think the kid's actually pretty decent. It's just unfortunate that Shimura Jonin's personal issues escalated things to this point,"
Sakumo said. Despite the difficult interaction, Sakumo still felt Xin was a good person at heart.
If it weren't for Shimura Shinobi messing things up, this wouldn't have turned out so badly.
The Third Hokage smiled slightly and said, "Tsunade has always said this child is worth nurturing. She wasn't wrong. Xin isn't difficult to get along with; today's events just left him disappointed. I'm confident things will improve."
"Let's hope so. I believe it won't be long before he becomes one of Konoha's pillars."
"Hokage-sama, I'll take my leave now," Sakumo said. With the main forces departing for the front lines the next morning, he had to prepare.
His mission was to lead several Jonin squads in clearing out the enemy forces that had infiltrated the Land of Fire.
"Go ahead," the Third Hokage said, waving him off.
Sakumo bowed and left.
The war between Sunagakure and Konoha had officially begun. Sunagakure had sent a massive number of shinobi into the Land of Fire.
Konoha responded by deploying numerous squads to engage and push the Hidden Sand ninjas back toward the Land of Rivers.
In just a short time, villages across the Land of Fire were attacked, their wealth pillaged, and resources stolen. The country was scarred by the invading forces.
Sakumo Hatake's unit was part of the second wave of reinforcements. The number of Sunagakure shinobi far exceeded the Third Hokage's initial estimates. To curb their looting, Konoha had to keep sending out more and more squads for support.
If they think I'm just going to sit back and let this happen, they're in for a rude awakening.
After seeing Sakumo off, Xin finally lay down to rest. The past few days had taken a toll on him; he was just as exhausted as Minato and Mikoto.
Knock, knock, knock!
"Who the heck is it now?" Xin grumbled as he was rudely awakened by loud knocking early the next morning.
Still in his pajamas, he yanked open the door.
"You... Uchiha Fugaku?"
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