Chapter 62
Gojo Satoru was people-watching the street with great interest, trying to remember everything he saw.
The NPCs in the Infinite Moon Reading are obviously much smarter than the ones that "Uchiha Madara" used to fool him before. After going out on the street, Gojo Satoru could feel that someone was secretly looking at him and Fushiguro Megumi from time to time.
The two of them were dressed differently from the others, and they wore uniforms that clearly showed they were in the same camp. This obviously attracted the attention of the "spell casters" who were already living on the edge of a knife.
In a small restaurant not far away, there was a small group of "spellcasters". Among them, a man with a beard, after looking at his companions beside him, stood up on his own initiative and walked towards Gojo Satoru and the others.
His name is Sarutobi Asuma, the son of the Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, and one of Konoha's most elite jonin.
"I have never seen such faces before. What are you doing in Konoha?"
The tone of his voice was not aggressive, but rather casual. However, Fushiguro Megumi noticed that after the bearded man came up to ask questions, even some of the civilians around him began to look at them.
People were still coming and going, passing by Fushiguro and the others, but that gaze was always with them.
The gaze of this group of ordinary people was not an implicit, tense scrutiny caused by their trust in Asuma Sarutobi's judgment, but a straightforward, abnormal, and even somewhat mechanical unity, like a gaze from a higher latitude, being presented to them in a way that is easier to understand at a lower latitude.
Fushiguro Megumi felt that this should be some kind of defense mechanism of [Infinite Tsukuyomi]. Since Gojo Satoru could find another way and travel around in dreams, then among the billions of people on Earth, there might be a few outstanding ones. So it was normal for "Uchiha Madara" to respond improvisationally and come up with some countermeasures.
Although he understood the logic, Fushiguro Megumi was not sure what would happen if he was really expelled from the dream, but it would not be a good thing.
Under the gaze of hundreds of eyes, the atmosphere became increasingly strange. It seemed that even the color of the sky was changing to a darker hue, and the sun hanging high in the sky flickered.
For a moment, Fushiguro Megumi thought he saw a scarlet eye.
"Hey, do something!"
Fushiguro Megumi could not help but urge, while Gojo Satoru observed the sky that was sometimes bright and sometimes dark. The temperature around him seemed to drop as the silence lasted longer. Before the changes accumulated to a critical point, Gojo Satoru finally took action.
He explained: "We are here to visit relatives."
Fushiguro Megumi: “……?”
He originally thought that his teacher would do something outrageous like "making a wish to become a nightmare" to try to solve the problem at hand, but Fushiguro Megumi never expected that Gojo Satoru would choose such a... simple method to try.
The environment, which was changing madly, seemed to straighten up for a moment because of this unexpected answer.
Everyone's movements froze for a second. The sights that were silently watching the scene before them became so solid that one could feel the weight, and then suddenly disappeared in the blink of an eye like an illusion.
The scene returned to normal. Sarutobi Asuma looked at Gojo Satoru and asked in a very uncertain tone, "Who are your relatives?"
Fushiguro Megumi looked at the world in disbelief as it returned to normal, and Gojo Satoru answered without hesitation: "Hatake Kakashi."
Gojo Satoru had thought about this a long time ago. Since the purpose of [Infinite Moonlight Reading] is to create an extremely perfect dream world, this world will definitely sacrifice some logic.
For example, a girl with appearance anxiety will never grow old here, and a child who longs for family harmony will cause the originally irritable parents to suddenly change their personalities...
For example, a person who longs for peace will close his eyes and cover his ears, and as long as the other party does not press him too hard, he will pretend that he cannot see the undercurrent surging in the shadow.
In Gojo Satoru's eyes, Hatake Kakashi is such a person.
The NPCs in [Infinite Moon Reading] all act according to the will of their masters. After discovering that Gojo Satoru and his companions were not looking for trouble, Sarutobi Asuma quickly accepted this explanation, which was actually not very tenable, and just casually expressed his confusion: "...I haven't heard him say that he has any relatives?"
Gojo Satoru explained very naturally: "This is normal, because they are distant relatives with a very distant relationship."
It's about five hundred years later.
Asuma Sarutobi was skeptical, but he didn't know whether it was because of the "peace-loving" BUFF or because "Hatake Kakashi", the owner of the dream, still had memories of them, so this bearded man finally revealed to Gojo Satoru the information they wanted.
"If you're looking for Kakashi, he should be at his usual place now."
Gojo Satoru asked back, "The old place?"
“It’s the memorial.”
Asuma Sarutobi didn't know what he was thinking of. He lowered his head, took out a cigarette from his pocket and lit it.
Gojo Satoru did not express any doubts about these modern cigarettes. It seems that in ancient times, there was no such saying that adults could not smoke in front of children.
He did not try to change the other party's behavior, but quietly took a step back, shrouding his underage student in the Infinite Sky, and using magic to block the slowly drifting smoke.
The flames of the lit incense flickered. Sarutobi Asuma realized that Gojo Satoru and the others didn't know what the memorial was. He shook his head and added a sentence.
"The names of the heroes who sacrificed their lives for the village will be engraved on it."
What is the purpose of going to the memorial? Of course, it is to pay tribute to the dead.
For a moment, Megumi Fushiguro, who had been convinced by Gojo Satoru and thought that this was actually the dream of "Hatake Kakashi", was a little puzzled.
Who was he going to commemorate?
They were already in a dream, and this should have been the most ideal future for Kakashi Hatake. Why did the person important to him still die?
It only takes a thought to bring them all back to life, so why did "Hatake Kakashi" choose to keep things as they are?
While Fushiguro Megumi was lost in thought, Gojo Satoru and Sarutobi Asuma asked about the specific address of the memorial, then stood up and walked towards the other edge of the village.
Although the buildings in the center look prosperous and don't look like those from hundreds of years ago, the further you go to the outskirts of the village, the more you can feel the traces of time.
The air, which had not been polluted in any way, was very fresh, carrying the fragrance of trees, which reminded Fushiguro Megumi of the forest surrounding the Jujutsu High School. He couldn't help but wonder what direction this corresponded to in the modern world.
There were no fixed roads in the forest, and it was difficult to tell the direction, so it was easy to get lost. However, the two of them walked steadily and quickly, moving forward towards their destination.
Soon, their vision opened up again, and what came into view was a neat and tidy training ground, with "Hatake Kakashi" squatting with his back to them.
In front of him stood a stone tablet covered with names.
When he was far away, Fushiguro Megumi even thought that the stone tablet was flat because the names on it were too densely packed.
The width of a name is only a few centimeters, and dozens or even millions of names can be engraved in a row. Judging from the height of the stone tablet, there are at least hundreds or thousands of names on it.
Gojo Satoru and Fushiguro Megumi continued to approach the direction of "Hatake Kakashi". They did not hide their arrival, but perhaps they thought these two were just passers-by who came to pay their respects, so they did not turn back.
When he got closer, Gojo Satoru wanted to wake the person up and then ask more information about "Uchiha Madara", but before that, he saw an unexpected existence on the memorial tablet.
——He saw Uchiha Obito’s name on it.
A long time ago, Gojo Satoru accidentally saw Hatake Kakashi's dream. The scene at that time included Rin bumping into Hatake Kakashi's Chidori suicide, and Uchiha Obito witnessed everything and followed him back to the village.
The reason why Bai Yun made such a change at that time was very simple. That was because he was playing the role of Uchiha Obito who had already felt a little regretful after the Fourth War. So it would be nice to slightly fulfill his wish of not being able to return to Konoha in such a small detail.
This small change, made in the heat of the moment, also laid a solid foundation for Gojo Satoru's subsequent series of brainstorming - otherwise, if he knew that "Uchiha Obito" had never returned to the village and had been causing trouble outside for the past eighteen years, most of the current speculations would be overturned.
Anyone who has such a conclusion repeatedly overturned will doubt their life. And it is obviously not a good idea to let Gojo Satoru, the chosen one, doubt his life. Maybe when the world consciousness is patrolling one day, it will follow the clues and discover Bai Yun's abnormality, and then kick him out.
So after discovering Gojo Satoru's intention, Bai Yun immediately opened two accounts and later replaced Hatake Kakashi, who originally belonged to Zenin Maki's [Infinite Moonlight Reading].
In this way, when Gojo Satoru comes to visit, Bai Yun can directly deceive them that this is actually the scene after the Fourth Ninja War.
The Uchiha clan is all gone, Obito is dead, and no one knows about the infinite moon reading...
Doesn't this fit exactly what Gojo Satoru and the others imagined?
The only problem is: this is supposed to be the perfect world that "Hatake Kakashi" dreams of...
What does it mean that he is still alone?
Megumi Fushiguro also couldn't figure this out, so he turned around and tried to ask his teacher if he had any ideas.
Gojo Satoru did not answer immediately, but silently calculated in his heart.
Just as Bai Yun thought, he did learn some basic information on his way here, and of course he also thought that this might be the time point after the Fourth World War.
Gojo Satoru wondered at the time whether time had wasted the memory and courage of "Hatake Kakashi", causing him to not even dare, or be unable to imagine, what the scene would be like if all the people important to him were there.
Now he had some new ideas - because he found that there was only Uchiha Obito's name on the memorial tablet, but not the name of the Uchiha clan.
But the Uchiha clan is definitely gone...
Gojo Satoru quickly recalled Uchiha Obito and the cause of death of the Uchiha clan.
They had done nothing wrong, but were envied because of their overpowered abilities, and eventually their entire clan was wiped out.
This is a product of the squeeze in the larger environment. Any individual will appear powerless under the constraints of the entire era.
Kakashi Hatake obviously didn't know how to deal with this conflict. His aging soul and the knowledge of past cruelty engraved in his bones and blood made it impossible for him to pretend that nothing had happened.
Because the world has not changed at all, "Hatake Kakashi" will always be worried, wondering if the people he "rescued" will encounter another accident when he is not around.
This worry was subconscious, but it was tearing at his soul all the time, so even when he was making changes, he only dared to secretly pick out "Uchiha Obito" alone.
"Hatake Kakashi" may not have thought of a perfect cause and effect for this matter, he just did it.
Because he could only justify his heroic reputation in this way.
So Gojo-sensei did guess that the time is after World War IV, but he had a different understanding of the name on the memorial than the protagonist. I don't know if he wrote it clearly (twisting his head)
After I had an orgasm, I always felt that my brain wasn't working well, and I became a hopeless illiterate (although I wasn't much better before), so I tried to write as clearly as possible.