"Just a duty?" Kakashi shook his head, "Mizuki, Sasuke is my student. You can be perfunctory, but I can't!"

Mizuki looked at Kakashi who showed no sign of changing his mind and said, "This may be our biggest disagreement. Kakashi, I hope you understand that I am not advising you to be perfunctory with Sasuke. I just want to say that the way you handled it is problematic."

"So what do you think we should do?"

"You also know that preaching has little effect. For Sasuke, anyone who interferes with his desire for revenge will be rejected by his rebellious heart without hesitation. Therefore, what we actually need to do is not to arrange a path for him, but to point him in the direction and let him choose for himself."

"Including leaving Konoha and accepting Orochimaru's orders?"

"That's right."

After hearing Mizuki's answer, Kakashi looked at Mizuki's face again and asked, "Are you serious?"

Mizuki kept silent, acquiescing to Kakashi's question.

The hazy moonlight shone through the window, bringing a different atmosphere to the room. In this solemn atmosphere, Hatake Kakashi suddenly spoke.

"Sui Mu, maybe you are right. We are not much different from Uchiha Itachi and Orochimaru in essence. We treat Sasuke in similar ways, but our positions are different. You want me to prove that I am right and the enemy is wrong. This is impossible. However, I can clearly confirm that Orochimaru wants to hurt Sasuke, and I want to protect my students. This is not wrong."

Kakashi said in a slightly calmer tone: "I will consider your suggestion. It is indeed inappropriate for us to be wishful thinking about Sasuke. Maybe I worried too much in the past. Every ninja's path needs to make his own choices. However, this definitely does not include letting Sasuke follow Orochimaru! I will try my best to prevent this from happening."

"Really?" Shuimu laughed at himself, "Sorry, I was nosy and said things I shouldn't have said. Don't take it to heart."

"Shui Mu, you look a little strange today. Did you not get enough rest, or is it because it's a full moon night that makes you think of your new wife?"

"Ah, it's possible..."

Kakashi also felt that such a serious conversation was a bit inappropriate, so he jokingly said, "You are very smart, Mizuki, but I don't want you to go into a dead end. As Konoha ninjas, we must have our own stance. It is not our job to think about problems too objectively. We can leave these things to God!"

"God?" Shuimu was stunned, then smiled, "Indeed, I thought too much."

"That's it, then. Go to bed early and look after these kids tomorrow. Don't let them get into any trouble. Being a babysitter isn't an easy job."

As he said that, Kakashi used the instant body technique and left Mizuki's room directly.

"My 'mouth persuasion' skills were not in good shape today! I failed to convince Uchiha Sasuke and was even lectured by Hatake Kakashi. What a failure..."

Mizuki smiled bitterly and stretched out his arms, looking at his hands glowing in the moonlight, thinking about what Kakashi Hatake had just said.

"As a human being, I look at the world from the perspective of a 'god'. When did this idea start? Have I become so arrogant without realizing it? I have ignored my position by using the 'God's perspective' brought by intelligence advantage to guide my actions. Or have I changed?"

When this thought came to mind, Shuimu was suddenly startled.

"The moral values ​​of "God" have been eroded! Is it natural energy?"

Mizuki suddenly became alert when he remembered his conversation with Jiraiya last night about the possible risks of Sage Mode and natural energy.

"I can no longer tell whether this is my original will or a distorted thought. Although I knew this day would come, it came so quickly that I was really caught off guard."

Even though he had foreseen the possible danger from the beginning, after talking with Jiraiya in detail, he understood even more clearly how great the danger was when fighting against such an unknown enemy. Especially the fight in such a silent spiritual battlefield was even more dangerous. One could be doomed if one was not careful. This time it was relatively lucky as he was only given a "warning" by the enemy and did not suffer much harm.

"This time when I go back, in addition to solving the physical problems as soon as possible, I also have to be prepared for mental troubles. While I was still worrying about Uchiha Sasuke's problem, I didn't expect that something went wrong on my side first. It's really a headache!"

Just as Shuimu was patiently thinking about countermeasures, in a corner that Shuimu had not noticed, a small toad that was so small that it could not be noticed and did not even trigger the warning traps was looking at Shuimu's window with shining eyes, taking in everything that happened in Shuimu's room tonight.

Jiraiya, who knew everything about Mizuki through some inexplicable connection, was sitting on the windowsill of Uzumaki Naruto's room. He looked at Naruto, who was sleeping in an indecent posture and talking in his sleep, and then looked in the direction of Mizuki's room with a look of realization.

"It's just as you expected, Orochimaru. The smarter a person is, the more vulnerable they are to natural energy. Is thinking too much a fault?"

Jiraiya muttered.

No one knows the dangers of Sage Mode better than Jiraiya. Only those with strong character can be immune to the harm of these external energies. If the tailed beast chakra can increase the negative emotions of the Jinchūriki when they are emotionally excited, then the more hidden and subtle changes in natural energy are hard to guard against.

It would be more accurate to say that when Orochimaru failed in his attempt to cultivate the Sage Mode, he gave up voluntarily, because he understood that it would be even more difficult for a certain type of person to resist this kind of erosion. However, he did not expect that after giving up the Sage Mode and trying to find another way, Orochimaru unknowingly fell into the trap and was unable to extricate himself.

"Take care of yourself. I don't know whether to say you are lucky or unlucky. I hope you can find a solution and not go further and further down the path of being clever."

Jiraiya thought and looked back at Naruto who was sleeping.

"What a rare talent! This is my disciple, the child of destiny who will bring hope to the world in the future? I hope he won't die halfway this time. Also, you must be stronger, Naruto!"

Jiraiya, who regretted Nagato's death, finally found hope to bring peace to the world after Minato Namikaze died in battle.

"Did you arrange all this, the creator of eternal peace and order? Now another person who wants to break free from "fate" is born. What are you going to do?"