Abandoning your village was a grave crime.
Of course, each village had sent people in pursuit of the deserters,
but somehow, not a single one had been found.
“I probably did the wrong thing asking Sai to continue the investigation when he asked for back-up.” Kakashi said. “I should’ve pulled him out of the situation and gotten him mentally prepared before sending him to the Country of Silence.”
“Regretting it now isn’t going to change anything.”
“That’s true.”
That man was Kakashi.
The other problem Kakashi was intent on solving: the cases of missing nin within the Five Great Shinobi Countries that had been going on for a year.