"When did he get there??" Sasuke and Sakura turned around in shock, completely unaware that someone was behind them!
A man was standing behind them, tall and slender, with silver hair and a Forehead Protector tilted on his head. His mouth and nose were covered by a mask, revealing only one eye. He held a book in his hand, reading it intently, not even looking up while speaking.
Naruto was quite calm, mainly because he was too familiar with Kakashi: "Isn't eavesdropping on others a bad habit? Besides, what I said is the truth, right?"
"Well... most of it is true."
"Speaking of which, how come you're not late today?" Naruto was curious, then teased, "Did my mom drag you here?"
"Cough..." Kakashi snapped his book shut and tapped Naruto on the head, saying, "We can chat later. You three, come with me."
School rooftop, Naruto had never been up here before, mainly out of awe, after all, it was where the legendary Seijuro fought.
The three little ones, Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura, sat side by side. Sasuke was quite skilled at grabbing the center position, Naruto thought to himself.
Kakashi leaned against the opposite railing and said, "As Naruto just introduced, I am Hatake Kakashi, and I will be your Sensei Jonin from now on. So, let's start with your self-introductions, starting with Naruto."
Naruto stared at him without speaking. You freeload at my house every day, are we really that unfamiliar that this is necessary?
Kakashi stared back at Naruto with his dead fish eye, also without speaking. Even though your mom always drags me over for meals, we are quite familiar, but we still have to go through the process. It's up to you.
Naruto sighed, Fine, I'll give Kakashi-sensei some face: "I'm Uzumaki Naruto, I like training to become stronger, I hate when people are late, and my dream is... to surpass all the past Hokage and protect the people I care about."
He's implying that I like to be late, Kakashi thought, shifting his gaze to Sasuke.
Sasuke folded his hands, resting his chin on the back of his hands, and said coolly, "Uchiha Sasuke, I like training with my brother, I hate being defeated by Naruto, and my dream is to surpass my brother."
Itachi's younger brother, Kakashi thought, remembering the genius who joined the Anbu at the age of 11.
"I'm Haruno Sakura, I like... my dream is... I hate Ino." Sakura's eyes kept drifting towards Sasuke.
Naruto and Kakashi could understand, but Sasuke thought this teammate was strange, unable to speak clearly. But it didn't matter, it was enough to have him and Naruto.
Kakashi looked at the three of them, one was the teacher's son, one was from the same clan as his deceased best friend, and also the younger brother of a former subordinate, and the last one was a girl with her head full of romance. Even so, the necessary tests could not be omitted. Minato-sensei shouldn't give Naruto any hints.
"Then, starting tomorrow, we will carry out our first mission, the Survival Exercise."
Sakura questioned, "Isn't it a mission? Why is it an exercise? We've done many exercises like this at school."
"This is not an ordinary exercise. Out of the 27 graduates, only nine are recognized as Genin. The other eighteen will be sent back to school.
In other words, this is a super difficult test with a failure rate of over 66%. Even for you, I won't hold back, Naruto.
So, that's it. Tomorrow at five in the morning, Training Grounds, remember to bring your Ninja Tools."
Kakashi left using the Body Flicker Technique, not mentioning the matter of not eating breakfast, feeling that if he didn't let Naruto eat breakfast, the mistress might slap him.
"Naruto, what do you think?" Sasuke looked at Naruto, and Sakura also looked at Naruto expectantly. Naruto was the son of the Fourth Hokage, so he might know some inside information.
Naruto looked at Sasuke in disbelief, Are you stealing my lines? He said unhappily:
"I think he left too fast, I wanted him to treat us to a meal."
Is that what I'm asking you? Sasuke said helplessly, "I'm talking about tomorrow's exercise."
"Yeah, yeah, if we fail, will we really be sent back to school?" Sakura asked.
"Kakashi is a qualified ninja, and with his style, if he said so, he's serious."
"As for the specifics, I don't know, but since it's called a Survival Exercise, if it were just a normal exercise, there'd be nothing to worry about, but that's probably not the case." Naruto prepared to use the results to deduce the process.
Sasuke and Sakura nodded; a normal Survival Exercise wouldn't have such a high elimination rate.
Naruto continued, "The fact that they specifically reminded us to bring Ninja Tools means there might be combat, so we might have to fight Kakashi."
"Fight a Jonin? Why not a three-way battle between us?" Sakura raised her hand to ask.
Naruto turned to look at her, and Sasuke also turned to look at her.
Sakura felt guilty under their gazes and lowered her head. "Okay, I get it."
Because discussing an internal battle was pointless; these two were as strong as monsters, and she would definitely lose.
Naruto was also feeling guilty. How did I not think it could be an internal battle! But luckily, they both filled in the blanks themselves. Not a big problem, he continued, "If it were a normal Jonin, we might have some hope if we worked hard, but with Kakashi's level, the possibility is slim."
"Why?" Sasuke was unconvinced. Was Kakashi that strong?
Naruto brought out his trump card against Sasuke: "Kakashi can at least go toe-to-toe with Itachi-aniki, do you think the three of us together can beat Itachi-aniki?"
Itachi was 17 this year and had already become a squad leader in the Anbu. He was skilled at combining genjutsu, ninjutsu, and Shuriken throwing techniques, making it difficult to defend against his feints and real attacks.
Although he didn't have the Mangekyo Sharingan yet, he also wasn't sick, so his strength was formidable, with almost no weaknesses. If they really faced Kakashi, the outcome was indeed hard to say.
Sasuke was immediately convinced. Someone of his brother's level was completely hopeless.
"So Kakashi probably won't make beating him the standard, so as long as we show our best, there shouldn't be any major problems."
Sasuke nodded, while Sakura was a little worried. If anyone was going to be sent back to the academy, it would definitely be her.
"Let's go, let's go eat together and celebrate that we're assigned to the same team. Let's also discuss tomorrow's tactics, I don't want to lose too badly." It would be best to trick Kakashi a bit, to avenge the face-pinching revenge in his swaddling clothes.
Yes, Naruto still remembered being pinched in the face by Kakashi when he was a child!
"Okay," Sasuke responded, used to having dinner with his teammates.
"Yeah!" Sakura forgot all her worries. Her inner self was frantically scattering flowers and cheering, 'Hooray! Eating with Sasuke! Thank you Naruto for the opportunity! Konoha is a good teammate!'
The three of them left the rooftop together.
Kakashi, who was secretly spying, expressed his satisfaction. It seemed that the team atmosphere was not bad, which was what he valued most, and strength was secondary.
"Should I say, as expected of the teacher's child?" Kakashi couldn't help but recall Minato's sunny smile, as well as his two teammates who had passed away many years ago. He moved his feet and walked towards the Memorial Stone.
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