Chapter 93: Kakashi Was Too Arrogant

to read advance 140plus Chapters join my patreon Ph4nt0mTL

Looking at Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata before him, Kakashi, who had arrived late, calmly started making things up.

"Very good. As shinobi, the ability to adapt to unexpected situations and survive in the wilderness is extremely important. You’ve already demonstrated the basic potential required of shinobi."

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata stared straight at Kakashi.

Seeing their reactions, the corner of Kakashi’s mouth twitched.

They really weren’t cute at all.

Even the gentle Hinata had been corrupted by them.

He couldn’t keep making things up, so Kakashi’s expression turned serious.

"All right. Today’s test will be a practical battle."

A practical battle?

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata froze slightly.

Sasuke stared at him expressionlessly.

"You?"

Kakashi nodded.

"That’s right. I’ll be your opponent. As long as you can last ten minutes against me, you’ll pass my test."

Against three kids who appeared to possess roughly Chunin-level taijutsu, ten minutes was already an extremely conservative estimate.

Naruto’s heart stirred.

"Kakashi-sensei, you won’t use the Sharingan?"

"The Sharingan?"

Hearing this, Sasuke’s pupils contracted.

He immediately remembered something he had read while researching information several years ago.

During the Third Shinobi World War, a Uchiha shinobi had entrusted his Sharingan to a teammate before dying.

Hinata also couldn’t help looking at Kakashi’s eye, which was covered by his forehead protector.

As a member of the Hyuga main family, Hinata knew about the Hatake clan.

The Hatake clan certainly couldn’t possess the Sharingan.

Therefore, the Sharingan clearly wasn’t Kakashi’s exposed right eye.

It could only be the left eye hidden beneath his forehead protector.

Kakashi nodded.

"Looks like you’ve researched my information. Fine. I won’t use the Sharingan."

He wasn’t surprised that Naruto knew about his Sharingan.

As long as Naruto asked Uchiha Izumi, he could naturally obtain information about Kakashi.

Titles such as Konoha’s Copy Ninja and Sharingan Kakashi were no secret in Konoha, or even throughout the shinobi world.

Naruto asked again,

"What about ninjutsu? You won’t use that either? Just taijutsu and the basic Three Body Technique?"

Kakashi’s face immediately darkened.

Naruto was deliberately forcing his hand!

If he didn’t use ninjutsu and only relied on taijutsu and the basic Three Body Technique, he genuinely wasn’t completely confident that he could defeat the three of them within ten minutes.

It would depend on their teamwork and coordination.

If they had no teamwork, Kakashi naturally had nothing to worry about.

But if they coordinated perfectly...

Sasuke glanced at Kakashi with a hint of mockery.

"Didn’t you say we only have to last ten minutes against you?

"As a Jonin, would a teacher really be worried about losing to three newly graduated Genin if he couldn’t even use ninjutsu?"

Are you really just newly graduated ordinary Genin?

Kakashi had been completely cornered.

He could only nod.

"Fine. I won’t use the Sharingan. I’ll only use taijutsu and the basic Three Body Technique.

"As long as you can force me to use ninjutsu, you’ll also pass the test."

One Jinchuriki.

One Uchiha.

One Hyuga main-family heir.

There was no way he could simply send them back to the Academy for another year.

Since they had forced his hand, Kakashi could only be more generous.

Otherwise, where would his dignity as their teacher go?

Kakashi took an alarm clock from his ninja pouch.

He set it to ring eleven minutes later and placed it on a nearby wooden post.

Seeing this, Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata exchanged glances and nodded.

They immediately scattered, surrounding Kakashi from three directions.

Seeing how the three of them could accurately spread out in different directions with nothing more than a glance, Kakashi became more serious.

At the same time, he secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

It was good that they had chosen to attack him head-on.

If they had scattered and hidden themselves instead, finding all three and defeating them within ten minutes would have been genuinely troublesome.

Nearby, Hinata formed a hand seal with one hand.

"Byakugan!"

The veins around her eyes bulged.

Her Byakugan instantly activated, giving her a complete 360-degree field of vision.

She assumed the opening stance of the Gentle Fist.

With exactly ten minutes remaining until the alarm rang, Naruto, who was facing Kakashi directly, attacked first!

He stepped forward and closed the distance.

His body dipped slightly as his right fist swung upward.

Smack!

"What a heavy punch!"

Kakashi’s heart stirred as he caught the fist with one hand.

His palm wrapped around Naruto’s fist as he suddenly exerted force and twisted Naruto’s wrist downward.

"His wrist strength is strong too!"

Kakashi’s pupils contracted.

Even after suddenly increasing his strength, he still couldn’t force Naruto’s wrist down.

Then a gust of wind swept past his ear.

Kakashi bent down and lowered his body.

Sasuke’s powerful right leg swept over his head.

"Ha!"

At the same time, Hinata’s Gentle Fist had already targeted the right side of Kakashi’s lower back and struck toward his kidney.

Kakashi’s heart tightened!

He quickly shifted his body sideways.

Hinata’s chakra-infused palm passed directly in front of his abdomen.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

A continuous series of sounds followed.

Some were strikes.

Others were blocks.

Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata launched attacks one after another without pause, while Kakashi reacted with lightning speed, blocking every attack.

"Kakashi-sensei, you’re pretty good!"

Naruto teased him while attacking.

His hands and feet never slowed, striking toward Kakashi from different angles.

Kakashi, who was dealing with all three simultaneously, didn’t respond.

He suddenly felt tremendous pressure.

They were fast.

And their attacks were heavy.

Both Naruto and Sasuke possessed extremely high speed and strength.

It felt almost like sparring against Might Guy in taijutsu without Guy opening the Eight Gates.

Individually, Naruto and Sasuke were still slightly inferior.

But together, the two of them were in no way inferior to him!

Only one minute had passed.

Kakashi, who had been forced to do nothing but block, could already feel a faint pain in his arms.

As for Hinata’s chakra-infused Gentle Fist strikes, Kakashi didn’t dare take even a single one head-on.

He could only evade them.

Sasuke swept out another powerful kick and said with a hint of mockery,

"Didn’t you say we only had to last ten minutes against you, Kakashi-sensei?"

Kakashi’s face darkened as he shifted his body by the smallest possible margin to avoid the kick.

He had indeed said that Naruto and the others only needed to survive ten minutes against him.

But with their perfect coordination and uninterrupted attacks, he simply couldn’t find an opportunity to counterattack.

The moment he showed any intention of striking back, one of the other two would immediately attack a vital point, forcing him to intercept.

Several minutes passed.

Kakashi was already breathing slightly harder.

Naruto and Sasuke, however, still looked completely normal, their stamina seemingly endless.

Their attacks hadn’t slowed down in the slightest.

If anything, they were becoming even faster!

"What are these two, monsters?"

Kakashi’s expression became extremely serious.

His hands continued blocking while his body constantly shifted by tiny amounts to evade attacks.

Kakashi had also read Naruto and Sasuke’s files.

They had been performing at least two hours of high-intensity physical training every day since they were several years old.

But physical training was physical training.

Taijutsu was taijutsu.

One merely trained physical fitness.

The other was a method of combat.

They were not the same thing!

Having a strong body didn’t mean someone possessed strong taijutsu.

He had thought that defeating three newly graduated Genin within ten minutes was already a conservative estimate.

He thought he had taken Naruto and the others seriously enough.

Now he realized—

It still wasn’t enough!

They had strong physical abilities, and their taijutsu was equally formidable!

Relying on taijutsu alone, he really couldn’t suppress either of the two.

And there was still Hinata beside them, responsible for feints while constantly looking for opportunities to strike his vital points.

Kakashi felt that he had truly been too arrogant.