Chapter 31: VS Kakashi
She immediately pressed Kakashi, "Why are there only two bells? This isn't fair! We're a team, the test should require us to work together! Aren't you forcing us to fight each other?"
"And the difficulty is way too high! We only have three minutes — how are we supposed to do that?!"
"You'll have to figure that out yourselves," Kakashi said without further explanation.
"Oh, right. Anyone who doesn't get a bell won't get lunch and will be tied to a wooden post, watching the others eat."
Kakashi pointed at the wooden posts not far behind him, a trace of nostalgia flashing in his eyes.
Sakura suddenly realized, "Oh! No wonder you told us not to eat breakfast! Good thing we…"
As she spoke, Sakura glanced at Naruto.
From her words, Kakashi roughly guessed what had happened and formed an initial judgment of Sakura's personality.
A few minutes later, the test began.
Kakashi tied the bells to his waist and beckoned to the three of them. "Alright, the test starts now!"
The moment it began, Naruto instantly released dozens of Shadow Clones, completely surrounding Kakashi.
Seeing this, Kakashi's eyes flashed with helplessness and a hint of envy.
Having lots of chakra is really something, huh? Going all out right from the start?
He didn't lift the headband covering his left eye, but he could still feel that every single one of Naruto's clones was not to be underestimated.
In this situation, both Sasuke and Sakura didn't know how to intervene and could only wait for an opportunity.
Dozens of Narutos simultaneously unleashed the First Form, charging at Kakashi. Their speed was so fast that Kakashi could barely keep up.
In an instant, Kakashi felt overwhelming pressure.
Clones surrounded him from all directions. He could only leap into the air, trying to escape.
But the moment he jumped, as if predicted, several Narutos simultaneously used the Second Form: Claw Strike — Kotō Wind.
Nearly twenty claw-shaped wind blades sealed off all of Kakashi's escape routes!
Sweat broke out on Kakashi's forehead. This was no longer a question of holding back — he felt completely suppressed!
He immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge the countless wind blades.
But as soon as he landed, another dozen wind blades came rushing at him.
Under the observation of Transparent World, Kakashi's Body Flicker was completely exposed, allowing Naruto to predict and intercept it in advance.
Moreover, Naruto didn't have to worry about chakra consumption at all. He could keep releasing sword forms non-stop for half an hour without even breathing hard.
Kakashi could only continue dodging. After one flash, countless massive cyan wind blades blasted deep cracks into the ground where he had just been standing.
Kakashi wiped the sweat from his forehead and had to admit that having massive chakra really was impressive…
When he landed again, more than ten even more terrifying Sixth Form: Black Wind Smoke Gale blades, with no blind spots, came flying toward him.
The black-glowing wind blades carried a deadly aura.
This time, Kakashi didn't even have an angle to flicker away. The only way to escape was to block head-on.
But this was just a test — did he really need to go this far…?
The rapidly approaching blades gave him no time to think.
Kakashi formed several seals in a single second.
Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!
Four dog-headed earth walls rose from the ground.
Boom!
Several loud explosions rang out as dust filled the air.
When the dust settled, Kakashi stood inside a crater, looking somewhat disheveled and breathing slightly hard. He was starting to feel drained…
He had poured a lot of chakra into those four earth walls to strengthen their defense.
Even so, they had barely held against the black wind blades.
At that moment, another dense barrage of Second Form claw blades rained down on him from above like a storm.
Kakashi cursed inwardly and immediately raised his hand. "Naruto! That's enough! You pass!"
Naruto dispersed the wind blades. His clones also looked somewhat bored — the fight had ended before they could fully enjoy it.
Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief.
Naruto's chakra-bombardment style of attack had completely suppressed him.
What puzzled Kakashi even more was that every single one of Naruto's strikes seemed to predict his movements perfectly.
It gave him an absurd feeling — who exactly had the Sharingan here?
Sasuke watched the battle ahead, his eyes involuntarily activating his single-tomoe Sharingan.
Naruto's fierce assault made his blood boil with excitement.
Sakura's eyes were dazed. She had never imagined Naruto could be this strong.
Those wind blades that looked like ultimate moves to her were being spammed by Naruto like basic attacks?
Kakashi straightened his hair and walked over to the group with an embarrassed expression.
Well, this time he had really messed up. His image as a teacher was completely gone.
"Ahem… Naruto, since you performed exceptionally well, I'll leave these two bells to you to handle."
As he spoke, Kakashi tossed the two silver bells. With a clear ringing sound, Naruto caught them.
Kakashi, Sasuke, and Sakura all looked at him.
"Those who don't get a bell will receive punishment," Kakashi reminded, wanting to see how Naruto would choose.
Sakura's heart sank.
Sure enough, Naruto tossed one bell to Sasuke and said indifferently,
"Since there are only two bells, Sakura can go back and retake the academy. Her strength really isn't up to standard."
Sakura's eyes immediately turned red with anxiety, but after witnessing Naruto's strength, she couldn't refute him.
Kakashi felt slightly disappointed by Naruto's attitude.
[If it were Sensei, he would definitely burn himself out to let both teammates pass.]
He clapped his hands. "In that case, Sakura, you'll have to accept the punishment."
Immediately after, Kakashi tied Sakura to the central wooden post.
He didn't mention sending those who failed back to the academy again.
This made the bound Sakura breathe a sigh of relief.
Under the blazing sun, Sakura soon broke out in sweat and felt parched.
Meanwhile, Naruto and the other two were relaxing under a tree.
Sakura called out softly to Sasuke, "Sasuke, can you give me some water?"
However, Sasuke was still immersed in the series of combos Naruto had used earlier, imagining himself learning those techniques and beating "the one who beats seven."
He was at the peak of his daydream and didn't hear Sakura's call at all.
Naruto naturally heard it, but he ignored her.
Seeing this, Kakashi looked at Naruto, still hoping to slightly change the son of his teacher's way of doing things.
"Naruto, Sakura is your teammate, right? When a teammate is in trouble, you should help each other."
"I refuse," Naruto said without hesitation.
"Why?" Kakashi asked with an inward sigh.
"Only people with comparable strength who genuinely care about each other are teammates. She doesn't count."
Naruto's answer left Kakashi speechless.
Not far away, Sakura bit her lip tightly and thought resentfully in her heart:
[Again and again… Am I really that worthless? Why do you treat me like this! Fine, I don't count — who cares! One day I'll surpass you! I'll become stronger than you! Then I won't even glance at you!]
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