Chapter 16: Defying Heaven Itself!

“Since you’re all ready, then—”

Kakashi took out a prepared alarm clock and set the time for 12 o’clock.

Then, Kakashi took out two bells:

“Today’s assignment is for you to snatch these bells from me before noon. Those who don’t get a bell will have no lunch and will be tied to that log over there to watch me eat.”

Sasuke glanced at the time, then at Hanabi:

“It’s 11:10 now. In other words, we only have fifty minutes. First making us skip breakfast, then having us come to the training ground at five to drain our stamina, and finally giving us the mission when noon is approaching to make us anxious… Hanabi, had you already considered this step?”

Hanabi naturally couldn’t hear Sasuke’s inner monologue, but on the screen beside her, Sasuke’s shocked voice triggered a wave of bullet comments. Unfortunately, everyone was still shocked by Hanabi’s “Ice Cream,” so the topic didn’t shift.

Kakashi continued: “Those who don’t get a bell will be sent back to the academy. At least one, possibly all of you will go back.”

“Is this verbal provocation next?” Sasuke nodded inwardly.

It feels like… Hanabi predicted everything.

Hanabi tilted her head.

Although she didn’t know why Sasuke suddenly started overthinking like a Overlord character, well done anyway.

However, Kakashi noticed that Naruto seemed to be staring at him with a very peculiar gaze.

“Do you have something to say, Naruto?”

“You aren’t going to use some trap, are you? Starting from the chalkboard eraser, you’ve been acting all along. Actually, you’re that kind of insidious adult, aren’t you?”

“That guy.” Sasuke covered his face speechlessly.

“What if I say… actually I really didn’t notice? At that time, I was lost on the path of life, so I didn’t notice.” Kakashi scratched his head.

For some reason, he felt his image in the hearts of these three seemed to have become… hmm, a master of conspiracy?

“Tch.” Naruto crossed his arms and looked away. “Who understands what you’re saying!”

[Char’s Golden Quote]

[It was Rau Le Creuset who said that, not Char.]

[Hanabi, that is a woman who could have become a mother to me.]

[Damn, Char himself has appeared.]

[12 years old, seems actually doable?]

Naruto indeed just didn’t understand, but the audience knew how to add drama for themselves.

Kakashi clapped his hands. Although he didn’t know the specific situation, he decided to proceed with the test for now: “Alright, let the exercise begin.”

As soon as his voice fell, Sasuke leapt away, and Hanabi took a step back, her figure gradually fading like an afterimage.

But Naruto remained in place.

“Come on, let’s have a fair and square duel!” Naruto shouted loudly, demanding a showdown.

Seeing this, Kakashi was instantly speechless: “Is there something wrong with you?”

“Hmph, who knows what insidious schemes you have behind your back. Anyway, as long as it’s a fair and square duel, you won’t be able to use those insidious moves, right?” Naruto was quite proud of himself.

“So what exactly is my image in your hearts?” Kakashi felt more and more like his reputation was being damaged.

“Useless talk!” Naruto charged forward, but upon seeing Kakashi reach out, he stopped cautiously again. “You guy really are going to use underhanded tricks!”

“Ninja Tactic No. 1: Taijutsu. Let me teach you.”

As he spoke, Kakashi reached out and pulled out a… small orange book.

The most famous novel in the Naruto world—Make-Out Paradise.

“Huh?” Naruto was dumbfounded.

“What’s wrong? Come at me.” Kakashi waited for Naruto while reading his book.

“As expected, there are insidious schemes!” Kakashi confused Naruto so much that he started repeating himself.

“I’m just curious about the next plot development. Don’t mind me; dealing with you guys, reading a book won’t be a problem. As for setting up insidious schemes for you—I’d rather read two more books.”

After understanding the situation, Kakashi immediately knew how to respond. Since they thought he was playing dirty tricks, he would show them that he didn’t need dirty tricks at all.

The provocation was extremely effective.

“You bastard!”

Naruto immediately forgot about insidious schemes and whatnot, got heated, and charged out directly.

“Eat my spinning kick!” Naruto shouted, but was blocked by Kakashi with one hand. Then, Kakashi disappeared, leaving Naruto bewildered. “Huh?”

“A ninja shouldn’t leave their back wide open, idiot.” Unknowingly, Kakashi had circled behind Naruto, his hands forming the Tiger seal. “Konoha Taijutsu Secret Art: One Thousand Years of Death!”

Naruto, having his rear assaulted, was poked directly into the river.

However, Naruto immediately used the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu in the river. When climbing ashore, a clone hid underwater and suddenly attacked when Kakashi approached, suppressing Kakashi from behind.

“A ninja shouldn’t leave their back wide open, Kakashi-sensei!”

Naruto was quite smug and immediately tried to punch Kakashi, but Kakashi used a Substitution Jutsu, neutralizing Naruto’s offense and swapping the person being hit with Naruto’s clone. As a result, Naruto thought Kakashi had turned into his appearance, and the clones beat each other up for a long time. By the time the clones dispersed, Kakashi was long gone.

Finally, seeing a bell on the ground, Naruto went over, only to fall for a trap again and be hung upside down.

“Damn it, didn’t you say there were no underhanded tricks?”

“Don’t fall for such an obvious trap, idiot. This isn’t an underhanded trick, just a very basic ninja tactic.”

“Chance!”

Just then, Sasuke finally found an opening in Kakashi’s defense and threw a shuriken.

But Sasuke’s attack only hit a log. Instead, Sasuke exposed himself and had to flee, but was eventually caught up to.

“Chance!” But this was exactly Sasuke’s trap.

The corners of Sasuke’s mouth curved up slightly.

He threw a shuriken to cut a rope nearby, and countless knives, kunai, and shuriken instantly flew toward Kakashi.

Kakashi had seen through it long ago, but when he stopped, he played right into Sasuke’s hands again.

Sasuke had already circled around to this spot. Leaping out, he turned his body to the left, using centrifugal force to launch a kick from Kakashi’s blind spot.

After blocking with his left palm, Kakashi immediately grabbed Sasuke’s left leg with his right hand.

This seemed to be anticipated by Sasuke as well, who used it as a pivot to swing his right hand. Kakashi naturally blocked with his left hand.

Sasuke continued to swing his body, attacking Kakashi’s head with his remaining right leg. With both hands occupied, Kakashi had to raise his left elbow to block.

Even though all attacks were parried, a triumphant smile appeared on Sasuke’s face.

Kakashi’s hands were sealed, but he still had his left hand!

Sasuke reached out, but Kakashi pushed him away.

“You really are—Hmm?!”

Just as Kakashi was about to speak, he realized that Sasuke, while in mid-air, had started forming hand seals.

– Facing such a dangerous Jonin, don’t talk about martial ethics.

After being indoctrinated by Hanabi with the idea of “Evil Jonin Kakashi,” Sasuke also knew he couldn’t play fair against him.

He had to deceive, he had to sneak attack.

“Horse! Tiger! Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!”

The moment he landed, Sasuke finished the seals.

A giant fireball burned everything in front of Sasuke to ashes.

“Gone?!” However, after the jutsu finished, Sasuke found Kakashi was missing.

“Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu!”

Subsequently, Sasuke was dragged underground too.

“Oh my, oh my. Really didn’t give me any time to react. To be able to use Fire Style at such a young age. One by one, you’ve all been incited by Hanabi.”

Sasuke’s continuous rapid attacks forced Kakashi to “abandon martial ethics” as well.

Only after dragging Sasuke completely underground did Kakashi finally have the leeway to make a few sarcastic remarks.

“Ninja Tactic No. 2: Ninjutsu.”

Having dealt with Sasuke, Kakashi began looking for Hanabi.

“Is she over here? Why is there a fragrance? My nose isn’t working well.”

Hanabi hid very well and used various distractions for cover, but Kakashi still sensed movement in the woods.

“Then next is—!!!”

Kakashi intended to say something, but upon seeing the figure standing there, he froze.

A girl stood opposite him, her back turned to him.

“…Rin?”

Then, another figure appeared opposite the girl, piercing through her with one hand.

And the child who impaled the girl looked exactly like young Kakashi.

A cute female voice appeared behind Kakashi: “Ninja Tactic No. 3: Genjutsu.”

[Reversing the Heaven and Earth lolol.]

[Insane!]

[This is little Kakashi, right?]

[Could it be killing the wife to prove the Dao?]

[Face reveal? I can dig it!]

[Why not husband and wife together? Little Kakashi, I can dig that too.]

[???]

[This generation of netizens is too insane.]

[So this is the information Hanabi investigated.]

[Damn, Kakashi lost his cool instantly lol.]

Kakashi indeed lost his cool.

He waved his hand back, and the “Hanabi” behind him turned into mist and vanished.

“Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique. Kakashi-sensei, what kind of hellish scene did you see?” Hanabi appeared smiling on a tree, looking down at Kakashi.

Hell Viewing Technique (Narakumi no Jutsu), a genjutsu that makes people see a scene of hell (their fears).

But Kakashi didn’t feel like he had been hit by the Hell Viewing Technique at all.

“Hell Viewing Technique? Since when? Is this the genius of genjutsu?” Kakashi finally got serious.

Kakashi didn’t know that he actually hadn’t been hit by genjutsu.

Because the scene before his eyes was actually the result of Hanabi using the Fool’s Mask (Thousand Faces) to transform.

Hanabi recreated the scene from over a decade ago. Kakashi’s teammate Rin Nohara was controlled by Mist ninjas to become the Three-Tails Jinchuriki, intended to be unleashed in Konoha to wreak havoc, and Rin ultimately chose to die by Kakashi’s hand.

Both Little Kakashi and Rin Nohara here were played by Hanabi.

In other words, this was a “reality show” directed and starred in by Hanabi, with Kakashi as the sole audience member.

A good show.

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