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Kakashi understood that Minato was holding back, but the fact that he did so so matter-of-factly made Kakashi want to take action.

In fact, he did take action.

Kakashi withdrew the chakra beneath his feet, concealing his presence with all his might, and allowed himself to fall freely behind Minato.

Kakashi's dynamic vision was at its maximum. When his head was parallel to the bell at Minato's waist, he swiftly reached out and grabbed at Minato's waist.

bell

Just as Kakashi's finger touched the bell, it rang with a clear sound. Minato immediately turned around, shifted his body slightly, and avoided Kakashi's capture.

"!"

Kakashi reached out and grabbed nothing; his fingers slipped across the bell. Startled, he quickly braced himself with one hand, performed a backflip, and disappeared into the forest once more.

"Come out!"

Minato cautiously looked around. He didn't try his best to sense Kakashi's location; he just looked left and right, trying to spot Kakashi's position.

Kakashi swiftly traversed the forest, moving around the Water Gate.

He came up behind Minato once again. In terms of basic concealment techniques and fundamental skills, Kakashi was already almost there. Minato couldn't find Kakashi's location just by looking at him.

So Minato simply leaned his back against the tree, covered the bell with his hand, and looked around warily.

The first surprise attack failed, and Minato became more vigilant. Kakashi sighed that it was difficult to handle and had no choice but to bring back the clone that had been waiting in standby mode after being summoned earlier.

Shua la la

A dark figure suddenly sprang out of the bushes and lunged at Minato like a madman.

Minato, who had no intention of attacking, immediately dodged, but the dark figure did not let Minato go at all and continued to rush towards him.

"what?"

Minato's eyes widened in surprise. The dark figure was Kakashi's clone. As everyone knows, ordinary clones have no fighting ability. What exactly does Kakashi want to do with it?

Minato, who wasn't even using his full speed to begin with, was quickly caught up by Kakashi's clone. Minato tried to change direction several times, but Kakashi was, after all, a genuine Chunin. Even if he was lacking in the art of attrition, he wouldn't lose face in a simple chase.

Kakashi's clone crashed headfirst into Minato's chest, causing Minato to stumble before turning into white smoke and disappearing.

Goodness, even though the clones can't attack, they still have some weight.

Kakashi's idea was to use the kinetic energy of a full-speed sprint to propel himself into Minato's body, which was not attacking, thus creating a momentary opening in Minato's defenses.

This move is ineffective against ordinary ninjas, no matter who they are.

When faced with such an impact, ninjas would instinctively defend or dodge, and a large number of them would even choose to attack directly to gain a further advantage.

The clone is inherently fragile and will disappear even when subjected to defensive actions or ordinary attacks.

Unfortunately, Minato hadn't planned to do anything during this mission, or rather, the assessment; he simply made an evasive maneuver, which resulted in him being caught red-handed by Kakashi's clone.

As it turned out, Kakashi's idea was successful.

Minato was indeed momentarily stunned by the sudden impact, staggering back a few steps and slightly loosening his grip on the bell.

"good chance!"

Kakashi's eyes lit up, and he immediately formed hand seals and used the Body Flicker Technique.

"Instant Technique!"

His figure flashed by and appeared beside Minato.

Black hand!

Kakashi's dark hand reached around Minato's waist, wrapped around him, and gently unbuttoned his belt...

Uh……

Sorry, I picked up the wrong notebook.

Again.

Kakashi reached out to Minato's waist, his two fingers touching the bell. Overjoyed, he pinched the bell between his fingers.

Ding

The bell made a muffled sound, and Minato immediately noticed Kakashi, reaching out to grab his own bell.

"Don't think about it!"

Minato gripped Kakashi's wrist tightly, while Kakashi pinched the bell between his fingers, trying to pull his hand away from Minato's grasp.

"Let go!"

Kakashi shouted and drew his katana with his other hand, slashing it toward Minato's head.

Minato dodged Kakashi's attack with a simple sidestep. The tip of the blade grazed past Minato's eyes, and Kakashi immediately changed his move, slashing out horizontally with his katana in an attempt to force Minato back.

"too naive!"

Minato reached out his other hand and grabbed Kakashi's arm, then twisted his foot and spun around Kakashi's body.

The slender katana, slashing horizontally, couldn't even touch Minato's body. Kakashi's heart sank. He twisted his fingers, changed the direction of the katana in his hand, gripped it in his other hand, and slashed at Minato's forehead.

Since fighting Chiaki, Kakashi's hesitation in battle has been eliminated, which is a good thing.

Chapter 119 Discussing Heroes Over Wine

"What do you think of Kakashi's strength?"

Sakumo Hatake asked Chiaki, who was standing to the side watching with great interest, and Chiaki blinked.

"That's how swordsmanship is; the main problem is that you didn't teach it properly."

"Well, I can't really refute that."

Sakumo Hatake nodded, and Chiaki continued, "He possesses exceptional combat talent and intelligence, and is outstanding in intuition and creativity; he is a peerless genius."

"His talent ranks at least in the top ten within the past hundred years."

After all, it's a 50/50 situation; it wouldn't be fair if it weren't strong.

"That's too kind of you..."

Sakumo Hatake shook his head with a wry smile. He knew that Kakashi was very talented, even more so than himself, but he didn't believe that he was among the top ten most talented people in the past hundred years.

"It's not an exaggeration, it's true."

Chiaki spoke earnestly, counting on her fingers for Sakumo Hatake, "Going back, how many ninjas have more talent than Kakashi?"

"The First Hokage, Madara Uchiha, is gone."

"The Third Hokage also put in a lot of effort to reach his current level; his talent was just a little lacking."

"Oh, Minato barely counts as one, but you're just trash, not even as good as your son."

Sakumo Hatake gave a wry smile, acknowledging Chiaki's statement. Then, he pointed at Chiaki and said, "You should count yourself as one, right? And the Legendary Sannin of Konoha, their talent shouldn't be any worse than Kakashi's?"

"I... I guess I'd say I'm barely qualified..."

Chiaki touched her nose and admitted it without blushing; her talent, inherited from Hashirama Senju's cells and the Uzumaki bloodline, was indeed frighteningly good.

"The Legendary Sannin of Konoha... only Orochimaru... oh, Lord Orochimaru is truly exceptionally talented. Jiraiya and Tsunade are actually not as talented as Kakashi."

"Then there are four people ahead: the First Hokage, Madara Uchiha, Minato, and me."

Chiaki stretched out his other hand and counted on his fingers, "Looking ahead, Uchiha Itachi is one, Uchiha Shisui is one, oh... there's also Obito, and I haven't seen the others yet."

That's a lie. In reality, there are also two overpowered characters, Naruto and Sasuke, but Chiaki can't bring himself to say it.

Speaking of which, the Uchiha clan members are truly exceptionally talented. Several geniuses with talents comparable to Kakashi are from the Uchiha clan. The Sage of Six Paths seems to have a lot of favoritism towards this clan.

No wonder they wanted to wipe out their entire race (just kidding)!

"Uchiha Shisui, the strongest genius of the Uchiha clan at present, is indeed incredibly talented."

"Is Uchiha Itachi their young clan leader? I've heard of him; it's said his talent is even more terrifying than Uchiha Shisui's."

"But Obito..."

Sakumo Hatake hesitated as he looked at Obito, who was struggling within the genjutsu of the future. "Judging from his performance, he's just an ordinary Uchiha clansman. I haven't been able to discover much of his amazing or outstanding abilities yet."

"Really? That means you don't have a good eye for talent."

Chiaki said with a grin, seemingly unintentionally but also deliberately, "It's not a big problem. Just wait and see. In a few years, Obito will definitely show his talent. I hope you won't be too surprised then."

Well, before that, Chiaki still has to try to stop Obito's tragedy, and he'll probably have to go head-to-head with that old monster, Madara Uchiha.

Although this might affect Obito's ability to unleash his talent, Chiaki believes that even without Madara Uchiha, Obito could still become powerful.

"Well……"

Sakumo Hatake fell silent. Chiaki meant that he should live well and live until the day he could witness Obito's growth, right?

How did she manage to determine that she truly had a suicidal thought...? Strange.

"Yeah, that's about it."

Qianqiu clapped his hands. "Kakashi's talent is indeed very strong, but he still needs time to realize his potential, and he also needs someone to teach him how to properly realize his potential."

"This person can't be me, it can't be anyone else, it can only be you."

"Otherwise, even if Kakashi has the best talent, he will waste it."

Chiaki pointed in Kakashi's direction. Kakashi had already begun blindly attacking Minato. Due to his earlier setbacks, he had lost his composure and his movements were disorganized.

"You see, he's a sign that he needs to be disciplined, isn't he?"

Sakumo Hatake tucked his clothes into his pocket, stared at Kakashi, and began to think.

Kakashi's White Fang swordsmanship is completely inadequate. Compared to his immense talent, it's clear that his swordsmanship is rather lacking.

So, how should Kakashi proceed in the future? How should he improve himself and realize his talent? These are things that definitely need someone to arrange for him.

If he were to pass away, Kakashi would inevitably waste a lot of time and energy figuring things out on his own, and might ultimately achieve nothing.

"Hey……"

Sakumo Hatake sighed. He really didn't know how Chiaki's brain worked. Every word she said was correct and hit the nail on the head.

It was precisely because of her utmost sincerity and accurate pinpointing of his weaknesses that he stood here, hesitant yet expectant, watching this "performance."

"Oh oh oh, it's coming, it's coming!"