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Ignoring the pensive Sakumo Hatake, Chiaki stared intently at Minato and Kakashi. In his panic, Kakashi made a mistake and fell right into Minato's arms.

"You were in too much of a hurry, didn't you? You fell down."

Chiaki chuckled, while Hatake Sakumo raised his head, glanced at Kakashi's posture, and said:

"This is a trap. If Minato doesn't change his move next, the bell will fall."

"Oh?"

Chiaki quickly perked up. Kakashi stumbled, and Minato naturally noticed this as well. He hesitated for a moment, but still chose to dodge normally.

"Shunpo!"

Just as Minato dodged to the side, Kakashi was enveloped in lightning and wind chakra, and he lunged at the bell at Minato's waist, grabbing it.

Sure enough, Kakashi's fall was the trap that Sakumo Hatake had mentioned, and Minato didn't deliberately change his move, giving Kakashi the opportunity.

"oops!"

Given Minato's reaction time, he could have disappeared the moment Kakashi activated Shunpo, but he held back and chose to act on his instincts.

With both hands pressed on the bell simultaneously, Minato failed to stop Kakashi from taking it, and Kakashi also failed to snatch the bell.

The rope holding the bell broke, and the bell flew straight into the air.

Chapter 220 Like Resentment and Yearning

"...!!!"

Kakashi and Minato raised their heads at the same time, the bells swirling in the air, jingling continuously.

"Mine!"

Kakashi's eyes lit up, and he jumped into the air and pounced on the bell.

"Don't think about it!"

Minato moved with lightning speed, snatching the bell from the air before Kakashi could react.

"Tsk!"

Kakashi clicked his tongue loudly, shifted his weight to the ground, and threw a punch at Minato.

When the sneak attack failed, they resorted to robbing.

Given Minato's reaction speed, a sneak attack would be impossible. The only thing they could do was exploit his inability to retaliate.

His attack was aimed directly at Minato's face. Minato was holding the bell in one hand, making it inconvenient for him to block. He had to awkwardly block Kakashi's attack with his other hand.

"Give me the bell!"

Kakashi's hand techniques were far more impressive than his swordsmanship. He used a Wing Chun routine with his left hand, followed by a Bagua Palm routine with his right, plus Black Tiger Steals Heart and Monkey Steals Peach. Every move was aimed at vital points, leaving Minato terrified.

Whether it's the upper or lower body, Kakashi's moves are insidious and ruthless, quite reminiscent of the effeminate female boss from the neighboring Swordsman.

"...You taught him this?"

Chiaki's eyelids twitched as she looked at Hatake Sakumo with disdain.

Sakumo Hatake adjusted his tengu mask, coughed lightly, and said, "Do you think I'm that kind of person?"

"A bit like."

Chiaki nodded seriously, leaving Hatake Sakumo speechless.

"...This thing was figured out by Kakashi himself. I only taught him one move, and he used it to develop so many other techniques."

Sakumo Hatake covered his face with his mask, feigning innocence.

What did you teach him?

Chiaki already had the answer in mind, but she still couldn't help asking Hatake Sakumo.

"The Secret Techniques of Konoha's Bodyguards—"

Sakumo Hatake drew out his words meaningfully, "A Thousand! Years! of! Death!"

"I knew it……"

The move of Qianqiu rubbing his forehead is so classic, yet so despicable, it's unforgettable.

No wonder, after learning the Thousand Years of Death, with Kakashi's talent, it's not hard to understand how he can apply what he's learned to create these fancy techniques.

"Oh oh oh..."

Minato's unexpected cry attracted the attention of Chiaki and Sakumo Hatake. Minato's face was flushed, and he was reaching out to defend the important parts of his body where he would give birth to Naruto. He threw the bell in his hand away.

Kakashi, looking pleased with his success, abandoned Minato and rushed towards the bell.

He didn't think there was anything wrong with his actions; if he wanted to complete the mission, he had to use any means necessary.

Moreover, since Minato won't retaliate, this method has the highest success rate in achieving the objective.

"The future...the future!"

Minato, his face flushed, shouted at Mirai. Even in the face of this embarrassing attack, he did not forget his mission to protect Rin.

The bell in his hand was thrown towards the future, and Kakashi was also running towards the future.

Mirai, who was bullying Rin, suddenly realized what was happening and saw Kakashi rushing towards the flying bell. She immediately assessed the situation.

If we assume that in the future Kakashi abandons Rin and Obito and instead focuses on vying for the bell, then based on the speed of Kakashi compared to the future's speed, Kakashi will inevitably be able to obtain the bell and complete the test before the future.

The bell is flying towards the future, and Kakashi's speed is faster than the future.

So, the only thing we can do now is to prevent Kakashi from getting the bell, or to make Kakashi hesitate and become slow, so that the bell can fly a little longer until it reaches a more advantageous position before we take action.

Right now, there happens to be another way to stop Kakashi and make him hesitate.

Remembering Qianqiu's previous instructions, he quickly drew his blood-stained longsword and placed it against the neck of the subdued Lin.

Lin's transformation technique had long been dispelled, and her clones had disappeared. It was too difficult for a medical ninja with little combat ability to hold off the future.

Besides suppressing Rin, Mirai also glanced at Obito, who was immersed in the crimson world, with her golden eyes. Obito, covered in cold sweat, broke free from the crimson world and collapsed to the ground, panting heavily.

"Stop, or I can't say what might happen to Lin!"

In the future, he held the blood-red longsword close to Rin's neck and threatened Kakashi.

Upon hearing the threat from the future, Lin instinctively trembled and glanced sideways at the future.

At the same time, Obito, who was panting, rolled over after hearing the threat from the future, staggered to his feet, and took a few seconds to assess the situation.

Rin is being threatened, and Kakashi will soon be able to get the bell and complete the mission.

Faced with an ultimate choice, should you protect your teammates or obtain the bell to complete the mission?

"Come on, if it were you, what would you choose?"

Chiaki, standing outside the arena, looked at Kakashi with a meaningful gaze, and then glanced at Sakumo Hatake beside her.

Sakumo Hatake wore a tengu mask, so his expression was unreadable.

He clenched his fists, clearly waiting for the outcome deep down.

Different scenarios, but the exact same choice.

Sakumo Hatake chose to protect his teammates and abandoned the mission, ultimately leading to this tragic end.

how about you?

Kakashi?

"Kakashi! Stop! Rin is the most important!"

Obito shouted loudly at Kakashi, and at the same time ran towards the future, desperately swinging the kunai in his hand at the future.

However, Future didn't even glance at him, but instead stretched out her other hand, and a large net of blood appeared, tightly binding Obito's body.

Entangled in the net, Obito suddenly fell at Mirai's feet. He struggled and twisted, thrashing his body like a worm.

But the more he struggled to break free from the entanglement of the blood net, the tighter it became, pushing Obito to his limit wave after wave of pain.

"what!"

Obito screamed in agony, his voice filled with a mournful lament, a longing, a sob, a plea.

"Stop right now! Your teammates are about to give up!"

Future stepped on Obito, causing him to groan and his screams to be interrupted.

Lin was struggling to breathe under the weight of the blood-stained sword. She gripped the sword tightly with both hands, coughing violently, tears streaming down her face.

"Kakashi... Kakashi—!"

Despite the excruciating pain, Obito screamed at Kakashi, "Save Rin! Hurry!"

Kakashi, who had been accelerating, suddenly paused and looked hesitantly at Rin and Obito.

After his gaze swept over Chiaki and Sakumo Hatake on the sidelines, he gritted his teeth and quickened his pace, lunging towards Rin.

Kakashi's choice is...

Regardless of the sacrifices of their teammates, their goal is to complete the mission!

Chapter 221 Desperately Proving

"Eh--"

Chiaki drew out her words; she wasn't entirely surprised by Kakashi's choice.

She could guess what Kakashi was thinking.

Because protecting his teammates led to this tragedy for his own father, Kakashi's instinctive reaction would be to complete the mission rather than protect his teammates.

Deep down, he wanted to prove to someone he didn't know that he could complete the task perfectly, even if he were to do it himself.

Therefore, Sakumo Hatake is fully capable of completing the mission perfectly.

His choice to protect his teammates was actually just a more powerful choice that he was forced to make but couldn't.

What's wrong with saving your teammates first and then completing the mission?

It's just that it's taken a little longer, it doesn't mean it can't be completed!