Analyzing the Ninja World Starting from Konoha

"Kai, since you say I'm a genius, then I'll tell you something from the bottom of my heart."

"Don't let my lazy demeanor fool you; I'm actually working hard in other ways. You can't dismiss my efforts just by calling me a genius."

"The same goes for Kakashi. Go check out Training Ground 11, you'll understand!"

At this time, Guy had not yet discovered that Kakashi was also diligently training. Aoba decided to let Guy discover it in advance, so that the two good buddies could... cough, establish their bond in advance.

As soon as school was over, Kai rushed to training ground number eleven.

Compared to the original story, where Guy accidentally discovered Kakashi doing one-handed rock climbing during a training break, Guy now does it on purpose.

Even though Guy ran over, Kakashi arrived a step ahead and finished warming up.

Kakashi also noticed Guy's arrival, but he only glanced at Guy indifferently before starting his training for the day.

After witnessing Kakashi's training, Guy was deeply shocked and finally understood what Aoba meant by those words.

Yes, you can't dismiss their efforts with just the word "genius".

If even geniuses work this hard, is there any possibility for someone who isn't a genius to surpass them?!

"That child is Kakashi?"

When Might Guy came to pick up Kay, he saw Kay running this way, so he followed and saw the same thing.

"You care a lot about his performance, don't you?"

Kai lowered his head, feeling somewhat disappointed, but seeing his father's earnest eyes, he made up his mind.

"If I can run 5000 laps around the track, I'll challenge Kakashi!"

"Well said, son."

Seeing that Kai had regained his confidence, Matt Day happily hugged him.

The next day.

When Aoba saw Kai running around the track, with Might Guy cheering him on from behind with a megaphone, he knew things were going well.

The erratic trajectory was finally brought back on track, and Aoba breathed a slight sigh of relief.

Without Guy's redemption, he was really afraid that Kakashi would turn to the dark side, and the entire plot would fall apart.

……

After school in the afternoon, Aoba escorted Kurenai home, carrying two skewers of fish balls given to her by Aunt Nadeshiko, and ate them all the way home.

"Feed".

Aoba stuffed the last fish ball into her mouth and turned to ask.

"You've been following me since school, are you coming home with me?"

From the shadows at the alley entrance, a silver-haired figure slowly emerged—it was Kakashi Hatake.

Kakashi no longer had his usual deadpan eyes; instead, his gaze was unusually sharp. He stared directly at Aoba, seemingly ready to strike at any moment.

"So you did find me a long time ago."

"Hey, don't be so arrogant. You think you're so special because you have the Hatake sword technique? Can't my family have the telepathic ability?" Aoba turned around, casually tossing away the bamboo skewer in her hand. "So, why are you following me?"

"Why did you send Kai to me?"

"Tch, it's not like Kai is testing me to see if I'm someone else."

Kakashi ignored his teasing and cut straight to the point: "Why are you hiding your strength? What exactly is your purpose?"

Aoba found it somewhat amusing, but also somewhat speechless.

Why do they all seem to like imposing their own stereotypes on people?

He retorted, "I'm hiding my strength? How did you figure that out? Just because I beat Asuma, or because I beat Guy?"

"Kakashi, don't impose your ninja way on others. For you, becoming a powerful ninja is your goal, but for me, becoming a ninja is just a forced choice. I've already made my thoughts clear."

My parents died in the Second Shinobi World War, and I don't want to follow in their footsteps. My dream is to graduate, find a quiet job in a low-paying department, earn a stable salary, marry a decent wife, and research food.

I don't want to cause trouble, and I don't want others to cause trouble for me!

His words were a mixture of truth and falsehood, but they also revealed his true thoughts.

Kakashi remained silent; his mask obscured his expression.

Perhaps he was moved by Aoba's words, or perhaps he simply didn't believe them.

Seeing that he didn't speak, Qingye was too lazy to waste any more words and turned to leave.

"wait……"

Kakashi instinctively tried to call out to him, but was horrified to find that he couldn't move his body at all, as if he were bound by invisible chains, unable to even move a finger.

Illusion?

When were you hit?

A storm raged within him. From beginning to end, he hadn't seen the other party form a single hand seal, nor had he even sensed the flow of chakra!

Just as he was in shock, Qingye's figure had already disappeared from his sight.

A hand gently landed on his shoulder.

Wow, so fast!!!

Aoba stood beside Kakashi, one hand on his shoulder, and said calmly in his ear, "Alright, I don't want to repeat myself! Understand?"

A bead of cold sweat slowly slid down Kakashi's forehead.

The illusion dissipated, and he regained control of his body, but the lingering warmth on his shoulder and the indifferent words in his ear were etched into his heart like a brand.

……

After that incident, life finally became much quieter.

Kai is still passionate, and most importantly, he no longer bothers himself. Occasionally, when Aoba is in a good mood, he will come up with a little idea to increase the difficulty of Kai's training.

For example, swimming while carrying weights, standing under a waterfall while holding a huge rock, or running around the village.

People around me started looking at me strangely, and for a while, Hong talked to me less.

Aoba was happy to have some free time. Aside from slacking off at school, he would go to the Death Forest every now and then to update his recipes.

And that guy, Kota Akimichi, always manages to find his way here by following the smell of a campfire in Aoba.

If he hadn't been certain that Kota was from the Akimichi family, he would have thought this guy was from the Inuzuka family, with a nose like a dog's.

Fortunately, Aoba isn't a stingy person; having a meal buddy is nice.

Time flies.

Before they knew it, another batch of new students enrolled, and Aoba and his classmates moved up to the second year.

With Aoba's intervention, Kai also completed the feat of running five thousand laps around Konoha handstand ahead of schedule.

On the day they achieved their goal, Matt Kay and Day hugged each other in celebration, tears welling in their eyes, completely disregarding the feelings of those around them.

Even though Aoba was standing far away by the classroom window, he couldn't help but feel an itch in his toes.

He rushed to the Ninja Academy, his blood boiling, ready to launch his belated challenge against Kakashi.

However, just as Guy rushed up to Kakashi, ready to challenge him, Kakashi calmly took out a form from his ninja tool bag and handed it to his teacher.

That was an application form for early graduation.

Kai was somewhat taken aback, and the classmates around him were also somewhat incredulous.

Aoba then remembered that he had been living too comfortably and had forgotten about Kakashi graduating early.

Aoba also stopped smiling. Kakashi probably didn't realize that his time at the Ninja Academy might have been one of the few happiest times of his childhood.

Another thing is that Kakashi graduated, and he became the top student in his grade.

……