Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

Kakashi calmly replied, "It's an exercise."

As soon as Kakashi finished speaking, Sakura said uninterestedly, "What? A drill? We've had many drills at school already, Kakashi-sensei. What kind of mission is this?"

Sakura felt very bored.

However, Kakashi remained calm and said, "This is a survival exercise. If you fail to gain my approval, you will have to go back to the Ninja Academy to repeat your studies. Let me tell you, only about 30% of students who graduate from the Ninja Academy can officially become ninjas each year."

"So get ready, and assemble at the training ground at 5 a.m. tomorrow."

After saying that, he immediately disappeared in front of the four people.

After Kakashi disappeared, Yu Ming also disappeared.

Naruto and Sakura didn't notice, but Sasuke's gaze sharpened, and he was shocked. "This guy is much stronger than he usually appears."

Sasuke clenched his fist.

The teleportation technique that Yu Ming just used was one that his brother had seen him use before.

He hasn't succeeded in cultivating yet.

Yu Ming, however, could use it with ease.

Clearly, Yu Ming's strength is far from what it seemed when he was at school.

In other words, his position as the top student in the class may not be well-deserved.

After Yu Ming disappeared, he returned home and did not linger outside.

However, after only ten minutes at home, Ino and Hinata appeared at his house.

This left Yu Ming somewhat helpless.

Yu Ming didn't arrive at the training ground until after 7 a.m. the next day.

But at this time, Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura had already arrived at the training ground.

Naruto walked up and said, quite annoyed, "Why are you so late? Didn't Kakashi-sensei tell us to come at five o'clock?"

Yu Ming smiled and said, "I overslept."

This answer annoyed Naruto, because he had arrived early, only to find that neither Kakashi nor Yu Ming had come.

Sasuke's eyes turned serious when he saw Yu Ming; he knew Yu Ming was definitely not simple.

Sakura looked at Yu Ming with a hint of helplessness, "Sigh, why hasn't Kakashi-sensei arrived yet?"

However, only a few minutes after Yu Ming arrived, Kakashi appeared.

"Hey everyone."

Naruto and Sakura pointed at him, clearly annoyed, saying, "You're too slow."

Sasuke, hands in his pockets, glared at Kakashi with obvious displeasure.

Yu Ming looked at Kakashi calmly.

"Kakashi-sensei, you're still so late."

As soon as Yu Ming finished speaking, Naruto and Sakura turned and glared at him, saying, "You weren't much earlier than me."

However, Yu Ming didn't mind and smiled slightly.

Kakashi could tell at a glance that Yu Ming hadn't arrived much earlier.

However, he also knew that Yu Ming already knew his personality, so there was nothing wrong with what he was doing.

Without further ado, Kakashi took out an alarm clock, pressed the time button, and calmly said, "I'm setting the alarm to 12 o'clock. You need to get these three bells on me before 12 o'clock."

Naruto asked with a puzzled look, "Kakashi-sensei, why are there three bells? There are four of us."

Kakashi smiled and said, "Because one of you four has to leave."

This statement left Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke stunned.

"Furthermore, if none of you manage to snatch the bell, you will all be sent back to the Ninja Academy."

These words startled all three of them.

Sasuke frowned, thinking, "He's Konoha's top Jonin. How easy is it to snatch the bell from him?"

At this moment, he looked at Yu Ming and found that Yu Ming not only showed no worry, but was also very calm.

"What is this guy thinking? Is he really that confident?"

Even Sasuke isn't entirely confident about this, so why does Yu Ming seem completely unconcerned?

Sasuke was very curious.

Kakashi naturally noticed Yu Ming's calmness, but he didn't care. This exercise was originally meant to test Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

If this exercise is intended to test Yu Ming, then it is completely meaningless.

Kakashi knew that Yu Ming's strength was now very close to his own.

It would be too easy to take the bell from him.

Kakashi didn't waste any words and calmly said, "Alright, let's begin. Use kunai or any other ninja tool, any method you can use, as long as you're not coming with the intention of killing me, you won't be able to steal the bell."

As soon as Kakashi finished speaking, Sakura frowned and said, "But that would be too dangerous."

Naruto nodded. "Yeah, that's too dangerous."

Chapter 45

Perhaps to provoke Naruto, Kakashi smiled calmly and said, "As expected, the worst student is the one who shouts the loudest."

Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Naruto paused for a moment, muttering, "Loser? Loser, this guy actually called me loser."

"asshole".

With that, he drew his kunai and charged at Kakashi. At that moment, he truly wanted to kill Kakashi.

Because what he dislikes most is being called the bottom of the class.

Sakura and Sasuke were both stunned, completely unexpected that Naruto would actually dare to make a move.

However, they quickly realized that they absolutely could not let Naruto actually do it, as that would result in someone dying.

"Naruto, don't be silly~".

Sakura shouted as she and Sasuke chased after Naruto, trying to stop him.

However, they were still a bit slow. Just as Naruto approached Kakashi, Kakashi suddenly appeared behind Naruto.

Naruto held the kunai in his hand, while Kakashi twisted his back, the sharp edge of the kunai pointing at the back of Naruto's head.

Sasuke and Sakura were completely stunned. "We didn't even see how he appeared behind Naruto."

"As expected, this guy is very strong."

Sakura, on the other hand, couldn't believe it at all. She had never believed that Kakashi was a Jonin before.

Now she finally believed it; strength was truly terrifying.

Yu Ming, who stood still without moving, looked at the group calmly.

After a long while, he calmly said, "Let's begin, Kakashi-sensei."

Even if Naruto wanted to defeat Kakashi right now, let alone the fact that he hasn't unleashed the Nine-Tails' chakra yet, even if he did, Kakashi could easily suppress him.

Kakashi wasn't a Chunin; his sealing techniques were more than enough to deal with Naruto's outburst at this stage.

Kakashi, having released Naruto, calmly said, "That's settled then. Let's get ready to begin."

Naruto was completely stunned. He was shocked by his own actions; he had actually had murderous intent.

However, his surprise was quickly disrupted by Kakashi's words.

They quickly followed Sasuke and the others into the forest.

Yu Ming had long since disappeared.

Having used the Instantaneous Movement Technique, he was already leaning against the back of a large tree, completely concealing his presence.

Kakashi stood on the grass, using his sensory abilities to pinpoint the location of everyone.

He could clearly sense Sasuke's position and Sakura's position.

However, he had no sense of Yu Ming's location whatsoever.

Kakashi smiled slightly. "This kid's ability to hide is still so strong, even stronger than most of the Jonin in the Anbu."

Kakashi is currently unable to sense Yu Ming's location.

It can't even achieve a rough perception.

"Fine, this was originally meant to test Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura."

Kakashi also wants to know just how strong Yu Ming really is, but now is not a good time.

After feeling relieved, he looked at Naruto standing openly in front of him and felt somewhat helpless.

"This guy definitely has some mental issues."

"His personality is completely different from that of the fourth generation."

The Fourth Hokage possessed exceptional battle intelligence and skill; he was a master of technical combat.

But Naruto just stood right in front of him, openly challenging him. Kakashi wondered if Naruto had inherited Kushina Uzumaki's personality.

Sitting behind the big tree, Yu Ming watched Naruto's actions and was speechless. "This guy can survive to the end. He really has a strong protagonist's halo."

This is also why Yu Ming doesn't really want to be in the same team as Naruto, because of Naruto's protagonist aura, many troubles might affect Yu Ming.

Even Sasuke called Naruto an idiot.

Sure enough, within just a few minutes, Naruto was knocked to the ground by Kakashi.

Then, taking advantage of the moment Kakashi defeated Naruto, Sasuke rushed out and rapidly formed hand seals, unleashing "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique".

Kakashi was somewhat surprised, "He's so young, yet he can unleash this ninjutsu. Does he have enough chakra?"

The Great Fireball Technique is also a C-rank ninjutsu, and Kakashi was worried that Sasuke wouldn't have enough chakra to unleash it.

However, Sasuke quickly unleashed a large ball of flame at Kakashi.

Kakashi was incredibly fast and disappeared from the spot.