Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

"Moreover, to possess such chakra at such a young age is comparable to that of the Fourth Hokage back then."

After Yu Ming unleashed Fire Release: Shuriken Ring, he showed signs of fatigue.

Seizing that moment, Kakashi appeared behind Yu Ming and placed a hand chop on Yu Ming's shoulder.

Yu Ming smiled wryly, "As expected, I still couldn't hold out for five minutes."

Yu Ming performed with great seriousness.

Kakashi is also a veteran actor.

He calmly replied, "There has been significant progress compared to before."

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The two stopped short of a confrontation, but because Yu Ming's acting was so convincing, the Third Hokage didn't notice anything strange at all.

Yu Ming had been disguising himself for six years, and his ability to disguise himself was already quite sophisticated.

Let alone the Third Hokage, even Kakashi didn't know Yu Ming's true situation.

For example, Yu Ming's true strength.

They followed Kakashi out of the forest.

Sasuke saw Yu Ming standing next to Kakashi and sighed, "You didn't succeed either?"

Yu Ming looked at Sasuke buried in the ground and smiled, "After all, he is a Jonin, and one of the top ninjas in Konoha. Isn't it normal that I couldn't succeed?"

Yu Ming remained calm, showing no sign of disappointment, because the Third Generation was no longer monitoring them.

Kakashi pulled Sasuke up from the ground and then helped Sakura up.

Yu Ming looked at Naruto hanging upside down in the tree and smiled, saying, "Naruto, is this performance art?"

Kakashi shook his head and put him down from the tree.

However, they still tied him to the tree stump.

Because of his poor performance, he was tied to a tree stump and not allowed to eat lunch.

As Naruto watched Yu Ming and the other two eat lunch, his stomach growled.

Very embarrassing.

As Sasuke ate, he coldly handed the lunchbox in his hand to Naruto.

When Sakura saw Sasuke do this, she handed her lunchbox to Naruto as well.

Yu Ming, however, did not, and looked at the three of them with a smile.

He wasn't really keen on getting involved.

Kakashi, watching from a distance, saw Yu Ming's calm expression and sighed helplessly, "Sigh, this is really worrying. I wanted to test this kid, but he exposed me. It's not convenient to test his strength either. Who knows if this kid will go all out?"

In fact, Kakashi knew that Yu Ming had never gone all out in his tests, and that his strength was definitely more than that of a Jonin.

However, Yu Ming has only ever demonstrated the strength of a Jonin.

Therefore, Kakashi could only guess that Yu Ming might have reached the level of an elite Jonin, and he dared not guess anything too outrageous.

Although this guess is quite far-fetched.

He already possesses the strength of an elite Jonin at this age, far surpassing his own strength at this age.

After all, by this time, Yu Ming had already learned many powerful ninjutsu, including many derivative ninjutsu of Chidori, which he had mastered.

Kakashi only knew a little bit.

He also didn't know exactly how many lightning-style ninjutsu Yu Ming had mastered.

Just after Naruto took a few bites, Kakashi suddenly appeared and said, "You actually disobeyed my orders."

Kakashi's sudden appearance stunned both Sasuke and Sakura.

Then I became a little worried.

Naruto bravely said, "Kakashi-sensei, it's not their fault. It's because I asked them to give me the food."

Naruto's words changed Kakashi's opinion of him somewhat.

He stared at the three of them with a stern face, then saw Yu Ming sitting to the side, leisurely enjoying his food.

With a slight twitch at the corner of his mouth, he thought, "This bastard, can't he give me any face?"

After Kakashi coughed a few times, Yu Ming finally put down the lunchbox in his hand and stood up.

Kakashi was somewhat exasperated by the grease on the corner of his mouth.

However, Kakashi's main purpose was to test Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura.

Ignoring Yu Ming's actions, Kakashi stared at the three people who were already somewhat frightened.

"Congratulations, you have passed!" 04278.

Kakashi, who had been wearing a stern face, suddenly smiled and said those words.

Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura were all stunned; they never expected this outcome.

“You’ve all passed. While the rules of the ninja are important, those who don’t cherish their comrades are the worst. Yu Ming, am I right?”

Kakashi suddenly looked at Yu Ming.

This caused Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura to all turn their attention to Yu Ming.

All four of them noticed the grease stains on the corners of his mouth.

Yu Ming said somewhat awkwardly, "Yes, Kakashi-sensei, a person who doesn't cherish his comrades doesn't deserve to be a ninja."

"Ninjas can unleash their greatest power through teamwork."

Yu Ming immediately said something that made Kakashi feel gratified.

Kakashi nodded. "That's right, just as Yu Ming said. People who break the rules of ninjas are trash, but people who don't cherish their comrades are even worse than trash."

Kakashi's words sent a chill down the spines of Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura.

However, I didn't understand it very well; I just felt that what he said sounded quite right.

Even someone like Sasuke somewhat agreed with this. In fact, it can be seen from later on that even after he went to Orochimaru's place, he still didn't do much outrageous.

This shows that Kakashi's words are still influencing him.

Yu Ming, on the other hand, didn't care at all.

Kakashi then laughed and said, "Congratulations to the four of you, you've officially become genin."

Kakashi had just finished speaking when

Naruto and Sakura jumped up to celebrate.

Sasuke also smiled, which was rare for him.

Yu Ming smiled slightly as he observed the atmosphere among the three of them.

Kakashi smiled and said, "You've used up a lot of energy today, so let me treat you to something to eat. How about ramen?"

Sasuke and Sakura had no objections, but Naruto was very excited.

"Okay, let's go eat Ichiraku Ramen."

Yu Ming nodded as well. He was just following the crowd; he didn't actually like eating ramen very much.

After officially becoming a genin, Sasuke looked at Yu Ming again, still unaware of just how strong Yu Ming was.

He had never witnessed Yu Ming's battle with Kakashi.

Yu Ming became increasingly mysterious to Sasuke.

Moreover, he always felt that Kakashi's feelings for Yu Ming were quite different from his feelings for them.

It's like Yu Ming is Kakashi's disciple, just like they are Kakashi's students or subordinates.

This feeling is indeed correct. At this time, Kakashi only regarded him, Naruto, and Sakura as his subordinates, while Yu Ming was regarded as Kakashi's personal disciple.

The two relationships are different.

After having a meal at Ichiraku Ramen, the group went back to rest, as they wouldn't officially begin their mission until tomorrow.

When Yu Ming returned home, he met an unexpected person.

The Third Hokage, dressed in his Hokage robes, stood in the courtyard of the Yu Ming family.

Yu Ming opened the gate and stared blankly at the third generation standing in the middle of the courtyard.

"Lord Hokage?"

When Yu Ming came in, he sensed the Third Hokage's chakra inside.

He simply had no idea what the three generations were doing here.

The third generation still appears here alone.

Seeing Yu Ming's puzzled look, the Third Hokage smiled and said, "You must be Yu Ming. Kakashi told me about you. He said you are someone whose talent is in no way inferior to his."

Yu Ming walked in and asked curiously, "Kakashi-sensei? Did he really say that?"

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Actually, Yu Ming had been pretending all along.

At least for now, the third generation hasn't been revealed.

The third generation nodded. "Yes, he really admires you. It seems he even became your teacher a few years ago, right?"

Yu Ming smiled and said, "Yes, that's true. Kakashi taught me some ninjutsu and he's my teacher."

Yu Ming continued to answer questions directly, without saying anything more.

The third generation thought it was normal, because Yu Ming was only twelve years old. He didn't think Yu Ming would hide anything from him, and he felt he could tell.

"I'd like to know, how many types of ninjutsu have you mastered?"

"He told me that he taught you five B-rank ninjutsu."

"Having mastered five B-rank ninjutsu means you're no longer at the genin level. If you complete more missions, you can easily become a jonin."

These words were not made up by the three generations.