Chapter 11 Kakashi: Terrifying Chakra Reserves!
At this moment, Kihon Toichi, who was resting at home, suddenly opened his eyes and looked toward the balcony.
He said coldly, "Captain, it seems you already know about that child."
Just as Kihon Toichi finished speaking, a figure appeared on the balcony.
"Toichi, I didn't expect you'd be willing to leave the Anbu and become an instructor."
The newcomer spoke calmly.
Under the moonlight, the figure became clear.
If Naruto's team had been here, they certainly would have shouted, "Kakashi-sensei!"
The person standing on the balcony was none other than Team 7's instructor, Kakashi.
Hearing Kakashi's words, Kihon Toichi walked over to the balcony, leaned against it, and looked out at the moonlit night.
"You came out too, didn't you? After staying in the darkness for too long, it really does feel good to step out and get some sun once in a while."
Kakashi looked at Kihon Toichi.
"It seems you're very satisfied with that child," Kakashi said.
"I am. A very outstanding little fellow."
Thinking of Yoruha's performance today, Kihon Toichi rarely smiled.
But Kakashi's expression was grave.
"You should know he may not be as simple as he looks."
Kakashi gave the warning.
Kihon Toichi turned to look at him, and only after a long while did he say, "As far as I can tell, he's just a brat who doesn't like joining in the excitement. There's no need to call him simple or complicated."
"If he really had some ulterior motive, he wouldn't have let me probe him so easily."
"I think you should understand that very clearly, Kakashi."
Kakashi froze for a moment.
That was true. If Yoruha really had some bad intentions, he would not have let Kihon Toichi test him so easily.
"Even so, you should still keep some reservations about him."
Kihon Toichi smiled. "Don't tell me you don't trust my abilities? I used to be in interrogation, after all."
"I could tell at a glance that the child simply doesn't like drawing attention to himself."
"He's different from you. Even you, at his age, probably enjoyed being praised by others."
Kakashi looked a little awkward.
Don't be fooled by how silent Kakashi was now—before Nohara Rin died, he was not like this at all.
After a long pause, Kakashi asked, "No matter what, I'll still keep an eye on that child. If anything unexpected happens, I'll step in."
That was not something Kakashi had originally wanted to say.
After all, Yoruha was Kihon Toichi's student. By saying this, Kakashi was openly stating that he intended to interfere.
An ordinary person would already have been displeased hearing that.
But Kihon Toichi did not get angry.
He said calmly, "Suit yourself. If that child really poses any threat to the village, I'll destroy him with my own hands."
"But before that, he is my student. I think highly of him, and I will train him into a strong ninja who can protect the village."
Although Kihon Toichi had been very strict with Yoruha's group during the day,
he was extremely satisfied with Yoruha.
Originally, he had not planned to put much effort into leading a team, but Yoruha's appearance had made him want to cultivate him into a true strong ninja.
In Kihon Toichi's eyes, Yoruha was a genius—and a genius with a very stable temperament.
After learning Kihon Toichi's intentions, Kakashi said nothing further.
He understood Kihon Toichi's strength very well.
Though he was not considered especially powerful within the Anbu—
after all, he had belonged to the Anbu interrogation division—
his mind was meticulous and cautious. Compared with ordinary ninja, Kihon Toichi was precisely the sort least likely to let Yoruha become someone who endangered the village.
Still, Kakashi had grown curious about Yoruha as well.
After leaving Kihon Toichi's place, Kakashi went straight to Yoruha's home.
For someone of Kakashi's standing, investigating Yoruha's background was ridiculously simple.
And so he appeared on Yoruha's balcony as well.
At that moment, however, Yoruha was already asleep, and there was no way he could detect Kakashi's presence.
Although Yoruha's Chakra reserves were already not much lower than Kakashi's,
that was only in terms of Chakra quantity.
In combat experience and ninjutsu, he had absolutely no power to resist Kakashi.
The current Yoruha was, at best, only approaching Chunin level.
He was a little stronger than an ordinary genin and could probably contend with a normal Chunin for a while. That was all.
So naturally, there was no way he could notice Kakashi's presence.
Standing on the balcony and looking at Yoruha sleeping inside the room,
Kakashi watched for a while, then lifted his forehead protector.
Revealing his Sharingan.
The Three Tomoe spun within the crimson eye.
In an instant, Kakashi saw the flow of Chakra inside Yoruha's body.
But the moment he saw it, he was stunned silly.
"Th-this is impossible. How can this child's Chakra be so terrifying?!"
Kakashi nearly lost his footing and almost fell off the balcony railing.
The surging amount of Chakra in Yoruha's body was enough to make even Kakashi feel dread.
"Are these terrifying Chakra reserves really something a twelve-year-old child should have?"
Although Naruto's Chakra reserves were far greater than Yoruha's—indeed, more than a hundred times greater—
one had to remember that Naruto carried Uzumaki Clan blood, along with Kurama's Chakra. That was why it was only a hundred times greater than Yoruha's.
Although the Kurama's Chakra inside Naruto's body was only a portion leaking from the Eight Trigrams Seal,
it still made Naruto's Chakra reserves more than a hundred times Kakashi's.
Naruto was a special case. He had Uzumaki Clan blood and was also the Nine-Tails jinchūriki, which was why he had such enormous Chakra reserves.
But Yoruha was a normal ninja, with parents who were not from any ninja clan at all. No matter how one thought about it, it made no sense for him to have that much Chakra.
Kakashi's expression grew more and more solemn. "His Chakra reserves are already over half of mine—around twenty times Sasuke's."
The reason Kakashi thought of Sasuke was because Sasuke's Chakra reserves were already unusual compared with ordinary ninja.
After all, Sasuke was from the Uchiha Clan, and he was also Indra's reincarnation.
The Uchiha Clan naturally possessed large Chakra reserves to begin with, second only to the Uzumaki Clan and Senju Clan.
And being Indra's reincarnation, Sasuke had far more Chakra than ordinary children his age.
By now, he could even use "Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique."
That jutsu consumed so much Chakra that an ordinary genin simply could not provide enough.
And yet, even so, Yoruha's Chakra reserves were vastly greater than Sasuke's.
No, not just vastly greater—around twenty times greater.
Before seeing Yoruha in person, Kakashi had only thought that Yoruha might be some deep-thinking genius.
Now, even if he was only a genius, he was clearly a monster among monsters.
His Chakra reserves were so huge that there was no logic to them at all.
Kakashi simply could not understand why Yoruha had so much Chakra.
After looking more carefully, Kakashi was shocked yet again. "No—not just enormous Chakra reserves. Even the quality of this Chakra is different."
"The quality of this Chakra is far from ordinary, and it's not quite the same as normal Chakra at all."
What Kakashi did not know was that the Chakra in Yoruha's body had been condensed from Natural Energy.
It was not ordinary Chakra to begin with. If Jiraiya had been here, he would definitely have recognized it at once as Senjutsu Chakra.
Because Yoruha's Chakra was Chakra formed from Natural Energy, and inside his body it had naturally transformed into Senjutsu Chakra.
And after forming Senjutsu Chakra, not only had his body not become strange,
it had instead been nourished better and better.
It was growing closer and closer to a Sage Body.