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Kakashi was utterly shocked when Naruto said he had a plan.
In his perception, as long as these two were together, it was all about recklessness. They never considered whether they could win; they just went in swinging.
Sasuke was a little worse than Naruto. Unlike Naruto's expansive fighting style, Sasuke, due to his Sharingan, focused more on technique.
Of course, after so many years together, he was also influenced by Naruto.
If Naruto's stealth was coming back covered in blood and saying "no one was there," then Sasuke's stealth would be going in with his Sharingan active and asking.
"What? You don't know? Then I'm sorry, goodbye, next."
This was also why Kakashi had decided to infiltrate himself earlier. None of his subordinates knew how to properly infiltrate.
But after listening to Naruto's plan, Kakashi looked up at the overcast sky, sighing inwardly.
[This kid... perhaps...]
Forget it, no more thinking. Thinking too much makes my head hurt.
"Then let's try your plan." Kakashi felt the plan was feasible, and it was their battle. He probably wouldn't get a chance to act, just like before. At most, he'd intervene promptly if there was danger.
"Then I'll prepare." Naruto activated his teleportation gate, sending his shadow clones to the small forest near Konoha.
After sending the clones, the four-person team gathered intelligence in a nearby village.
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"Raiga, they're gone."
"Hmm, Konoha's Copy Ninja, Hatake Kakashi." Raiga's twin swords clashed in his hands, sparking lightning: "I heard he has a technique that can cut lightning. I wonder..."
"I think Raiga is stronger." Ranmaru's voice came from the backpack on Raiga's back.
"Let's go, let's go back and prepare."
Now he was on home turf, but the advantage hadn't reached its peak, so Raiga decided to go back and prepare first.
Facing Kakashi, Raiga didn't dare to be careless. Not just Raiga, everyone in the ninja world didn't dare to be careless.
The title "Copy Ninja" was earned through battle, not from a novel's gacha pull.
Currently, in the entire ninja world, no one dared to say they could definitively win against Konoha's Kakashi.
And indeed, no one would win. At most, it would be a fifty-fifty split.
This could be seen from the original story's fight against Kaguya. Could the Crown Prince (Naruto) and Sasuke defeat Kaguya? No, they were beaten like grandsons from beginning to end.
So why did they win in the end?
It was all because Kakashi entered the fight. He alone forcibly pulled the win rate from zero-ten to fifty-fifty.
Konoha's technician, truly terrifying.
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Inside the small forest.
The geyser Naruto had blasted out had already been handled. The water flow was stable, and the fish pond was full, ready for fish farming.
A group of shadow clones were bustling about enthusiastically. One of them took out an iron helmet painted with yellow dye and put it on.
The iron helmet was too small and uncomfortable, but he refused to take it off, saying indignantly, "The main body gave a death order! Our mission is to work eight hours! Even if only one person is left alive, you must finish it within eight hours! Do you hear me!!"
The other clones were annoyed. Why didn't I think of that phrase? We're all from the same body, why are you so flashy?
And we all learned acting from Fuka Koyuki, so why are you so vivid? Did you secretly enroll in the Beijing Film Academy?
The helmet-wearing clone's eyes swept around disdainfully. You guys think you can compare to me? I was acting the scene where I jumped into the sea of fire when you weren't even born yet.
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After gathering intelligence in the village, the four received two useful pieces of information.
One was that this place was perpetually overcast and rainy. The number of sunny days in a year was very few.
This was probably why Kurotsuchi Raiga chose this location. He was a rogue ninja, constantly being hunted. Naturally, he would choose a stronghold that was advantageous to him.
The other was that the Kurotsuchi clan had been kidnapping men from the village for a long time to mine. Even though they were mining gold, a valuable mineral, they weren't paying any wages.
This point fit the clan's name well: 'black hoe' (implying exploitation).
Naruto suspected this was also the reason Raiga betrayed the village.
In the original story, Kurotsuchi Raiga betrayed the village after being driven into despair by Might Duy and then meeting Ranmaru.
But Naruto believed that wasn't the main reason. The main reason was probably that the other ninja sword wielders didn't want to play with him.
Look at the names of the other people who wielded ninja swords: Fuguki Suikazan (melon), Jūzō Biwa (loquat), Mangetsu Hozuki (lantern fruit/ground cherry), Kisame Hoshigaki (dried persimmon), Zabuza Momochi (peach), Jinin Akebino (akebino fruit), Kushimaru Kuriarare (chestnut), Ameyuri Ringo (apple), Chōjūrō (pear). Their names all had fruits in them.
Hozuki is a ground cherry, Ringo is an apple, Akebino is also a kind of fruit, Chōjūrō is a pear.
We all play Fruit Ninja, and you play Gold Miner. Who the hell would play with you?
So, one day, when a Konoha Genin disrupted an online meeting of the Seven Ninja Swordsmen, four of them told Raiga: "Little brother, you three go play, we're logging off."
Then JĹ«zĹŤ Biwa told Raiga: "Little brother, you two go play. A company has hired me; they're rich, so I'm leaving too."
Then JĹ«zĹŤ Biwa joined the Akatsuki.
Then Fuguki Suikazan, whose body shape could be guessed from his orange hair, said: "Little brother, you can tell from my build that I'm a homebody. I don't like going out. You go play by yourself."
Kurotsuchi Raiga gritted his teeth. Fine, if you won't play with me, I'll go play by myself.
Then he betrayed the village. Before leaving, he even took a very handsome little boy, hoping to raise him to play Gold Miner with him. Of course, if their feelings developed into a homosexual relationship, that would also be reasonable.
What's wrong with me, a sword user, wanting to fight with bayonets?
Zabuza, another sword user, gave him a thumbs up and left a message: "No problem, old pal. This is our tradition as sword users. Only sissies go after delicate girls; men should go after men!"
Kisame Hoshigaki secretly gave a thumbs up.
Of course, there were also those who didn't follow tradition, like secretly eyeing Chōjūrō, the Mizukage.
The result was predictable: he was kicked out of the ninja sword group chat.
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The next day at noon, Kakashi looked at the increasingly overcast sky: "Not ready yet, Naruto?"
"No, the key person hasn't returned to the village yet."
Sasuke suddenly felt an unusual sensation spread throughout his body. He alertly activated his Sharingan: "There's a blurry black shadow approaching."
"Where?" Kakashi also felt it, but he couldn't see it.
"???" Sasuke was bewildered. He glanced at his two teammates, realizing they also seemed to not see anything: "Pull up your eye mask and look."
Kakashi pulled up his eye mask and looked around: "I see it. There are quite a few, layered."
I told you two, you have presbyopia. Look at these symptoms: black shadows, double vision, blurriness. This is just the early stage. If it develops to the mid-stage, your eyesight will decline. In the late stage, you'll be blind.
Of course, Naruto also knew this was Ranmaru's special ability, effective only against those with special eyes. It had an excellent suppressive effect on Big Brother-in-law's Byakugan. He just didn't expect it to also work on the Sharingan, though its effect seemed minor.
Since Ranmaru appeared, Raiga must have arrived too.
Naruto also began to remove his weights. Although his side wasn't fully prepared yet, it wasn't impossible to fight, just not as easy.
"It's getting foggy. Be alert."
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At this moment, at Konoha's main gate, a shadow clone was waiting like a loyal wife: "Why aren't they back yet..."