### Chapter 5: How Can You Become Stronger Without Doping?
Kyouko put away his kunai, extended his hand to Obito who was lying on the ground, and said:
"It seems I won."
Kyouko's tone was calm.
Obito had the Uchiha bloodline, and he had his own cremation urn.
They both had bright futures.
It was just that his current self was slightly better, and his future self might be even better.
As long as he randomly got a powerful future self and fulfilled their dying wishes, Kyouko could take off.
Of course, the more powerful the future, the harder it might be to fulfill the dying wish.
Lying on the ground, Obito looked at Kyouko's extended hand, then at Rin who looked concerned beside him, and his face instantly flushed red.
This was the shame of the Uchiha!
Fortunately, Obito was used to being the "dead last" and had grown accustomed to the taste of defeat in the Ninja Academy.
During his first Chunin Exam, he had even lost to Might Guy.
Eventually, Obito gave himself some mental counseling, resentfully grabbed Kyouko's hand, and stood up, mumbling:
"...Damn it, I'll definitely win next time!"
Minato Namikaze looked at Kyouko, the appreciation in his eyes deepening. He smiled gently and said:
"Very brilliant tactics and shurikenjutsu, Kyouko. Your combat ability far exceeds that of an ordinary Genin."
Speaking of which, Minato Namikaze was somewhat curious why Kyouko hadn't taken the Chunin Exams.
"With your strength, you should have passed the Chunin Exams easily."
"I was always busy training before, so I didn't get to take it."
"I see."
Minato Namikaze nodded.
However, it was wartime now, and Chunin promotions didn't necessarily have to follow peacetime procedures.
If he performed well, it wasn't impossible to be exceptionally promoted to Chunin ahead of schedule.
"Kyouko, if this mission is successful, you should be directly promoted to Chunin."
Minato Namikaze said.
As the team leader Jonin, he knew very well how difficult this mission was.
Looking at his students, he also felt a bit of guilt.
This wasn't a mission they should be executing.
But for the current Konoha, there was no other choice.
The situation on the front lines was already extremely dangerous; Konoha had reached a critical moment of survival.
If they succeeded in cutting off Iwagakure's logistics supply line this time, it could bring a huge advantage to the village in the war against Iwagakure.
Precisely because Iwagakure also felt it was impossible for anyone to break through, this mission had to be given to an ordinary squad.
If overly strong ninja went, they would inevitably be discovered by Iwagakure's sensory ninja, leading to reinforcements being sent.
"Yes."
Kyouko nodded, indicating he understood.
After the Battle of Kannabi Bridge, if he became a Chunin, his strength would likely see a fierce surge.
In the upcoming war, his ability to survive would increase significantly.
As long as he wasn't killed, Kyouko could get help from his dead selves from different timelines.
With the snowball effect, he would be much more composed when facing future crises.
The Nine-Tails Attack, the Konoha Crush, Pain's Assault, the Otsutsuki invasion, and so on.
At any of these nodes, if his strength was weak, it would be a hurdle he couldn't cross.
Soon, Minato Namikaze left first.
The mission departure time was the afternoon three days later.
He was very busy every day and had many things to handle.
After Minato Namikaze left, Kakashi walked over to Kyouko.
"You're not bad. It seems you won't affect this mission."
Kakashi said indifferently.
Ever since his father died, he only valued one thing.
That was to follow the ninja code and complete the mission at all costs.
Ninja who couldn't complete missions were scum.
With the strength Kyouko displayed now, he wouldn't drag everyone down and decrease the likelihood of mission success.
"Yeah."
Kyouko nodded.
Kakashi was currently in his "obsessive" phase; saying more would be useless.
Experience teaches people; they learn it once they go through it.
This Kannabi Bridge mission would also become a turning point that changed Kakashi.
But in the original story, it was just a small dawn before plunging into darkness, because after he killed Rin with his own hands, he became so despondent that he even contemplated suicide.
Honestly, if Kakashi were named Uchiha Kakashi instead of Hatake Kakashi, he would probably have awakened his own Mangekyo Sharingan to play with.
That way, he wouldn't just avoid chakra exhaustion but could also reach new heights.
"Kakashi, want to go train together?"
Rin Nohara asked.
Ninja couldn't slack off; they had to constantly train to prevent their strength from regressing.
Once accustomed to comfort, a tiny slip-up during a mission could lead to death.
"No need."
Kakashi was concise.
He planned to train alone. He had recently successfully developed a particularly powerful jutsu.
Just in time to improve it before completion.
"I remember Kakashi became a Jonin the day before the mission."
Kyouko thought to himself.
Kakashi's strength was actually only that of a newly promoted Jonin.
His current situation was a bit awkward.
He hadn't inherited his father Sakumo Hatake's kenjutsu well, nor had he mastered Lightning Release ninjutsu perfectly.
No matter how strong "Chidori" was now, it had a fatal flaw.
It required dynamic vision like the Sharingan to control. That's why in *Boruto*, Kakashi, having lost the Sharingan, developed "Purple Electricity," a Lightning Release jutsu of the same level that didn't require the Sharingan.
At the critical moment, Kyouko estimated he would still have to rely on the Missing-nin Kyouko possessing him.
Although the Missing-nin Kyouko had also just become a Jonin, there were gaps even between Jonin.
The experience accumulated from over thirty years of training and combat was not something Kakashi could compare with.
"Kakashi is just like that."
Obito rested his hands behind his head.
Right now, he didn't know that Kakashi's father had been slandered by his comrades and committed suicide.
He just felt Kakashi was being a bit pretentious.
"I also think it's better to do individual targeted training for the last few days."
Genma Shiranui picked up the senbon that had fallen on the ground, wiped it, and put it back in his mouth.
It had fallen because he was shocked by the strength Kyouko had just displayed.
"Makes sense."
Kyouko agreed.
In the remaining three days, the Missing-nin Kyouko could still help him improve his strength a bit.
After saying goodbye to everyone, Kyouko quickly headed home.
Back home, Kyouko looked at the ninjutsu scroll in his hand and suddenly felt a headache.
Sometimes, even with a teacher's explanation, one needed to practice constantly to become proficient.
It was easy to encounter the situation where the eyes understood, but the hands didn't.
Commonly known as "understand at a glance, useless upon trying."
Also, the issue of chakra volume was a process that required accumulation over time.
Unless he completed the second dying wish right now and merged with the Missing-nin Kyouko.
"By the way, do you have any quick methods to become stronger?"
Kyouko said.
Logically speaking, his future self in his thirties who became a Missing-nin should know quite a few "unorthodox paths"... oh no, wait, "quick and painless methods to improve strength."
"There is. Doping."
The Missing-nin Kyouko said.
How can you become stronger without doping?
Hearing this, Kyouko remembered that during the three years Sasuke spent with Orochimaru, he also took quite a few forbidden drugs.
It was just that Orochimaru cherished Sasuke's body very much, so the forbidden drugs didn't cause much harm—they didn't make Sasuke's head turn pointy.