10: Chapter 10: Overt Schemes, Arranged Teamwork"See that?" Naruto withdrew his hand, not turning to look at Sasuke.His words were calm and undisturbed."That's his greatest weakness.Now, I have a plan."
This is a simple, overt strategy.
He, Naruto Uzumaki, created a large enough disturbance to draw all of Kakashi's attention.
Uchiha Sasuke seized this opportunity to launch a fatal attack from the shadows and steal the bell.
"I don't need your command." Sasuke uttered coldly, his proud pride not allowing him to follow the orders of a loser.
Naruto finally turned around.He looked at Sasuke's stubborn face and a pure, slightly mischievous smile suddenly appeared on his face.
"Yeah?"
He didn't argue or try to persuade, but simply added a sentence in a light, factual tone.
"Do you want to be left behind by me, this 'last-place', for the rest of your life?"
These words, like a red-hot steel needle, precisely pierced the most sensitive and vulnerable part of Uchiha Sasuke's heart.
The helplessness of his clan's annihilation, the hatred for that man, and the anger at his own weakness—all these emotions were ignited by those words at that moment.He stared intently at Naruto, his face, which always wore a foolish smile, now possessing a calm that seemed to understand everything.
[Ding!You have received 1000 "Resentment" from Uchiha Sasuke.]
Sasuke didn't say anything more.He simply turned around, and with a few leaps, he disappeared into the shadows of the dense forest.
His actions indicated his acquiescence.
Naruto watched the direction he disappeared in, his smile unchanged.
The actors are in position.
So, let the show begin.
He took a deep breath and made a perfect mudra with his hands in front of his chest.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!Bang!
The continuous explosions shattered the tranquility of the forest.
White smoke rose from all directions, so thick that it almost blocked out the sunlight.
As the smoke dissipated slightly, Kakashi, who was intently studying "Icha Icha Paradise" under the tree, finally realized that something was wrong.
He slowly raised his head.
Then, for the first time, a hint of surprise appeared in his perpetually lazy one eye.
In the forest, hundreds of identical Naruto Uzumakis suddenly appeared.
They emerged from the trees, from the grass, from behind the bushes, from every corner where they could hide, a dark mass that surrounded him completely.
Every Naruto has that standardized, energetic, idiotic smile on his face.
"Kakashi-sensei!Prepare yourself!"
"I must grab the bell today!"
"Let's all attack together!"
Hundreds of Narutos roared in unison, and then, from all directions, they launched a fearless "suicide" charge towards Kakashi.
The scene instantly became incredibly chaotic.
Kakashi's lazy expression completely disappeared.
He closed his beloved novel with a slight headache and casually stuffed it into his pocket.
He was not facing a battle, but a catastrophe.
These shadow clones attacked haphazardly, punching and kicking, wildly swinging kunai, leaving numerous openings.But there were simply too many of them, enough to fill all his dodging space with the most foolish methods.
He easily kicked one person to death, parried two others with a kunai, and then dodged five or six people rushing towards him with a backflip.
But for every one he solves, three new ones will come up from even more tricky angles.
Endless.
Kakashi was finally forced to get serious.
The headband covering his left eye was slowly pushed up, revealing his scarlet Sharingan eye, inlaid with three black tomoe.
The three-tomoe Sharingan spun wildly, and the entire world instantly changed in his field of vision.
He could clearly see the movement trajectory of each shadow clone and predict the angle of their punch in the next second.
But he found that this was not very useful.
Because these shadow clones don't play by the rules at all; their goal doesn't seem to be to hit him, but to bump into him, grab him, and use their bodies to wear down his strength and energy.
This made it impossible for him to concentrate on finding Sasuke.
Is that loser.using this method to create opportunities for the Uchiha kids?
Just as Kakashi punched through the chest of a shadow clone and was distracted again.
The opportunity has arrived.
Sasuke, hidden in the canopy of a large tree dozens of meters away, rapidly formed hand seals.
Yin, Wu, Xu, Chou, Mao, Yin!
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
A scorching wave of heat suddenly spread out, and a huge fireball with a diameter of more than three meters, trailing a long tail of flame, roared toward Kakashi, who was being tightly entangled by the shadow clones, with unparalleled momentum!
boom!
The enormous fireball crashed to the ground with a deafening roar, sending flames soaring into the sky and instantly engulfing dozens of shadow clones, turning them into white smoke.
However, a second before the flames exploded, Kakashi's figure had already disappeared, leaving only a charred wooden stake in his place.
Substitute technique.
Sasuke's attack missed, but he was not discouraged at all.His Sharingan had already been activated, and he quickly located the position where Kakashi reappeared.
It's at the other end of that open space.
However, just as Kakashi appeared and his feet touched the ground.
The ground beneath his feet exploded without warning!
A pink figure suddenly sprang out of the ground and, with an agility that defied all logic, grabbed his right leg tightly!
It's Sakura Haruno!
Kakashi was completely stunned.
When did this little girl set up an ambush here?He didn't even notice!
That one-tenth of a second of stagnation is fatal.
A black afterimage flashed past his field of vision.
The cold, metallic feel.It was pressed against his neck.
Uchiha Sasuke's figure appeared beside him like a ghost, the kunai in his hand pressing firmly against his carotid artery.
"Teacher, you lost." Sasuke's voice carried a hint of barely suppressed excitement.
Kakashi didn't move.
He looked down at Sakura Haruno, who was clinging tightly to his leg and whose face was covered in mud, then looked at Sasuke beside him with a cold expression, and finally turned his gaze to the center of the chaotic battlefield in the distance.
There, Naruto's main body stood atop a tree, arms crossed, looking down and "commanding" the remaining shadow clones to cease their attack.
Sakura Haruno uses Earth Release to launch a sneak attack.
Sasuke launches a frontal assault.
And Naruto, who creates chaos while overseeing the whole situation.
These three kids, with their very different personalities, and even their many conflicts, managed to execute such exquisite, textbook-level teamwork in such a short time.
For the first time, pure approval appeared in Kakashi's crimson Sharingan.
Ring ring—
Just then, an alarm clock set in the distance rang, signaling the end of the exercise.
The next second, Kakashi's figure transformed into a bolt of lightning, instantly breaking free from Sasuke and "Sakura's" control and appearing ten meters away.
The two bells at his waist were still intact.
With the restraints broken, "Haruno Sakura" and all the shadow clones around her turned into white smoke with a "bang" at the same time.
Sasuke's kunai missed its mark.
He clicked his tongue in annoyance, but wasn't too frustrated.
The real Sakura Haruno awoke from her unconsciousness, looking around in confusion.Naruto also jumped down from the tree, and the three of them reunited in front of Kakashi.
"It's a pity, but time's up, and you still couldn't get the bell." Kakashi pulled his headband down again, covering his Sharingan, and resumed his lazy demeanor."So, according to the rules."
Sasuke and Sakura's hearts sank.
"You guys." Kakashi deliberately dragged out his words, then grinned, his one eye curving into a crescent moon.
"It passed."
"Because you've come to understand that individual heroism is meaningless in a mission.Knowing how to utilize the strength of your comrades and protect them is the true quality a ninja should possess."
"Congratulations, Class 7, you are officially established today."
[Ding!You have received 500 "Face-to-Face" items from Uchiha Sasuke!]
[Ding!You have received 300 "Surprise" items from Sakura Haruno!]
[Ding!You have received 800 "Appreciation" from Kakashi Hatake!]
Naruto lowered his head, his golden hair obscuring his expression.
very good.
The image of the team's brain and tactical core has been successfully implanted.This is a more valuable resource than the bell itself.
Evening, in the Hokage's office.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, pipe in mouth, listened as Kakashi, kneeling before him, reported on the details of today's exercise.
When the old man heard that Naruto had used hundreds of shadow clones to create chaos and commanded Sasuke and his transformed clones to fight in perfect coordination, he paused noticeably as he exhaled a smoke ring.
"Kakashi, do you mean that the tactics for this exercise were entirely led by Naruto?"
"Yes." Kakashi's answer was concise and certain.
He paused, as if organizing his thoughts, then looked up, his usually listless eyes now filled with an unprecedented solemnity.
"Third Hokage, Naruto's growth.is too fast."
"He seemed to know everything, as if.watching a play whose ending he already knew."
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