Chapter 229 - 7

Chapter 7: Give Me Your Share!In the afternoon, inside the classroom.Under Iruka's introduction, the Jonin instructors appeared and took their respective team members away.The entire classroom gradually became empty until only the three members of Team 7 remained."Why is our team's Jonin instructor the only one who's so late?"Seeing that even Iruka had already left, Sakuracouldn't help but hold her head and complain.In comparison, Naruto and Sasuke were much more patient.Sasuke maintained the same posture from the morning, chin resting on his hands, with a cold expression on his face.Naruto, on the other hand, sat with his legs crossed and eyes slightly closed, as if he were asleep.Seeing that neither of them was paying attention to her, Sakura began to speculate to herself: "Could it be because of you, Naruto? Did our Jonin instructor find out you didn't actually pass the graduation exam, so he doesn't want to come and pick us up?"As she spoke, she felt her deduction was more and more plausible, and her gaze toward Narutobecame tinged with a bit of resentment."That's actually hard to say."Naruto opened his eyes and nodded seriously."Huh?" Getting an affirmative answer, Sakura's eyes widened. She suddenly stood up, walked over, and grabbed Naruto's collar. "What did you say, you bastard Naruto? If you can't graduate, don't drag Sasuke and me down with you!"Although Sakura had realized how it felt to be disliked after being rejected by Sasuke at noon and decided to be gentler to Naruto in the future, the minds of adolescents are always fickle.Furthermore, if Naruto really caused her to fail to graduate, she would truly hate this kid to death."I'm just teasing you. I handed my Ninja Registration Form to Third Old Grandpapersonally. How could there be a problem?"Naruto casually brushed Sakura's hand away, then stood up and stretched lazily.He wasn't actually in a hurry.Impatience stems from ignorance of the situation.While Naruto seemed to be dozing off just now, he was actually using Hamon to probe the surrounding life energy.As expected, not far outside the classroom, a life energy reaction had remained for a long time.If he hadn't guessed wrong, that guy should be Team 7's Jonin instructor."Eh, Naruto, what are you doing?"Sakura watched as Naruto slowly walked to the door and wedged a Blackboard Eraser into it."People who are late are in the wrong."Naruto replied with a grin.Obviously, that bastard wanted to observe their reactions.However, although he could understand the other party's intention, Naruto still felt annoyed.One must know, since taking over the mantle of the Hamon tradition from Lisa Lisa in 1948, it had always been him testing others. How could it be someone else's turn to test him?So, he simply prepared a prank, while also intending to observe the other party's character and abilities."I'm really done with you."Sakura put her hands on her hips, but she had no intention of stopping him."Sakura, if you like it in your heart, you should say it out loud, otherwise people will be confused about your thoughts."Naruto saw through the fact that Sakura actually approved of his prank at a glance and pointed it out with a tilt of his head."I—I don't!"Sakura hurriedly shook her head in denial.Seeing this, the cold-faced Sasuke let out a sneer.He didn't think this prank would succeed. After all, no matter how you looked at it, the other party was a Jonin. Such a boring trap that could be seen through at a glance would definitely not work.However, in the next second, the classroom door was slid open with a swish.Thump—The Blackboard Eraser accurately hit the head that had peered in."Sensei, I'm sorry, I already tried to stop Naruto just now..."Sakura suppressed the excitement in her heart and put on a pitiful, innocent act.Sasuke, who had predicted incorrectly, helplessly covered his forehead, wondering in his heart if this unreliable guy was really a Jonin.As for Naruto, he looked at the Jonin instructor with a playful gaze.He also knew his prank was clumsy and had long been prepared to use Hamon to ensure the prank's success.But what he hadn't expected was that this guy clearly could have dodged it, yet deliberately let himself get hit."Hmm, he's quite an interesting fellow. It seems the days ahead should be quite fun."A smile appeared on Naruto's face, and the distress after the morning's team assignment was swept away.While the three of them had their own thoughts, the Jonin instructor also observed them for a moment, held his chin, and gave his evaluation: "Hmm, how should I put this? My first impression of you all is...""Quite annoying!""Huh?"All three had question marks all over their faces.He was clearly the one who was so late; how did he have the nerve to say that about others?But the Jonin instructor didn't care about that.He leaned lazily against the doorframe and said: "Alright, let me introduce myself. I am Kakashi Hatake, theoretically your Jonin instructor.""Theoretically?""That's right, because the graduation exam is only used to select students who might become Genin. To become a true Ninja, you still need to pass my test.""What kind of test is it?" Sakura asked nervously."A Survival Exercise in the field. And unlike the exercises you had in school, this time your opponent is me.""What?!" ×3The three were all startled, but their subsequent reactions were different.Sakura was full of tension, Sasuke's mouth curled up in excitement, and Naruto was uninterested."In any case, in tomorrow's exercise, I will judge whether you are qualified. This is the specific time, location, and requirements for the exercise; I've written it all on the handouts."As Kakashi spoke, he gave each person a slip of paper covered in dense writing."Don't be late, remember to bring all your Ninjatools, and don't eat breakfast, or I guarantee you'll throw up."Saying this, Kakashi formed a hand seal: "As for your self-introductions, we'll talk after you pass my test. Otherwise, it would just be a waste of breath."The moment he finished speaking, with a 'poof', his entire body exploded into a cloud of white mist and disappeared....The next day, morning, ten o'clock, Training Ground 8."Yo, everyone, good morning!"Kakashi appeared carrying a small backpack and greeted everyone."Too slow!"Not just Sakura and Sasuke, this time even Narutocouldn't help but shout loudly.After all, on the handout Kakashi gave, it clearly stated the meeting time was six in the morning, and he specifically warned not to be late.Therefore, The Three Little Ones had all arrived early in the morning and waited here for four whole hours before finally seeing this bastard.Furthermore, Naruto had specifically used Hamonto sense the surroundings and found no trace of the other party lurking in secret, which made him suspect in his heart.Could it be that this guy wasn't observing and testing them, but actually had a perverse habit of chronic lateness?However, Kakashi had no intention of explaining.He directly led the way, taking the three into the interior of the training ground, took an alarm clock out of his backpack, and placed it on a wooden post in the training ground.Then he turned around and pulled two bells out of the Ninja tool pouch at his waist."I've set the alarm for twelve o'clock. Your task is to take the bells from me before the alarm goes off."As he spoke, he pointed to the wooden post where the alarm clock was placed: "The person who doesn't get a bell gets no lunch, and will be tied there to watch me eat!"No wonder he told us not to eat breakfast...This thought flashed through the minds of the three instantly.After waiting for several hours, they only felt their stomachs were empty right now.If they couldn't even eat lunch, that would be truly unfortunate."There are only two bells, which means at least one person won't have food to eat."As a female, Sakura's mind was more delicate, and she immediately noticed Kakashi's underlying meaning.Hearing this, Sasuke narrowed his eyes at the two people beside him and then gave a contemptuous smile.Is this to create competition and divide us internally first?But even if these two guys were added together, they wouldn't be my match.That guy called Kakashi couldn't even dodge a Blackboard Eraser before, and now he's playing these little tricks. His strength is probably nothing special; it seems I must teach him a good lesson.Naruto, meanwhile, limbered up his body: "Don't worry, I'll take all the bells. You guys just wait to eat your bento. As for my share...""Kakashi-sensei, you must have prepared lunch for yourself too, right?" Saying this, he cast his gaze toward Kakashi's backpack: "I'll take it from your hands as punishment for your lateness!"