Chapter 35: My Turn, Draw!
Under Naruto's provocation and Guy's burning gaze, Kakashi reluctantly agreed to the youthful duel request with a helpless face.
Even though his youth had long since faded.
Naruto smiled and patted Sasuke's shoulder, saying, "Watch closely and learn well."
He knew Kakashi's strength, but Sasuke didn't.
This was the perfect opportunity to take a look.
After Kakashi and Guy performed the Seal of Confrontation, they immediately began their exchange.
Neither of them used Ninjutsu.
Their speed was dizzying.
But Naruto could tell that Kakashi was at a disadvantage.
In terms of Taijutsu alone, Guy was among the best in the Ninja World.
As Kakashi began using Ninjutsu, his advantage became more apparent.
After all, Guy couldn't possibly use the suicidal Eight Gates in a friendly spar.
Naruto turned his head to look at Sasuke.
He had activated his Sharingan at some unknown point.
It was truly strange.
He could actually activate it freely without even realizing it himself.
Could Kyubey have instilled some incredible concept into him again?
A pleasant sound rang out.
Sasuke's Sharingan reflected Kakashi's Chidori.
His first reaction was that it looked cool and suited him perfectly.
He was definitely going to take this teacher!
After a battle lasting ten minutes, Kakashi emerged victorious.
However, looking at his panting state, one would think he had been fighting for days and nights.
Guy left while doing a handstand.
He planned to run 500 laps around the outskirts of Konoha.
"Sensei, you really are still full of vigor despite your age."
Naruto gave a thumbs up.
"..."
Kakashi wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
He couldn't help but feel that this sentence wasn't a compliment, but rather sarcasm.
But Minato-sensei's son shouldn't be this black-bellied, right?
"What brings you to see me today?"
Kakashi glanced at Sasuke; his Sharingan had already deactivated by now.
But he had sensed it during the battle earlier—that familiar fluctuation.
It was one hundred percent the Sharingan.
He didn't expect Sasuke to be such a genius, rivaling his brother, Uchiha Itachi.
Kakashi sighed softly in his heart.
He naturally knew about the tragedy of the Uchihaclan's massacre.
After all, it had been the headline of the Ninja World for the past two days.
Unless some explosive news surfaced about the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi or Danzo Shimurakeeping a mistress, nothing could steal the spotlight.
When Kakashi was in the Anbu, he had a fair understanding of Uchiha Itachi.
But even now, he found it hard to believe that he would commit such an appalling act.
"I want to ask Sensei to teach Sasuke Lightning Release."
Naruto said, getting straight to the point.
"Me teach him?"
Kakashi pondered slightly. "According to Konoharegulations, one usually has to wait until graduating from the Ninja Academy to have a Joninsquad leader."
"Sasuke is such a good kid, I'm sure Third Grandpawill make an exception."
Naruto said with a face of certainty.
He didn't believe for a second that the Uchihamassacre happened without Hiruzen Sarutobi's tacit approval or involvement.
The dignified Hokage didn't know? Was that even possible?
In a sense, this was a trade.
Everyone got the result they wanted.
It was only a world where Sasuke got hurt.
Not only would Hiruzen Sarutobi not target him, but on the contrary, he would be as friendly to him as possible.
Ideally, he wanted him to grasp the great Will of Fire and make the Uchiha's final contribution to Konoha.
"Sasuke, come with me to see Hokage-sama," Kakashi said after a moment of thought.
His impression of Sasuke wasn't bad.
Firstly, he was a genius who possessed the Sharingan.
Secondly, he was brought here by Naruto.
"Thank you."
Sasuke whispered as he passed by Naruto's side.
Then he followed Kakashi and left.
Naruto glanced at the sky; the sun hadn't risen from the west.
He actually heard Sasuke say thank you.
Truly, if you live long enough, you see everything.
Naruto lamented, returned to the Treehouse, and continued his tedious Chakra refinement.
Time passed quickly, and two months went by.
It was time to release the Shadow Clone.
He was actually quite looking forward to it.
Naruto formed hand seals and used the 'Exquisite Version' of the Shadow Clone Jutsu given by the system.
With a 'poof' sound,
A Shadow Clone exactly like him appeared.
Following the standard from last time, Narutothrew him a large backpack.
It was filled with Kunai, shuriken, exploding tags, and so on.
The only difference was that this time, the ninja tools were a mix of miscellaneous brands.
He had visited all the famous ninja tool shops in Konoha.
"I won't repeat the requirements again."
Naruto looked at the Shadow Clone and said, "The main task is still to accumulate combat experience; try not to do anything else."
"Understood."
The Shadow Clone nodded obediently.
"Last time, you were noticed by the Land of Fireand Konoha. This time, just leave the Land of Firedirectly and go to a more distant country."
Naruto's meaning was simple: get far away and do whatever you want.
"Oh, don't go to the Land of Rain."
He added a sentence.
Even his main body couldn't withstand that senior brother who loved carrying several bags of rice.
"Anything else?"
The Shadow Clone asked.
"Nothing else. For the rest, just be careful and try to survive as long as possible."
Naruto waved his hand.
The Shadow Clone nodded and vanished on the spot.
He wasn't sure if it was an illusion, but Narutothought he heard a line of lyrics.
"Goodbye Mama, tonight I'm sailing far away..."
The Shadow Clone had already left, and it was impossible for him to go and ask.
Naruto shook his head and entered his own Sealing Space.
The Nine-Tailed was still sleeping.
He was simply happier than a pig.
At least a pig faced the danger of being slaughtered.
Naruto sighed. After Sasuke left, the Nine-Tailedfinally returned to normal.
But he pestered him to fight the landlord every day.
The problem was that he was getting a bit tired of it.
Besides that, there was another reason.
He actually couldn't win at cards against a fox.
In the beginning, he was basically the one winning.
But now, it was infinitely approaching a fifty-fifty split.
Coupled with the Shadow Clone's backstabbing, he lost more than he won.
What the hell.
Other people's Shadow Clones were incredibly obedient, but every one of Naruto's Shadow Clones was thinking of rebelling.
So, after painful reflection, he decided to adopt a new form of entertainment.
It was still playing cards.
But not poker cards—it was Yu-Gi-Oh.
Since it had been a long time, Naruto didn't quite remember the original cards, so he planned to create a set of Ninja World cards.
Character Cards would replace Monster cards, Ninjutsu cards would replace Magic and Trap cards, and he'd increase the Nine-Tailed's sense of immersion while he was at it.
"Big Fox, wake up and help me make cards."
Naruto shouted loudly.
The Nine-Tailed didn't have much, but it had plenty of Chakra.
Using its Chakra to condense into cards would make them last quite a long time.
Hearing his voice, the Nine-Tailed opened its eyes.
As early as a week ago, it had learned about this from Naruto's mouth.
It wasn't very interested in other things now, but as soon as Naruto mentioned challenging it, it got excited.
"The first set of cards, I plan to make with the nine Tailed Beasts as prototypes..."
Halfway through Naruto's sentence, the Nine-Tailed suddenly snapped awake, its forehead slamming directly into the iron gate, making a deafening sound.
He had told it the rules of Yu-Gi-Oh. They weren't particularly complex; what was complex were the various decks and strategies.
"This old man must be the strongest. My attack power must be the highest, with unparalleled destructive power."
"Fine, then you'll be the Blue-Eyes White Dragon. Nine Tailed Beasts, nine cards, just enough to evolve and fuse into the Ten-Tails."
"What is a Blue-Eyes White Dragon? And how do you know about the Ten-Tails?"
"My dad told me about the Ten-Tails."
A moment later, the Nine-Tailed's enraged voice rang out in the Sealing Space.
"Why is Senju Hashirama's effect so strong? As long as he's summoned, he can send all Tailed Beasts on the field and in the hand directly to the Graveyard? Kid, are you looking down on this old man? Back in the day, I could fight Senju Hashirama for days and nights, okay?"
"You were pinned to the ground, watching Senju Hashirama and Uchiha Madara fight, right?"
"How can you slander my reputation out of thin air?" The Nine-Tailed was completely flustered. "You weren't even there!"
"My dad told me."
"Bullshit! How could Minato know?!"
"Just say if you're going to play or not."
"I'm playing!"