Naruto started to become stronger by becoming a disciple of Tsunade

Looking at Kakashi who stood up and walked over, Okamoto Dousuke made an OK gesture to Namikaze Minato.

Helping Kakashi get out of the shadow of his father's suicide was the consensus reached by Minato Namikaze and Dousuke Okamoto on the road.

After all, Kakashi was both of them’s former classmate and they had a not-too-bad relationship with him, and he was also their student.

Although Okamoto Dousuke knew that Kakashi would understand the true meaning of companions through Uchiha Obito's sacrifice in the future, he is still the ostracized Chunin now.

And it took the efforts of two close teammates for Kakashi to understand that if he had the ability, Okamoto Dousuke would have wanted to prevent this from happening.

Since Kakashi's father, Hatake Shimo, committed suicide because he abandoned the mission, Kakashi has always put the mission first in everything he does. This has led to rumors in the village that he is an extremely cold-blooded person who can sacrifice his teammates at any time for the mission, so no one is willing to be on Kakashi's team.

It was not until Kakashi's classmates Okamoto Dousuke, Uchiha Obito, and Might Guy graduated that Kakashi had the opportunity to form a team with others again.

The two men came to the river, and Okamoto Dousuke jumped into the river in an instant.

"Kakashi, I will use the water jutsu to drive the fish out, and you will be responsible for catching it."

"Hmph." Although Kakashi, who followed over, didn't say anything else, his words and expression revealed disdain.

"Kakashi, you won't be able to integrate into the team like this." Looking at his appearance, Okamoto Dousuke said helplessly.

"Why do I need to integrate into the team? You just need to know that the mission completion rate of my team is 100%." ​​Kakashi crossed his arms and stared at the water.

"Kakashi, you have to know that the completion rate of the mission is not everything for a ninja. You..."

"That's enough, Okamoto Dousuke. When my father died, you followed Lady Tsunade to the Hatake family. Don't you know how my father died?"

"Did my father really die of suicide?"

"Kakashi..." Okamoto Dousuke wanted to say something.

"Lightning Release, Chidori" Kakashi's hands flashed with intense lightning and plunged into the water. Intense electric current instantly spread throughout the waters near Kakashi.

Fishes instantly floated up on the water surface, and Okamoto Dousuke, who was standing on the water surface, fainted due to the violent lightning escape.

He fell into the water with a splash.

Minato Namikaze, who had been observing his surroundings, saw the situation of the two people going to catch fish and knew that Okamoto Dousuke's persuasion had failed.

Kakashi's situation is not something that can be persuaded by just a few words, and his teacher Minato Namikaze is even less capable of persuading him. Some things can only be said by people of their peers.

Looking at Obito who was caring for Nohara Rin, and Okamoto Dousuke who fell into the river, Minato sighed and hoped that they could change Kakashi.

On the shore, a bonfire lit with soil was burning fiercely, a simple tripod was clamped on the fire, and a milky fish soup was cooking in a small pot.

With wet hair, Dousuke Okamoto was standing by the campfire, roasting himself and fish without saying a word.

The clothes had been quickly sucked dry by Okamoto Dousuke's chakra-controlled water escape technique. Only the hair remained untouched, and after a shake of the neat short hair, it now looked like a Shamatte aristocrat, with each strand standing upright.

Fu was beside him, stroking Okamoto Dousuke's hair which had blew up due to the Lightning Release. "Hahaha, brother, your hair looks so funny."

Okamoto Dousuke stared at Kakashi not far away. His resentment was almost visible to the naked eye.

"It's time to eat." Okamoto Dousuke shouted loudly. He distributed the grilled fish to several people, pulled Fu who was playing with his hair over, and served her a small bowl.

Tokakashi's Chidori used a lightning ninjutsu to electrocute a lot of fish, and the few people could not finish eating them.

Perhaps he felt that he had gone too far, so when Kakashi took the grilled fish, he rarely said "thank you" and remained silent. He was even more silent than in the morning.

"Brother, it's so delicious. I want to keep drinking the fish soup you make." Fu, who was drinking the fish soup in small sips because it was hot, kept shouting.

"Fu, if you want to drink, I'll teach you." Okamoto Dousuke touched Fu's head and said with a smile.

"Dousuke, your cooking skills are really amazing." Namikaze Minato couldn't help but praise while eating the grilled fish.

Although I learned from the teacher that this child has strong chakra control and can remove fish bones without affecting the taste of the fish, I didn't expect the real situation to be so abnormal. I thought that teacher Jiraiya exaggerated, but now it seems that he is just being conservative.

This kid is truly a genius.

Obito and Rin also praised his craftsmanship.

Okamoto Dousuke smiled and glanced at Kakashi.

Kakashi happened to look over there as well, and apart from a slightly apologetic look, he said nothing.

After everyone finished eating, they continued on their journey. On the way, Okamoto Dousuke kept studying the principles of the sealing technique taught to him by Namikaze Minato.

Lin still brought Fu with her, talking to her as they walked.

Obito looked like a loyal dog and kept circling around Nohara Rin.

Kakashi looked around vigilantly.

Namikaze Minato walked up to Okamoto Dousuke and took out a gourd from the ninja tool bag behind him and handed it to him: "This was left by the Taki no Kuni ninja. According to him, it can temporarily increase chakra by dozens of times."

"Dousuke, as a medical ninja, you should preserve your chakra as much as possible. If there is a fight, leave it to Kakashi and me to handle it."

Okamoto Dousuke took the small gourd, which was heavy.

He uncorked the bottle and took a sip. He instantly felt the chakra extraction speed increase several times. But within a minute, the chakra leveled off.

Okamoto Dousuke closed the lid and said affirmatively: "The feeling of chakra surge is really addictive. It feels like my strength has surged. This thing has side effects!"

"Well, so you have to be careful when using it. Although the principle is not clear, the surge in chakra does not happen for no reason. The fate of the Chunin from Takikuni also shows that this water has strong side effects." Namikaze Minato nodded and confirmed his statement.

"Okay, I understand." Okamoto Dousuke nodded.

At this time, Minato Namikaze made a gesture and stopped abruptly.

When Okamoto Dousuke and others saw Minato's gesture, they quickly took out their weapons and stood guard around them.

boom.

A purple toad appeared in front of Minato, holding a letter in its mouth and spitting it to Minato's feet.

Looking at the toad that appeared through reverse summoning, Okamoto Dousuke's heart moved.

Bang! The toad turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared.

Minato Namikaze picked up the envelope on the ground, opened it, and his brows gradually frowned.

"The alert is lifted, come here." Minato Namikaze shouted to several people.

Several people gathered in a circle around Minato Namikaze.

"Teacher Jiraiya has sent news that someone has been watching us. The people who attacked us last time have set up an ambush on the road leading to Takigakure Village ahead. Teacher is worried about alerting the enemy, so he is not in a position to take action." Namikaze Minato opened the map and pointed to one of the places and said.

"Now I will proceed along the route on the map as usual. Kakashi, Dousuke, Rin, and Obito will take Fu and follow this river and enter from the back of Takigakure Village. Be sure to send Fu back to Takigakure Village as quickly as possible." Namikaze Minato said solemnly.