It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Just as Kakashi had deduced, Naruto did not feel any sense of crisis about this exercise.

But the reason is not a lack of understanding of the current situation.

It is precisely because Naruto knows the nature of this exercise that he has no sense of crisis.

"You three are surprisingly good at hiding. I'll give you extra points."

Kakashi said seriously.

"But if you keep hiding, 12 o'clock will come sooner than expected."

Kakashi stood there without moving. Even though he said he would give it his all, he was letting it go from the beginning.

If he really wanted to eliminate Naruto and the others, he should just hide as well.

With his hiding skills, those guys who had just graduated from the ninja school less than a week ago would not be able to find him before noon, not to mention having to go to great lengths to steal the bell after finding him.

"Um……"

Although they used a little time pressure to provoke them, the three people who were hiding still did not move.

Fairly calm.

Thinking of this, Kakashi reached into the ninja tool bag at his waist.

Sakura and Sasuke, who were hiding in the dark, immediately focused their attention on Kakashi's movements, alert to what Kakashi was about to take out.

"That...that is!"

The moment Kakashi took his hand out of the ninja tool bag again, Sasuke opened his single magatama Sharingan and observed carefully.

"Is it a ninja tool? Or a ninjutsu scroll?"

Sakura was also wondering how a senior ninja like Kakashi would deal with the three of them.

Naruto yawned silently, showing no interest in the contents of Kakashi's ninja tool bag.

Same as the original...

There was suddenly an extra book in Kakashi's hand.

"Intimate Paradise" has a conspicuous sign on the cover prohibiting minors from reading!

Kakashi spread out the "Intimate Paradise" with one hand.

That's really how I started reading.

It seems that Kakashi doesn't take Naruto and the others seriously at all.

After about a minute, after finishing reading the contents, Kakashi placed his other hand on the paper and prepared to turn the page.

It's now!

All the movements of Kakashi's hands were seen by the Sharingan.

Sasuke seized the rare opportunity and threw several shurikens at Kakashi at high speed, all hitting Kakashi's vital parts.

The next moment, Kakashi, who was hit by the shuriken, turned into a log.

"The tactics used are similar to the original."

Naruto saw everything and came to a conclusion in his mind.

Because the exercise has a clear time limit, Kakashi will definitely be "caught" if he takes the initiative to expose his flaws.

Sasuke's judgment was not wrong. The longer the time was delayed, the more disadvantageous it would be for the three of them.

As a genius, Sasuke does have outstanding fighting talent, but combat experience cannot be made up for by talent alone.

His opponent is Kakashi Hatake, who is also known as a genius, has both fighting talent and experience, and is already able to stand on his own.

Students versus Jonin.

In fact, if you use your brain a little, you can figure out the purpose of Kakashi's exam.

But given the cruel nature of the ninja world, the three members of Team 7 could not be sure that Kakashi's words of "one person must be eliminated" were completely false.

Team 7, which has not yet formed any ties with each other, has no way of giving up their own interests and helping the other two people get the bell.

Naruto shifted his gaze from the log on the ground that was pierced with kunai and looked at Sakura who jumped out from the bushes not far away.

The failed attack made Sasuke make a quick decision and choose to change his hiding place.

Sakura was afraid that Sasuke would be in danger, so she was so worried about him that she exposed herself.

After thinking for a moment, Naruto, the only one who had not exposed his whereabouts, chose to follow Sakura.

Hiding until noon, then shouting "Rules are important, but partners are more important!"

This makes it easy to pass the exercise.

But this behavior of hiding behind the scenes and not contributing is extremely inconsistent with the character Naruto has pretended to be in the past two years.

"Sasuke, where are you?"

Sakura was speeding through the woods, anxiously searching for Sasuke, completely unaware that Naruto was following her at a not-too-far distance.

Suddenly, the leaves in the forest rose up without wind, wrapping Sakura in them.

Noticing Sakura's current situation, Naruto rushed forward immediately!

"Danger! Sakura!"

Naruto shouted loudly to warn Sakura.

Sakura heard Naruto's voice and was knocked out from the leaves by Naruto before she could react.

But Naruto was surrounded by leaves instead of her.

The leaves suddenly fluttered, and then suddenly fell back to the ground.

Sakura saw that Naruto was in a trance.

Sakura, who scored full marks in theory at the Ninja Academy, immediately determined that Naruto was under the influence of an illusion.

She hurried forward, ready to pull Naruto out of the genjutsu.

but……

"When facing a companion who is under the spell of an illusion, it is right to help them to remove the illusion as soon as possible, but you must also remember to pay attention to the enemies who are hiding in the dark and casting illusions."

Kakashi's voice suddenly came from behind Sakura.

Sakura turned her head in horror to look behind her, only being able to make out the outline of Kakashi's head when she felt a pain on the side of her neck.

The next second, Sakura fainted.

Kakashi gently supported the unconscious Sakura with one hand and laid her flat on the ground.

He looked again at Naruto who was lying beside him under the spell of an illusion.

"There's still one missing."

He formed the "release" seal with his hands, and smoke came out of Kakashi's body.

The next moment, Kakashi's figure and the smoke disappeared into the forest.

The one dealing with Naruto and Sakura at the same time was just Kakashi's shadow clone.

After confirming that Kakashi had released his Shadow Clone, Naruto, who should have been in a hallucination, opened his eyes.

Naruto had previously gathered a tiny amount of the Nine-Tails' chakra within his body.

Hit by Kakashi's genjutsu.

The Nine-Tails' chakra, which was originally precisely controlled when Naruto was awake, instantly dispersed, disrupting Naruto's chakra.

This allowed Naruto to break the genjutsu all by himself.

Standing up from the ground, Naruto glanced at the unconscious Sakura.

That's good, I saved my companions and participated in the exercise;

There was no need to shout "Don't underestimate our bond", letting Naruto and the other three guys who had no cooperation get entangled with Kakashi, only to waste time.

Naruto looked towards the exit of the woods.

Calculating the time, by the time Kakashi takes care of Sasuke, it will be almost noon.

Then just sleep for a while.

Thinking of this, Naruto didn't rush to wake Sakura up.

……

As soon as the alarm was set to sound, Kakashi turned it off.

Instead of the alarm clock ringing, two bells on Kakashi's waist began to ring crisply as they collided with each other.

"All three of you failed!"

Kakashi looked at the three people in front of him and announced the results of the exercise.

"Why don't you just go back to school? The three of you should stop being ninjas and just live your life as ordinary people."

His tone was serious, filled with dissatisfaction and disappointment towards the three people.

Sakura was the first to argue after being criticized so harshly by Kakashi:

"What do you mean by not being a ninja? Even though we didn't get the bell, teacher, you don't have to criticize us so harshly. After all, the three of us just graduated from school. We are no match for a jonin..."