"Your taijutsu is really beyond words." As they walked, Kakashi rolled his eyes at Noah. "And you were way too reckless. You actually coated your weapon with Chakra."
Noah could not be bothered to respond to Kakashi. He knew his own situation well enough and had no desire to waste words arguing with him.
Still, Kakashi was right about one thing: Noah had been too reckless. To ensure the weapon stayed sharp, he had directly infused it with Chakra.
It really was a reckless method. While it could make a weapon more powerful, it also drastically shortened the weapon's lifespan.
Countless people in the ninja world used weapons, but very few actually infused their weapons with Chakra.
Kakashi was one of them. Before obtaining the Sharingan as a child, he had always used a short blade.
That weapon had been inherited from his father. How could the weapon used by the Konoha White Fang possibly have been ordinary?
Unfortunately, even that short blade, forged from special materials, had shattered. It was easy to imagine just how destructive Chakra was to weapons.
As for letting Zabuza and Haku escape, Kakashi was not too bothered by it. Even he had been dumbfounded by Noah's bizarre move at the time, let alone a Genin.
Damn it, this guy was absolutely not a Genin!
Kakashi grumbled inwardly. Noah clearly had obvious flaws, but his performance in every other area had practically overshadowed them all.
Just imagine it: no matter how strong your taijutsu was, how were you supposed to defend against someone so fast it made your scalp tingle?
Honestly, if Noah's taijutsu were not so atrocious—so bad that he was practically useless—
Kakashi might even have suspected the kid was his teacher reincarnated. That terrifying speed and unbelievably proficient Body Flicker Technique truly