With only Teacher Kakashi watching him—and Teacher Kakashi being one of his own—Naruto had far more room to maneuver than before.
Without the slightest fear, he directly made a hand signal to Teacher Kakashi.
Teacher Kakashi knew Naruto was calling him. With a Body Flicker Technique, he entered Naruto's room at a speed ordinary people would have found impossible to notice.
The moment he entered, Teacher Kakashi asked, "What is it, Naruto?"
Teacher Kakashi knew that Naruto normally would not summon him. If Naruto had given him a signal, then there had to be something important Naruto needed him to do.
"It's nothing, Teacher Kakashi. I'm just leaving Konoha for a few days!" Naruto told him.
"What? Leaving Konoha! Naruto, now isn't the time. Even if you want to defect, you'd better wait until after Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi dies. By then, no one will have time to care whether you stay or leave. They'll all be busy finding the next Hokage." Teacher Kakashi thought Naruto was planning to defect from Konoha.
His first thought was not to stop Naruto. Instead, he considered Naruto's interests and urged him to choose a more suitable time to leave Konoha.
If he left Konoha now, he would very likely be hunted down by Konoha's Anbu!
Naruto was strong, but if Konoha's Anbu kept harassing him—or worse, if a bounty were placed on him on the black market—his life would hardly be peaceful from then on.
But Teacher Kakashi did not know that Naruto had the Perfect Transformation Jutsu. He would not even deactivate it while sleeping. As long as no large-scale battle broke out, the Perfect Transformation Jutsu was simply too overpowered!
"Teacher Kakashi, you misunderstood. I'm not defecting from Konoha. Don't forget that I still intend to become Hokage. If I want