Kakashi Hatake's First Appearance

Negative emotions from Uchiha Fugaku, Emotion Points +50!

Uchiha Fugaku looked at Chiga, utterly speechless.

Sending Chiga away to forge bonds had been his personal idea.

For that reason, he had even spoken about it at today's gathering, but only a handful of people had supported him.

Most people believed that the clan's geniuses should be trained within the clan so they could contribute to it in the future, rather than going to war and dying young.

Therefore, Uchiha Fugaku had not actually received the clan's support.

The mission funds went without saying.

Seeing Uchiha Fugaku remain silent, Chiga asked incredulously, "Young Clan Leader, don't tell me I'm supposed to pay this money myself?"

"How could that be? Since you're working for the clan, the clan will naturally take responsibility to the end!" Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth, a trace of pain in his voice. "How about this? Starting from the day you join Minato Squad, I'll give you 50,000 Ryo in mission funds every month!"

50,000 Ryo was about the reward for a C-Rank Mission. Getting that much money for free every month wasn't bad.

Chiga showed no abnormality on his face. Instead, he said with a hint of grievance, "50,000 Ryo? That's barely enough."

Uchiha Fugaku ignored Chiga's expression and said, "All right. In that case, when the school year begins, apply for early graduation from the Ninja Academy. As for how you'll enter Minato Squad, leave that to me."

Although newly graduated genin from the Ninja Academy were assigned by Konoha, they wouldn't interfere too much if both sides agreed.

"Then I'll have to trouble you, Young Clan Leader."

Uchiha Fugaku nodded, still feeling a little pained by this monthly expense.

After thinking for a moment, he said to Chiga, "By the way, Mikoto and I are getting married in a month. You absolutely have to attend!"

Uchiha Fugaku emphasized the words "Mikoto," as if telling Chiga that by attending the wedding, he wouldn't be a junior anymore, but a peer.

And since he was a peer, he couldn't get away without giving some gift money.

Chiga looked up at Uchiha Fugaku in disbelief. From his half-smiling expression, Chiga could tell that this was a trap.

What he hadn't expected was that Uchiha Fugaku, who usually looked steady and serious and didn't like joking around, would tease him too.

Come to think of it, Uchiha Fugaku was only in his twenties and in the prime of his youth. After Chiga had fleeced him, he naturally had to get a little payback.

"Young Clan Leader, regarding you and Auntie Mikoto—"

"She's your sister!" Uchiha Fugaku corrected him expressionlessly.

"All right. Regarding the wedding of you and Sister Mikoto, I'm afraid I won't be able to attend."

"You know, in order to graduate early from the Ninja Academy, I'll be training hard for the next two months. This is my attitude toward working for the clan!"

"But to express my congratulations, I'll give you this bag of goji berries!"

As Chiga spoke, a bag of goji berries had somehow appeared in his hand. He slapped it down on the table in front of Uchiha Fugaku.

Without blushing or losing his composure, he boasted to Uchiha Fugaku, "According to my father, he drank this before my mother conceived me. It also deserves credit for my awakening the Sharingan so early. The effect is absolutely amazing!"

Uchiha Fugaku was stunned. He had wanted to use the gift money to let Chiga know that his money wasn't so easy to take, but he hadn't expected Chiga to be so shameless.

If Chiga had been a little more tactful, Uchiha Fugaku would have endured it. Not attending was fine; no matter how much gift money he collected from Chiga, it wouldn't be much anyway.

But using this bag of ancestral goji berries as gift money was going too far, wasn't it?

Negative emotions from Uchiha Fugaku, Emotion Points +80!

In a tone that brooked no refusal, Uchiha Fugaku said, "You must come. Minato Namikaze will also be attending that day. The wedding will be the perfect opportunity to strengthen your relationship!"

"He's not a bridesmaid."

"Hmm?"

Seeing this, Chiga knew that no amount of arguing would help. He sighed bitterly and said, "Got it. I'll follow your arrangements, Young Clan Leader."

"Then I'll be leaving. I look forward to seeing you in a month!"

Seeing Chiga's expression, Uchiha Fugaku finally felt better. He stood up, put his hands behind his back, and walked out of the living room.

"Take care, Young Clan Leader!"

Chiga replied listlessly. When he looked up, he suddenly exclaimed, "Huh? Where's my bag of ancestral goji berries?"

"Young Clan Leader, those goji berries were worth a fortune!"

Three days later, Chiga, Obito, and Rin arrived at Kakashi's home.

They had come to celebrate Kakashi Hatake's successful promotion to chūnin.

The front door of Kakashi's house was already open, and voices could be heard inside.

It seemed someone had arrived ahead of them.

The three of them walked straight into Kakashi's house, where they happened to see Might Guy jumping up and down beside Kakashi in his eternally unchanged, bright green jumpsuit.

He was also holding an outfit identical to the one he was wearing.

"Kakashi, this is the gift I'm giving you. Do you like it?"

"Can I not take it?"

Kakashi's eyes drooped. He didn't have the courage to look at the outfit in Might Guy's hands.

"Kakashi, don't underestimate this outfit. I specially ordered it. The fabric is extremely special—not only is it waterproof, it's fireproof too! Put it on, and let's have an upside-down running race."

"No."

"Are you saying you don't want to run upside down? Running backward works too."

"I mean I'm not wearing the outfit!"

"I prepared it especially for you."

Kakashi gave him a dead-fish-eyed stare. "No!"

After receiving Kakashi's clear refusal, tears instantly flowed from Might Guy's eyes. He looked as though Kakashi had abused him.

"Kakashi, rejecting Guy's gift like that hurts Guy's heart so much. This outfit represents all of Guy's feelings! How can you refuse?"

It was rare to see Kakashi in a difficult position, so Obito immediately lent his support. He secretly rejoiced. Guy, you're amazing. You actually gave Kakashi an outfit like this.

Kakashi couldn't pull off this outfit, let alone Chiga.

As long as Kakashi wore it in front of Rin, she would definitely lose interest in him!

At the thought of this, Obito couldn't contain his excitement.

He took a few steps forward and snatched the jumpsuit from Might Guy's hands. Forcing down his discomfort, he held it up against himself, glanced sideways at Kakashi, and sighed:

"Tsk, tsk, such a fine outfit. Why wasn't it given to me? If it were me, I'd definitely put on the outfit my friend gave me right away. I wouldn't let my friend down!"

Hearing this, Might Guy gave Obito an expression that said, "You have good taste." Then he put his hand behind his back, rummaged around for a while, and pulled out another jumpsuit.

"Well said, Obito. I happened to order an extra one when I had them made, so I'll reluctantly give it to you!"

"H-how do you still have another one?"

This move completely stunned Obito.