"Teacher Kakashi!"
"Asuma!"
"Teacher Kurenai!"
Seeing the sudden change before them, the Genin students, who had all been preoccupied with their own thoughts and focused on the three names and Uzumaki Naruto's question, nearly cried out in unison.
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
"Thud!"
And at that moment, amid the children's shocked, startled, and worried voices, three sounds of flesh striking flesh rang out as one.
The force was still this heavy! Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi's expressions changed sharply at the silent attack from behind. Looking at their right hands, which had instinctively blocked the tremendous force from the white-haired young man's kick and been slammed into their own faces, faint bitter smiles flickered across their lips.
Then, with a loud crash, the three of them tilted their heads slightly and launched into the air, shooting off in the same direction.
Tap!
Tap!
Tap!
Then, amid three seemingly overlapping light landing sounds, the three white-haired young men landed lightly.
"...The battle isn't over yet."
Watching his three clones land, the white-haired young man descending from the sky slowly turned around. His gaze swept over all the children before finally settling on the three Jonin instructors ahead, who had perfectly dispelled the force of the kicks from behind and flipped lightly to the ground. The latter half of the white-haired young man's words rang out.
They were Hatake Kakashi, Kurenai Yuhi, and Asuma Sarutobi.
This...
Hearing Chiba's latter words, Kakashi and the other two exchanged glances, their expressions changing slightly.
"That's rare. You're actually this persistent about fighting."
After that glance, Kakashi turned back toward Chiba. He raised his hand and pulled down his forehead protector, covering the Sharingan in his left eye as he spoke.
Both his tone and actions suggested that he did not intend to keep fighting.
"Yeah, that