Multi-Anime, I Stand at the Forefront of Popularity Supremacy

The key thing is, the visual effects were great.

[Let go of that Kakashi and come at me!]

[I want to be squeezed!]

[Wife's feet, small and fragrant, hehehehe]

[Was that Sasuke just now?]

[Is Kakashi being completely targeted?]

[These are all at the level of psychological trauma.]

[Kakashi: My PTSD is acting up.]

[Now the one-track mind is blocked at both ends.]

[Aren't the little female demons afraid of being beaten to death?]

Kakashi was thrown to the side, but he immediately got up and maintained his balance.

However, Sparkle didn't give him time. A kunai cut the rope nearby, activating the mechanism.

Countless falling leaves descended from the sky, physically blocking the view.

And amidst this, Sparkle reappeared, reaching for the bell with one hand.

Kakashi couldn't afford to be gentle. He kicked Sparkle away, trying to break free from the falling leaves obscuring his vision.

But just as he kicked Sparkle away, another figure suddenly charged in from the front. It was "Little Kakashi."

"Is that Naruto? That's fine then."

Since Sparkle and Sasuke had appeared, the last one had to be Naruto.

However, "Little Kakashi's" movements were flawless, completely different from Naruto's. This wasn't Naruto, it was Sasuke!

Initially, Sasuke had transformed into "Obito," making him believe that was Sasuke. But as the leaves fell, Sasuke had actually transformed into "Little Kakashi" again!

"This is bad!"

Seeing "Little Kakashi" rushing forward to grab the bell, Kakashi Hatake's eyes sharpened.

It was no longer time to hide his strength; he had to show his true abilities.

"—!!!"

But at that very moment, "Rin Nohara" inexplicably appeared in front of "Little Kakashi," blocking the hand that "Little Kakashi" was using to attack Kakashi. Rin Nohara was impaled by "Little Kakashi," and the warm blood splattered directly onto Kakashi's face.

Kakashi froze.

Sparkle hadn't transformed earlier, which had lowered Kakashi's guard. Then she suddenly transformed into Rin, delivering a heavy blow to Kakashi.

At this point, another "Obito" arrived from the side.

Without a doubt, this figure with many flaws was Naruto Uzumaki.

However, this Obito Uchiha was different from his previous unharmed appearance; this was Obito Uchiha with only one eye.

Undoubtedly, Obito Uchiha's other eye... was in Kakashi's eye socket.

In just that instant, "Obito" directly grabbed the bell.

"Swish..."

All the falling leaves had descended.

The forest returned to its original appearance.

Sparkle's "reality show" had also concluded.

"Success!"

Naruto held two bells in one hand and a mask in the other.

Beside him, Sasuke also panted, holding a mask in his hand.

Sparkle sat smiling on a nearby rock, wearing a half-fox mask, a smile on her lips. Her small feet in white stockings were constantly swinging and dangling...

New Gundam information is out. I took a look and got some inspiration.

These characters look like they came out of Pokémon. I'd believe it if you told me it was the Scarlet and Violet anime.

Then I saw Hideaki Anno... Huh?!

Wait, Gundam, Hideaki Anno.

Huh???

Chapter 18: If It's Not Broken, Break It Even More

"A spectacular cooperation."

Kakashi had to admit that the final coordinated move by the three was truly brilliant.

It was just that the scene made Kakashi's blood pressure spike.

"I did it! Woohoo~"

Naruto was incredibly excited over there, while Sasuke looked towards Sparkle.

And before the audience, a "memory" scene appeared.

Before engaging with Kakashi, Sparkle had already created Shadow Clones. Naruto and Sasuke, who were hanging in the air, were both rescued by Sparkle.

"Damn it, that Jonin is really troublesome," Sasuke said with a grim expression. He had a reason he had to become a ninja.

"I'll definitely show that guy!" Naruto declared.

"You already had a way to deal with Kakashi, didn't you?" Sasuke realized, looking back at Sparkle, "Why didn't you tell us?"

Kakashi had been lured away by Sparkle and hadn't reappeared yet, which meant he was definitely occupied.

"Of course. I investigated everything that could be investigated through both public and private channels. The battle actually began the moment the mission was issued," Sparkle said.

"Sparkle, why didn't you tell us sooner? Then we could have dug traps to deal with him!" Naruto, having fallen into Kakashi's trap, now wanted to use traps to deal with Kakashi.

"That wouldn't work. Kakashi only needed to provoke you a little, and you would have fallen for it, Naruto," Sparkle replied.

"Huh? If you had told me beforehand, Sparkle, I definitely wouldn't have fallen for it!" Naruto felt he could still fight for another three hundred rounds.

"Because you definitely would have fallen for it, even if I explained it, you would have fallen for it," Sparkle stated with certainty.

"I'm not that stupid... right!" Naruto looked at Sasuke again. Sasuke's expression, which clearly conveyed "Are you stupid?", completely broke Naruto.

"So, even if I told you to hide, would you have listened, Naruto?"

"This great me would never hide!"

"See? It's just like that."

"As expected, this guy falls for it the moment he's provoked," Sasuke couldn't help but chime in.

"And then there's you, Sasuke. You're accustomed to working alone, and from the start, you never considered cooperation. But as a ninja team, not understanding cooperation is absolutely unacceptable," Sparkle said. "For you, Sasuke, I believe that only after you've recognized the situation will you be able to calm down."

—Without the two of you cooperating and stealing the show, how else am I supposed to earn popularity?

"..." Sasuke fell silent. Yes, he hadn't considered cooperation from the beginning.

"So what should we do then!" Naruto scratched his head in frustration.

"It's simple, put these on first." Sparkle's Shadow Clone took off its own mask.

Shadow Clones could also "copy" equipment on their person, and sometimes even animals or other things could be "Shadow Cloned" along with them. Of course, they would all disappear once their chakra was depleted.

After the "memory" in the scene ended, the audience suddenly understood.

[Got it, one hothead, one stubborn fool.]

[Wife is so smart, she let them both hit a wall first, and now they'll listen to her.]

[Such a scheming girl, she immediately took control of the team's leadership.]

"That's quite an impressive Genjutsu," while the audience was watching the memory, Kakashi looked at Sparkle. "Even I couldn't discern it, truly astonishing."

"Ah, that," Sparkle said with a smile, "Actually, there was no Genjutsu from beginning to end."

Kakashi froze.

The audience, who had just switched back from the memory, also froze.

Countless question marks floated across the screen.

"It was just transformation. Of course, you wouldn't be able to tell, Teacher Kakashi. From start to finish, I was just putting on a show in front of you, Teacher Kakashi."

Kakashi certainly couldn't tell.

Because there was no Genjutsu at all; those people were all Sparkle's transformations. It was a "reality show" from beginning to end.

"Then what about those illusions, are those... not Genjutsu either?"

"It's just light refraction. I used chakra to form a lens that distorted the light path, changing my distance, which is why those illusions dissipated so easily," Sparkle explained. "Chakra is amazing, isn't it?"

Even the initial illusions weren't Genjutsu; they were actually refractions caused by ice crystals and chakra forcibly distorting light. Of course, strictly speaking, this was still a form of illusion, as real-world illusions are visual deception. So, this should be classified as "optical illusion" rather than the traditional Yin Release Genjutsu, which is also recorded in the Second Hokage's Ninjutsu Compendium.

Kakashi was initially led to believe he had fallen victim to Genjutsu, which is why he was constantly on the defensive.

"When I first said it was a 'Ninja's Code' Genjutsu, it was to create a preconceived notion in you, Teacher Kakashi, making you believe I was using Genjutsu. But in reality, there was no Genjutsu at all from beginning to end."

[A Genjutsu without Genjutsu, isn't that also a form of Genjutsu?]

[Kakashi: I can't tell, I really can't tell!]

[What are you looking at? You're also caught in the red!]

[Ninja intelligence and counter-intelligence, deception and counter-deception, the three great arts, these few chapters are truly f***ing brilliant.]

"Teacher Kakashi, you are a Jonin, and an elite among Jonin, so we absolutely cannot defeat you head-on. But our goal wasn't to defeat you either; it was to complete our mission. Therefore, as long as the objective is achieved, that's enough. Before that, I gathered information about you and your past teammates. As long as I could cause you mental distress, leading to mistakes, that would be sufficient," Sparkle continued.

Kakashi couldn't help but sigh, "You're truly clever. However, it's best to use this trick sparingly. It's easy to get hurt, and not everyone is as easygoing as I am. If you encounter someone with a bad temper, you might actually get killed."

"It's precisely because it's you, Teacher Kakashi, that I dared to use this trick~"

Kakashi: "..."

[Let me translate that for you, Sparkle: I'm specifically targeting you.]

[Kakashi: Are you even polite?!]

[Killing people, and then attacking their hearts]

[Shrimp hearts, pork hearts, shrimp hearts and pork hearts!]

[Waiting for the little vixen to crash and burn]

[As expected of my wife]

"So when did your plan start?" Since it had come to this, she might as well ask for clarity and get to the bottom of it.

"From when Naruto put down the chalk," Sparkle said.

"Eh?" Naruto pointed to himself. Although he didn't quite understand, Naruto, who had been spectating, hadn't expected to be involved.

"It started by misleading Naruto and Sasuke, setting up a sinister and vicious imaginary enemy for them, and making them wary of you."

"Mis-, misleading?!" Sasuke couldn't hold back either.

"Yes, if I had told you from the beginning that Teacher Kakashi was a lazy guy, and that getting hit by the chalk was probably him genuinely not caring about the pranks of us brats, you would have easily gotten complacent, right? But if, in your eyes, Teacher Kakashi became a malicious Jonin desperately trying to drive us back to school, you would also put aside your prejudices due to the pressure."

What Sparkle said made quite a bit of sense.

But Naruto felt something was off—was Sparkle really considering these things?

Naruto had known Sparkle since he was little. In his understanding, Sparkle wasn't the type of person to do something like this.

So, Naruto instinctively asked, "Then what's the real reason?"

"Because toying with you... is fun."

"Huh?!" ×3.

All three of them completely lost their composure.

[Kakashi: My reputation is being ruined]