Ye Lan patted Konohamaru on the head and said, "You little brat, you're so greedy. You learned one Great Fire Annihilation from me, and now you want me to teach you more? How could there be such a good deal?"
Konohamaru frowned. "I don't care. If you don't teach me another one, I'll never acknowledge you as my big brother."
"Learn Great Fire Annihilation first. Once you've mastered it, I'll teach you something else."
Ye Lan cast Konohamaru a sly look and said, "How about this? As agreed, once you learn my Ninjutsu, you'll call me big brother. But we haven't decided on the time limit yet. I'll leave that chance to you, Konohamaru. How long do you think it'll take you to learn my Ninjutsu? That'll be the time limit for the wager. If you exceed it, you'll have to call me big brother. If you don't, I'll teach you five more Ninjutsu."
Konohamaru's eyes darted around as he listened.
Then he said, "All right. One month. I'll definitely master that Ninjutsu within a month."
Ye Lan shook his head. "A month is too long. I don't agree."
Konohamaru continued, "Then twenty days."
"One week. I'll only give you one week."
Ye Lan said, "If you haven't learned it after one week, then you'll have lost."
Konohamaru struggled for a long while before slowly saying, "Fine, I can learn it. But if it isn't as powerful as yours by then, you can't blame me. The time you gave me is just too short."
Without even thinking, Ye Lan nodded.
"Kakashi is here to witness it, so you don't try to back out again, you little brat."
Konohamaru snorted indignantly. "I won't back out! I, Konohamaru, always keep my word."
Ye Lan chuckled softly. Then he looked at Kakashi and asked, "Kakashi, do we still need to go to the Ninja Academy now?"
Kakashi smiled. "We do. Although you're very strong, you still haven't received a Konoha forehead protector. You don't even count as a Genin yet. Go report to Iruka first. That way, you'll be considered a member of Konoha from now on."
Konohamaru was shocked when he heard that. "What? Aren't you from Konoha?"
Ye Lan replied casually, "So what? Don't worry about whether I'm from Konoha or not. As long as I can be your big brother, that's enough."
Konohamaru was left speechless. No wonder. Otherwise, why had I never seen this guy before?
Then Ye Lan and Kakashi headed back toward the Ninja Academy. After walking for a while, they realized Konohamaru had not followed them. Ye Lan turned around and asked, "Konohamaru, aren't you coming back to the Academy with us?"
Konohamaru waved his hand. "Kakashi, I won't be going back with you. I feel like there's nothing left for the Ninja Academy to teach me. I already know the Clone Technique. What I need now is to hurry up and master Great Fire Annihilation, or this guy will definitely laugh at me again."
Ye Lan grinned. "Then work hard. Try to master it within a week."
Konohamaru clenched his little fists. "Just you wait."
Not long afterward, Ye Lan and Kakashi returned to the Ninja Academy.
"Iruka seems to have gone out. Let's wait for him in the classroom for a while."
Ye Lan naturally had no objections.
Kakashi turned to Ye Lan and said, "I really couldn't tell. You've been hiding your abilities well."
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