Secret Ninjutsu Art

Sasuke watched the scene from afar and frowned. He felt a little contempt for Kakashi. A Jonin had let even Naruto get close so easily; he had obviously fallen for Naruto's trick. With neither the reaction nor the ability to respond until after Naruto had finished moving, such a Jonin was clearly extremely unqualified in Sasuke's eyes.

Just as Naruto was about to grab the Bells, Kakashi chuckled. Then, in that instant, Kakashi vanished from where he stood!

Naruto grabbed nothing but air!

When Naruto landed, Kakashi had somehow landed steadily behind him.

What?!

Not only Naruto, but even Sasuke was shocked by this. Even he had failed to see what Ninjutsu Kakashi had used to move behind Naruto at such speed.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes. It seemed Kakashi was not as worthless as he had thought.

Kakashi rapidly formed hand seals, making the "Tiger" seal behind Naruto.

Sasuke stared at the scene in shock.

"That seal! Fire Release?!"

"Kakashi is being far too ruthless. This is only a test. If that technique hits at such close range, Naruto will definitely die!"

Yet what happened next left everyone dumbfounded.

Kakashi crouched behind Naruto, thrust both hands forward, and drove his fingers directly into Naruto's vital spot!

Dark lines instantly covered Sakura's forehead. This guy...

Naruto's entire body twitched, and he turned to look at Kakashi with an embarrassed expression.

Kakashi pushed forward again!

"Secret Taijutsu Art! Thousand Years of Death!!!"

Naruto screamed and shot straight into the sky, then landed with a splash in the nearby stream.

Kakashi did not even glance in Naruto's direction and simply picked up his book to continue reading.

Sasuke reached toward the pouch holding his kunai, just about to open it, when Naruto suddenly burst from the water and flung two shuriken at Kakashi.

But just as the shuriken were about to touch Kakashi, he merely slipped two fingers through their centers, and the shuriken slowly came to a stop.

Seeing this, Sasuke's hand froze on its way to his kunai.

"The gap is too great..."

The moment Naruto came ashore, he used Multiple Shadow Clone, and the outcome went without saying.

Naruto grabbed Kakashi and threw a punch, but the Kakashi being held by the other Narutos suddenly turned into Naruto himself!

Naruto had effectively punched himself in the face!

With Naruto's intelligence, he naturally could not figure out that Kakashi had used a switching technique to exchange his own body with one of Naruto's clones. Naruto instead argued with a group of his own clones over which one was real and which was fake.

Meanwhile, the real Kakashi had long since run to a tree trunk off to the side to read Make-Out Paradise.

It took Naruto a long time to suddenly realize something. He hurriedly dispelled his Shadow Clone, only to discover afterward that there was no one around him but himself. The real Kakashi had vanished without a trace long ago!

Naruto felt somewhat discouraged, because Kakashi-sensei was simply too difficult to deal with.

Naruto looked around. A gust of wind passed by, carrying the sound of bells directly to his ears.

Naruto abruptly looked to the side and happily discovered a Bell identical to the ones on Kakashi's body hanging from a nearby branch!

Naruto could not help but rejoice.

"This must have fallen off Kakashi-sensei by accident while he was reading just now!!"

Naruto excitedly ran toward the large tree.