Twenty Centimeters Shorter

Kakashi chuckled. "Now it's your turn."

Ye Lan smiled and waved his hand. "No, no, Kakashi-sensei. I'm not planning to let you beat me up."

Kakashi smiled. "With your strength, it's not impossible for you to take the Bells. Aren't you going to give it a try?"

Sasuke, standing nearby, couldn't help taking Ye Lan more seriously after hearing that. He had just experienced Kakashi's strength firsthand. There weren't many people Kakashi would say that about.

But Ye Lan didn't seem to care.

"Haha, Kakashi-sensei, I'd better not overestimate myself. I still have a long way to go before I can reach your level."

Kakashi said, "So you're saying you don't plan to pass the test?"

Ye Lan slowly shook his head. "I really want to pass the test."

"Then you're not even willing to try? You're quite different from the Ye Lan I met yesterday." Kakashi sighed.

Ye Lan smiled. "No. I just think that even if I really gave it everything I had and took the Bells, I still probably wouldn't pass your test."

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Sasuke couldn't quite understand what Ye Lan meant. What did he mean, taking the Bells still wouldn't let him pass? Had all his effort just now been for nothing?

Kakashi froze for a moment, then said, "You've seen through it clearly."

Ye Lan chuckled. "It's never wrong to observe carefully."

I can't exactly tell you I watched the entire Hokage series, can I?

Just then, the system's voice rang out in Ye Lan's mind. "Ding!! Host has triggered a hidden mission: Help every member of Team 7 pass Kakashi's test. Mission success reward: none. Mission failure penalty: JJ shortened by twenty centimeters!"

"Pfft!!"

Ye Lan nearly burst out laughing as he cursed inwardly, What the hell kind of mission is this?!

"Ding!! The host has talked back to this system. JJ shortening has begun!"

"Don't!!! Big Brother System, Grandpa System! I'm begging you, don't touch my JJ!"

"Hmph!"

The system gave a very humanlike snort, then fell silent.

Only then did Ye Lan breathe a sigh of relief. This system is way too evil.

Seeing Ye Lan's expression constantly changing, Kakashi asked, "Lan, what's wrong?"

Ye Lan said, "N-Nothing."

Kakashi looked at Ye Lan thoughtfully. "You're right. Even getting the Bells wouldn't be enough. Even if you got two, it still wouldn't work. You can only pass if you get all three at once."

After a while, Kakashi finally said, "Come on. I've prepared lunch for you."

Ye Lan pulled Sasuke out of the ground, woke Sakura, then lowered Naruto before following Kakashi to the side.

When they arrived, they discovered that there were still only three lunches in front of them.

Sasuke frowned. "Kakashi-sensei, don't tell me we have to fight over lunch too?"

Kakashi shook his head. "No, you don't need to fight over it. I came prepared."

"Naruto, come here."

Naruto obediently walked over.

"Turn around."

Naruto did as he was told.

Then Kakashi directly took out the rope that had been hanging Naruto from behind his back and tightly tied Naruto up from behind to the front.

"Kakashi-sensei, you can't do this to meee!"

Naruto shouted and struggled, but in the end, he was still tied to the post.

After finishing everything, Kakashi smiled at the remaining three. "All right, you can eat now."