Defeat Kakashi!

As soon as he turned around, Hyuga Bin received a prompt from the system.

[Option task completed!]

[Follow-up task unlocked: Resolve Tsunade's inner turmoil. Rewards will be issued upon completion.]

[Completion criteria: Completely heal Tsunade's psychological trauma caused by the deaths of her younger brother and lover.]

This... was more than just a little difficult.

After reading the completion criteria, Hyuga Bin could not help sighing at the sheer difficulty of the task, while also beginning to plan what he should do next.

After all, he had chosen Tsunade himself. Even if he cried, he had to see it through.

"Something feels off about that kid..." Tsunade watched Hyuga Bin leave with tiny steps, then looked at the beautifully wrapped candy in her hand.

She then unwrapped it, popped the candy into her mouth, and tossed the wrapper into the trash.

"Pretty sweet..."

Hyuga Bin ran into Hatake Kakashi, who had deliberately been waiting for him, at the entrance to Konoha's bustling food street.

Going to the food street for dessert was Hyuga Bin's daily "required course."

As an "old acquaintance" of Hyuga Bin's, Hatake Kakashi naturally knew this, which was why he had arrived early to stake out the entrance and wait for Hyuga Bin.

"Bin, I challenge you!"

When Hyuga Bin appeared, looking lazy as usual, Hatake Kakashi jumped in front of him. His little face, still uncovered by a mask, was utterly serious.

His expression and tone were no different from Uchiha Obito's a few days ago.

His reason for challenging Hyuga Bin was simple: he had heard that Hyuga Bin had been cornered by three Uchiha, yet had turned the tables and beaten one of them.

That made him think that Hyuga Bin must have held back during their previous three fights, which was why every battle had ended in a "draw."

Yet at the time, he had actually believed that Hyuga Bin, like himself, had used his full strength.

As Konoha's White Fang's son, he had not even realized someone had been holding back against him in battle. It was simply too humiliating.

So this time, he wanted to challenge Hyuga Bin himself and find out just how wide the gap between them truly was.

Hyuga Bin was briefly stunned by Hatake Kakashi suddenly jumping out, because the Hatake Kakashi he "knew" was not someone who would take the initiative to challenge others.

In their previous fights, Hatake Kakashi had always been reluctant and bashful, like a respectable woman who had gone straight, only for Hyuga Bin to force her back into prostitution.

The Hatake Kakashi from the original story was even more extreme, wearing a face mask, with his forehead protector covering one eye and the other perpetually half-lidded like a dead fish, as though everyone owed him a few hundred bucks.

Sure enough, only by transmigrating myself could I truly understand these characters from anime. Kishimoto was just a manga artist, and fanfic writers only wrote random bullshit based on their own ideas. What the hell did they know about Naruto?

As he sighed, Hyuga Bin also felt that Hatake Kakashi was making a needless fuss.

He was merely an ordinary Hyuga Branch Family member. How could he possibly be a match for Hatake Kakashi, that genius who graduated at five, became a Chunin at six, and was promoted to jonin at twelve?

Even barely managing a draw with Hatake Kakashi in their previous three fights had nearly drained him dry.

Besides, he was going to eat Taiyaki now. He did not have time to spar with Hatake Kakashi.

"Kakashi, I'm going to get something to eat right now," Hyuga Bin declined tactfully.

"Bin, I can wait until you're done eating," Hatake Kakashi said firmly.

Clearly, Hatake Kakashi had made up his mind to have a fight with him this time.

"I..."

Hyuga Bin opened his mouth, intending to say that he had other things to do, but an option task appeared in his mind once again.

[Option A: Accept Hatake Kakashi's challenge. Completion reward: Eight Trigrams Sixteen Palms (C-rank reward).]

[Option B: Tell Hatake Kakashi: "Next time for sure, next time for sure." Completion reward: Substitution Technique (D-rank reward).]

[Option C: Refuse Hatake Kakashi's challenge. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

After all, the Eight Trigrams Palm was still highly tempting to three-and-a-half-year-old Hyuga Bin.

Moreover, since sixteen palms only counted as a C-rank reward, Hyuga Bin figured the difficulty should not be too high.

Thus, Hyuga Bin decisively chose Option A.

"Alright, Kakashi. I accept your challenge."

[Option task completed!]

[Follow-up task unlocked: Defeat Kakashi. Rewards will be issued upon completion.]

[Completion criteria: Defeat Kakashi and make Kakashi wholeheartedly concede.]

An hour later, at Konoha's training ground.

Hyuga Bin and Hatake Kakashi stood facing each other.

"We're not ninja yet, so there's no need to form the Seal of Confrontation." Hyuga Bin assumed a defensive stance as he spoke to Hatake Kakashi.

"Mm, Bin, here I come." As soon as Hatake Kakashi finished speaking, he charged at Hyuga Bin.

After an intense battle, both Hyuga Bin and Hatake Kakashi had nearly exhausted their stamina.

They also had a few minor injuries on their faces and bodies, something unavoidable in a spar.

With their physiques, they only needed a day or two to recover completely.

Of course, Hyuga Bin won.

After all, Hyuga Bin was a few months older than Hatake Kakashi. Born into the Hyuga Clan, he had not fallen behind Hatake Kakashi in specialized training, and he was even more hardworking than Kakashi.

Even so, Hyuga Bin had been forced to use his hidden trump card before barely defeating Hatake Kakashi by a narrow margin.

Without the system, Hyuga Bin would have been completely left behind by Hatake Kakashi after just one year at the Academy.

Sure enough, the only difference between me and a genius is a system!

As Hyuga Bin reached out to help Hatake Kakashi up from the ground, he could not help sighing inwardly.

"Bin, I will keep challenging you until I defeat you!"

Hatake Kakashi did not take Hyuga Bin's hand. Instead, he struggled to his feet himself, spoke to Hyuga Bin with a determined gaze, then turned and left.

[Task failed!]

Hyuga Bin: "..."

Kakashi had somewhat conceded in his heart, but not verbally.

Hyuga Bin felt like he had stepped in shit!

The reward that had been within reach had flown away again!

"If I can't complete the system's option tasks again, I definitely won't be able to beat Kakashi next time."

Hyuga Bin sighed as well. He looked at Hatake Kakashi's limping back, then turned and headed home.

Clearly, the current Hatake Kakashi was still full of drive and not much different from an ordinary boy.

The Hatake Kakashi from the original story, who looked like a wilted eggplant all day, had been worn down in body and mind by the deaths of his father Hatake Sakumo, his comrades Uchiha Obito and Nohara Rin, and his teacher Namikaze Minato. Apart from reading dirty books, life no longer seemed to hold much meaning for him.

Oh... and there was also that Sharingan that could never be turned off, constantly squeezing what little energy he had as a unit of Chakra measurement.