"You still think being a ninja is some kind of game? What Shuichi did seems perfectly normal to me. I have no idea what you're so surprised about." Kakashi's tone was as venomous as a snake as he relentlessly roasted Yūhi Kurenai and Ishikawa Tatsuki.
"If you can't even accept this, then you'd better stop trying to become ninja. Otherwise, you'll only hold Shuichi back in the future. Not only might you get yourselves killed, you could even drag down the people around you." Kakashi was already a Chunin who had completed numerous missions, and he had killed plenty of people outside the village.
"Damn it!" Ishikawa Tatsuki thought of how his childhood friend had already left him so far behind he was nowhere in sight. Deep down, he regretted all the times he had failed to study seriously at the Ninja Academy. He did not want to reach a point where he could not even see his friend's back.
"Don't underestimate me! I've been mentally prepared for this for a long time. If Shuichi can do it, so can I!" Ishikawa Tatsuki shouted, his face flushed with emotion.
"Shuichi-kun, I won't give up. I definitely won't become a burden in the future. Please believe in me!" Yūhi Kurenai said resolutely, biting her lip.
"You don't need to be so eager to prove yourselves." Seeing that the timing was about right, Shuichi saw no need to keep pushing them. It was enough to prepare them mentally.
"I'm only telling you this today so you can be prepared. The world outside isn't peaceful, and Konoha Ninja can never let down their guard."
"Since you're my best friends, if I have spare time in the future, I wouldn't mind teaching you some ninja experience. Much of it is experience my teacher, Orochimaru,