Why Don't You All Come at Me Together?

Why Don't You All Come at Me Together?

"Meiko!"

Seeing this, Kakashi immediately stopped Meiko.

No matter what, Xu Fan's appointment as Anbu captain had come directly from the Third Hokage.

Even if Meiko and the others were dissatisfied with Xu Fan, they could not defy their superior.

Besides, Xu Fan was not all show.

He was even stronger than Kakashi.

"It's fine."

However, Xu Fan had no intention of letting Kakashi stand up for him.

"Anyone else dissatisfied? Why don't you all come at me together? I'm in a hurry to take my afternoon nap."

As he spoke, Xu Fan lazily yawned.

Yet those words once again caused an uproar.

"What did you say?"

Meiko froze for a moment, then quickly grew angry at Xu Fan's attitude.

Even among all Anbu squads, theirs was one of the strongest.

Yet Xu Fan was saying they should all attack together.

Was he saying that he alone could crush every one of them?

"Hmph."

Meiko snorted. "Even if you truly have the strength of an Anbu captain, there's no way you can withstand all of us attacking together."

"That's right. Everyone in this squad has the strength of an Elite Jonin. If you do this, you'll only bring suffering upon yourself."

"We simply believe Kakashi is better suited to be captain. Perhaps you are the captain in name, but I hope you have enough self-awareness to follow Captain Kakashi's commands when carrying out missions."

Aside from Itachi Uchiha and Tenzō, all the other Anbu members stood united.

In fact, they believed the Third Hokage had arranged things this way because he wanted Xu Fan to learn valuable experience from Kakashi.

If Xu Fan understood that, they would not have wanted to resort to this.

However, whether facing them or Captain Kakashi, Xu Fan had maintained an arrogant, dismissive attitude.

Especially now, when he had outright told them to come at him together.

"So..."

Ignoring their remarks, Xu Fan said somewhat impatiently, "Are you all coming at me together or not?"

To the Anbu members, those words were nothing less than mockery.

"Fine. You brought this on yourself."

Meiko shouted in a low voice and immediately assumed an attacking stance.

But what Kakashi had not expected was that even the normally steady Tenzō stepped forward and stood beside Meiko.

"Tenzō."

Kakashi could not help frowning. The other Anbu members had never witnessed Xu Fan's strength, so it was only natural that they did not trust him.

Coupled with Xu Fan's attitude, it was understandable that they wanted to challenge their superior.

One could even say that it was precisely because Meiko and the others had confidence in their own strength, as well as in Kakashi, that they behaved this way.

But Tenzō was different. Not only was he levelheaded, he had also witnessed Xu Fan's strength.

No one should have understood Xu Fan's power better than he did, especially that formidable Wood Release.

"Senior Kakashi." Tenzō took a deep breath, his expression utterly serious. "I want to try."

Unlike the others, Tenzō did not feel there was anything inappropriate about Xu Fan serving as captain.

First of all, Xu Fan was strong. Very strong.

His Chakra amount alone was more than a hundred times Senior Kakashi's.

And since Xu Fan had joined the Anbu, he was his comrade and deserved to be valued.

But...

Xu Fan was the only ninja in the village besides himself who could use Wood Release.

And the power Xu Fan had displayed was exceptionally formidable.

If there had been no such opportunity, then so be it.

But now that there was one, Tenzō dearly wanted to take this chance to challenge Xu Fan!

Seeing how serious Tenzō was, Kakashi seemed to understand something. He sighed helplessly.

Since both sides were eager to fight, it was not his place to stop them.

Still, not everyone wanted to challenge Xu Fan.

Itachi Uchiha, who was in the squad, instinctively took a step back, as though he did not want to get involved.

In truth, ever since Itachi Uchiha had joined this squad, he had often kept apart from the others.

Many times, he carried out missions alone.

Other than Kakashi, it was difficult for anyone else to get close to him.

Of course, noticing that Itachi Uchiha did not want to be dragged in, no one forced him.

"Then I'll go first—"

Just as Meiko was about to launch the first attack, Xu Fan yawned again and raised a hand in a stopping gesture.

"Hmph."

Seeing this, Meiko could not help snorting.

Although Itachi Uchiha was not participating, Tenzō was equally powerful.

He could even use the secret technique with which the First Hokage had once awed the ninja world.

Wood Release!

In Meiko's mind, once Tenzō revealed his true strength, Xu Fan would surely be dumbfounded and left standing there in shock.

"Regretting it now?"

"Indeed, every member here has completed over a hundred A-rank missions. Even Captain Kakashi would find it difficult to withstand us attacking together."

"At least this guy has some self-awareness."

Yet what no one had expected was that after making the stopping gesture, Xu Fan directly pointed at Kakashi.

"Me?" Kakashi pointed at himself as well, not understanding what Xu Fan was trying to do now.

Then Xu Fan pointed toward Meiko's side.

"Me? Go stand over there?"

Kakashi looked Xu Fan over, then started walking and went to stand beside Meiko.

Only after seeing that every member except Itachi Uchiha was standing together did Xu Fan calmly say, "When I said all of you, that included you."

"What?!"

At those words, everyone sucked in a sharp breath.

Moreover, this sudden development gradually drew the attention of other Anbu Ninja.

"Why am I included too..."

Kakashi could not help complaining inwardly. He did not particularly care who became captain.

On the contrary, his subordinates were far more dissatisfied with Xu Fan.

Everyone knew that Kakashi had been a genius ninja since childhood. His talent was enough to leave everyone else far behind.

At the age when Itachi Uchiha had just entered the Ninja Academy, Kakashi was already a Chunin.

Not only that, Kakashi had earned the famed title of Copy Ninja through his Sharingan.

And that alone was enough to prove Kakashi's extraordinary talent.

Because even Itachi Uchiha, who possessed two Sharingan, could not copy other people's ninjutsu for battle.

"This will be the biggest mistake of your life." Meiko stared directly at Xu Fan and said without any restraint.

Xu Fan ignored her provocation. His gaze passed over her and landed on Itachi Uchiha, his tone still casual.

"Won't you come have some fun too, Itachi?"