Early the next morning, just as the dawn pierced the night sky and before daylight had fully broken, Sasuke was already dressed and arrived early at the training ground he had arranged to meet Kakashi at.
But after waiting for quite some time, Kakashi finally showed up, yawning.
Sasuke said coldly, "Kakashi-sensei, you're late again!"
Kakashi casually replied, "I got lost on the road of life..."
Sasuke looked Kakashi up and down skeptically.
With the insight of his current Sharingan, he could clearly see the exhaustion Kakashi was concealing. He questioned, "Kakashi-sensei, after you finish guiding me every day, do you do additional training yourself?"
Kakashi was startled inwardly, but he merely gave an awkward smile. "How could that be? Just dealing with a brat like you is already enough to give me a headache."
Clearly, Kakashi had not relaxed his demands on himself.
Over these four months, as the "Acting Hokage," he had not only needed to handle all kinds of tedious official duties Hyuga Kagami had thrown at him, but also carefully guide Sasuke. He could only use his rest time to make up for his training, which was why Sasuke had noticed his fatigue.
Sasuke did not dwell on it and asked seriously, "Kakashi-sensei, what are you teaching me today?"
"Uh..."
Looking at Sasuke's expectant face, Kakashi groaned inwardly.
By now, aside from the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Eight Inner Gates that he kept in reserve, he had taught Sasuke nearly everything he could teach him.
Thinking about it now, even Kakashi himself found it unbelievable. Sasuke had taken only four short months to make him, Konoha's foremost technician, feel absurdly as though he had nothing left to teach.
Studying Sasuke seriously, Kakashi had to admit that Sasuke had changed tremendously over the past few