In Konoha, My Attributes Double Every Day!

"What's with that look?" Hankuang said, displeased.

He used to be late, and his teammates were surprised. Now he was on time, and they were still surprised?

"I thought you'd be late again today." Obito chuckled.

"Keep it up, Hankuang!" Rin encouraged.

"Honestly, whether you come or not doesn't matter." Kakashi crossed his arms, his tone a bit cold.

It had to be said, Kakashi's words successfully provoked a counterattack from Hankuang.

"Hear that? He's mocking you!" Obito pointed at Kakashi, speaking to Hankuang.

"Oh." Hankuang shrugged, unconcerned.

"Aren't you mad?" Obito's voice rose.

Was his good buddy really this easygoing?

Being insulted, and staying so calm?

"Obito, do you know what kind of person mocks others?" Hankuang asked seriously.

"What kind?" Obito inquired curiously.

"A clown! Only clowns mock others to show off their own superiority."

"Ha? Haha! You're right!"

Obito doubled over laughing.

"Only clowns laugh at others, hear that, Kakashi?"

At that moment.

Kakashi's expression under his mask stiffened.

The 'clown' Hankuang mentioned didn't just refer to him—it dragged Obito into the pit too.

So what was that guy laughing about?

His IQ was truly touching!

Meanwhile.

Minato Namikaze appeared silently behind the four of them.

He had naturally witnessed this farce.

For that, Minato's assessment of Hankuang was: Your strength is the worst, but your trash talk is the best!

Next.

Minato laid out today's special mission.

"Today, your mission's difficulty will increase significantly!"

"I've taken a B-rank mission for you!"

"Don't underestimate this mission—its danger level might be greater than some A-rank missions."

With that, he tossed a scroll to the group.

"Remember, the temporary leader for this mission is Kakashi. If he doesn't mess up, he'll become the official leader of Team 9 in the future!" Scanning over them, Minato said solemnly.

"But what if he does mess up?" Obito suddenly blurted out.

Kakashi as leader?

Then how would he and Hankuang get by in Team 9 from now on?

Wouldn't Rin's heart be completely lost?

Hearing Obito's question, Minato smiled.

Conflict? Good!

That would stir up their fighting spirit.

After a moment's thought, Minato had an idea.

"Then let this mission be the standard! Whoever contributes the most in the mission will be the leader!"

On the surface, this mission didn't seem difficult.

It was posted by an old woman in the village, who said her farmland had been destroyed by a wild boar, so she issued a B-rank mission requiring ninja to capture or kill the boar.

After reading the mission, the four had varied expressions.

Obito was excited.

If he killed the boar, he could leap to become Team 9's leader.

Rin was surprised.

Because she felt this mission might be too simple?

Kakashi's face was expressionless.

This kind of mission was a piece of cake for him.

Hankuang, on the other hand, wore a thoughtful expression.

Because he had already thought of several possibilities.

Soon, the four of them went together to the old woman's house to ask for clues about the wild boar.

Seeing the ninja arrive, the old woman leaned on her cane and led the four of them to the farmland.

"Look, right here!"

"When I came to check the fields yesterday morning, I saw a lot of damage, and there were tracks where the boar had trampled through."

Pointing at the messy farmland, the old woman said with a pained heart.

"Please, you have to get rid of that boar."

Leaving those words, the old woman walked away.

The sun blazed fiercely.

On a tree that wasn't too tall.

The four of them stood spread out on the branches, waiting quietly for the boar to appear.

After all, with the weather this hot, Team 9 couldn't just wait under the sun—otherwise, they'd pass out from heatstroke before the boar even showed up.

"When the boar shows up, don't any of you move. Leave it to me!" Obito spoke up first, gripping a kunai tightly.

He was dead set on becoming team leader.

"Heh~~" Kakashi let out a cold laugh.

"Um, we could work together to take down the boar," Rin suggested.

Unfortunately, her suggestion was completely ignored.

"Hey? Wait, where's Hankuang?"

Originally, Rin had planned to get Hankuang to back her suggestion, but when she turned her head, she found he was gone.

"Hm? Did you just call me?"

From a higher branch, Hankuang, who had just lain down, looked down and asked.

"Whoa, how did you get up there to lie down?" Obito looked up and saw Hankuang's reclining posture.

It was obvious he planned to take a nap.

Hey! This was the critical moment for competing for team leader, and you're actually planning to sleep on a branch?

"Is there a problem with me sleeping?" Hankuang shot back.

"You're not going to catch the boar?" Obito's face twisted like he'd eaten something sour.

"The boar isn't coming today." Yawning, Hankuang casually replied and prepared to sleep.

Swoosh! Swoosh! Swoosh!

He wanted to sleep, but the other three had already jumped up one after another, surrounding him in the middle.

"Your reasoning?" Kakashi stared at Hankuang, his words clipped.

"Yeah, how do you know when the boar will show up?" Obito was equally puzzled.

"Hankuang, did you figure something out?" Rin chimed in.

Stared at by three people, Hankuang looked disgusted.

He was a bit worried about this branch—what if it couldn't hold their weight and he ended up falling?

Fine, he'd talk first.

"It's actually simple."

"There are no wild boars in the village's back mountain, so this boar most likely came from the Forest of Death."