"Well, very good." Kakashi nodded with satisfaction, "You three have great personalities! Then, at five o'clock tomorrow morning, we will start our class's first task - survival drill."
"Wait a minute?" Sakura immediately noticed something was wrong and asked doubtfully, "Exercise? How can the mission be an exercise? And as for exercises, we have already conducted them many times in the Ninja Academy."
"Hmm, hum, hum, hum..."
Just as Sakura finished speaking, Kakashi suddenly lowered his head and let out a series of low, weird laughter full of evil intentions.
This laughter made Sakura shiver unconsciously, "Is... what's so funny?"
Naruto looked at the scene in front of him, his expression became a little strange.
You know, in the original work, Kakashi was a typical genius with a cold and vicious tongue when he was a child. Even if he occasionally showed a little human touch, he was still nine parts arrogant and one part coquettish!
At the same age, he is even colder than the original Second Pillar.
But now he looks so sullen, sinister, and full of bad taste... how did he become like this?
... It can only be said that the influence of Might Guy is really terrible. It is like turning an iceberg into a sinister and sullen person.
Kakashi finally stopped his creepy laughter, raised his eyes, and scanned the three of them with his dead fish eyes, his tone became "serious" but full of joking.
"The house games in school are not really exercises. My survival exercise... is on a completely different level. By the way, let me tell you an interesting fact -" He paused deliberately, admiring the nervous expressions of the three of them, mainly Sakura.
"If you fail to pass, you are not qualified to become a Ninja, and you must return to the Ninja Academy, and..."
"Among the 27 graduates, only 9 have been recognized as Genin... In other words, this is a super difficult test with an elimination rate of more than 66%. Therefore, for tomorrow's exercise, you'd better participate with the consciousness of 'returning to the Ninja Academy and starting again.'"
"Anyway, meet at the training ground at five o'clock tomorrow morning! Remember to bring Jonin tools."
The effect of this "mortality rate as high as 66%" statement is remarkable. Sakura felt that his heartbeat began to accelerate involuntarily, and his palms became a little sweaty. no! Absolutely not!
She finally got into a group with the coveted Satsuki, how could she be kicked out here?! She must pass this test! No matter what!
Satsuki still maintained his calm and indifferent expression on the surface, but the hands on his knees were slightly clenched due to nervousness and determination.
The exaggerated elimination rate mentioned by Kakashi did put some pressure on her... But no matter what, she must become Ninja with Naruto! Absolutely cannot be separated!
Naruto... had no emotions in his heart, and even wanted to laugh a little.
Survival drill? Isn't it just to grab the bell? It's an old routine... The question he is thinking about now is, how much strength should he show tomorrow?
Wouldn't it be inappropriate to go too far and defeat Kakashi one after another? Will it scare him?
"Ah, that's right." Kakashi, who had already turned around to leave, seemed to suddenly remember something, and turned around and added, "Remember not to have breakfast tomorrow morning... or you will vomit."
After saying this "warm reminder", Kakashi used Body Flicker Technique to disappear.
"Eh? That's it?" Naruto looked at the empty place and scratched his head with regret, "I originally wanted to treat him to lunch..."
As soon as he finished speaking, he felt someone gently tugging on his sleeve. Naruto turned his head and found that Satsuki was raising his head, his big black eyes looking at him eagerly, his eyes full of expectation, and a trace of... obvious greed?
Why? Because today is an important day - it is the day when Naruto and Satsuki agreed that Naruto would cook lunch himself! Satsuki But she has been thinking about this meal since the morning, and Kakashi's threats did not affect her appetite at all.
"I know, let's do it. All the dishes you like to eat at lunch today are your favorites." Naruto smiled, stretched out his hand out of habit, and rubbed Satsuki's soft black hair. He did this intimate gesture very proudly, and Satsuki also slightly narrowed his eyes, which was very useful.
Sakura on the side looked at this extremely harmonious and intimate scene, feeling envious in her heart. She wanted to kill Satsuki by touching her head... She also wanted to try it!
However, did they agree to have lunch together?... But in the Ninja Academy, I did see them eating together at noon every day...
Seeing that his two teammates seemed to be about to abandon him and leave like this, and recalling that Satsuki had just refused the invitation to him with a flat and even cold attitude, Sakura couldn't help but feel a sense of loss and loneliness in his heart. Guo, you still can't get in...
However, Naruto noticed the slight disappointed expression on Sakura's face. This behavior, which was similar to "isolating" teammates, made him feel uncomfortable.
After all, we will be a small team from now on, and it won't be easy if the relationship becomes too tense. So he turned his head, looked at Sakura, and extended an invitation. "By the way, Sakura, are you coming too? As your teammate, how about you take this opportunity to get to know each other and try my hand at it?"
"Eh? Is that really okay?!" Sakura was flattered when he heard that Naruto actually invited him, and his eyes lit up.
"Well, it's true." Naruto confirmed with a smile, his smile as open as ever.
Standing next to Naruto, Satsuki... Although his face was still expressionless, his inner activities suddenly became intense.
ha?! This, no matter how you sound, these are just ordinary polite words, right?! Although... Judging from Naruto's way of thinking, he must be serious... But!
But you should be able to tell that these are polite words, right? A girl so easily agrees to go to a boy's house for dinner? There has to be a limit to familiarity! Give me a sense of proportion!
You won't really agree, will you?!
"Thank you so much! Naruto-kun! Then I'm welcome!" Sakura agreed happily and without hesitation, with a bright smile on his face.
, just a second after she finished speaking——
Sakura shivered violently without warning. What, what happened?! Why do you suddenly feel so cold?!
She subconsciously crossed her arms and looked around cautiously, but she only saw the smiling face Naruto and... the person next to her who was still staring at her with an expressionless face Uchiha Satsuki.
Is it an illusion...?
(Still three updates in the afternoon)