"Did Lady Tsunade injure your mouth?"
Kakashi saw Uchiha Yoichi approaching with a Metal Mask on and immediately mocked him expressionlessly.
[Why does this feel like he's imitating me? And isn't it uncomfortable wearing a Metal Mask on your face? How does he breathe?]
Uchiha Yoichi rolled his eyes. If he could speak right now, he wouldn't let even a six-year-old off the hook.
"It's not uncomfortable at all. The breathing issue has been taken care of too. It's getting late, so let's begin training!"
After seeing the note Uchiha Yoichi had written, Kakashi immediately felt as if all his thoughts had been seen through. He looked at him suspiciously.
However, since the employer had made a request, he could only comply.
Kakashi then drew a ninja blade from his back. The moment it was unsheathed, sharp hissing sounds rang out from the blade as white light coiled around it.
"I use the sword technique my father taught me, mainly using Wind Release Chakra. Please be careful."
The cutting power of Wind Release and the movement speed of Lightning Release—those were the core of the White Fang Blade Technique.
Kakashi had trained with his father since he was young and possessed the strength of a Genin at five years old. There was no way he hadn't learned his father's sword technique.
However, Kakashi was facing an employer rather than an enemy. Even when using the White Fang Blade Technique, he was mainly sparring, so he couldn't make the cutting power of his Wind Release Chakra too strong.
Kakashi quickly arrived in front of Uchiha Yoichi, leaned forward slightly, and thrust out his blade.
A sharp cutting aura swept over like a fierce wind. Uchiha Yoichi immediately raised his blade with his other hand to block.
With a clang, the two ninja blades collided and sent sparks flying.
Kakashi remained calm as he withdrew his blade and slashed back down. Although Uchiha Yoichi only had the One Tomoe Sharingan, his insight was still stronger than Kakashi's. Faint lightning also coiled around his blade, allowing him to block the attack once more.
One slash, one block.
The speed of their attacks and defenses grew faster and faster. Gradually, it became difficult to see their swinging arms clearly.
Uchiha Yoichi was also gradually becoming more proficient in Kenjutsu. Kakashi's attack angles grew increasingly tricky. Sometimes, he could clearly see Kakashi's attack as he swung his blade, but because of the angle, blocking it was extremely uncomfortable.
After more than an hour, the two finally stopped to rest.
Uchiha Yoichi also recalled what he had experienced during the training. He felt that he had become more practiced at swinging his blade. If he trained this way from now on, his improvement would definitely be rapid.
"Training like this alone still isn't enough. When my father trained me in Kenjutsu, he used many different schools of swordsmanship to spar with me. He also used Ninjutsu and various other methods."
After drinking some water and putting his mask back on, Kakashi turned around and said to Uchiha Yoichi:
"After some time, I'll take a few missions outside the village. Ninjas can only gain the deepest experience through fighting."
Kakashi thought for a moment after hearing this, then said, "Can you take me with you? The two of us can form a two-man squad. That way, we can also take B-rank Missions."
Uchiha Yoichi replied, "Even without forming a team, I can take B-rank Missions. Besides, why would you ask me? Haven't you heard the rumors around the village?"
"A ninja should rely on his own judgment. You don't seem like the kind of person who would betray his teammates. Doing that would bring you no benefit."
Kakashi paused, then turned his head away and continued, "Besides, there aren't any teams available to assign right now, and I don't have much of a mission record. If we don't form a team, being able to take on simple C-rank missions would already be lucky."
To ensure the success rate of missions, Konoha didn't assign them randomly. In theory, Genin could take C-rank missions, but an individual could only take D-rank missions.
The same applied to Chunin.
Even though Kakashi was a Chunin and his strength met the requirements, he was only six years old. He had graduated and become a Genin the previous year, so he had completed very few missions. Most of them had been D-rank missions. Under these circumstances, he simply couldn't take B-rank Missions.
He had heard that Uchiha Yoichi had completed several B-rank Missions. After spending several days with him, he also didn't think Uchiha Yoichi was the kind of person who would use his teammates to complete missions. That was why he had made this suggestion.
"We'll talk about it when the time comes. Even if we take on missions, it won't be for another half a month."
Uchiha Yoichi thought for a moment. Kakashi's strength wasn't weak either—he was much stronger than the Genin teammates he had before.
"If we form a team, I must be the captain. During the mission, you must listen to me."
Kakashi said, "Of course. I don't have any experience leading a team either."
"Hiruzen, someone from the Uchiha Clan has obtained Kumogakure's Secret Technique, Nintaijutsu. Why didn't you tell me about this?"
Inside the Hokage's Office, a man with his right eye covered by bandages and leaning on a cane questioned Hiruzen Sarutobi.
"Danzo, it was only Tsunade's suspicion before. It was confirmed just a few days ago."
Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe and said expressionlessly to Danzo. Tsunade had waited two days after asking about it before telling him, and Uchiha Yoichi had obtained it himself. What could he say?
He knew exactly what his old teammate, Danzo, was thinking. However, Konoha had no tradition of forcing ninjas to hand over their Ninjutsu. There were quite a few clans with Secret Techniques. If he set this precedent, would the other Ninja Clans not have suspicions after learning about it?
"That's Kumogakure's Secret Technique, Hiruzen. If Root can obtain it, we can train a group of the sharpest blades. They'll be able to eliminate many enemies for Konoha!"
Danzo also knew what Hiruzen Sarutobi was concerned about, but the other party was merely a Uchiha brat, and his reputation in the village wasn't very good either.
On top of that, the Lightning Release Chakra Mode was truly precious. It was the Raikage's signature Nintaijutsu. Even in Kumogakure, only a few Cloud Ninjas trained in it—probably no more than thirty.
"If you're unwilling to speak up, then let me try. He's only a Uchiha, after all. Hiruzen, Konoha has no shortage of Lightning Release users. What we lack is Ninjutsu!"
After hearing Danzo's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi fell silent for a moment. After a while, he lit his pipe again, took a puff, and said to Danzo:
"Danzo, be mindful of your methods. The Uchiha Clan has been behaving themselves lately. Don't go too far."
"Hmph, Hiruzen. You've already forgotten why Sensei confined the Uchiha to the Police Force. Uchiha Fugaku's ideas will never be accepted by En and Koharu!"
After saying this coldly, Danzo turned around and walked out of the Hokage's Office.
I'm the one who inherited Sensei's will most faithfully. Back then, you only beat me by one step, and that was why Sensei mistakenly chose you to become Hokage!
After returning to Root's base, Danzo immediately said to the person beside him, "Have Ryoma come see me."
Before long, a Root Ninja appeared before Danzo. When he saw Aburame Ryoma, Danzo directly ordered him, "Ryoma, Uchiha Yoichi of the Uchiha Clan has obtained the Lightning Release Chakra Mode. Go ask him whether he's willing to contribute this Nintaijutsu."
"My lord, what if he refuses?"
"If he refuses, then he'll have to face the cruelty of the shinobi world!"
Please vote. I made a slight revision to the previous chapter. Tsunade and the protagonist interacted because of a misunderstanding, and then Tsunade gave up.
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