First Meeting

"This teacher is really a headache. It's been two and a half hours, and he still hasn't shown up? Do all Jonin in Konoha not keep their word?" Naruto couldn't stand it anymore, running around the empty classroom and shouting!

"That's not necessarily true. Look, the Jonin leading the other teams arrived right on time. Only our teacher is a bit of an exception..." Uchiha Sasuke said, stroking his chin.

"You guys mentioning that reminds me. I heard people talking about Konoha's King of Tardiness, Kakashi Hatake, at the Konoha Hospital before. I'm not sure if it's him, but based on the fact that he's late, our team leader is basically confirmed to be him," Nanfeng said with a frown, a headache forming.

Kakashi was a cunning person. He would need to be even more careful around him. He also needed to display some more powerful talent, otherwise, if that guy became suspicious and secretly reported to Hiruzen Sarutobi, it wouldn't be good.

"No way, I have to teach this guy a lesson he won't forget! Sasuke, do you have anything to make traps with? Like shuriken or kunai?" Naruto said fiercely. How dare he waste their precious training time! This guy was simply unforgivable!

"You actually know that such a small place like a classroom can't be used for explosive tags. Should I say you've grown up?" Sasuke rolled his eyes, but still obediently took out a lot of materials for making traps from his scroll.

Things like steel wire, shuriken, kunai, and senbon launchers were scattered around. Seeing this, Nanfeng also became interested and joined them in making traps.

An hour later, the three of them wiped the sweat from their brows. Naruto and Sasuke's grades in trap-making weren't that great; they only mastered the knowledge from textbooks. After Nanfeng's improvements, their traps now had a bit more of a practical, real-world combat style.

"Now we just wait for that guy to show up. Remember to keep your expressions steady," Nanfeng reminded them. He didn't want a situation where the traps were discovered due to the two brats losing control of their expressions!

As soon as he finished speaking, the sound of the door opening could be heard. A twenty-six-year-old man with white hair and a black mask walked into the classroom. It was indeed their team leader, Kakashi Hatake.

Seeing the three of them sitting quietly in the classroom, Kakashi seemed a bit surprised. Although he hadn't interacted with them before, their patience in waiting for so long gave Kakashi a decent first impression.

"Nice to meet you all, I'm Kakashi Hatake, your team leader..." Before he could finish, Kakashi felt something was wrong under his feet. A faint sound of a spring came from the left air.

Relying on years of life-or-death combat experience, Kakashi quickly turned his head to dodge the attack. However, just as he dodged, another mechanism sprang up from under his feet!

Three kunai were launched rapidly in a character 'pin' shape. Although this trap was simple, a Jonin without rich combat experience might have fallen for it!

Who was it? It was impossible for Naruto and Sasuke to have this level of trap-making skill. Was it Nanfeng? Not only did he have great talent in medical ninjutsu, but he also had his own ideas about setting traps.

"I say, aren't you guys going a bit too far?" Kakashi pulled out a kunai from his ninja tool pouch and quickly blocked the incoming attacks, saying, "Before the three of them could answer, a large number of senbon were launched from behind."

"Damn it, how many senbon launchers did you set up?" Kakashi got a slight headache. Finally, he quickly formed hand seals and used the Earth Wall to alter the environment, forcibly breaking through the three's consecutive traps.

However, because of this, the entire classroom became a mess. By the time they finished cleaning up, it was already afternoon.

The four of them stood on the rooftop, staring at each other, neither of them wanting to speak first.

Seemingly getting a headache from the atmosphere, Kakashi rubbed his temples and, suppressing the urge to kill, said:

"How should I put this? Although today is our first meeting, and your impression on me at noon was acceptable, right now... you're just three annoying brats!"

"You perverted white-haired teacher are no different! None of us three have a good impression of you either. What kind of ninja is three and a half hours late under these circumstances?" Naruto shouted uncontrollably.

"Cough, cough, don't dwell on such minor details. Teacher just lost his way on the Path of Life..." Kakashi coughed slightly, masking the awkwardness in his tone.

"However, after our little encounter just now, we've gotten to know each other a bit. Let's introduce ourselves, talk about your hobbies and dreams. Teacher will go first. My name is Kakashi Hatake. You know my name, my dreams are unknown, and my hobbies are varied. That's it."

What a joke. In the end, they only learned his name. However, the title of Konoha's King of Tardiness that Nanfeng had mentioned before was now deeply etched into Sasuke and Naruto's minds!

"My name is Akiya Nanfeng. My hobby is protecting everyone, my passion is training, and my dream is also to protect everyone's safety and become a powerful Medical Ninja," Nanfeng said with a smile as he took over the conversation.

Protecting everyone? What a fine dream. Someone like that is definitely a good partner to entrust with your back!

Just because of these words, Nanfeng's image in Kakashi's heart improved significantly.

"My name is Uchiha Sasuke. My hobby is training. My dream is to kill that man and restore the glory of the Uchiha Clan. If I had to state my current goal... it would be to master some ninjutsu I haven't fully grasped yet?" Sasuke frowned. When mentioning his clan's past, a hint of ruthlessness inevitably appeared in his eyes.

The Uchiha's past... Itachi Uchiha, no wonder...

"My name is Uzumaki Naruto. My dream is to become Hokage. My hobbies are training with Nanfeng and Sasuke, and eating at Ichiraku Ramen. I hope that in the future, I can become the light in everyone's hearts," Uzumaki Naruto said, facing the Setting Sun with a warm smile. This scene made Kakashi momentarily stunned.

He's truly just like the teacher. The same warm smile, a worthy Successor of the Will of Fire... Kakashi's eyes held a deeply hidden comfort, but it only lasted for a moment!

"That's all for today. Tomorrow, we will begin officially executing missions. Nine in the morning, meet at the Training Ground."

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