The next morning, Third Training Ground, Konoha.
Kakashi looked at the three little brats before him, who seemed to have arrived right on time, and the corner of his mouth twitched.
Judging from their refreshed appearances, they clearly had not taken his warning about skipping breakfast to heart.
Kakashi glanced at Sasuke somewhat helplessly. Sasuke gave a slight shake of his head, indicating that he had not leaked anything.
Fine, then.
Kakashi put on a smiling expression, took out two gently swaying bells, and said, "I have two bells here. Your mission is to snatch them from me before noon."
"Only those who obtain a bell are qualified to graduate. Those who fail to get one will..."
"Kakashi-sensei, stop playing dumb!" Naruto immediately jumped out, looking as though he had already seen through everything. "According to the information I gathered, Kakashi-sensei is someone who values his teammates. So the purpose of this test is teamwork, right?"
Veins bulged on Sakura's forehead as she brought her fist down on Naruto's head. With a crisp bang, she shouted furiously:
"Naruto, you idiot! How could you just say something like that out loud? And what does gathering information have to do with you!?"
"Sorry, Sakura." Naruto clutched his forehead and apologized pitifully.
"Hmph!"
"..."
Kakashi rolled his eyes internally. He glanced at Naruto's aggrieved expression and Sakura, who looked calm on the surface but whose eyes seemed to say just as I thought, then said evenly, "It seems you gathered quite a bit of information about me in a single day. It is true that I value teammates and teamwork, but the most important rule for a ninja is completing the mission. Before that objective, whether it is..."
"That's not right!" Sakura interrupted Kakashi. After taking out her notebook and glancing through it,