"Gah~!" Uchiha Hotaru let out a strange noise, dumbfounded as she stared at the excited Might Guy.
"Um, I..."
"You must be a genius of the Uchiha Clan too, right? I love challenging geniuses like you the most. Only then can I see the gap between us and catch up to geniuses like you!"
"Ha~ ha~ ha~, right, I'm a genius. Your challenge, I..." Uchiha Hotaru scratched the back of her head and laughed foolishly, about to accept Might Guy's challenge.
"Hey, weren't you supposed to sign up?" Kakashi rolled his eyes and cut in.
"That's right, I haven't signed up yet! Oh no, oh no, oh no!" Uchiha Hotaru hurriedly snatched the materials from Might Guy's hands and ran toward the registration area.
Watching Uchiha Hotaru run off, Might Guy shouted, "Hey, don't forget about my challenge!"
Uchiha Hotaru visibly stumbled. She turned back with a forced smile. "Ahaha, I'll remember."
The moment she turned away, two streams of broad noodle tears flowed down Uchiha Hotaru's face. Idiot, idiot, idiot! The moment I heard the word genius, I got carried away! How could an ordinary person who has never trained possibly fight a child from a ninja family?!
Well, Uchiha Hotaru's parents had died in the line of duty shortly after she was born. She had been raised by her grandmother, but her grandmother was not a ninja at all. On top of that, Hotaru herself had a carefree personality. As a result, she had never received any training from childhood to adulthood.
The somewhat foolish Might Guy could not see that. Hatake Kakashi, however, saw it at a glance. Just from Uchiha Hotaru's reactions and the distribution of muscles on her body, he could tell that she had never trained.
"Don't be silly, Might Guy. She's clearly a