Copy Technician

Listening to his teammates, Shikamaru sighed inwardly. It seemed the Ino-Shika-Cho formation was not destined to be broken up.

"How could this happen!" While Shikamaru was still lost in thought, Ino finally reacted. Looking at her two teammates and then at Sakura's, she appeared extremely dissatisfied.

"I wanted to be in a group with Sasuke too!" Screaming helplessly in her heart, Ino cast an envious gaze at Sakura, who was currently feeling quite smug.

"Alright, your jonin instructors will be here to collect you soon. Until then, good luck!"

Taking in everyone's expressions, Iruka looked at the class one last time before slowly walking away. After tomorrow, a large group of people would return to the Ninja Academy; thinking about it was truly unfortunate! But perhaps it was also a stroke of luck to delay their exposure to the dangerous profession of a ninja.

With this sentiment, Iruka left the classroom and returned to his office to wait slowly.

Soon, one jonin after another entered to collect their students for further assessment.

A long while later, only nine people remained in the classroom—the same nine who successfully graduated in the original story.

Before long, the door opened, and two jonin appeared in the classroom simultaneously.

The arrival of these two signaled that one group would be the last ones left behind, leaving everyone feeling anxious.

After seeing the two who entered, Sasuke curled his lip in resignation. As expected, it wasn't Kakashi, but that couple, Sarutobi Asuma and Kurenai Yuhi.

"Team 8, follow me!" Standing at the podium, Kurenai looked at the remaining nine people, nodded at Asuma, and after announcing that their "date" was over, she took Hinata Hyuga, Inuzuka Kiba, and Aburame Shino and left.

Watching Kurenai leave, Asuma first lit a "lonely" cigarette and held it in his mouth, then turned his gaze toward the three sitting in the front row.

"Well then, Team 10, let's go!"

Blowing a puff of smoke at Shikamaru, Asuma walked straight out of the classroom.

"Cough, cough... We'll be heading out first then!"

Choked by the smoke, Shikamaru turned his head to look at the listless Team 7 before slowly leaving the classroom.

Just like in the original story, the classroom was soon left with only Sasuke, Naruto, and Sakura—the so-called Team 7.

"Why aren't they here yet!" Slumped over his desk, Naruto looked at the empty classroom and began to complain.

"Just wait patiently!" Sakura looked at the indifferent Sasuke and comforted Naruto, though she was also comforting herself; after all, being left with only three people was indeed an awkward situation.

Time slowly ticked by. Two hours passed, and the chronically late Kakashi still hadn't arrived. Sakura was already slumped over her desk, exhausted; she no longer cared about maintaining her image in front of Sasuke.

As for Naruto, he had already started jumping around, as he was simply too bored.

"Let's teach him a lesson!" After walking out of the classroom and looking around to find no one coming, Naruto picked up a blackboard eraser and wedged it into the door frame. He then returned to his seat, sat down, and waited for the detestable instructor to arrive.

"Is that really okay?" Watching Naruto's actions, Sakura appeared worried on the surface, but in her heart, she was already overjoyed. After all, she was also quite dissatisfied with the jonin who had left them hanging here.

"It should be fine, right?" Hearing the words of his goddess, Naruto thought for a moment and replied with some trepidation.

"What a troublemaker," Kakashi, standing outside the classroom, heard the conversation between Naruto and Sakura inside and curled his lip helplessly.

Then, the next second, Kakashi pushed the door open, and the blackboard eraser fell directly onto his head...

"This is a jonin? He's this pathetic?" Watching the eraser land on Kakashi's head, Sakura questioned inwardly.

"Hahahaha..." Seeing his prank succeed, Naruto burst into laughter.

Mangekyō Sharingan! I really want to gouge Kakashi's eyes out right now! Just as the other two were wondering if this man was truly their instructor, Sasuke looked at Kakashi's mask and began to calculate silently.

"You guys really gave me quite the welcome gift! You brats!" Removing the eraser from his head, Kakashi looked at the three with a cold gaze, beginning his first test.

This was Kakashi's goal. Ever since the incident with Obito, Kakashi believed that anyone who didn't understand what a comrade was had no chance of graduating. This was also the reason why Kakashi hadn't let any of the previous groups become genin.

Hearing Kakashi's tone, Naruto broke into a cold sweat, regretting his actions. It's over. Does my ninja career end here?

"Sensei, I tried to stop him, I'm sorry!" Compared to Naruto's fear, Sakura immediately began shifting the blame, while Sasuke maintained an attitude of "this has nothing to do with me."

Watching the three's reactions, Kakashi sighed helplessly in his heart. It seemed that, as of now, none of them understood the meaning of cooperation.

"Let's go."

Placing the blackboard eraser on the podium, Kakashi spoke to the three and walked out of the classroom.

Startled by Kakashi's words, Sasuke cast aside his thoughts of gouging out eyes and immediately followed.

Seeing this, Naruto and Sakura followed suit.

A long while later, Kakashi led the three to a set of stairs.

"Alright, now introduce yourselves one by one!" Looking at the trio sitting across from him, Kakashi said nonchalantly.

"Before you make us finish, shouldn't you introduce yourself first, Sensei!" Hearing Kakashi's words, Sakura said, feeling speechless.

"My name is Kakashi. I don't want to tell you what I like, and I don't want to tell you what I dislike! Now it's your turn!" Facing Sakura's retort, Kakashi began his self-introduction in a detached manner.

What is this? After all that, he didn't say anything other than his name? Sakura complained frantically in her heart.

"I'm Uzumaki Naruto, and my dream is to become Hokage!" Seeing that Kakashi wasn't pursuing the earlier incident, Naruto began to introduce himself.

Hearing Naruto's dream, Kakashi was stunned for a moment, then his expression became complex. After all, his own teacher was this boy's father!

"My name is Haruno Sakura, and the things I like..." As Sakura spoke, she looked at Sasuke, which left Sasuke feeling bewildered. Oh, my inescapable charm!

Watching Sakura's introduction, Kakashi's expression stiffened. Are girls this precocious nowadays?

The instructor who is always late, the Copy Ninja of Konoha, Kakashi!

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