Kakashi Hatake was barely holding it together.
You two can talk all you want, but why drag me into this?
He could already imagine two hot-blooded young men pestering him in the future.
And... if they were going to talk, why did they have to be so loud that he could hear them?
With that thought, he swung his blade even faster.
Just then, Uchiha Obito arrived late at last.
He instinctively looked around, and just as he was about to speak, he suddenly realized someone was missing.
The moment he noticed that, Uchiha Obito became excited.
"Asuma isn't here yet!"
"This time, I'm not the last one to arrive!"
No one could know how awful he felt whenever people called him late after he had helped an elderly person.
No one wanted to be constantly called late, and Uchiha Obito was no exception.
Giving him a glance, Kakashi Hatake—already irritated by Yuki Yuichi and Might Guy—immediately said, "Asuma is only the last to arrive today."
"But you're different."
"You're like this every day."
Kakashi Hatake's words were like a sharp blade stabbing viciously into his heart.
Uchiha Obito's face visibly reddened. "Damn you, Kakashi! Today, Lord Obito is going to teach you a proper lesson!"
"Heh..." Kakashi Hatake sneered, making Uchiha Obito, whose face and neck were already red, even angrier.
"I haven't liked the look of you since school started!"
As Uchiha Obito spoke, he rolled up his sleeves.
"Let Lord Obito see what you're made of!"
Rather than disliking Kakashi Hatake, he simply lacked confidence in himself.
From the first day of school, he had noticed that Nohara Rin treated Kakashi a little differently.
That greatly heightened his sense of crisis.
"Bring it on, dead last!"
"Damn it, I'm not dead last!" Uchiha Obito roared, then charged