"I understand."
Kakashi Hatake nodded. Obito Uchiha was indeed somewhat impulsive and easily targeted or manipulated.
"Come on, let's go train outside."
After chatting for a while, Yang Hao rose and headed out.
Kakashi Hatake silently got to his feet, while Shizune and the other two girls followed to watch.
Yang Hao stopped in an open area and took out a short blade.
Kakashi Hatake's gaze flickered when he saw it. That was his father's weapon—the White Fang Ninja Blade.
Without using any ninjutsu, he raised a hand in tacit understanding and gripped the hilt of his ninja blade.
The two faced off briefly before erupting into motion, crossing past each other. It was Wind Break, the opening stance of Hatake Swordsmanship.
This time, Kakashi Hatake withstood Yang Hao's blade aura, and his weapon was not severed, because he had also cultivated sword intent and blade aura.
The two continued exchanging blade strikes, growing faster and faster. By the later stages, Kakashi Hatake was even forming hand seals one-handed with his left hand, using the Chidori Current he had just learned.
"Chirp, chirp, chirp..."
Piercing birdsong rang out as Blazing White lightning gathered along the blade and fused with the blade aura, making it even sharper.
This Chidori Current ninjutsu suited him very well—or rather, it fit perfectly with the ninjutsu heritage of the Hatake Clan.
The Hatake Clan specialized in Lightning Release. Combined with Hatake Swordsmanship, it possessed immense power; his father had become renowned throughout the Ninja World through it.
With his clan's Lightning Release ninjutsu as a foundation, along with his training in chakra shape transformation and Lightning nature transformation, learning Chidori came easily to him.
Yang Hao also used Chidori Current, but he did not form any hand seals. He directly condensed Lightning-nature chakra onto his