Using Flash Step, Chen could stay airborne to a certain extent.
That was why, when Kakashi saw Chen appear in midair, he immediately made a guess: Chen was an Iwa shinobi.
After all, the Tsuchikage was the only person in the entire Shinobi World capable of flight, and the ninjutsu he used was only circulated among Iwagakure's upper ranks.
"I see. I didn't expect you to be from Iwagakure. In that case, I'll just have to make you tell me the purpose of your visit."
The Five Great Shinobi Villages seemed to get along well, but they were constantly scheming behind the scenes. Spying on other villages for information was obviously a common occurrence.
For that reason, Kakashi had already decided on his own that Chen was an Iwa shinobi.
As he spoke, Kakashi charged at Chen.
Although Kakashi couldn't fly, Chen was still within range of his ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
A huge fireball appeared and shot straight toward Chen. Seeing this, Chen didn't even try to dodge.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
It was the same technique, but Chen's fireball was far bigger than Kakashi's. Its power completely overwhelmed Kakashi's attack.
"Damn it!"
Kakashi hadn't expected Chen to be so strong, and he couldn't help worrying.
Flash Step wasn't true flight, after all. After using the Great Fireball Technique, Chen returned to the ground. Kakashi charged at him immediately.
"Lightning Release: Lightning Blade!"
With little chakra left, Kakashi knew that if he dragged things out, he'd be the one to suffer. So he unleashed the only technique that was truly his own.
Feeling the immense chakra, Chen realized this was an attack he absolutely couldn't handle.
"Why do you have to fight to the death? I already said I didn't want to fight. This is getting pretty pointless."
"If you surrender, I don't want to do this either. Someone like you showing up here can't possibly be without a reason, right?"
As he spoke, Kakashi shot toward Chen like a bolt of lightning.
Seeing this, Chen could only sigh.
But just as the Lightning Blade was about to hit Chen, he vanished in a strange flash.
Kakashi's Lightning Blade hit nothing, leaving him staring in bewilderment.
"What was that just now?"
Kakashi was completely baffled. For an instant, the ability had seemed strangely familiar.
"Impossible. Only my teacher knows the Flying Thunder God Technique. There's no one else in Konoha who can use it. That guy couldn't possibly know the Flying Thunder God Technique.
"And he looks like a kid. How could he possibly use the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
It was no wonder Kakashi was so stunned. Even the Fourth Hokage, Namikaze Minato, had needed years to master the Flying Thunder God.
Chen was wearing a mask, but his build still gave away his age.
No one would believe that a four-year-old kid could use the Flying Thunder God Technique.
After waiting a long while and seeing no enemy, Kakashi finally covered his Sharingan.
The battle had taken a lot out of Kakashi. He wasn't about to pass out, but he had too little chakra left to keep fighting.
So Kakashi decided to leave and report what had just happened.
But at that moment, Chen suddenly appeared again.
Seeing Chen appear, Kakashi was even more confused.
He had suspected Chen of using the Flying Thunder God Technique, but when Chen appeared just now, there hadn't been anywhere nearby to leave a Flying Thunder God Mark.
Unless Chen's Flying Thunder God Technique didn't need a mark, there was no way he could have appeared like that.
Chen's appearance put Kakashi on alert at once. He didn't even have time to lift his Forehead Protector before Chen's Fire Dragon Flame Bullet was already upon him.
Ninjutsu rank didn't always reflect its power, but Kakashi clearly couldn't take a B-rank technique head-on.
"Earth Release: Earth Style Wall!"
An Earth Style Wall with a dog's head on it appeared, barely blocking Chen's attack.
"This Copy Ninja really is a weirdo. He's low on chakra, but still puts a dog's head on his wall.
"Do you think he's got something going on with that Pakkun?"
The system's voice rang out again. Hearing its teasing, Chen felt a little speechless.
"Could you stop letting your imagination run wild?
"Maybe Kakashi just signed a contract with a dog and put the head there on a whim."
"If that's what you think, then when you learn the Earth Style Wall, will you put a beauty on it?
"After all, the system is a peerless beauty, fair as the moon, graceful as a fish, breathtaking as a flower, captivating enough to topple kingdoms, charming in a thousand ways, with bright eyes and gleaming teeth, delicately arched brows, an elegant and refined beauty, skin like fragrant jade, a graceful and flowing figure, a beauty beyond this mortal world, poised and lovely, and light on her feet."
"Could you have a little shame?
"Forget everything else. You don't even have a body, let alone a face. You've only got a voice. How am I supposed to hang you up there?"
Chen was truly at a loss. The system wasn't just useless; it was also unbelievably vain. Didn't it feel embarrassed saying all that?
But thinking about it, a shameless thing like the system probably didn't even know what embarrassment meant.
"How dare you say I have no shame!
"Just you wait!"
The system sounded furious, and hearing that gave Chen a bad feeling.
"Ding! System notification: Bonus mission—kiss Hatake Kakashi by force!
"Failure penalty: forcefully kiss Hatake Kakashi!"
(Kakashi: Thanks, I guess.)
"Hey, system, you're seriously doing this? This kind of thing isn't a joke."
Chen was at a loss for words. This wasn't a system—it was a twenty-four-karat pure pervert.
"You insulted this system, so go kiss Kakashi like a good boy.
"If you insult me again, I'll make you kiss everyone in the Shinobi World—even Orochimaru!"
Hearing the system, Chen instantly felt sick. This was just too much.
He absolutely didn't want to kiss Orochimaru, and he absolutely didn't want to do this mission either.
"System, listen to me. I didn't mean it like that. You misunderstood."
"What's there to explain? You think I don't know what you meant?
"Today, I'll show you what I can do. Let's see if you dare insult me again."
"But you really don't have a face. So how am I supposed to hang you up there when I use the Earth Style Wall?
"And even if you had a body and a face, I could still hang you on the Earth Style Wall, but think about it. The whole point of that technique is to block attacks.
"To put it plainly, it's meant to get hit. It'll inevitably be destroyed.
"Just think: if you were up there and got smashed to pieces every now and then, wouldn't that bother you?
"That's why I said I'd hang your sister. I can't go around making you shatter for fun.
"If you insist on being hung up there, wouldn't that mean you didn't care about your own dignity?"
Chen did his best to explain. Compared to kissing Kakashi by force, it was better to swallow his pride and appease the system.
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