You are too reckless

Seeing the bewildered expression on Naruto's face as he stood there, Sasuke knew that his words had been in vain.

What a hopeless idiot...

Sighing inwardly, Sasuke had no choice but to turn his gaze back to those two ill-mannered brats.

The moment the two brats felt Sasuke's gaze sweep over them, they realized that Naruto was too constrained by the rules to strike back.

Yet Sasuke, that madman, actually dared to overstep the rules and intended to attack them personally!

Seeing this, the taller one hurriedly pointed at Sasuke in a panic and shouted, "Sa... Sasuke, Konoha has regulations! You aren't allowed to attack your com... companions!..."

Hearing this, Sasuke laughed.

"You have the nerve to say that? You two pieces of trash aren't even worthy of being my, Sasuke's, companions!..."

Before his voice had even faded, Sasuke flicked his wrist.

In the blink of an eye, several streaks of black light shot out like meteors toward the ground beside the two boys!

They were several shuriken, gleaming with a cold, razor-sharp light.

This madman actually wants to kill us!

That was the inner voice of the two brats at that moment.

They desperately wanted to retreat from the scene safely, just as they had moved their feet off Naruto's chest earlier.

But time seemed to have frozen, leaving them unable to move an inch, forced to watch as those streaks of black light grew larger in their eyes, accompanied by the whistling sound of wind being torn apart.

It's over, my life is at an end...

The two sighed in their hearts.

But just then, a flash of white light suddenly streaked through the void.

Before anyone could clearly see what had just happened, a series of metallic clashing sounds rang out: "Clang! Clang! Clang!"

A man with a mask covering his face and a head of silver hair appeared on the scene, standing directly in front of the two brats, who were nearly scared to the point of wetting themselves.

"Ka... Kakashi-sensei!..."

Naruto and Sakura both cried out in surprise the moment they saw the newcomer.

"Sensei?..."

The two brats hiding behind Kakashi's back felt their eyes light up when they heard Naruto and Sakura's address for the man before them!

They knew they were definitely safe today!

Sasuke might be able to rely on his youth to disregard Konoha's rules, but a teacher from the Ninja Academy would never sit idly by.

Ignoring the exclamations of Naruto and Sakura, Kakashi looked up at Sasuke on the tree branch, his tone sounding somewhat stern: "Sasuke, you've gone too far this time..."

Speaking to one's teacher from a higher vantage point was, after all, an impolite act.

Seeing this, Sasuke leaped down and responded with an expressionless face: "Sensei, you know that if I had truly used my full strength against them just now, I wouldn't have been aiming for the ground, but for them."

Kakashi had originally expected Sasuke to admit his mistake so the matter could be dropped. After all, attacking a companion could be considered a minor or a major offense. Although there were no substantial punishments for it in Konoha, if the circumstances were severe, it might leave a record with the Third Hokage, which would inevitably affect his future path as a ninja.

However, Kakashi had not expected Sasuke to be so stubborn, showing no intention of backing down at all.

Thinking of this, Kakashi frowned slightly, his tone turning somewhat displeased as he responded: "What I mean is that your methods were too reckless."

"If there is a conflict, you can tell your teacher. We will naturally judge the situation for you, rather than acting as you are now, walking on the edge of Konoha's rules..."

"Reckless?..."

Sasuke let out a scoff, then pointed at Naruto: "Then when those two little animals took advantage of Naruto's chakra being depleted to step on his face and act arrogantly, wasn't that reckless too?..."

"What!..."

Upon hearing this, the pupil of Kakashi's single visible eye suddenly constricted.

He glanced at the expressions of Naruto and Sakura to the side, and his heart tightened instantly.

As it turned out, this matter was not Sasuke's fault at all; by comparison, the two brats behind him had gone much too far!

Although he was incredibly annoyed, Kakashi forcibly suppressed this flare of anger in a mere two and a half seconds.

Rules! Rules! How did his own father die? Why did he commit suicide out of shame and indignation?

Was it not because he failed to follow the established rules of Konoha?

Clenching his fists tightly, his gaze shifted repeatedly. Finally, he took a deep breath, tilted his head slightly, and said coldly to the two brats behind him:

"The two of you may leave. I guarantee that Sasuke will not cause you any trouble. Of course, I also ask that you do not cause him any trouble afterward."

The two brats were not exactly easy to deal with, and upon seeing this, they immediately understood what Kakashi meant and nodded repeatedly.

At the same time, they were clear in their hearts that Kakashi was afraid they would go back and report this.

Because if this matter were blown out of proportion, it might negatively affect Sasuke's future prospects.

With this thought in mind, one of them, before leaving, lifted his chin and, acting as if he held authority he didn't possess, looked at Sasuke not far away and said aggressively:

"Sasuke, I know you must be unconvinced, but although we won't pursue this matter today, we will definitely tell our parents."

"So, don't you ever think about secretly retaliating against us. Otherwise, if anything happens, my dad will absolutely not let you off!..."

His tone was arrogant, and his expression was as punchable as it could possibly be.

Seeing this, how could Sasuke, with his explosive temper, be the type to take abuse like Naruto?

"Is that so?..."

The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, and he let out a cold snort.

Immediately.

He raised his right hand, and with a bang, a puff of white smoke exploded.

The next moment, the Sword of Indra appeared in his palm!

Closing his five fingers around the hilt, Sasuke swung it down with a fierce slash!

Bang!

A pair of trash cans by the nearby walkway were instantly sliced into two!

With the long sword pointing diagonally at the ground, Sasuke's eyes were icy. He swept his gaze across them and said in a chilling tone:

"Look at those trash cans; don't they look just like you two brothers?"

"You won't let me off?"

"I'd actually like to see how exactly you plan to not let me off when the time comes..."

Hearing this, and seeing the killing intent radiating from Sasuke's entire body, they felt a chill run down their spines.

Goosebumps broke out all over the two brats, and the shorter one immediately lost his nerve:

"Sa... Sasuke, although we talked behind your back before, we already apologized. What else do you... what do you want?..."

His voice trembled, and he looked like he was only pretending to be calm.

Seeing that these two little beasts didn't say a single word about the incident where they had stepped on Naruto's face to humiliate him, Sasuke didn't indulge them either. He sneered and said coldly:

"Some things, once done, are done; denying them is useless."

"An apology? Heh..."

"Then how about I kill you both, and then come to your graves next year to apologize, would that be acceptable?..."

"Ki... kill us..."

The two brats didn't hear a single other word; they only heard that Sasuke wanted to kill them.

Seeing this, they hurriedly cried and scrambled away in a panic, leaving behind two streaks of urine that looked like brush strokes, reeking of stench...

"Sigh... The client has already reached an agreement with the Third Hokage. We will gather here tomorrow to set out on your first mission outside the village..."

Having said that, Kakashi sighed, gave Sasuke a meaningful look, and then, without saying anything else, his figure flickered.

The next moment, with a few leaps, he vanished from the sight of the three members of Team 7.

"The Land of Waves mission? Zabuza? Is that man finally coming?..."

Sasuke looked up at the sky and muttered to himself.