"Sir, Kado sent us to assassinate Dazna. We ran into Kakashi-senpai's Team Seven. Should I go all out?"
Deep within the forest, Wuye and Haku walked one behind the other.
The two wore masks, with slashed Mist Village forehead protectors tied around their heads...
"Training has to be gradual. What if you go all out and train them to death?"
Wuye activated his Byakugan and observed from afar. Kakashi's team had already gone through an attack by two chunin.
On a clear, sunny day, two ninja had hidden in a puddle, only for Uchiha Sasuke to show them up completely. As expected, Naruto was mocked by Sasuke for being a scaredy-cat, then stabbed a kunai into his own left palm...
"You're not Sasuke, so stop trying to show off!"
Karin bandaged his wound. It seemed she had no intention of letting him bite her. Who knew whether it was because the injury was too minor or because her little brother received worse treatment than Sasuke.
Kakashi watched them, his usual lazy demeanor gone, worry in his eyes.
He was afraid that his boring teacher, the Fourth Hokage, had played these kids into ruin...
By the time they finally reached the forest near the Land of Waves, Wuye had already been waiting for several days.
Calling it waiting was not quite accurate. Haku and Slug had been the ones waiting. After calculating that Kakashi's team would take quite a while to arrive, he had simply reverse-summoned himself back to Konoha.
"The fog suddenly got thicker..."
Kakashi surveyed the surroundings, his body tense.
"Sensei, what's wrong?"
Karin's role at the moment was to be bitten, so she followed them without any pressure.
"There's something wrong with the thick fog ahead. Stay alert!" Kakashi said sternly.
Seeing their usually unreliable teacher in such