Thousand Years of Death

Sasuke could no longer wait and charged out.

[Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique]

Unlike Sasuke in the original story, Sasuke now had Itachi Uchiha's guidance, and his strength far surpassed that of his original counterpart.

Faced with the incoming fireball, both of them instinctively dodged.

Swish, swish, swish.

Shuriken shot toward Kakashi.

Kakashi easily evaded them.

Naruto stood to the side and watched.

"This guy is much stronger than in the original story. His taijutsu, ninjutsu, and shuriken techniques are all quite good."

Watching Sasuke's methods of attack, Naruto was fairly satisfied.

"What a pity. He keeps imitating Itachi Uchiha's fighting habits."

From Sasuke's combat habits alone, he was completely imitating Itachi Uchiha.

Kakashi was quite satisfied as well. Having this level of strength at such an age was already impressive. A ninja did not need too many ninjutsu; what truly mattered was combat experience. Ninjutsu was all flashy nonsense—the real goal was to kill the enemy.

In Kakashi's view, all three of them had decent abilities. What they lacked was only combat experience.

Kakashi was already considering how to deliberately expose an opening so one of the two of them could take a bell.

The core of the test was not their strength, but their beliefs.

"Kakashi, test Naruto's current strength."

Inside the Hokage Building, Tsunade, Shizune, Shikaku, and the others were all present.

"This brat is quite strong, but that should not be all he has."

Tsunade watched Naruto standing there through the crystal ball.

"Lady Hokage, should we have Kakashi test him?"

Shikaku suddenly spoke up.

Tsunade gave him a puzzled look, but did not stop him.

Without giving it much thought, Inoichi Yamanaka immediately transmitted his voice to Kakashi.

The Yamanaka Clan's secret technique could directly send voices into another person's mind.

"This is the Hokage."

Kakashi instantly understood that someone inside the Hokage Building was watching.

He had been prepared to end the battle, but immediately became serious and turned his gaze toward Naruto.

Naruto was still watching the battle between the two with great interest.

Naruto knew Hinata's strength inside out, since he had taught her many of those techniques himself.

However, when he noticed Kakashi's gaze, Naruto froze for a moment.

What is Kakashi trying to do? Why hasn't he ended the fight yet?

Naruto, who knew the original story, understood what this test was really about. It was mainly a test of teamwork.

After all, Kakashi had not even delivered his famous show-off line yet.

What the hell is going on now?

Once Kakashi became serious, he instantly sent the two of them flying.

Then he charged straight at Naruto.

Naruto frowned.

Although he did not know what this guy was trying to do, seeing Hinata's condition, Naruto decided to get a little serious.

He raised both hands and formed them into the shape of pistols.

A miniature Rasengan appeared above his index fingers.

[Spiral Pistol]

The Rasengan fired out like a bullet.

Do not be fooled by its small size. It was more than enough to kill someone.

"Is that the Rasengan? How can it be fired?"

Kakashi recognized it at a glance as his teacher's signature ninjutsu. What baffled him was how this technique could be fired.

He did not dare underestimate it and tried his best to evade.

The Rasengan struck the ground, instantly leaving a small hole the size of a fist.

Its destructive power had not weakened; instead, its force had become even more concentrated.

Seeing this, Kakashi became even more cautious.

However, Naruto was faster. The Rasengan in his hands fired in rapid bursts like a machine gun.

Bang!!

Kakashi's body was hit and turned into a cloud of smoke.

"Where is he?"

Naruto swept his gaze around.

At the same time, a hand emerged beneath Naruto's feet.

[Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu]

Naruto's feet sank into the ground.

For some reason, perhaps because Kakashi was holding back, the technique seemed somewhat slow.

Naruto instinctively prepared to resist.

However, at that moment, another Kakashi appeared behind him.

This should be enough to anger him. I hope I don't get beaten to death.

Kakashi thought as he clasped his hands together and formed the Tiger hand seal.

[Konoha Taijutsu Secret Art: Thousand Years of Death]

Naruto instantly sensed what was happening.

He had initially been in the mood to play around, but he had not expected Kakashi to be so nasty.

Watching it in anime had naturally only seemed funny, but now Naruto felt a chill run down his tailbone.

And Hinata was right in front of him. If he really got hit by that move, it would be a complete social death.

At that moment, he even forgot every technique he knew and instinctively erupted with the chakra inside his body.

The enormous amount of chakra formed terrifying pressure and a raging storm.

Kakashi had no ability to resist and was blown away.

"What an enormous amount of chakra."

This was the shared thought of everyone who witnessed the scene.

Naruto withdrew his chakra, his face darkening.

He looked at Kakashi with an unfriendly gaze.

Kakashi's pupils constricted. At that moment, he sensed danger.

He immediately placed a hand over his eye patch, preparing to reveal his Sharingan.

However, Naruto extended his right hand.

He clenched the air.

[Eightfold Reversal]

Naruto did not know what range this ability had in the hands of others, but everything within fifty meters was within his attack range.

In an instant, Kakashi felt unable to move.

A powerful force was controlling his body.

"This is bad. What kind of power is this?"

[Flying Thunder God]

Naruto's body instantly vanished and appeared behind Kakashi.

He clasped his hands together.

[Thousand Years of Death]

His two fingers thrust upward.

Kakashi's pupils shrank. This move did little damage, but it was immensely humiliating. He had no desire to experience it himself.

Bang!!!

A cloud of smoke flashed past.

Only a substitution log remained where he had been.

Naruto's strike directly shattered the log to pieces.

"He dodged it."

Naruto had calmed down by then.

Kakashi appeared in the distance, a drop of cold sweat sliding down his forehead.

Inside the Hokage's office.

"He really is formidable. As expected of a perfect jinchuriki."

Shikaku could not help but sigh. Kakashi was currently an elite jonin.

Although there was no clear distinction among jonin, everyone shared a common understanding.

Jonin were also divided into three levels: special jonin, those who had one exceptional specialty but were not especially strong in other areas.

For example, Kurenai Yuhi. Her taijutsu and chakra reserves were not particularly strong, but because she excelled at genjutsu and had some connections, she had been promoted to special jonin. There was also the famous Teacher Guy.

Then came regular jonin, those who had risen through either strength or seniority.

Finally, there were elite jonin, whose raw strength had already reached jonin level, such as Kakashi and Danzo.

"Not bad. This kid's strength has improved very quickly."

This was the difference between Tsunade and Hiruzen Sarutobi. She would not suppress her subordinates.

As for the perfect jinchuriki, only the higher-ups knew about it for now.

"Should we promote him? Kakashi was already a jonin at his age."

"No need. This brat wants to take things step by step, and I agree with his way of thinking. At whatever age, one should do what is appropriate for that age."

Tsunade watched the scene in the crystal ball with a face full of appreciation.

Shikaku was briefly surprised, but being clever, he understood what Lady Tsunade meant.

It seems she intends to cultivate him as the Hokage's successor.