Naruto and Sasuke Were Taken Out Instantly, So Big Brother Had to Step In

"All of you are eliminated!"

Kakashi's four words landed like four heavy hammers on Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura's hearts.

Tied to the wooden post, Naruto instantly exploded.

"Why?! We worked so hard! What right does a late white-haired teacher like you have to eliminate us?!"

He struggled desperately, the ropes digging painfully into his skin.

He turned toward Sen, who was still lounging leisurely beneath the shade of a tree, and shouted at the top of his lungs.

"Big Brother! Stop sleeping! If you keep sleeping, we're going to get kicked out of school!"

"Get up already! Teach that white-haired guy who looks down on us a lesson!"

Sasuke, buried in the ground with only his head exposed, also raised his head through gritted teeth.

He stared at Sen, his eyes filled with unwillingness and humiliation.

Though he hated to admit it, the only person who seemed capable of turning things around now was this guy who had been slacking off from beginning to end.

Beneath the tree, Sen slowly let out a breath.

"Ugh, you're so noisy."

He sat up lazily and removed the stylish sunglasses from his face.

His ink-black eyes were as calm as an ancient well, without the slightest ripple.

He glanced at Naruto, tied up like a dumpling, then at Sasuke, with only his head left aboveground, and finally at Sakura, foaming at the mouth on the ground.

"Tut, tut, tut. What a miserable sight."

Sen shook his head, wearing the expression of someone looking at three hopeless brats.

"You couldn't even last through a warm-up. How are you going to hang with me in the future?"

He rose to his feet and rolled his neck, stiff from lying down too long, producing a crisp crack.

Looking at Kakashi, who stood before him with a cold expression, he spread his hands helplessly.

"Listen, Kakashi-sensei."

Sen's tone was thick with resentment at having his nap disturbed.

"Do you really have to force me to work overtime?"

"I was only halfway through my nap when you woke me up. How are you planning to compensate me for my mental damages this afternoon?"

Kakashi looked at the sleepy-eyed boy in front of him, still arguing over compensation for mental damages.

He felt his fist tighten.

At a time like this, was this brat still playing dumb?

Did he really think he could take the bells from an elite jonin like him all by himself?

"Mental damages?"

Kakashi sneered. At last, an extremely sharp glint flashed through his dead-fish eyes.

"Say that again after you've taken the bells."

Kakashi stopped wasting words.

He slowly raised his left hand and, with extreme care, placed it on the forehead protector covering his left eye.

A surge of chakra several times stronger than when he had been teaching the three brats a lesson slowly rose from within him.

In that instant, the atmosphere across the training ground turned grave and murderous.

"Oh? You're finally getting serious?"

Sen raised a brow. The laziness on his face gradually faded, replaced by faint excitement at meeting a worthy opponent.

Kakashi's fingers slowly pushed up his forehead protector.

Revealing the eye hidden beneath it—the eye that struck fear into countless enemies.

A scarlet eye!

Three black tomoe slowly rotated within the eye socket, radiating an eerie yet powerful aura.

The Sharingan!

Kakashi's left eye had been a gift from his close friend, Obito Uchiha, before his death.

It was also the origin of his title as the Copy Ninja.

This eye could not only see through all ninjutsu, genjutsu, and taijutsu, but also copy an enemy's techniques.

Though activating the Sharingan consumed an enormous amount of his chakra.

Facing the monster whom the Third Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi, had personally declared to possess "the potential of the First Hokage,"

Kakashi did not dare let down his guard in the slightest.

He knew very well that if he continued to treat this like a game as he had before,

the one tied to the wooden post today might very well become him!

"To make me use this eye, you should be proud of yourself, Sen Senju."

Kakashi's voice became low and hoarse. His scarlet Sharingan locked tightly onto Sen's every minute movement.

Under the Sharingan's perception,

the flow of chakra within Sen's body appeared clearly in his vision.

It was a...

bottomless, terrifying abyss, like a green ocean!

Kakashi's heart suddenly clenched.

He even had the illusion that

he was not looking at a person, but staring directly at an ancient beast sleeping beneath the sea!

"Proud? No, no, no. I don't have many good qualities, but I am pretty humble."

Rather than feeling any pressure from Kakashi's scarlet eye, Sen showed a hint of curiosity.

"The Sharingan, huh? This is my first time seeing it from so close."

He even leaned forward like a curious child.

"I heard this thing can copy ninjutsu. Is that true?"

Kakashi's eye twitched wildly.

Was this guy really stupid, or was he pretending?

Did he not know the Sharingan's reputation?

Wasn't he afraid Kakashi would use genjutsu to shatter his mind directly?

"You can try it."

Kakashi said coldly as the tomoe in his Sharingan began to rotate faster.

"Perfect. I've been wanting to see for myself, too."

Sen grinned, revealing a mouthful of white teeth. His smile was as brilliant as the midday sun.

"Whether the Copy Ninja, famed across the ninja world, can copy my technique."

The moment his words fell,

the smile on Sen's face vanished.

An incomparably vast, violent chakra, brimming with the primal essence of life, erupted from his slender body like a volcanic explosion!

"Boom!"

The powerful chakra shockwave transformed into a visible green storm that swept outward in every direction!

The grass was ripped from the ground by the roots, while the surrounding trees swayed madly, groaning under the strain.

Tied to the wooden post, Naruto could barely keep his eyes open against the blast.

"Such... such powerful chakra!"

Sasuke, buried in the ground, was even more horrified.

The intensity and purity of this chakra were more than ten times more terrifying than what had erupted in the classroom that day!

Kakashi stood at the center of the storm, his clothes snapping violently in the wind.

He stared fixedly at Sen, his scarlet Sharingan filled with gravity and shock.

"This brat..."

"Just how much power is he still hiding?!"

Sen stood where he was and suddenly brought his hands together before his chest!

"Clap!"

A sharp clap echoed across the entire training ground.

He looked at Kakashi, blazing battle intent igniting in his black eyes.

"Kakashi-sensei, the warm-up is over."

"Next..."

Sen's voice exploded like thunder.

"You'd better stand firm!"