Power Really Was a Nice Thing

After receiving the mission from Minato Namikaze, Uchiha Ensei was assigned two subordinates: Kakashi Hatake and Yamato.

By then, Kakashi Hatake had lost his Sharingan and become a one-eyed man again, but his raw strength had actually improved considerably.

For someone like Kakashi, the Sharingan was actually a burden that weakened him.

Of course, that was true of the Sharingan in its Three-Tomoe state.

The abilities of the Mangekyō Sharingan were not something ordinary ninja could even compare to.

At that moment, Kakashi Hatake could be said to have raised his lower limit while lowering his upper limit, greatly improving his ability to fight for extended periods.

"Konoha Hospital can't even replace an eye?"

When Uchiha Ensei saw Kakashi Hatake, he spoke with a hint of sentimentality.

Kakashi Hatake froze at his words, then hurriedly explained, "Losing the Sharingan hasn't weakened me by much."

Uchiha Ensei shook his head.

"You don't look very good like this. Wait here..."

Uchiha Ensei rummaged through his pocket and pulled out a thumb-sized syringe with a needle, then directly stabbed it into Kakashi Hatake's empty eye socket.

As a ninja, Kakashi Hatake instinctively wanted to resist.

But by the time he reacted, Uchiha Ensei had already withdrawn the syringe and seemed to have taken a bit of flesh and blood from his eye socket.

Watching Uchiha Ensei vanish before him, Kakashi Hatake gave Yamato beside him a wry smile.

"I knew the gap in our strength was huge, but I never expected it to be this huge."

"If we fought... it might be over in an instant..."

Kakashi Hatake had always been regarded as a genius.

Though he had been dispirited for several years, his strength was still considered ace-level throughout Konoha. Some even saw him as a future candidate for Hokage.

But... compared