Don't Give Me a Reason to Kill Him

"The insects were afraid—more afraid than ever before!"

Sweat dripped down Shino's ever-expressionless face!

"Whimper..."

Kiba Inuzuka clutched Akamaru tightly, as if doing so would make them both less afraid!

Choji froze mid-bite, while Ino stopped playing with her beautiful hair!

Shikamaru felt a chill run through his heart. Clever as he was, he knew who this man was—the man even his father feared when mentioning him!

The person his family had repeatedly warned him never to provoke: the Hyuga Clan's madman, Tenka!

He could even release killing intent toward children? As expected... he truly deserved his reputation as the killing star!

Of everyone present, Hinata was the only one who did not feel afraid!

"Say that again!"

"Team 7, come out!"

"Didn't you hear me?"

Tenka's cold, emotionless voice rang out again, even colder this time!

His gaze paused briefly on Naruto, Sakura, and Sasuke!

The three immediately felt every hair on their bodies stand on end and hurriedly rose to their feet, including the always aloof and icy Sasuke!

They all had the feeling that if they moved any slower, this man would slaughter every one of them!

Seeing the three stand, Tenka turned and headed for the classroom door. After only two steps, he ran into Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma as they entered!

The moment the two entered the classroom, they sensed the icy killing intent within!

Their expressions tightened at once, and then they saw Tenka's expressionless face approaching them!

"Good day, Jonin Tenka!"

The two froze, then hurriedly greeted him!

Tenka turned a deaf ear, as though he had not seen them at all, and passed by them without a care!

The three little ones behind him became even more obedient after seeing that!

Without letting their gazes wander, they followed him out of the classroom, not daring to delay for even a moment!

Only after Tenka's figure vanished did everyone in the classroom finally let out a heavy breath!

"Whew!"

"Too... too terrifying!"

"Is that Naruto and the others' team leader?"

"Let's observe a moment of silence for Naruto and the others!"

"They might be gone someday!"

"I really felt like he was about to kill all of us just now!"

"Yeah!"

"Didn't you see how noisy Naruto usually is? He went quiet in an instant just now and didn't say a word!"

"Who would dare speak?"

"I didn't even dare breathe!"

"Shikamaru, do you know who that person was?"

"I feel like those two who came in afterward were team-leading Jonin too. They seemed really afraid of that man!"

Still shaken, Ino did not dare speak loudly as she quietly asked Shikamaru!

"Just don't even think about provoking him!"

"You should be fine if you're respectful when you meet him."

"You've probably heard of him. There's only one person in all of Konoha with such intense killing intent. Your families should have warned you too!"

"It was him..."

Ino's pupils suddenly shrank. No wonder—she should have realized it sooner. But why would someone like that become a team leader?

"Team 8, come with me!"

"Team 10, come with me!"

Kurenai Yuhi and Asuma stepped forward and told them to follow, leaving Ino no time to think further!

"Let's go!"

Shikamaru called out to Choji and Ino, then rose and headed toward Asuma.

This time, Ino did not complain about Asuma's scruffy beard. Compared to that man from before, she found the bearded brute in front of her rather pleasant!

On the other side, Hinata and the other two hurriedly followed Kurenai Yuhi. They had just stepped outside when—

"Kurenai, watch the three of them for me. I'll go notify Kakashi. That guy still doesn't know Team 7 has already left!"

"Mm, hurry up!"

"I'll wait here with them!"

Meanwhile, Tenka led the three toward the training ground, one step at a time!

He did not say a word along the way, and Naruto and the other two did not dare speak either, silently following behind him!

They had just reached the training ground when Tenka turned to face them, preparing to announce what came next!

Suddenly!

"Clang!"

The killing intent around him condensed and surged behind him, while the sword on his back flew from its sheath in an instant!

"Show mercy, it's me, Kakashi!"

"Buzz!"

The sword stopped less than a millimeter from Kakashi's throat. Threads of blood had already appeared on his neck!

They had been caused by the sword aura. Had he spoken even a moment later, he might have died on the spot!

He had wanted to dodge, but the killing intent that struck first had been far too intense!

Even though he had spent years carrying out assassination missions in the Anbu and possessed considerable killing intent himself, he could not resist it in the slightest!

Before he could fully recover from the assault of that killing intent, the blade had already arrived!

He could only bite down hard on his tongue, forcing himself awake as he shouted!

"From now on, don't suddenly appear behind me!"

"U-Understood!"

"Clang!"

Tenka turned back and stared at Kakashi, the coldness in his eyes nearly overflowing.

After Kakashi answered, Tenka formed a hand seal, and the sword automatically returned to its sheath!

"Gulp..."

"S-So cool!"

Naruto and the other two stared blankly at the scene, their throats dry as they swallowed repeatedly!

Naruto watched the sword on Tenka's back fly out on its own to attack, then return on its own!

He had not seen Tenka's hand seal and assumed it was the sword's own ability. Unable to hold himself back, he blurted out what he was thinking!

Naruto thought it was cool, but Sasuke was different. What he saw was strength—strength unlike anything he had ever seen before!

At the same time, intense hope rose in his heart. With someone like this to guide him, he would surely be able to kill that man soon!

"You. Why are you here?"

Ignoring the three's reactions, Tenka looked at Kakashi, his emotionless voice sounding once more!

"The Third arranged for me to be your assistant. After all, I have some experience in this area, so I can be of help!"

Kakashi did not dare say that the Third had sent him to watch Tenka, fearing that Tenka might do something harmful to Naruto.

After what had just happened, Kakashi himself felt that the Third had simply been worrying for nothing!

Even if Tenka truly intended to do something, there was no way Kakashi could stop him!

Besides, people usually said he was hard to get along with, but this man was even harder to deal with!

At their first meeting, he had nearly cut Kakashi down with a single sword strike, and he spoke with such icy indifference.

Kakashi swore that if anyone dared say he was difficult to get along with again, he would drag them before this man and show them what difficult really meant!

After Kakashi finished speaking, Tenka remained silent and stared straight at him.

The stare made Kakashi's scalp tingle. Heavens, someone save me. This is far too hard to deal with!

"Really... just an assistant? No other purpose?"

"N-No, absolutely none!"

Kakashi hurriedly shook his head, bitterness filling his heart. Right now, even if he had some other purpose, Kakashi had made up his mind!

He was just a little assistant. As for any other purpose, whoever could handle it could go do it. In any case, he could not!

"Fine!"

"After we're done here, go tell him!"

"Whatever you do, don't give me a reason to kill him!"