Kakashi: First Day of Abstinence

Sasuke snorted at Kakashi's words. He felt there was still a long distance between himself and Naruto; his strength was still within the bounds of humanity.

He decided to take those words as praise for himself.

Sasuke silently vowed, Itachi Uchiha! Just wait! I'll kill you soon!

Naruto frowned and looked at Kakashi with a pained expression.

Kakashi Hatake! You have chosen death!

Sure, his body recovered a little faster, but that didn't mean Kakashi could strip him of his human status!

Gritting his teeth, Naruto pulled a giant door panel from his clothes without another word and crept toward Kakashi from behind.

Of course, carrying a giant door panel was far too conspicuous.

The instant Kakashi saw it, his pupils shrank violently, and cold sweat immediately beaded on his forehead.

Why was this kid so obsessed with door panels?

Or was pulling out a door his way of saying he missed his father, Minato Namikaze?

"Naruto!"

"What are you doing?!"

Everyone present turned their gaze toward Naruto at once, and the atmosphere instantly became awkward.

A certain blond ninja's sneak attack plan was ruined on the spot.

Noticing everyone's strange looks, Naruto could hardly stab his own teacher in the back under so many watchful eyes.

After all, respecting one's teachers was a fine virtue for someone from the land of flowers.

Hmm...

But in the world of Naruto, disciples stabbing their teachers in the back seemed to be a traditional art.

Bang—

Naruto propped up the door panel, kicking up a cloud of dust, then gave it two loud pats before speaking.

"The door's gotten a little moldy..."

"I took it out to dry."

"That's reasonable, right?"

"Ha ha ha ha, Kakashi Sensei, you didn't think I was going to sneak attack you, did you?"

Kakashi: ...

If you hadn't just raised a door panel and walked behind my back, I might've believed you!

"Let's go. Don't waste any more mission time."

Kakashi once again employed the art of changing the subject, then turned and leaned closer to Tazuna.

"And..."

"Old man, this mission of yours..."

"Isn't right, is it?"

"How could a normal C-Rank escort mission involve attacks by ninja?"

He narrowed one eye, and killing intent instantly enveloped Tazuna.

"This is an A-Rank mission, isn't it?"

Though Kakashi looked like a slacker and seemed easygoing on the surface, that didn't mean he wanted to be taken for a fool.

Still, he could use this chance to see how united Team 7 was.

Tazuna's eyes darted about. Faced with Kakashi's words, he turned his head aside, not daring to meet his gaze.

And the old man did not doubt in the slightest that the ninja before him would kill him...

Thinking of his family and the unfinished bridge, the old man's fear only grew.

"Ha ha, don't be nervous."

Kakashi, who had just been radiating killing intent, suddenly smiled and glanced at the three kids beside him.

"This mission has already reached A-Rank difficulty."

"Are you continuing, or giving up?"

"I'm continuing."

"Same here."

Sasuke spoke coldly, and Sakura beside him immediately chimed in.

"I have no problem with it."

Naruto's expression was serious, as though he had already begun to take this seriously.

When old man Tazuna heard that they were still willing to continue the mission, his smile became incomparably radiant. Then his expression turned sorrowful again, and he said to them all.

"Sorry, everyone..."

"There's a reason I did this..."

"Shut up! Skip! Skip!!"

Naruto had no interest in listening to this old fool ramble on. He did not even have the patience to sit through game cutscenes, so how could he listen to this guy talk for half the day?

His whole philosophy was...

I don't know who I am, and I don't know where I am, but I know I'm about to go on a killing spree!

The corners of Team 7's eyes twitched.

Here it came again...

Naruto was saying things that were impossible to understand again.

Tazuna had just worked up his emotions and was ready to emotionally blackmail the ninja, only for Naruto to suddenly interrupt him. The words he had been about to say got stuck in his throat.

Seriously...

Why couldn't this kid just let him finish talking?

Naruto had long been on guard against this old fool.

Emotional blackmail?

As long as I have no morals, no one can blackmail me!

This mission was not even important. He was here to grind the Wave Country Instance Dungeon anyway.

As for the suffering people of Wave Country...

I'm not some Guanyin who saves people from suffering. Why should I care whether these people live or die?

After confirming that all the team members had no objections, Kakashi nodded and signaled for everyone to continue onward.

There were no more ninja attacks along the way afterward.

At lunchtime, Naruto grew bored. Catching sight of the book in Kakashi's hand, then glancing at the absent-minded Sasuke, a curve rose at the corner of his lips. His consciousness instantly sank into the Sealing Space as he began searching through the system's vast collection of items.

About twenty minutes later, Naruto took out a book from the system.

"Found it!"

Four large words were written on the cover—X Breaks the Sky.

He chuckled twice. After withdrawing his consciousness from the space, Naruto looked once more at the expressionless Sasuke and immediately pulled out the book.

Under the influence of the world's rules, the book became real the instant it appeared, and the text inside changed into the language of this world.

Come to think of it...

The protagonist of this novel really suited Sasuke.