Kapitel 22: Chapter 22
(T/N)- Wow I read through the book and found out that the author thankfully doesn't intend to drag Naruto out to 400-500 chapters. Way less lol, or it would become boring.
Also the book gets a bit interesting after a 5-10 chapters.
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Sure enough, an hour passed.
Kakashi was still nowhere to be seen.
Sasuke had a look on his face that said, "I knew it," as he reached into Naruto's arms and took the fried noodle bread and milk.
"Thanks."
After thanking Naruto, he began eating in big bites.
"Sasuke, why are you doing the same thing?"
Sakura, who saw Sasuke's actions, had a face filled with confusion.
Wasn't Sasuke afraid of being punished by Kakashi-sensei, which would result in disqualification?
"If you're hungry, eat. If you're afraid of vomiting, then don't eat. It's as simple as that."
Sasuke frowned and didn't give Sakura a pleasant look.
Although her academic performance at the academy was good, when it came to practical situations, she didn't analyze things on his own and only relied on asking others.
Seeing Sasuke's impolite response to Sakura, Naruto glared at him.
He then stuffed the remaining fried noodle bread and milk into Sakura's hands.
"Sakura, let's ignore him. If you want to eat, go ahead. There won't be any problems!"
"But..." Sakura covered her growling stomach and hesitated.
"It's really fine, and I've already guessed Kakashi-sensei's intentions."
Naruto raised his head proudly as if saying, "I didn't want to say it, but I have to for your sake."
"In fact, it's simple. Kakashi-sensei was able to single-handedly drive away those ninjas yesterday, so his strength is undoubtedly strong."
"And this time, he is our opponent. Do you think he wants to maliciously eliminate us?"
Without giving them a chance to answer, Naruto waved his hand. "Definitely not, otherwise, he wouldn't go through all the trouble of setting up this mission."
"So, he wants to assess whether we can work together as a team."
"As for the advice not to eat breakfast, it's simply to make us hungry and affect our judgment."
"Even during the assessment, there will be various traps waiting for us, hindering our cooperation."
Those were the exact words Naruto and Kaze told each other yesterday.
Now Naruto was reciting them word for word, pretending to be knowledgeable.
And the effect was quite significant.
Sakura was dumbfounded, and Sasuke had a shocked expression on his face.
"It turns out it's teamwork!"
Both of them never expected Naruto, who was always at the bottom of the class, to analyze things so thoroughly!
Sakura didn't say anything. She had been worrying about being eliminated since last night and never thought about analyzing the assessment.
Although Sasuke analyzed a lot of things, he didn't think about teamwork in the end.
"Now it makes sense why they formed teams of three."
After Sasuke let out a sigh, he turned his head and looked directly at Naruto.
"All of this must have been told to you by that person inside you, right?"
"He's really powerful and smart, but I suggest you not rely too much on him. He's dangerous."
"Ah!?" Naruto, who had been laughing proudly, suddenly stopped laughing.
With a guilty look on his face, he stubbornly retorted.
"How do you know it wasn't me who thought of it myself?"
"You're just jealous that I'm smarter than you at analyzing!"
Sakura also agreed with Sasuke's words, and there was no shock in her eyes as she looked at Naruto.
"You couldn't analyze things well in the analysis class at school, but suddenly you're able to analyze everything after graduation."
"Naruto, are you kidding us?"
Sakura still had fresh memories of the horror inside Naruto.
It was powerful but ruthless, taking out the disguised teacher in just a moment.
If Naruto's analysis was informed by him, then it would make perfect sense.
"Kaze is actually my alter ego. What he says is the same as what I say!"
Naruto stubbornly refused to admit that his analysis was poor.
"Kaze? Alter ego?" x2
Both Sakura and Sasuke looked at Naruto with inquisitive eyes.
They had some guesses about the person inside Naruto, but they never asked about it.
After all, every ninja has their own secrets.
Delving too much into someone else's secrets would only make people dislike you.
Naruto didn't mind sharing it with them; after all, they were all teammates now, and there was no need to hide anything.
"That's the gist of it. Naruto Uzumaki and Uzumaki Kazekyo are both me, two sides of the same coin."
After listening to Naruto's story, both of them sighed.
Sakura had a better understanding of Naruto's past experiences and sympathized with him even more.
Sasuke, on the other hand, was somewhat envious of Naruto having such a powerful ally.
If he could have such a powerful alter ego, he might be able to defeat Itachi Uchiha in no time.
"It's true that there are two sides, one is the underdog side, and the other is the leader side."
After sarcastically teasing Naruto, Sasuke changed the topic and spoke seriously.
"Let's leave it at that regarding Naruto's situation. I think we need to discuss the division of roles within the team."
Since they had figured out Kakashi's assessment criteria, they should strive to perform their best according to those criteria.
Otherwise, if they ended up working individually due to improper division of labor, they would be deemed unfit.
"How should we allocate the roles?" Naruto looked at the two of them and asked.
This kind of strategic thinking was not his strong suit.
"Of course, we should divide it into main offense, feint offense, and overall command!"
Sakura quickly stated the content they had learned in class before.
Sasuke nodded and then shifted his gaze back to Naruto.
"Will your alter ego, Kaze, intervene?"
"No, I plan to minimize his involvement. It's too frightening every time he takes action."
Naruto waved his hands repeatedly. He didn't want his team's leader to be killed.
"In that case, what about your Multiple Shadow Clones? Can you still create as many as you demonstrated before?"
"I could before, but not anymore. Now I can only create around ten or so at most."
(There's a bit of a problem with what's written here, let's assume Naruto's control over the clones was limited at first, so he relied more on tapping into the overflowing chakra of the Nine-Tails through the seal, which also caused him to struggle with performing jutsu properly.)
Naruto made a pouting face, clearly unhappy with his situation.
"It's because yesterday that fake teacher patted me on the stomach, and I felt like my chakra decreased a lot."
"But I can still perform the Shadow Clone Jutsu successfully, so I won't fail!"
Because the Five Elements Seal blocks the Eight Trigrams Seal, Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra was transformed into his own chakra.
As a result, Naruto felt a decrease in his chakra levels, which also affected his ability to create multiple shadow clones.
Normally, this kind of situation would cause chaos when two types of chakra coexist, making it impossible for Naruto to control his chakra.
However, conveniently enough, Kaze exchanged for the Nine-Tails chakra provided by the system, and it was completely independent.
This also influenced Naruto's body, preventing him from treating the unconvertible Nine-Tails chakra as any other chakra, thus avoiding chaos.
With no chaos and a reduced amount of excess chakra, Naruto now had smooth control over his chakra and could successfully perform the Shadow Clone Jutsu.
"Is that so? Then I'll be the main attacker, and you can assist me with feints, Sakura will oversee the overall situation and support us."
Sasuke quickly arranged the preliminary tactical assignments.
The rest would have to rely on improvisation when the time came. After all, this was their first cooperation, and being too detailed would only hinder them.
"As expected of Sasuke, you've assigned the roles quickly. Impressive!"
Sakura was the first to agree, her body swaying flirtatiously.
Meanwhile, Naruto glared angrily at Sasuke, thinking that Sasuke was trying to steal his thunder and make Sakura like him!
"Why are you the main attacker instead of me? I want to be the main attacker!"
"Fine, you can be the main attacker, and I'll assist."
Sasuke couldn't be bothered to argue with Naruto. Being the assistant was easier for him. After all, it was a team assessment, and the positions didn't really matter.
As the sun rose higher in the sky, reaching its peak, Kakashi finally arrived, carrying a backpack.
"Hey, good morning!"
"You're late!"
Sakura, Naruto, and Sasuke all glared at Kakashi.
They had arrived at 6 o'clock in the morning, and now it was almost noon, and Kakashi was just showing up!
Fortunately, Naruto was quick-witted and brought them fried noodle sandwiches and milk.
Otherwise, they would be starving by now!
"Sorry, everyone. I'm not late. I just got lost on the path of life."
Because he was reading this novel called "Young Ah Ming," he lost track of time.
Isn't getting lost on the path of life the same thing as what happened to him?
It's all that author's fault for writing a novel that's even more interesting than "Icha Icha Paradise" making him forget about time!
In his heart, Kakashi didn't hesitate to shift the blame to Naruto, even though he didn't know Naruto was the author.
"Alright, calm down, everyone. This is also part of the assessment."
Saying that Kakashi took out an alarm clock and two bells from his backpack.
"Uh, it's already 11 o'clock cough cough, I'll set the alarm to twelve."
"You have one hour to try and take the two bells from me."
"After the time is up, those who haven't taken a bell will not qualify for lunch and will be tied to those pillars over there to watch me eat."
Kakashi pointed to three wooden pillars standing nearby.
"So, scaring us not to eat breakfast was all for this!"
Sakura and Sasuke were relieved once again that they had eaten the food Naruto brought.
But before their relief could fully settle, Kakashi smirked and said with a sinister tone.
"And there are only two bells, which means one of you will be tied to a pillar and deemed unfit, needing to retake the exam at the academy."
The three of them showed a hint of excitement on their faces.
As expected, Kaze's analysis earlier was accurate!
He had planned from the beginning to sow discord among them, making it impossible for them to cooperate and forcing them to fend for themselves.
If they truly fought individually, they wouldn't be able to snatch even a single bell, resulting in all of them being eliminated.
"Tsk, you guys have impressive mental fortitude. Not a single one of you is surprised or jumping around in panic. Honestly, I'm starting to look forward to seeing what you can do."
Seeing the three of them maintaining a calm and composed demeanor, Kakashi's eyes carried a hint of appreciation.
He leisurely took out a copy of the "Young Ah Ming" from his bag and spoke.
"Alright, enough with the chitchat. Let's get started."
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