Chapter 23

After Sasuke learned Chidori, Kakashi ended the mission and stopped teaching them how to practice.

Sasuke wanted to challenge Kazuki to a competition.

Apparently, after learning Chidori, he was already too proud!

Kazuki also knew what Sasuke was thinking. In order to prevent Sasuke from becoming too proud to recognize himself and making slow progress in the future, Kazuki used 70% of his strength to fight him.

Although the Sharingan is really powerful when combined with Chidori, the speed increase of Chidori almost makes up for the speed difference between Sasuke and Kazuki.

But Kazuki still defeated him within ten rounds!

If Kazuki didn't want to let Sasuke recognize the difference and crush Sasuke in all aspects, he could have finished him off in three rounds!

"Practice well. Although you have mastered a fairly powerful ninjutsu, it is not enough. Only S-level ninjutsu can make it possible for you to defeat me and kill Uchiha Itachi!"

Sasuke, who was hit again, lay on the ground with no desire to live.

He didn't understand why every time he made progress, Kazuki would make greater progress than him.

Thinking back to the early days, he could still fight with Kazuki for a hundred rounds, but now he could only last ten rounds because the other party let him win.

Had he become weaker?

No, Kazuki had become stronger too quickly!

Sasuke loosened his unwilling fist.

Kazuki was his fellow clansman, and it was not a bad thing for Sasuke that he became stronger quickly.

Because it meant that he had an opponent who he always needed to challenge, to urge himself to improve! It also meant that he could know the truth faster and kill Uchiha Itachi!

In the Hokage Building,

Kakashi came to collect the reward for the task.

"Mission accomplished?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen's face was full of surprise. "Only half a year has passed, and he has already mastered the nature changes of lightning and fire attribute chakra?"

"It's not him, it's them."

"They? Who else?"

"Uchiha Sasuke."

Kakashi said, "When I went to teach them, they already had a high level of control over Fire Style. They were only ten years old and could perform B-level Fire Style Ninjutsu!"

"At the age of ten, they have B-level Fire Style, and they have mastered the nature change of dual-attribute chakra. If they have the talent to develop ninjutsu, there will be two of you in the future, Kakashi," Sarutobi Hiruzen said, his mouth corners unconsciously raised. Obviously, he was very happy that the village had these two geniuses. It would be better if they could recruit them to the Anbu earlier and let them follow him and accept the influence of the Will of Fire.

It's a pity that they are still in school....

"Kakashi, I want to recruit them into the Anbu, what do you think?" Sarutobi Hiruzen asked Kakashi.

Kakashi was silent for a moment, then said, "That Uchiha Sasuke has a dark mentality. If we recruit him into the Anbu, I'm worried that his mentality will be distorted."

"Indeed. After all, his family was destroyed by his own brother. It would be better to let him graduate normally and develop some feelings with his classmates."

"What about Gekko Kazuki?"

Kakashi was silent again, and said, "He has great talent, but he is a bit lazy. I think he might refuse to join the Anbu."

"Refuse to join the Anbu?"

Sarutobi Hiruzen was obviously a little bit unbelievable about Kakashi's inference.

There was actually a kid in Konoha who would refuse the invitation of the Hokage?

Lazy?

How lazy could he be?

Is there really a kid who is so lazy that he doesn't even give face to him, the Hokage?

Sarutobi Hiruzen felt that he should get in touch with this Gekko Kazuki. After all, he is a genius comparable to Kakashi, and he has a very clean background.

From a certain perspective, he is more valuable to be cultivated than Sasuke!

"I see, you go out first, and call Hayate over for me."

Kakashi nodded. "Yes."

Soon, Hayate Gekko, wearing an Anbu mask, came to the Hokage's office.

"Are you looking for me?"

"Well, I want to ask you something about Gekko Kazuki."

"Kazuki? Did he do something wrong?"

"No, you don't need to be nervous. I just want to recruit Kazuki into the Anbu. What do you think?"

"Anbu? Kazuki... The Gekko clan leader has been training him as his successor...."

"So that's it... What kind of person do you think Kazuki is?"

The face of Hayate Gekko obviously doesn't work well with Sarutobi Hiruzen.

The heir of a small family still wants to have privileges?

Do you think you are the patriarch of the Hyuga clan?

"Kazuki is a true genius. He has no flaws except being a little lazy and a bit fickle."

"Lazy and a bit fickle..."

It was really hard for Sarutobi Hiruzen to associate these two adjectives with a ten-year-old child.

In the past, he only knew from Iruka that there was a genius named Gekko Kazuki who overpowered Uchiha Sasuke. He didn't know anything else about Kazuki. Now it seemed that he had miscalculated. If he had paid more attention to Kazuki's psychological growth earlier, perhaps Kazuki would have become an excellent successor to the Will of Fire!

"Iruka is not a very competent teacher...." Sarutobi Hiruzen thought to himself.

"Do you think Kazuki will refuse to join the Anbu?"

"Ahem.. Hokage-sama, the leader of the Gekko clan..."

"I only ask Kazuki's opinion."

Sarutobi Hiruzen waved his hand to stop Hayate.

Hayate had a complicated expression on his face, but after thinking for a while he said, "I think he will refuse."

"Because of laziness?"

"Yes."

"I understand. You go down first."

"Yes, Hokage-sama."

Sarutobi Hiruzen held his forehead.

How could a ninja disobey the Will of Fire just because he was lazy?

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