Chapter 72: Kakashi: Who's Taking Care of Who?

"Isn't this... Naruto's home?"

Kakashi looked at the familiar Chunin in front of him, his eyes filled with confusion. It seemed that this ninja, who should have been standing in the sun, was now here for some reason.

"I was hired by the Uchiha to guard the house and help take care of the area, greeting in the morning and evening," the Chunin explained, looking at the Third Hokage. "Lord Hokage, are you bringing Kakashi in? If it's Naruto, there's no problem."

The Third Hokage nodded slightly, "It's mainly to let Kakashi know about his future subordinates."

Then the Third Hokage opened the door, and Kakashi followed him into Naruto's room. The living room was neat, clearly maintained daily.

Thinking of the situation at Naruto's doorstep, Kakashi couldn't help but sigh, "The Uchiha family has a good relationship with Naruto! I'll ask someone to take care of him."

"I heard that Naruto's money was also used," the Third Hokage explained, his expression a bit complicated.

"Is Naruto's money the village's extra care?" Kakashi realized Naruto's special identity and understood.

He knew this was special treatment.

"Ahem... this doesn't matter. In short, Naruto does have a lot of money now, and spending it to find someone to guard the house is just one of the expenses," the Third Hokage coughed uncomfortably, mentioning this embarrassing topic, and continued showing Kakashi around.

The bedrooms, bathrooms, kitchens, practice rooms—all were neat and orderly, clearly cleaned daily.

Whether it was practice equipment or various furniture for daily life, everything looked precious.

The floor was shiny and smooth, almost too pristine to step on.

Opening the refrigerator, fresh food was inside, and the kitchen had hot meals ready.

Besides the cost of the decor and facilities, what surprised Kakashi most was the tidiness of the entire room. For a child who hadn't graduated from the ninja academy, such attentiveness was rare.

Then he received even more surprising news.

"The room is cleaned specifically, and the meals are made in the name of Uchiha, but it's indeed Naruto's money."

"This..." Kakashi recalled the ninja-related precepts, mainly his daily practice as a Jonin, and found he wasn't as meticulous as a child. "A child who hasn't become a Genin yet, living so comfortably? It's not what I expected.

"Lord Hokage, if you take care of him too much, will it hinder cultivating a hardworking spirit?"

The Third Hokage replied vaguely, "The village hasn't actually given him much help, and we owe this child a bit in this regard.

"Naruto is a well-behaved child, but he's a little confused when doing things and needs someone to take care of him.

"After he becomes a Genin, I mainly ask you to take care of him."

"I'll take care of him," Kakashi calculated Naruto's daily life, pondering who would take care of whom.

"You are a very keen ninja and have completed many extremely dangerous tasks. I'll leave this to you, and I'll be assured," the Third Hokage nodded. "And Sasuke... the child of the Uchiha family has also arranged these things. The person involved was assigned to Naruto.

"He's handed over to you, too."

"From the Uchiha family!"

Kakashi connected these things and had already outlined some of the image of Uchiha in his mind.

It felt a little different from the other Uchiha he knew about in the past.

Or maybe he had never seen through the people of this family.

"It doesn't seem easy to teach a few such students well. I hope they are really well-behaved!"

He recalled the daily life he had when he formed a team with those living companions.

Teacher Minato was also very troubled at that time.

At this time, the Third Hokage mentioned again, "By the way, there is a third person, Haruno Sakura, who is a studious and intelligent child. She developed a new ninjutsu at a very early stage, and it has good power hidden."

"Is it a bloodline limit?"

Kakashi asked.

However, the Third Hokage just shook his head, "No, it's a personal talent, but unfortunately, the chakra attributes are not complete enough."

A look of pity flashed in the old man's eyes.

However, Kakashi knew that there was no second person in the entire ninja village who had the ability to truly inherit the old man's mantle.

This may also be one of the most regrettable things about this Naruto.

"Personal talent should be the simple talent of chakra control."

Kakashi understood and, after recording this, didn't pay much attention to it for the time being.

If the power hidden in the body is not strong enough, then after developing into a Chunin, simply becoming a special Jonin requires more energy, and it is even more difficult to become a true Jonin.

Upper ninja like Konoha Village is basically synonymous with elites.

However, there is no special bloodline limit, but Kakashi has seen many ninjas with hard power complete transformation.

So he didn't look down on the third subordinate's potential and decided to learn more about new information.

...

Noon.

Ninjas in other classes began to strengthen their connections.

For the sake of female competition, Ino summoned her two teammates, Shikamaru and Choji, and said fiercely, "Anyway, you will all listen to me in the future, and focus on me, do you know?

"It's just that it's lazy or greedy. After becoming a ninja, we must complete the tasks in a planned and purposeful manner, hone our strength, and strive to become excellent ninjas like our fathers as soon as possible."

Shikamaru did not refute but was a little distressed, "This guy is here... I've also been rolled up, and I'm afraid I'll take on a lot of tasks in the future. It's really a headache!"

"Can we have a barbecue for lunch?"

Choji proposed with some expectations.

"No, let's just make do with it," Ino clenched her fists and was full of energy. "Do you still want to make progress? We should now share our abilities and make progress together! Show your motivation to work together in the ninja academy before."

Shikamaru had no choice but to hold his forehead.

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Class 7.

Sasuke's figure quickly disappeared. After Naruto and Sakura searched for a long time, they saw Sasuke with a "ninja cat" outside the school.

At this time, Sasuke had already analyzed the other technique he had seen in the past few days, but he had not started practicing yet. He was temporarily attached to the narration information he had seen before and could be checked at any time.

I have to say that the intelligence of the Book of Seals is quite good, and the techniques you see at first sight are very suitable for Sasuke.

If he just thought about simple applications, he had learned it now, but Sasuke himself hoped that he could innovate like the Second Hokage and become a master of ninjutsu.

Of course, he must do what his predecessors can do, and do as much as possible.

"Let's go! Old place, go to Ichiraku Ramen Shop."

Sasuke spoke briefly, then turned and left.

Naruto couldn't say anything he wanted to ask, so he could only swallow the words he wanted to ask again.

However, the white kitten on Sasuke's shoulder greeted them, "Good afternoon! Little guys, I am very pleased to see that you have all grown up to a certain extent."

Naruto was a little dissatisfied with this, "Why are you a senior? I think you may not be much older than me!"

"Have you ever seen a movie screened in the Capital Plaza of the Land of Fire?"

The "ninja cat" suddenly asked, which made Naruto unable to answer. After all, a certain yellow-haired man had never left the village.

"It is a good thing for the little guy to be energetic, but don't judge age by body shape," the white kitten glanced at him sideways and spoke calmly, "Just like graduation, passing the Ninja Academy assessment is only the first level, passing the team teacher's assessment is the second level, do you know this?"

"The second level of assessment? Iruka-sensei didn't tell me!"

Naruto was surprised.

Sakura also looked serious, "Senior Bai, who... if we fail the assessment of the team teacher, do we have to go back to the ninja academy?"

"That's certain."

"Done!"

Naruto fell silent and lost interest in quarreling with a certain ninja cat for the time being.

Sakura naturally also felt a lot of pressure.

Sasuke spoke at this time, his tone soothing and confident, "Don't worry too much about the team teacher, each of us can graduate successfully.

"Because my eyes have seen the answer!"

The reason he gave sounded a bit rude.

But after hearing his words, the remaining two felt a sense of stability.

The atmosphere returned to lively.

Several people were curious about what the new teacher would look like.

That afternoon, after being taken away by the team teacher in other ninja classes, they stared at the door, their eyes gradually losing focus.

"We seem to have met a very unreliable team leader."

When both teammates couldn't sit still, Sasuke was still reading books other than his major and read some information at any time. He found that he was very efficient when waiting for others. It was speculated that it was because he had a special mental state of making a little profit at this time.

"Ahhhh, no, I must complain to him! This malfeasance must be condemned."

When Naruto couldn't stand it, Sasuke finally put down the book and advised lightly, "No, there is no teacher in Konoha that can be so late for so long.

"He's just watching us! Isn't he?"

When he said this, his eyes looked towards the door. Soon, a slender figure appeared at the door, with a somewhat lazy voice.

"The quality of this class of graduates is really good! Is this speculation, or can I see it?"

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