Defeat

Feeling the physical exhaustion from extracting so much Chakra, Lin Ke didn't even have time to rejoice before unhesitatingly controlling Horus to launch an attack.

"Crack~" Six enormous ice cones, three on each side, appeared out of thin air beside him.

"Whoosh!" X6 ice cones were hurled out one after another.

This is?! Hatake Kakashi's initially lazy expression turned serious in an instant. He sensed an extremely unusual Chakra fluctuation, and the moment he saw the ice cones appear out of nowhere, he had already gathered Chakra at his feet.

"Thud!" The first ice cone to be shot out directly smashed a large pit into the open ground.

Hatake Kakashi, who had used Body Flicker Technique to leave his original position, did not escape the attack of the remaining ice cones—

Because these things would track him!

Faced with the huge ice cones coming from all directions, leaving almost no angle to dodge, Hatake Kakashi quickly formed hand seals.

Serpent—Rabbit—Dog *Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall*

Four earth walls rose up, completely shielding Hatake Kakashi.

"Boom!" The ice cones struck the suddenly rising Earth Flow Wall at the same time, exploding directly, and blue-white ice rapidly spread along the pockmarked earth wall.

This brat?! X2 The two teammates squatting in the forest were dumbfounded. How could a Genin master such a technique, and Ice Release—

Could it be that the Jonin is about to be defeated? "Crack~"

The ground broke open again, and Hatake Kakashi used the Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique again, grabbing Lin Ke, who was teetering on the verge of collapse due to exhaustion.

Checkmate!

It wasn't until most of his body was dragged into the ground that he reacted, but he didn't panic. He tried his best to control Horus with his last bit of strength, spewing freezing air around him, freezing both Hatake Kakashi, who was emerging from the ground, and himself in place.

"Jingle~"

In the last second before he lost consciousness, he grabbed the two bells. As the bells jingled, Horus, unable to continue moving due to exhaustion, dissipated, leaving only a frozen patch of ground.

The rapid freezing kept the grass on the ground green, and in the sunlight, the ice crystals sparkled with a brilliant light, contrasting with the lush green grass, making the scene very beautiful.

Lin Ke passed out, his body mostly submerged in the ground, his arms spread out to the left and right, his body covered with a thin layer of ice, and the bells he had grabbed rolled to the side.

This child—

"Crack, crack, crack~" Amidst the sound of ice breaking, Hatake Kakashi pulled down his Forehead Protector again, covering his scarlet Sharingan, and stepped forward to pull Lin Ke, who had frozen himself in the ground, out.

He had directly defeated his Shadow Clone and forced him to get serious. This child's level in Ninjutsu alone should be enough to be promoted to Special Jonin.

Ninja Academy students only need to master Ninjutsu to become Genin, Genin need to be smart enough to become Chunin. Up until this point, ninjas still seem to need intelligence, but the requirements for Special Jonin and Jonin promotions are: Sufficiently powerful strength! In other words, no matter how smart a ninja is, no matter how good their leadership skills are, if they are not strong enough, they can only become Chunin at most. But even if they are not that smart, if they have enough power, they can still be promoted to Special Jonin or Jonin.

The Genin in front of him, who was only eight years old, had displayed such powerful techniques, and also...

"Ice Release." Hatake Kakashi carried Lin Ke, who was unconscious from a large amount of exhaustion in a short period of time and whose body surface was covered with a layer of ice, towards the hospital at high speed, his mind racing.

In his memory, that clan that used the Ice Release Bloodline Limit should be in the Hidden Mist Village.

How could a Konoha Village child with a clean background master Ice Release?

Or could it be...

The more he thought about it, the more complicated it became, but he could confirm one thing without exception—

This child will probably not be able to graduate this year. ——An unfamiliar ceiling.

Lin Ke opened his eyes, his consciousness a little dazed, and then returned to the last second of his memory—

He had failed, but he had also succeeded.

He could never have defeated an elite among the Jonin, and he had been defeated before even forcing out the opponent's Sharingan. (He didn't know that Hatake Kakashi was already using the Sharingan at the end.) He had successfully obtained the bells, but he had also lost the battle.

In the battle, he had made several mistakes. First of all, he shouldn't have thought that he could compete with Hatake Kakashi in Taijutsu, which not only wasted Chakra and stamina but also lost the initiative.

If the other party hadn't wanted to see his capabilities, after failing to achieve results in the first round of Taijutsu, he would have been met with successive attacks until he lost the ability to resist.

Then, the combination of Transformation Jutsu and Clone Jutsu was too easy to see through. It might work as a first-time kill against the weak, but if he really faced a strong opponent, he would be figured out in a few moves. It lacked variables and exposed the weakness of his physical fitness.

Next was the control of the Stand was too rough. He used too much Chakra when summoning the Stand, which led to insufficient stamina to support the Stand Horus for more attacks, so he could only use himself as bait to try a desperate fight.

His Stand, when simply summoned and used for close combat with punches and kicks, does not require much stamina, but once it involves the Stand's abilities, it will directly draw his stamina to complete.

The Chakra used to summon a Substitution is too little, it may cause the Substitution that was summoned with great difficulty and is useful to have a short existence time. Too much Chakra used to summon a Substitution will result in the situation in this battle—

Not enough stamina, forced attacks, exhaustion, and fainting.

This is something that needs to be weighed by oneself. Every time the Substitution Jutsu is used, the summoned Substitutions are random and uncontrollable. Whether they are useful or not depends entirely on the occasion.

Finally, due to his identity as a transmigrator and his superior mentality of being familiar with the plot, his mentality went wrong when he guessed that his guiding teacher was Hatake Kakashi, and he was very eager to prove something.

Prove that he is not a useless transmigrator? Prove that he is not an ordinary extra character? Prove that the people in the Naruto World are all NPCs?

Including wanting to fight Hatake Kakashi in taijutsu at the beginning, it was all out of this very irrational mentality.

He can do it to show his own value and let the higher-ups of Konoha Village see it, or he can simply want to defeat his opponent, but the irrational anger that arises at the last moment because of his identity as a transmigrator should not exist.

Lin Ke likes a saying he saw in his previous life: Weakness is not an obstacle to survival, arrogance is.

He doesn't know when he developed the problem of arrogance. If he doesn't get rid of it, it will be troublesome if something really goes wrong in the future. Recognizing himself now is the most important thing.

Admit your mistakes and stand at attention when you are beaten.

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