Chapter 81: Taking Risks with Kakashi

A glint of the blade suddenly appeared, with a sharp and icy light.

Kakashi timed his strike perfectly. Kaze was in mid - air and couldn't find support, so his body was falling straight onto the oncoming blade.

According to Newton's First Law, Kaze had no way to avoid this strike...

Wait a minute, there doesn't seem to be Newton in this world!

Defying the laws of physics, Kaze paused in mid - air. He leaned to the side and slapped the blade of Kakashi's tantō (a type of short Japanese blade used by ninjas) with his palm, deflecting it and barely dodging this ingenious attack.

"Not bad, just a little bit off~"

After his body grazed the blade and landed, Kaze made a provocative gesture and said with a big smile.

He had been pretending to be a strict master for so long and was really itching to stop.

"Ha!"

Failing with the first strike, Kakashi quickly followed up. The sword moved with his body, and the force reached the blade. He slanted his sword upwards in a Lifting strike towards Kaze's groin.

At the same time, the trio from the Akatsuki Organization rushed towards Kaze, each holding a kunai (a traditional Japanese tool used as a weapon by ninjas). They cooperated with Kakashi to surround him.

"Your timing and strength are alright, but your speed is way too slow."

Kaze's leg, as agile as a snake, dodged the tantō and stomped hard on Kakashi's wrist with his toe.

Then he swayed his body, avoided the kunai stabbed by Konan, and grabbed her with his backhand, holding her in front of him as a shield, forcing Yahiko and Nagato to abandon their attack.

Swish!

Kakashi's right wrist ached. Without hesitation, he switched the sword to his left hand and stabbed at Kaze from the other side.

"When facing an enemy faster than you, it's better not to use the Stabbing technique. Wiping, Sweeping, and Lifting are better options!"

Kaze slapped Konan away and directly faced Kakashi's tantō. At the last moment, he leaned to the side to avoid it and slapped Kakashi's wrist again.

A sharp pain shot through, and Kakashi involuntarily let go of the tantō.

Ding.

Kaze instantly caught the tantō. Using his wrist as an axis, he casually twirled the sword in a beautiful arc and blocked two stabbing kunai.

Then he kicked Yahiko and Nagato to the ground.

So far, the first siege by the four of them ended in failure.

"Come again."

Kaze tossed the tantō in his hand to Kakashi, took out a kunai himself, and beckoned to the others with a smile.

Playing in high - level games is tiring, while in low - level games, you can enjoy picking on easy opponents.

In his previous life, Kaze's favorite thing was to play on his alt accounts to pick on easy opponents, but in the end, he found that he was the one being crushed.

When we all go after the noobs, the bronze game turns into a high - end showdown...

Clang, clang, clang!

The sounds of clashing weapons echoed in the training ground. Five figures were moving around nimbly, fighting vigorously.

"Stop, stop, stop!"

After repelling the four of them again, Kaze shook his head speechlessly and stopped the assessment.

"You can't do this. My strength is far above yours, yet you choose to fight me head - on... How can you possibly pass the assessment?"

Indeed.

The four of them glanced at each other and nodded dejectedly.

They were all well - known geniuses in the Ninja Academy, and even some masters were no match for them.

This inevitably made the four of them a bit overly self - satisfied.

Just now, they even thought that it wouldn't be difficult for the four of them to pass the assessment by working together. But now it seemed...

It's simply impossible to defeat Brother Kaze in a head - on fight!

"I'll give you ten minutes to adjust your state and discuss tactics. Whether it's using projectiles, booby traps, sneak attacks, or poisoning..."

"As long as you can hurt me, you'll pass the assessment."

"But if you're still in this state later, go back to the Ninja Academy and retake the courses. Don't waste my time anymore."

After Brother Kaze finished speaking coldly, he quickly walked out of the training ground.

He was afraid he'd burst out laughing if he stayed one more second.

"Alas, Brother Kaze is so strong. What should we do?" Yahiko said, making a wrinkled face.

He had just graduated with great difficulty and didn't want to go back to retake the courses... How embarrassing it would be to meet Obito then!

"Using poison and projectiles probably won't work much," Nagato said with a bit of a headache.

"Brother Kaze is an expert in these things. He can probably see through the little tricks we know at a glance."

Hmm...

Seeing Kakashi looking thoughtful, Konan took the initiative to ask,

"Kakashi, do you have any good ideas?"

"I do have an idea," Kakashi nodded slightly and shared his plan with the others.

"If we do this first and then that, maybe we can catch Brother Kaze off guard."

After hearing Kakashi's plan, Yahiko couldn't help saying,

"This is too dangerous, Kakashi. What if Brother Kaze doesn't react in time..."

"But this is the only way I can think of to pass the assessment!"

Kakashi interrupted Yahiko. "To hurt Brother Kaze, we have to take a daring move."

"Kakashi is right. This method is worth a try. I don't want to go back and retake the courses," Konan was the first to voice her support.

After a moment of hesitation, Nagato nodded and said, "I support their views. Time is running out. We don't have time to think too much."

"Then... okay," Yahiko replied helplessly.

Ten minutes later.

Brother Kaze walked into the training ground again and said seriously,

"Time's up. I hope you can give me a surprise."

Swish! Swish! Swish!

Before Brother Kaze could finish his sentence, several kunai with explosive tags attached were flying straight towards his body.

"Not bad, kids. You're finally getting the idea!"

Brother Kaze's eyes lit up and he quickly retreated, not giving Yahiko and Konan, who were attacking from both sides, a chance to surround him.

"Earth Release: Earth Quagmire!"

While Brother Kaze was retreating, Nagato and Kakashi slapped the ground with both hands at the same time and used Earth Release at the pre - calculated location.

Splat.

Brother Kaze stepped into a muddy pit.

In fact, with his speed, he could have easily avoided this move, but he decided to give the kids a chance.

"Now's the time!"

When they saw that Brother Kaze had really been trapped for a moment, all four of them were overjoyed and launched an all - out offensive with all their might.

There was no time to cast ninjutsu. Yahiko and Konan, who were closest to Brother Kaze, grabbed their kunai and stabbed directly at him.

Clang!

Brother Kaze stood still. He unsheathed the long sword on his waist, and instantly deflected Yahiko's kunai with a single draw.

Then, he dodged the kunai at a tricky angle and pointed the sword straight at Konan's chest.

Brother Kaze thought this strike would force Konan to retreat.

But unexpectedly, Konan seemed not to see it and even rammed herself towards the blade on purpose.

"Konan!"

Brother Kaze's face finally changed. He knew what these little guys were up to!

To avoid hurting Konan, he had to stop the strike halfway. He forced his arm to halt and lifted the long sword into the air.

"Humph!"

Brother Kaze let out a muffled grunt. Stopping the force abruptly was no easy feat. His arm ached from the two opposing forces.

Taking advantage of this momentary gap, Konan gently sliced through Brother Kaze's sleeve with her kunai.

"Brother Kaze, we cut your clothes. We won!" Konan said proudly.

Seeing Konan like this, Brother Kaze got really angry.

"You little rascal!"

He grabbed Konan and pressed her onto his knee, and gave her a good spanking on the butt.

"Aren't you afraid I might lose control and hurt you? Who told you to risk your life like this? Huh?"

Konan blushed and said, "I knew you'd never hurt me, Brother Kaze!"

"I know I was wrong. Please let me down. Yahiko and the others are watching. It's so embarrassing (whispering shyly)."

"Humph!" Brother Kaze snorted and then let Konan go. "Don't do this again, got it?"

"Got it, got it." Konan nodded vigorously and obediently replied.

"Then, Brother Kaze, does this mean we passed the assessment?" Nagato asked from the side.

Brother Kaze scanned the four of them one by one. In their nervous gazes, he suddenly smiled.

"Yes. From today on, you four are my students."

"I declare that Team Six is officially established today!" Brother Kaze said.

"Yeah, great!" Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato cheered.

Even Kakashi, who rarely smiled, showed a rare smile.

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