At dawn, Naruto yawned and gathered at the designated training ground according to the training rules specified by Kakashi yesterday afternoon.

Because he got up early, Naruto was still a little sleepy, and the collar in front of him was not neatly arranged.

When he came here, someone had already come here in advance.

"Good morning, Sakura."

While rubbing his sleepy eyes, Naruto said hello to the cherry-colored long-haired girl standing not far away.

"Good morning."

Sakura also said hello to Naruto.

As for Sasuke, who was standing on the other side, meditating and resting under the tree, he was automatically ignored by Naruto.

He also chose a place to sit down.

None of the three were in the mood to talk because they had gotten up early, and because of the battle they were about to face, the three of them were somewhat nervous.

Needless to say, Sasuke and Sakura had to return to the Ninja School to re-study if they failed. For Naruto, who had worked so hard to graduate from the school, this was an unbearable result.

However, as the guiding jounin, Kakashi has absolute authority in this regard.

Even Sasuke didn't know whether Kakashi's intentions were true or false.

But every year, students are ordered to return to the Ninja School to re-study, and Sasuke knows about this.

In other words, Kakashi was probably not kidding when he said that if they failed, they would have to go back to school and repeat.

Even after several years of getting along, the relationship between him and Kakashi is considered close, but Sasuke also knows that Kakashi is a person who distinguishes between public and private affairs. He will never pretend to be public for personal gain in such a serious occasion.

Moreover, Sasuke didn't think that his friendship with Kakashi would allow Kakashi to open the door of convenience for him.

The most important thing is that his dignity does not allow him to pass Kakashi's trial in this way.

Otherwise, this would be a discredit to the Uchiha clan.

In this way, the three of them were waiting for Kakashi to arrive at the training location.

While we were waiting, the morning sun rose and its red glow enveloped the forest, bringing a sense of peace.

This was obviously past the five o'clock meeting time mentioned by Kakashi.

After looking at Sasuke and Sakura who were both calm, Naruto suppressed his inner dissatisfaction and had no choice but to wait patiently.

In this way, time passed by minute by minute. I don't know how long it had passed. Just when Naruto was about to fall asleep with his eyelids chattering, Kakashi walked out of the path in the forest, arriving belatedly.

"Good morning everyone."

"It's almost noon now! It's too slow!"

Naruto yelled at Kakashi with a fierce expression.

Sakura also glared at Kakashi with reproachful eyes, but in order to maintain the image of a lady, she did not yell like Naruto.

Sasuke said with an expected expression: "I told you a long time ago, this guy's nickname is the Late King, there is no need to come so early!"

"Then why did you come here so early?"

Naruto turned his head and gritted his teeth.

Sasuke shrugged indifferently and replied: "Unlike you waiting there, I am used to practicing in my free time."

He spent the whole morning studying how to use thunder attribute chakra.

Strictly speaking, this is not a pointless wait here.

"Oh, don't you two quarrel? This morning, my friend unfortunately encountered an old lady who fell..."

Kakashi came over to break up the fight.

"Is that friend of yours a granny killer? How come you meet grannies every day?"

Naruto complained fiercely.

"In a sense, that's pretty much it. Life is always full of drama."

Kakashi said this, and then took out an alarm clock, which showed the time at eleven o'clock.

He put the alarm clock on a rock, turned around and said to the three of them: "Okay, no more nonsense, I set the alarm clock for twelve o'clock, and then the three of you are going to fight with this Jonin.

A practical exercise."

As he spoke, he took out two more bells from his ninja bag.

"Bell?"

Naruto and Sakura looked a little surprised, not knowing what Kakashi was going to do.

Sasuke narrowed his eyes, as if he knew what Kakashi was going to do.

This is the obvious trap of verbal provocation again.

Sure enough, Kakashi said: "I have two bells here. Your task is to get these two bells from me before twelve o'clock. Only those who get the bells can pass my exam."

, to become a true genin."

"But, Kakashi-sensei, you only have two bells in your hand? There are three of us, and two bells are not enough."

Sakura asked.

"Then let's eliminate the other one, for example Naruto..."

"Hey! Why are you excluding me? If you want to exclude me, you have to exclude Sasuke, right?"

Naruto pointed at Sasuke.

"It's hard not to agree with Kakashi-sensei's words."

Sakura agreed with Kakashi's words.

"Well!"

Naruto was like an eggplant beaten by frost, suddenly wilted.

"Okay, let's start the assessment. I'm in a hurry here. Remember, you only have one hour left. You know, there are only two bells here. In other words, the three of you also have to be wary of each other's teammates and opponents.

It’s not just me, a Jonin, there will be someone who will be unqualified after all.”

Kakashi said intentionally or unintentionally.

"What a despicable means."

Naruto said angrily.

"There is no way. The world of ninjas is so cruel. Sometimes, the closest companions may become enemies one day. If you forget this, you will not go far on the road of ninjas."

Kakashi looked deeply at Naruto.

Naruto was frightened.

It was said so seriously that he almost believed it.

No matter how you look at it, it's probably just an intimidation trick.

"Hmph, I won't be frightened by your words. I will definitely get the bell from your hand!"

Naruto shouted confidently.

"I'm talking about a simple-minded fool like you...Forget it, then, challenge me with the determination to kill me, no matter what means you use. The exercise starts now!"

When Kakashi finished these words, Sasuke and Sakura immediately disappeared from the spot and surrounded the dense woods to hide their traces.

Although he could detect the traces of the two of them through the Sensing Ninjutsu, Kakashi did not do so.

After all, if you use your full strength, it would be too much to bully these genin.

Moreover, he also wanted to see what kind of surprise Sasuke would bring him.

After he left yesterday afternoon, with Sasuke's cautious character, he must have explained something to the two of them. Then we must consider that his verbal trap may fail.

Thinking about it this way, Kakashi was looking forward to what surprises these three people would bring to him.

However...seeing Naruto who did not hide his traces but stayed at the same place openly, Kakashi couldn't figure out what Sasuke's plan was for a while.

Or could it be that his verbal provocation strategy had been successful? Naruto did not choose to act according to Sasuke's strategy, but made his own decision.

Interesting, Kakashi thought to himself.

He couldn't see through Sasuke's plan, which proved that the other party had grown not only in strength, but also in mind.

Unfortunately, just as Sasuke knew him very well, he also knew the three people who were about to become his subordinates very well.

He knew exactly what each of them was good at and what they were not good at.

In this way, the information will be disclosed to each other. Under such circumstances, Kakashi is looking forward to how far Sasuke and the three can achieve.

"Let's have a showdown, Kakashi-sensei! A man should fight with dignity!"

Naruto folded his arms on his chest and shouted to Kakashi.

"It seems like there's something wrong with your brain."

Even if it was a strategy, such reckless behavior was not advisable in Kakashi's opinion.
To be continued...