The dazzling sunlight shone through the gaps in the shade of the trees. Sasuke raised his head and squinted his eyes slightly, then immediately lowered his head to prevent his eyes from being stung by the already strong sunlight.

It was already early June, and some time had passed since the mission to the Country of Waves ended.

During these days, Sasuke's Team 7 has been performing D-level missions in Konoha. Compared with the long-term and cumbersome C-level missions, D-level missions are easier and more convenient to do, and the most important thing is that they can squeeze in

Spend a lot of free time doing things you like.

Since his body has improved significantly not long ago, Sasuke really needs time to adapt to his current body as soon as possible.

This kind of growth is gradual and will not show explosive enhancement in a short period of time, which means that Sasuke has enough time to adjust his state.

But even with this subtle change, Sasuke could notice that when he used his Sharingan, he became more and more comfortable, and there was no such blockage as when he first opened his eyes.

If the Sharingan is left open for a long time, it will consume a person's mental energy very seriously, and it will also put a load on the body.

But now he no longer feels this burden. Sasuke naturally knows what this means.

Keeping the Sharingan open for a long time will no longer put any real pressure on his spirit and body.

As long as he pays attention, even in the genin stage, he can use the Sharingan to fight without any scruples.

Although the power of the Magatama Sharingan is limited, it can strengthen his understanding of genjutsu-like illusions and enhance his dynamic vision, which is undoubtedly a huge improvement for the current Sasuke.

The former can increase one's ability to fight enemies, while the latter can cooperate with one's strengthened body to improve one's physical combat capabilities.

"The me now can probably beat myself a month ago with ease..."

Sasuke made an objective evaluation of his current growth.

A month ago, my only ability to fight against enemies was basic thunder and fire attacks, and I could barely use illusions. In addition, my Sharingan had not been opened, and my body had not been strengthened. I could still defeat ninjas of the same level when I encountered them.

, however once he faced a ninja who was much stronger than himself, Sasuke became deeply dissatisfied with his abilities.

Although he is now considered a representative of the elite among his peers, this gap is not enough to close the gap between himself and Itachi.

He vividly remembered that the year Itachi defected, he was only thirteen years old.

Regardless of whether the Uchiha clan had any accomplices when they wiped out the Uchiha clan, when I faced Itachi at that time, I experienced it firsthand, and there was only one who felt that he had no power to fight back.

In terms of his ninja resume, the other party was no less generous than his own mentor, Hatake Kakashi.

In terms of strength, I'm afraid the two are about the same.

Although Kakashi always spoke conservatively, Sasuke regarded that kind of speaking skills as the margin of a strong man.

"Let's get here first, then we have to carry out the mission."

Sasuke breathed the fresh air in the forest, and the magatama in his eyes slowly disappeared, turning into normal black pupils.

The surrounding trees and ground were covered with the remnants of lightning and fire attacks, and there were also a large number of kunai and shurikens scattered around, placed irregularly.

Although the practice of ninjutsu and taijutsu is important, Sasuke has not completely fallen behind in the throwing skills of kunai and shuriken.

With the help of Sharingan, he has become more and more comfortable in throwing kunai and shuriken. Moreover, even kunai and shuriken can effectively block and kill the enemy in many cases.

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"Good morning, Sakura."

Naruto seemed to be awake and slowly walked over from the other end of the street. He yawned with his hands and feebly said hello to Sakura.

"It's almost noon now."

Seeing Naruto's lackluster state of not getting enough sleep, Sakura was slightly speechless.

The sun in the sky has almost reached its peak. I don't know why, but today's weather is extremely hot and muggy, and the sun is so big and bright that Sakura doesn't want to raise her head to face the sunlight that can sting her eyes.

"Yeah?"

Naruto continued to yawn, and glanced at Sasuke intentionally or unintentionally. As usual, the Sasuke was standing next to the telephone pole with a handsome and cold attitude. His body was in the shade of the nearby residential wall, but he found a place to cool down.

Good location.

Seeing Naruto coming, Sasuke just glanced at him as usual, nodded lightly in response to greeting, and then continued to meditate alone.

"What did you do last night? You will be on a mission soon."

Sakura was very worried about whether Naruto could successfully complete the mission in this state.

"Anyway, it's just some boring D-level missions... As for last night, I didn't go to bed until three in the morning. That was because I was too immersed in practice and lost track of time. Sorry, I won't do it next time.

"

Naruto explained and patted his cheeks with both hands, forcing himself to cheer up for the next task.

"Hey, good afternoon everyone, it looks like everyone is here."

Not long after, Kakashi also arrived as promised and said hello to the three of them.

Kakashi arrived and focused the three people's attention on him.

"Kakashi-sensei, what is your mission today?"

Sakura asked first.

"Help take care of the children in an orphanage, or help clean up some garbage in the alley that no one has cleaned up..."

"It's this boring mission again. Isn't there a more difficult mission? For example, a C-level mission... No, let's give us a B-level mission."

Before Kakashi could finish speaking, Naruto interrupted Kakashi with dissatisfaction.

Kakashi did not become angry because of Naruto's abrupt interruption, but explained patiently: "There have been more D-level tasks in the village recently, and it is the genin's job to handle these D-level tasks.

C-level missions are something you will only consider after you have some free time. After all, as genin, you still lack experience. As for B-level missions..."

"Don't talk too long here. We killed the Jonin in the Land of Waves! There is absolutely no need to worry about such trivial things as experience!"

Naruto clasped his hands on his chest, looking fierce and confident, almost overflowing from his body.

"That was just an accident. What's more, it was just a special jounin who was good at lurking, not a fighting type..."

"But it's true that we killed that Jonin, isn't it?"

Naruto said boldly.

"..."

Kakashi believed that Naruto's words could not be said to be wrong. If the other Kumogakure ninjas who were dealt with by him and the Thunder Team were ignored, the three of them were indeed the winners of the battle.

That battle was originally arranged by him to test the growth of the three of them.

There is no better place to hone your ninja skills than a battle of life and death.

Otherwise, not to mention being successful, Kumogakure's ninjas would be killed by him silently with the White Fang dagger the moment they appeared.

And this arrangement was also the intention of the Hokage.

Even if there is no Kumogakure, someone else will be arranged to conduct the test at that time.

On the contrary, Kumogakure's actions saved Kakashi a lot of effort. There were free testers, and he arranged them directly without thinking at the time.

The reason why the Thunderbolt Group was hired was just to make the arrangement look more reasonable...although Sasuke saw through it in the end.

"In short, if it doesn't work, it won't work."

Kakashi calmly rejected Naruto's proposal.

"Kakashi-sensei is a cheapskate!"

"What does this have to do with my stinginess? I have said it many times that leading a team of Jonin will take half of the reward. That is the village's rule and is not something I can personally decide to give. Besides, didn't I just treat you to a big meal a while ago?

Meal?”

Looking at Naruto who was angry with him, Kakashi scratched his hair. Among the three, Naruto was the most difficult to dismiss.

Both Sakura and Sasuke will obey his arrangements and do the things he arranges conscientiously.

"Then, after completing the mission, Kakashi-sensei will practice with me."

Naruto made such a request.

"Can't you just cultivate on your own... Really, I understand. Then let me see your growth during this time."

"Hehe, I promise to surprise you Kakashi-sensei."

Naruto had a smile on his face.

"I said you...didn't you plan to let me practice with you from the beginning? The so-called C-level and B-level tasks are just excuses for your roundabout tactics?"

Kakashi saw Naruto's mood change so quickly and immediately understood something.

"Haha, you saw through it."

Naruto smiled carelessly, without the slightest hint of embarrassment.

Kakashi sighed, said nothing, and led the three of them to perform the mission.

It has been just over two months since Class 7 graduated from the Ninja School.

Compared with the D-class missions performed during this period, compared to other genin groups, the experience accumulated in D-class missions is already very rich.

In addition, although there are many types of D-level tasks, there are only a few categories when roughly divided, such as taking care of children in an orphanage, picking up garbage, etc. For Class 7, they are all repetitive tasks.

Watching the three Narutos taking care of the children in the orphanage with ease, and waiting for the person in charge of the orphanage to come back, and then skillfully picking up all the garbage within the scope of the task, Kakashi couldn't help but sigh at the growth of these three children.
To be continued...