In the morning, Naruto got everything ready right on schedule.
After casually watering the medicinal herbs he kept at home, he grabbed his ninja tool pouch and excitedly ran toward the mission hall.
Although he had read the original story and wasn’t particularly interested in the missions he was about to face, in the eyes of outsiders, this was still his first time applying for missions.
Naturally, he couldn’t act too calm about it.
Not long after he arrived, Sasuke and Sakura also showed up one after another.
Kakashi was unusually punctual this time as well.
Once all four members of Team 7 had gathered, they began accepting missions.
“Weeding, picking up trash, cleaning bathrooms…
D-rank missions are still the same, huh!” Kakashi glanced at the mission list and casually picked a cat-catching mission that would help cultivate their sense of teamwork.
He then led the three of them to the mission location.
“Sasuke has reached Point B.” Sasuke’s voice came through the earpiece.
“Good.
Team 7, begin the operation.
The target is moving toward Point A!” Kakashi replied.
“The three of them answered, “Yes!
Three figures darted out from the woods.
It was Naruto and the other two.
“How far away is the target?” Kakashi asked.
“Five meters away!
We can move at any time!” Naruto glanced at the dark figure not far away.
“I’m ready too!” Sasuke replied from behind a tree.
“Me too!” Sakura added.
“Move!” Hearing that everything was ready, Kakashi immediately gave the order.
“The three of them answered, “Yes!
“Got it!
Caught it!” Naruto said as he held the cat in his arms, while Sakura and Sasuke stood guard nearby.
“Confirm the mission target,” Kakashi instructed.
“Orange fur, with a scar over its eye.
It’s definitely Orange,” Sasuke confirmed before reporting to Kakashi.
“Alright.
Lost Pet Orange, capture mission complete!” Kakashi announced.
Back at the mission hall, a black-haired girl walked toward the three of them and took the cat from Naruto’s arms.
“Thank you.
Orange has finally come back!”
“So pretty!” Sakura couldn’t help but marvel.
Naruto also glanced at her and nodded instinctively.
Sasuke, however, said nothing.
After all, he had been surrounded by beautiful girls since he was little.
“She’s the daughter of a wealthy merchant from the Land of Fire.
Naturally, a child born into a wealthy family isn’t going to turn out badly!” Kakashi casually remarked.
The three of them didn’t dwell on the matter for long.
Sasuke wasn’t interested, Sakura was a girl herself, and Naruto had already been exposed to countless actresses from adult movies in his previous life, so he could hardly be considered inexperienced. New chapters come out on g.com first.
Besides, he preferred mature women.
“Kakashi-sensei, aren’t there any more difficult missions?
As long as I make a little preparation, I can handle this kind of mission by myself,” Naruto complained.
“When will I ever become Hokage at this rate?”
“To become Hokage, you first have to become a Chunin.
And without completing enough missions, you won’t be able to become a Chunin,” Kakashi said with his dead-fish eyes.
“Leave the mission count to me!
I can handle simple missions by myself!” Naruto said confidently as he created dozens of Shadow Clones right there in the hall, then patted his chest in assurance.
Kakashi didn’t say anything.
He considered whether this approach would actually work.
After all, Naruto had a point.
Most D-rank missions were merely meant to provide mission experience, and these missions were extremely time-consuming.
Moreover, the Chunin Exams would begin next year.
Without enough missions and sufficient rank beforehand, they probably wouldn’t even qualify to participate.
After thinking it over, Kakashi made his decision.
“Well, Naruto does have a point.
How about this?
Naruto can handle the low-difficulty missions, while we’ll complete the more difficult ones together.
That’ll also give you more mission experience.
As for the remaining time, we’ll use it for training!”
“Yay!” Naruto jumped into the air.
Even Sasuke rarely showed a happy expression, while Sakura was annoyed that Naruto had reduced the amount of time she could spend with Sasuke.
‘These missions are supposed to be meaningful memories for us!’ Inner Sakura raged helplessly.
Over the next month, Team 7 took over most of Konoha’s D-rank missions.
Naruto’s Shadow Clones could be seen everywhere throughout the village.
At the training ground, Team 7 was undergoing training.
Ever since Kakashi had decided to have Naruto’s Shadow Clones handle some of their missions, Team 7 had gained much more time to train.
They would only occasionally take on a mission when they weren’t training, both to relax and gain some experience.
However, their training had mostly consisted of basic physical exercises and ninjutsu practice.
But starting today, everything was about to change.
“Alright, training starts now.
Today, I’m going to teach you something different,” Kakashi said calmly as he looked at his three subordinates.
“Alright!” Naruto shouted excitedly from the training ground.
“Before that, I’ll explain the basics of a ninja’s abilities and chakra to you again,” Kakashi said as he crouched down.
“Why do we still have to go over such basic stuff?” Sasuke complained somewhat unhappily.
He felt that all these days had been wasted.
He hadn’t obtained the power he wanted at all.
“Yeah!
I already know this.
It’s chakra, right?” Naruto nodded along.
“Why don’t you teach them, then?” Kakashi stared at Naruto with his dead-fish eyes. Read this novel at g.com for the best experience.
“Uh!
No, no, no!
I think Sakura is much more suitable for this,” Naruto immediately backed down.
Kakashi glanced at Naruto before turning to Sakura.
“Come on, Sakura.”
“Yes, Kakashi-sensei!” Sakura pulled out a scroll from behind her and opened it.
It contained information about chakra.
“Since everyone already has some understanding of it, I’ll keep the introduction brief.
Chakra is the energy used by ninja when performing techniques.
In other words, chakra is composed of two types of energy: physical energy drawn from the body’s countless cells, and spiritual energy accumulated through countless hours of training and experience.
As for techniques, they involve extracting these two types of energy from within the body and then using hand seals to activate the resulting abilities!” Sakura finished speaking and rolled the scroll back up.
“Exactly.
Iruka really is an excellent teacher who knows how to teach his students!” Kakashi took the opportunity to praise Iruka.
“We can already use techniques now, so are you going to teach us some powerful ninjutsu?” Naruto asked with a smile.
Hearing the word “ninjutsu,” Sasuke couldn’t help becoming excited.
‘After waiting for so long, I can finally obtain even greater power!’
“Just as Naruto said, we can already use techniques, so…” Sasuke stared intently at Kakashi, his heated gaze almost seeming capable of burning him.
“No.
It’s not time yet.
None of you can use chakra flexibly enough,” Kakashi said calmly, a hint of disdain showing in his dead-fish eyes.
“What!
How is that possible?
Take Sasuke, for example.
He can already use Fire Release!” Naruto exclaimed.
Kakashi ignored Naruto and continued, “Alright, listen carefully.
Just as Sakura said, training chakra means extracting physical and spiritual energy, then mixing them together inside the body.
After that, depending on the technique you want to use, you draw out the respective amount of energy required.
The balance between the two types of energy will also change accordingly.
Right now, you still can’t use chakra efficiently.
No matter how much chakra you extract, if you can’t control the balance properly, the effectiveness of your technique may be reduced by half.
It may even fail to activate altogether, wasting chakra for nothing.
It can also create a series of weaknesses, such as being unable to fight for extended periods of time!”
“So that’s why I couldn’t use the Clone Technique before?
Then what should I do?” Naruto played along, scratching his head with a smile as if he had just thought of something unpleasant.
Kakashi glanced at Naruto and continued, “Naturally, you have to make your body remember the sensation of maintaining that balance and desperately train your body until it learns it.
It’s an extremely difficult form of training!”
“What…
what kind of training?” Sakura asked, seemingly intimidated by Kakashi.
“Tree climbing!” Kakashi said, raising one finger.
“Tree climbing?” ×3
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