“I thought you guys were sneaking over here for something serious, but it turns out…”
“That’s it?”
Chen Fan looked utterly disappointed.
He had noticed Asuma and the others long ago.
He had originally thought Asuma might have become motivated because Chen Fan had ‘stolen his woman,’ and perhaps made some tremendous progress…
But this was all he had?
“Why…
why didn’t you suffer even the slightest injury…” Asuma stared blankly, finding it difficult to accept.
“Because I put all my points into my physique,” Chen Fan replied matter-of-factly.
Feast was a typical physique-focused skill.
Speed, strength, and the others were merely additional benefits!
And physique was not simply about health points.
It represented a person’s overall physical attributes.
Including physical defense, stamina, resistance to the natural environment, disease resistance, recovery ability…
Chen Fan had noticed Asuma’s little scheme long ago, but he had not even bothered to dodge!
The strong stood their ground and dealt damage!
Only the weak kept running around and hiding!
“Why?
I clearly did what Father told me to…” Asuma’s eyes were empty.
That was the Hokage!
The strongest man in Konoha!
So why had he still failed after following his advice?
“Did what the Third said?
What do you mean?” Chen Fan asked curiously.
Asuma was somewhat dazed at this point, but he explained what he had told the Third Hokage and what the Third Hokage had replied.
“Since you’re a ninja, then solve problems like a ninja would, using a ninja’s methods!”
I had acted just like a ninja, quietly approaching before suddenly launching my attack…
But why had the result turned out like this?
As someone who had always believed in the way of the ninja, Asuma had taken a tremendous blow.
“Oh, you simply misunderstood what the Third Hokage meant.” Chen Fan waved his hand dismissively.
“Then what did Father mean?” A glimmer of hope appeared in Asuma’s eyes.
Chen Fan said, “A ninja means someone who knows how to endure and yield.”
“The Third Hokage meant that whenever I beat you, you should act like a ninja and obediently endure it!”
Is that what my father meant?
Asuma’s mouth nearly fell open.
Chen Fan, however, paid no attention to him.
Asuma had challenged him again without making any progress at all, which made Chen Fan furious.
If you weren’t even capable of giving me any more Experience Points, then what the hell were you challenging me for?!
So Chen Fan grabbed Asuma and started beating him, even harder than before!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
Bang!
He pinned him to the ground and relentlessly pummeled him.
“Stop!”
A loud shout rang out as two figures appeared.
One was taller, while the other was shorter, both roughly the same height as Asuma and the others.
“Kakashi!”
Obito, who had been knocked down long ago, stared at the two newcomers in surprise.
The shorter one was none other than Kakashi.
He was known as the greatest genius since the founding of the Konoha Ninja Academy, having inherited the swordsmanship of the ‘Konoha White Fang’ and graduated from the academy at the age of five.
He was a legendary graduate!
The other had a more mature appearance, with a war fan emblem on his back.
Although the other students were unfamiliar with him, how could Obito possibly not recognize him?
“Shisui!”
A genius of the Uchiha clan, completely different from Obito, the dead-last student.
He was a prodigy upon whom his clan had placed tremendous expectations!
“What are you two doing here?” Obito asked blankly.
Kakashi casually replied, “It’s just a mission from Lord Hokage.
We…
Wait, why haven’t you stopped yet?”
The last sentence was directed at Chen Fan.
Yet Chen Fan did not even look at him and continued beating Asuma.
He completely ignored Kakashi and Shisui’s words.
The two of them immediately felt somewhat embarrassed.
They had been sent by the Third Hokage to keep an eye on Asuma.
Although their mission did not specifically include protecting him, he was still the Third Hokage’s son.
How could they simply stand there and watch Asuma get beaten?
Especially now that Chen Fan was becoming more and more vicious.
Asuma’s face was already swollen to twice its normal size, and he had even lost consciousness…
“I said, stop!”
Kakashi flashed forward and grabbed Chen Fan’s arm with his right hand.
“Kakashi?” Chen Fan glanced at him.
Chen Fan was even a little younger than Kurenai and the others, having skipped grades to join their class.
Kakashi had graduated exceptionally early.
By the time Chen Fan had skipped up into the class, Kakashi had already graduated.
The two of them had never really interacted.
At most, Chen Fan had occasionally heard Kakashi’s name from Obito and the others.
“It’s me,” Kakashi said.
“What are you two here for?” Chen Fan glanced at Kakashi.
“Why do you have so much free time to meddle in my business?”
“Come to think of it, you seemed to be standing nearby just now too…”
Kakashi paused before saying, “We received a mission from the Third Hokage to…”
His eyes turned toward Asuma.
To look after Asuma?
Everyone around them instantly understood what Kakashi had left unsaid.
“Anyway, stop beating him.” Kakashi spoke in a deep voice.
“Asuma has already learned his lesson.
That’s enough.”
“You’re all classmates.
Don’t go too far!”
“Oh?” Chen Fan glanced at him.
“Then why didn’t you say that when Asuma ambushed me just now?”
Uh…
Kakashi and Shisui’s expressions instantly froze.
It wasn’t that they had not wanted to intervene.
They simply had not managed to get there in time!
They had been too far away, and Asuma and the others had launched a surprise attack.
There had been no time to react!
But…
After hearing Chen Fan’s words, the students nearby began looking at Kakashi and Shisui strangely.
Their expressions made it seem as though they were looking at henchmen working for some criminal organization…
“I never knew Kakashi was this kind of Kakashi.”
“I thought he was pretty cool before.”
“In the end, he’s still not as good as Chen Fan…”
Especially Kurenai and Rin.
Their eyes were filled with disappointment as they looked at Kakashi.
It was almost as if they were saying: I never expected this from you.
You’re not the Kakashi you used to be anymore…
Kakashi’s face darkened.
Although he had never had any particular feelings for Rin, that look in her eyes…
“Anyway, stop beating Asuma!” Kakashi said coldly.
He was not good with words and did not know what else to say at this moment.
He could only repeat himself.
“Then I won’t beat him.
How about I beat you instead?” Chen Fan laughed and threw a punch.
Kakashi sneered.
Who was he?
The most talented genius in the history of the Ninja Academy!
He had graduated from the academy at the age of five.
At six, he had advanced to Chunin.
Although he was still a Chunin and had not rapidly advanced to Jonin yet, his strength was worlds apart from that of students who were still attending the Ninja Academy!
So what if Chen Fan had some reputation despite not even graduating yet?
A punch like this was so straightforward, with no attempt to conceal its trajectory.
A punch of this level could actually hit me—
Bang!
Chen Fan’s fist slammed into Kakashi’s stomach, sending him flying more than thirty meters.