Chapter 27: Sakumo whose image collapsed

"See you in a week then."

At a fork in the road, Satoru said goodbye to Mahiro and Miwa, and then walked towards the Hatake residence with Kakashi.

"Well done, Kakashi."

Suddenly, Satoru spoke. Hearing this, Kakashi showed a slightly surprised expression on his face. Apparently, he didn't understand what "behaving well" meant.

"I saw your fight with the giant python. You are indeed my brother."

"Humph, isn't that of course?"

Although Kakashi's face still had a cold expression, he was very happy inside. This should be the first time in his memory that his brother recognized him.

"But don't be complacent because of this. Our family's situation is not that good in the village."

Kakashi looked at Satoru with a puzzled look, obviously not understanding what Satoru meant by these words.

"You will know later."

Satoru touched Kakashi's hair. At this moment, Satoru suddenly felt that someone was following them behind him, and Kakashi also felt it.

"elder brother."

Kakashi's face instantly showed a serious expression.

"Well, Kakashi, I leave it to you."

Then, the next second, a voice came from behind the two people.

"Kakashi, come and challenge me, Konoha Tornado."

Satoru quickly dodged to the side, and Kakashi also quickly turned around and blocked Kakashi's blow with his arm, but the strong force still pushed Kakashi's body back five or six steps to the side.

In taijutsu, apart from Satoru, Kai should be the most powerful one among his peers. Even Kakashi will be at a disadvantage if he goes head-to-head with Kai in taijutsu.

"Kakashi, I heard that you passed the Chunin Exam. Congratulations."

After kicking Kakashi, Gai gave Kakashi another thumbs up and smiled his signature smile.

"Your way of congratulating is really special, Kai."

Kakashi k In the toilet, Kai's figure will appear anytime and anywhere.

Now even if Gai appears from anywhere, Kakashi will no longer find it strange.

"However, the Chuunin Exams are not over yet."

Kakashi also rushed towards Gai, and the two of them fought instantly. Although Gai's existence could not provide any substantial help to Kakashi's ninjutsu and genjutsu, in terms of physical skills, Kakashi should be grateful. There is Kai.

The two of them attacked with one punch and one kick.

"Konoha whirlwind."

The two used this taijutsu at the same time, but in the end, Kakashi was slightly weaker and was knocked back a few steps by Gai.

"Konoha Steel Tornado."

Seeing Kakashi retreating, Gai planned to pursue the victory.

"not good."

Kakashi's eyes widened and he watched Kai's legs getting closer and closer to his face. Kai seemed to realize the seriousness of the problem, but he could no longer stop the car.

At this moment, Satoru appeared in front of Kakashi in an instant and blocked Kai's attack with one hand.

And Kai also felt very strange. His legs clearly didn't feel like they hit anything, but they seemed to be hit. However, with Satoru's relief, Kai also did a backflip and retreated.

"You win this time, Kai."

Satoru directly announced the outcome of this unexpected battle.

Logically speaking, Kakashi shouldn't have lost so quickly, but the blame was that Kakashi underestimated his opponent and planned to compete head-on with Kai in taijutsu, and then suffered a direct loss.

"53 wins, 54 losses, very good. One more win and it's a tie."

Kai's eyes seemed to be filled with fire, and his whole body exuded a strong fighting spirit.

"To celebrate the victory in this competition, I decided to run 50 laps around Konoha while standing on my head. Kakashi, you have to work hard."

Then, under the gaze of Kakashi and Kai, Kai stood on his head and ran towards the distance, so fast that he set off waves of smoke and dust.

"Brother Satoru, you have to work hard for the Chuunin exams."

When Kai left, Satoru also heard such a voice.

"You underestimated the enemy this time, Kakashi."

"I just didn't expect Kai's progress to be so great."

Kakashi also admitted his own problem. His previous dozens of matches with Kai were all rock, paper, scissors, so he had no idea that Kai's strength had increased so much during this period.

"Kakashi, you remember what my father and I told you, Kai, he will become your biggest opponent."

"I'll keep it in mind."

Kakashi said with a serious expression as he watched Kai's figure getting further and further away.

Although Kakashi lost this time, he was not discouraged. After all, he used his own weaknesses to counter the opponent's strengths. If Kakashi used an illusion, Kai's current level would be defeated instantly.

After all, Kai's current resistance to illusions is almost zero, and he has not fully mastered even the most basic three-body ninjutsu. Otherwise, with Kai's current level of physical skills, he should have graduated from the ninja school long ago.

Kai is currently at the bottom of the ninja school in all subjects other than actual combat, but in terms of actual combat, Kai has never fallen out of the top three.

When they returned home, they found that their father had already prepared a meal waiting for them at home.

"You two did well, Satoru, Kakashi."

A smile appeared on Sakumo's face, and he was obviously happy that the two of them could pass the second test.

"After all, we can't embarrass Konoha White Fang."

"Hahaha, you are indeed my son."

After hearing Satoru's words, Sakumo's smile became happier and happier.

"Kakashi, I found a master for you today."

Suddenly, Sakumo spoke.

Upon hearing this, Kakashi and Satoru stopped moving their hands at the same time.

"Master?"

Kakashi said in a confused tone.

"Yes, I think you will be satisfied. He is Namikaze Minato. I think you should have heard of his name."

"That Namikaze Minato who mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Kakashi's eyes sparkled a little.

"That's right."

"But it is said that he is a strong candidate for the Fourth Hokage. Wouldn't that be the same as your father..."

Kakashi didn't finish speaking, but Sakumo already understood what Kakashi meant.

"I have no interest in the position of Hokage at all. I understand what the Third Hokage means. I handed you over to Namikaze Minato just to let the Third Hokage see my determination."

"Thank you father."

The young Kakashi believed that his father gave up the fight for Hokage so that he could grow up better.

"Come on, without any background, even if my father wants to become the Hokage, he will definitely not succeed."

At this time, Satoru's words suddenly broke Kakashi's fantasy.

"The Third Hokage-sama also has his own disciples and disciples. How could he pass on the position of Hokage to an outsider?"

"Well, actually it doesn't have to be so straightforward, it's okay, Satoru."

Sakumo said with a somewhat embarrassed tone. He felt that the tall image he had established in Kakashi's mind was instantly shattered.