'Is his change because of that woman? ' Obito thought silently in his heart.
Before the night of the Nine-Tails, in order to prevent any accidents, Obito had sneaked into Konoha several times to see if there was anything unusual happening, and to sweep Rin's grave at the same time.
Once when Obito wanted to visit Rin's grave, he met Kakashi who was also going to visit Rin's grave.
So Obito hid in the dark, waiting for Kakashi to leave, and listened completely to what Kakashi said to Rin and to him.
But at that time, his mind was full of hatred, and he believed that he could not be happy in this cursed world.
So Kakashi's words undoubtedly seemed very stupid to him at that time, and he met people who said he was stupid! It was hopelessly stupid!
Now that I think about it, maybe it was because Kakashi married that woman that he changed like this.
While Obito was reminiscing about the past, Kakashi announced the start of the exam and the last match of the quarter-finals officially began.
The moment Kakashi swung his hand down, Itachi, who had been prepared, instantly put his hand into the ninja tool bag, took out four shuriken and shot them out at the same time.
His opponent, the Hidden Cloud Ninja Alick, is a Kekkei Genkai ninja who possesses the Bloodline Genkai of Storm Release.
Alick is a ninja who looks like a Hidden Cloud Ninja, with dark skin, strong muscles, and a sword on his back.
Itachi had noticed him before. He had noticed this Storm Release ninja during the first stage in the Forest of Death.
Because they arrived at the middle tower early, they watched the live broadcast in the middle tower for two days. Many ninjas with outstanding performances were remembered by them, and Alick was one of them who was paid more attention to.
Two members of Kumogakure advanced to the quarterfinals, but Alick was undoubtedly much stronger than the other one.
The muscular body on his body told others that his physical skills were definitely not simple. Coupled with his sharp swordsmanship and powerful Storm Release, he became extremely dangerous.
Itachi once saw Alick quickly wipe out a small group with just his sword. With his strong mobility combined with his powerful Storm Release sword technique, the group had almost no resistance.
Therefore, Itachi must not fall into the opponent's rhythm. Due to his age disadvantage, his physical strength is definitely not as good as Alick's. If the problem is not resolved quickly, Itachi will most likely be exhausted and lose in the end.
Facing Itachi, Alick also did not dare to be careless, because anyone who dared to be careless because of Itachi and Kabuto's age would lose miserably.
He quickly drew out the sword behind him, injected chakra into the sword and slashed out with several storm slashes. Blue electric light shot out and knocked away the attacking shuriken.
At the same time, Alick's chakra exploded, and all the strength of his body was concentrated on his legs. He instantly burst out at lightning speed, turning into a black lightning and approaching Itachi, slashing at Itachi with a sword shining with blue electric light.
Itachi was a little surprised that Alick suddenly burst out at such a fast speed. Although Alick's speed was not slow before, it was not that fast either. It seemed that he had held back in the previous battle.
However, if it comes to burst, Itachi doesn't think he will lose to Alick.
You know, the Sun Breathing that he practiced, because of its power and explosiveness, would consume too much physical strength, which resulted in the inability to maintain the state of Sun Breathing for a long time.
"Hu." Itachi took a deep breath and exhaled a stream of white air. The blood in his body was boiling, and endless power surged from the inside out, transmitting to every part and every cell of his body.
Relying on the sudden burst of power from the Sun Breathing, Itachi dodged Alick's slash.
The silver-white blade, carrying an electric current like a stream of water, slammed heavily into the ground, blowing up the ground of the arena and leaving a charred mark.
'Storm Release, a bloodline limit obtained by mixing the changes in the chakra properties of lightning and water, has the destructive power of lightning, but can be freely controlled like water...' Information about Storm Release flashed through Itachi's mind.
"But my slashing blow will not lose to yours." In the blink of an eye, Itachi quickly pulled out the sharp blade on his back and injected fire attribute chakra mixed with the Breathing of the Sun into the blade.
Whoosh whoosh whoosh!
The blazing red sun enveloped the silver blade, and the hot flames burned fiercely on the knife.
"Finally, we have to use weapons." Itachi's change not only did not make Alick flinch, but instead made his eyes light up and aroused his desire to win.
Itachi carries a knife on his back, which can be seen by anyone with eyes, but Itachi rarely uses it in battle.
Alick guessed that this must be Itachi's trump card.
"Flowing Cloud Lightning Slash!" All the strength of Alick poured into his right hand. A large amount of chakra in his body was used to activate Storm Release. The shining blue laser made the sword in his hand seem like a blue lightsaber.
The blue lightsaber cut through the air, with bursts of sonic booms emitting, and slashed towards Itachi with tremendous force.
Since Itachi has used the Sun Breathing, he is not at all weak. He needs to use even greater force to defeat someone like Alec who is fast, strong, and has more stamina than him.
boom!
The knife burning with hot red flames collided with the blue lightsaber carrying bursts of electric light. Fierce flames and blue lightning broke out at the same time, and a huge explosion sounded.
Sparks splashed onto the ground, leaving small pits. Small beams of lasers dispersed by the explosion shot around, causing further damage to the ground.
The flames and lightning attacked with all their might, red and blue lights flashed continuously, but for a moment neither could do anything to the other.
At this stalemate, the red flame on Itachi's sword erupted again, the flame surged in height and instantly engulfed the lightning, the red flame rushed towards Alick like a huge wave.
"I told you my brother is the best. He will definitely get first place." Zuo Zhu, who was watching the game, saw that his brother was about to win and instantly started to blow excitedly.
"Tsk, it's only the quarter-finals now. Even if we win we may not necessarily get first place." Naruto couldn't stand Zuosuke's look and said with a pout.
"What's the big deal? When I become a ninja in the future, I might be stronger than him and beat everyone up." Yurihua is not inferior to others.
Uzumaki Karin touched Lily's head helplessly and said, "Lily, girls shouldn't be too violent. Don't always say you want to beat someone up."
"Is that so? But my father said that if someone bullies me, I will beat him up." Lilyhua stated the basis for her theory.
Hua Ling didn't know what to say for a moment. It was fine to fight back after being bullied, but was it wrong for a girl at this age to think about beating people up
Kushina, however, admired Yurikana very much. She picked Yurikana up and rubbed her face against his. She said with a smile, "Your father is right. If someone bullies you, then you should beat him up and see if he dares to bully you again. If you can't beat him, then ask Naruto to help you."
"Kushinna!" Hua Ling looked at Kushina with some resentment. This was just adding fuel to the fire.
Kushina laughed twice without caring at all, pinched Yurikana's face with her left hand and said:
"Kakashi often came to our house before, saying that he wanted to learn some experience in raising children. I was worried that there would be some problems, but it turns out that he taught us very well."
Uzumaki Karin: …
What do you mean by looking good? There are big problems.
She also occasionally heard Kushina talk about her childhood. She would either teach someone a lesson for saying bad things about her, or beat up someone who talked about her behind her back.
He also asked Nagasawa Fuzuo, who was a child, to help him with his homework, which was something Hua Ling couldn't imagine.
In her impression, Nagasawa Fuzusa was a strong man who was kind to others but also full of dignity, giving her the feeling of being the pillar of Konoha.
It's hard to imagine that such a person was forced to help with homework when he was a child (according to Kushina, Nagase did it voluntarily, but Karin doesn't quite believe it).
"Uchiha Itachi wins!" Kakashi announced the result of the final battle of the quarter-finals.
In the end, it was the fire that defeated the lightning. Itachi's slash suppressed Alick's slash, and then he took advantage of the victory to defeat him.
"You are very strong, but if we have a chance to fight again, my attack will be stronger than this time, and you may not win so easily then." Alick said.
"Next time, I will also become stronger." Itachi didn't say anything harsh, but the brief words did show his inner confidence. Alick will become stronger, he will become even stronger.
After the match, Kakashi left the ring and walked towards Uzumaki Karin, Yurika and the others. He had seen them a long time ago, but because he had to host the match, he couldn't go over.
The referee for the third round was not just a simple matter of reading out names and saying start, he also had to save candidates who might lose their lives.
If a candidate loses his fighting ability in the third round, he will be deemed to have failed. At this time, the referee will have to stop the game to prevent the candidate from being killed by another candidate.
Therefore, it doesn’t matter who the examiners are in other stages, as the referees in the third round are generally not weak.
"Dad." When Lilyhua saw Kakashi walking towards them, her eyes lit up and she trotted over to Kakashi.
Kakashi squatted down and opened his big arms to hug Yurihua, then picked her up.
"Mrs. Kushina, Hua Ling, why are you here?" Kakashi walked to Hua Ling's side holding Yurikana.
"Nothing. Kushina suggested coming to watch the game, so I came." Hua Ling said with a smile as she helped Kakashi brush off some of the fine dust on his body.
"Well, but the game is over now, and it's time to go." Kushina patted Naruto, signaling him to say goodbye to his friends.
Although he often argued with Sasuke over all kinds of inexplicable things, the two were still good friends. After saying goodbye honestly, Naruto left with Kushina to find Minato.
Then Uchiha Mikoto took Sasuke to pick up Itachi, leaving Kakashi and his family behind for the time being, waiting for the crowd to retreat.
Obito, who was on a high place, silently watched the harmonious atmosphere among the three people, and retracted the step he was about to take.
The atmosphere among the three of them was so good that he couldn't bear to disturb them.
Obito followed the crowd silently. Because he was wearing an Anbu uniform, people subconsciously kept a certain distance from him, so he walked comfortably.
Obito soon spotted Nagasawa and walked over to his side.
"How does it feel?" Nagaze asked casually.
"Very impressive. That Uchiha Itachi is only seven or eight years old, but he has such strength. He should have no problem getting promoted to Chunin this time." Obito replied.
"Well, at the end of the first round he was deemed eligible for promotion to Chunin," Nagase said with a smile.
There were a lot of people participating in this Chunin Exam. The number of people eliminated in the Forest of Death alone was twice as many as in previous Chunin Exams, so the quality of the third round of ninjas was surprisingly high.
Some people are considered qualified to be promoted to Chunin even if they are eliminated in the first round, because it is not because their strength is not good enough, but because their opponents are too strong.
"You see Kakashi, why don't you say hello?"
"His wife and children were nearby just now, so it wouldn't be nice to disturb him," Obito replied.
"Then you have to wait for a while. Kakashi hasn't gotten off work yet. He should go to the training team's base later. I'll take you to find him there then." Nagase thought for a while and said.
"Yeah." Obito nodded.
"When are you planning to meet Kushina?" Nagase asked.
"Let's do it tomorrow. After I meet Kakashi, I'll buy some gifts and then go to Minato's house to apologize," Obito said.
Obito was planning to buy some daily necessities and nutritional supplements for the children as gifts, but he really couldn't think of what to give.
After all, he has been committing murders and arson in recent years, and he hasn't experienced giving gifts for a long time.
After finishing up the matter with Kushina, he became busy. He had previously told Nagase that he would do something for those he killed, and it was not just talk.
As for Konoha, we just need to ask Nagase to help collect information, but there will be trouble over in the Hidden Rain Village.
Many members of Akatsuki are wandering ninjas who joined the group because they were moved by Yahiko's ideals. It is very difficult to investigate their identities.
"What should I say when I meet Kakashi?" Suppressing his wandering thoughts, Obito began to think about how to face Kakashi.
Finally, Obito decided to do as Minato did, tell Kakashi everything directly, apologize sincerely, do what he could, and leave the rest to Kakashi.
If Kakashi is still willing to treat him as a friend like before, that would be great. If Kakashi is not willing, Obito will gladly accept it.
Time passed slowly, and Nagase took Obito wandering around the village. Half an hour later, he brought Obito to the training team's base.
"Come in, Kakashi should be inside." Nagase said, pointing at Kakashi's office.
Previously, the training team and the Fourth Generation Anbu shared a base. Later, when there was no Fourth Generation Anbu and the Third Generation Anbu, the Fourth Generation Anbu moved back. The base then became entirely owned by the training team. The space suddenly became more spacious, and now each team leader has his own office.
Obito nodded, opened the door and walked in.
Kakashi, who was studying Jiraiya's masterpiece Intimate Paradise, suddenly heard the door open. He hurriedly wanted to put the book away, but in his anxiety he dropped the book to the ground.