bookmarkrole Chapter 8, Part 1 is raw, Part 2 is cooked; you'll get used to it after doing it a lot.
Chapter 8, Part 1 is raw, Part 2 is cooked; you'll get used to it after doing it a lot.
Shigure felt the warmth of home and the joy of improving her own abilities in the cozy ramen shop.
On Naruto's side, the situation was exactly the opposite.
Team 7's first official mission day was not as exciting and challenging as Naruto had imagined.
What awaits them are all sorts of trivial D-level tasks.
Help a wealthy woman find her lost pet cat...
Helping farmers pull weeds from overgrown fields...
I helped my neighbor walk her dog...
Paint the fences along the streets of Konoha...
……
After a whole day, Naruto felt like a handyman rather than a ninja.
In the evening, when Kakashi announced that the day's mission was over, Naruto finally couldn't hold back and exploded.
"Kakashi-sensei, is this what you call a ninja mission? Catching cats, pulling weeds, walking dogs, painting... This is so boring! I want to do something more challenging, like... like a mission where I can show off my skills and protect everyone, and become a hero!"
Sasuke, unusually, agreed, leaning against a tree trunk and coldly saying, "Hmph, this kind of low-level mission is of no help to my training. It's just a waste of time."
Sakura was also tired, but she still habitually chimed in, "That's right, Kakashi-sensei, when will we get a higher-level mission?"
Faced with the three's complaints, Kakashi remained as lazy as ever, chuckling, "Well... as a rookie genin, accumulating experience is very important. These basic missions are also part of a ninja's training. Step by step, step by step."
He gave a few perfunctory words, then immediately made an excuse: "Oh, right, I suddenly remembered I have some personal business to attend to. The meeting time and place remain the same tomorrow. Everyone go home and get some rest. Dismissed!"
After saying that, before Naruto and the others could say anything more, Kakashi disappeared from the spot with a bang using the Body Flicker Technique.
"Hey! Kakashi-sensei!!"
Naruto looked at the empty place and was so angry that he jumped up and down.
Sasuke and Sakura also looked helpless.
In the end, the three exhausted ninjas had no choice but to say goodbye and drag their heavy steps home.
……
However, Kakashi did not actually go home.
He didn't even bother to eat dinner, and used the Body Flicker Technique to arrive at a heavily guarded secret location in Konoha Village—the archives room used by the Anbu.
The archives are located deep underground, and the entrance is guarded by two ANBU ninjas wearing animal masks.
Upon seeing Kakashi appear, one of the Anbu members immediately stepped forward and said in a low, respectful voice, "Kakashi-senpai."
Kakashi nodded, his expression unusually serious, devoid of his usual laziness: "I need to go in and look up some information."
Seeing Kakashi's serious expression, the ANBU member didn't dare to be negligent. He immediately stood up and opened the heavy iron door leading to the archives: "Yes! Please come in, senpai!"
Although Kakashi had already officially left the Anbu and become a Jonin leader.
But everyone knows that he remains one of the Third Hokage's most trusted confidants, and he often accepts and completes various secret missions.
Therefore, he still has the authority to enter and exit the secret service's archives at any time.
Kakashi didn't say anything and went straight into the archives room.
This place is exactly the same as he remembered. The air is filled with the smell of old scrolls and ink. Rows of huge bookshelves are filled with countless scrolls and documents, recording most of the confidential information, ninjutsu data and... the unknown darkness of Konoha Village since its establishment.
Kakashi walked familiarly to the shelf area marked "Illusion" and began to carefully flip through the pages.
He came here for only one purpose.
Find clues related to last night's bizarre dream.
He firmly believed that it was not a simple dream.
It is highly likely to be a sophisticated and rare illusion that affects the mental level...
Or a similar forbidden technique!
He carefully examined records of various illusions and forbidden arts related to mental attacks, dream invasion, memory reading, shared perception, and even the soul level.
however……
Time passed second by second, and it was already completely dark outside.
Kakashi searched through almost every possible scroll, but still found nothing.
The Dark Division's archives contain no known techniques that can, as it did last night, silently pull multiple consciousnesses into the same space, play them precisely, even alter the dreams of specific individuals, and materialize images that the dreamers themselves are unaware of.
"How could this be... without a single clue..."
Late at night, Kakashi dragged his increasingly exhausted body out of the Anbu archives and returned to his empty room.
He lay in bed, staring at the ceiling, his heart filled with distress and unease.
Surprisingly, no similar records could be found in the vast archives of the Dark Division.
Does this mean that the caster's abilities have exceeded the comprehension of ordinary ninjas?
What worries Kakashi even more is...
The mysterious caster's target... seems to be Naruto!
What exactly does the other party want to do to Naruto?
Is it for the Nine-Tails?
Or is there some other, deeper purpose?
Amidst endless exhaustion and unresolved doubts, Kakashi's eyelids grew heavier and heavier, and his consciousness... began to blur once more...
……
The familiar feeling of weightlessness came over me.
When Kakashi opened his eyes again, unsurprisingly, he found himself once again in that dim and eerie screening room.
"Sigh..." He sighed almost inaudibly.
Sure enough, here we go again.
This time, he didn't panic like he did the first time, nor did he rush to explore the surroundings.
As the saying goes, "practice makes perfect," and with last night's experience, he was a little calmer.
He looked around and, sure enough, Sasuke and Sakura had arrived before him. The two were still wearing their pajamas and sitting in seats not far from him, their faces showing a resigned helplessness and a little curiosity.
It seems they also realized that this was not a dangerous trap, but rather a "rule" that was difficult to violate.
Kakashi greeted the two of them, found an empty seat, relaxed, and gazed at the huge, dark screen in front of him, patiently waiting.
Based on last night's pattern, the screen will light up shortly after he arrives here.
I guess it'll be about the same today.
as predicted.
Less than half a minute after he sat down.
laugh--
The screen lit up again without warning.
The scene still features Naruto as the main character.
but……