Knock knock...
"Come in."
"Hokage-sama, you were looking for me."
A silver-haired man in a green vest and mask walked in with dead eyes, looking lazy.
"That's right… "
The Third Hokage looked at the spiritless Kakashi and sighed inwardly.
He was a good ninja.
His strength was also very strong, and he was famous in all major ninja villages in the ninja world. Any ninja who met Kakashi would recognize him.
But because of his companions in the early years, he gave up on himself and looked at the world with a world-weary eye, and almost fell into darkness.
The Third Hokage also wanted to transfer Kakashi out of Anbu, give him some new tasks, and let him come out of his grief of the past.
It was just that Kakashi, who would complete every task very well, had not been successful in the matter of leading students for several years.
For various reasons, he brushed off the students selected by the Third Hokage for him.
This gave the Third Hokage a headache.
For such a good Jōnin, just being an Anbu was a bit of a waste of talent.
"Hokage-sama?"
Kakashi scratched his head.
He knew that when the Third Hokage called him, there must be a mission, and Kakashi also guessed what the mission was.
In the past few years, every year when the ninja school graduation comes close, the Third Hokage would find him and ask him to be an instructor.
But he felt that he was not suitable for it. Personality was one aspect, and he felt that he was not worthy of being a teacher.
What's more, every time those students failed his test and did not get his approval.
His tests were really simple.
The simple thing is that even if they were not strong enough, Kakashi would not dislike them.
The difficulty was that they couldn't grasp the point of the Kakashi test, and if they didn't value their companions, they couldn't pass the test.
In Kakashi's view, if such a simple test could not be passed, it was better to go back and retake it, and then change the instructor.
"You come with me."
"Yes…"
...
After a while, the Third Hokage brought Kakashi to a simple house.
"This is?"
"Naruto's home."
"Naruto... sensei's child?"
Kakashi was slightly startled, he didn't expect the Third Hokage to bring him here.
"But, didn't you say..."
Kakashi looked at the Third Hokage suspiciously. When he wanted to see Naruto before, he was rejected by the Third Hokage.
Why now?
"Because Naruto has grown up, he is going to become a ninja. Naruto has been safe these years, and the Nine-Tails in his body has never gone mad. It can be seen that Minato's seal is still strong, but we can't always count on it. With the seal, Naruto also needs to learn how to control the power of Nine Tails. So, I want you to be his teacher and teach him how to master this power so that I can feel more at ease. "
Naruto was not Kushina and could not make seals.
But because Minato's Eight Trigram Seal was very strong, the Third Hokage also slowly began to relax his guard on Naruto. After all, such a powerful Nine Tails Jinchūriki, unless Naruto was locked up like other ninja villages, it would be better to learn from Cloud Shinobi, let Jinchūriki and Tailed Beast trust each other, and become a perfect Jinchūriki.
And wasn't the Eight Trigram Seal designed for that?
More importantly, the Third Hokage felt that Naruto had been deeply influenced by his will of fire, and he had become the only irreplaceable "friend" in Naruto's heart, so the Third Hokage was very relieved of Naruto.
His years of hard work had not been in vain!
It was much better than Danzo's method of forcing control, which could have caused damage.
"Expired milk...instant noodles without nutrition..."
Kakashi looked at Naruto's life and felt sour. Didn't he say that he would take good care of Naruto?
The milk on the table was specially placed by Naruto. Although he was rich, he couldn't use it openly. He had to buy some expired food every time and throw it away, to relax the vigilance of the Third Hokage.
"This kid has a withdrawn personality and doesn't like to make friends. He has always been a loner. Fortunately, he met some peers after going to school, and he got better."
"This is not…"
"Yes, quite similar to you."
"..." Kakashi was speechless, that's not what he was going to say.
But it was true that being alone and not making friends with other people was really in the same style as himself.
If it weren't for Guy being so persistent, Kakashi probably wouldn't have had any friends.
"So if you are here, I feel more at ease, because you have a pair of keen eyes."
"And... that kid from Uchiha is also on your team."
"Hearing this...it feels quite hard."
Kakashi, who hated trouble, said helplessly.
"Anyway, I'll leave it to you."
The Third Hokage took a few steps, ready to leave.
"I understand."
"By the way, finding a suitable teacher for them...it's quite troublesome. So I'll leave it to you."
"That depends on whether they can pass my test."
Only at this point, Kakashi would not budge.
"You... Forget it, so be it."
The Third Hokage sighed weakly, and only hoped that Naruto could pass the test.
Otherwise, should I let Guy be their instructor? After all, Naruto's taijutsu talent is also pretty good.
But with Guy...
The Third Hokage thought about it and gave up.
"Sigh, let's talk about it if they don't pass."
...
"Everyone, get ready, the graduation exam will be held tomorrow, I hope everyone can pass it smoothly!"
"It's finally time."
The corners of Naruto's mouth curled up, six years had finally passed!
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