Obito was a little annoyed.
If Kakashi hadn't participated, there would be no point in him getting first place.
What Obito wanted was to defeat Kakashi under the watchful eyes of Nohara Rin to avenge his previous defeat and take first place. Without Kakashi, Obito would not be too happy even if he took first place.
His obsession with winning the first place in the Junior Ninjutsu Tournament was entirely caused by Kakashi.
In front of Nohara Rin that year, Kakashi won the first place with a score that crushed him, making Obito's speech of winning the championship seem like bragging.
Obito always remembered this incident, but he never had the ability to win before.
Now that he has the ability to win them all, he finds that his opponent has already jumped out, which makes Obito very unhappy.
"No, I have to let Kakashi participate in the competition!" The more Obito thought about it, the more he felt that the competition would not work without Kakashi.
"We can go find Kakashi after school and ask him if he has any ideas about participating in the competition," Nohara Lin suggested.
"I can go with you. We haven't seen Kakashi in a while."
Although the three of them have a good relationship, they have fewer opportunities to meet since Kakashi graduated.
As students, she and Obito need to go to school every day, and as a ninja, Kakashi also needs to go on missions.
"Okay." Obito nodded, thinking that Nohara Rin's idea was good.
Obito asked for a day off from Muyue before school was over. He would not go to Muyue's place after school today, and would deal with Kakashi's issue first.
After school, Nohara Rin and Obito went directly to Kakashi's house.
Kakashi's home is not in the main city, but in the suburbs next to the main city. Although it is not prosperous enough, it is not as crowded as the main city.
Nohara Rin and Obito had been to Kakashi's house before and had even been invited in for dinner.
When they saw the large flat-floor house with a sloping roof coming into view, they knew they had arrived.
The two were lucky. Kakashi didn't have any mission today. When they arrived at Kakashi's house, Kakashi was practicing in the yard.
Kakashi held a short silver-white chakra blade and cut off the head and limbs of a scarecrow in two or three strokes.
Seeing his friends coming, Kakashi exhaled softly, inserted the chakra short blade back behind his back and asked,
"Why are you here?"
"We haven't played together for a long time. We all missed you so much that we came to see you." Nohara Lin said with a smile.
Obito was not as polite as Nohara Rin, and asked directly:
"Kakashi, the Junior Ninjutsu Tournament is about to begin. Do you want to sign up?"
"Junior Ninjutsu Competition?" Kakashi thought about it and realized that this was a folk competition he participated in out of boredom when he was in school.
"No, I'm not interested." Kakashi replied calmly.
In his opinion, that kind of competition was for children, and the reward for first place was just a more refined kunai.
Even when he was in the ninja school, he only joined because he was bored, let alone now.
Obito's face fell. Kakashi's refusal was too decisive.
"Why? Didn't you participate before?" Obito asked unwillingly.
He really wanted Kakashi to participate in the competition.
"At that time I was still a student at the Ninja School, and now I am a Chunin." Kakashi pointed to the ninja forehead protector on his head.
Obito felt that Kakashi was hinting at something. He was also a student then, and he is still a student now...
"What does it matter whether you are a Chunin or not? There is no age limit anyway." Obito continued.
"Do you really have to make me say directly that I have no interest in this kind of childish game of playing house?" Seeing that Obito was trying to pester him, Kakashi said mercilessly.
Obito was a little embarrassed. What kind of playing house competition was this? It was clearly a youth ninjutsu competition!
"I will also participate in the competition. Kakashi, you are not afraid of losing to me, are you?" Obito, who was a little anxious, began to become more aggressive. "Lose to you? Have you ever beaten me?" Kakashi said expressionlessly.
"I...I..." Obito frantically searched his memory and was shocked to find that he indeed had not defeated Kakashi.
Obito's face turned even redder when he discovered this frustrating fact.
"Kakashi, don't be so complacent. I am different now than I was before." Obito put his hands on his hips to show that he is no longer the same as before.
Kakashi looked at Obito, who was wearing goggles and a sportswear, with a silly smile on his face and his hands on his hips. He looked so silly.
Kakashi said honestly: "I didn't notice."
"Konoha swear words!" Obito couldn't hold it in anymore.
"You guys, we finally get to meet each other but you're still the same as before." Nohara Lin covered her mouth and chuckled as she watched this scene.
This scene has been played out in front of Nohara Lin countless times.
Obito likes to compete with Kakashi, but it is always Obito who suffers in the end.
Obito took a deep breath and calmed himself down temporarily. He suddenly thought of his teacher Mu Yue.
"If it was Mr. Mu Yue, what method would he use?" Obito fell into thought.
In order to make him practice more seriously, Mu Yue asked him to do one more question for every time he was hit. Although practice was difficult, doing the questions was even more difficult, so he chose the lesser of two evils and practiced more seriously to reduce the number of times he was hit.
"Choose the lesser of two evils..." Obito suddenly had an idea and thought of a solution.
"Kakashi, didn't you say that I can't beat you? Do you dare to bet with me?" Obito said with a provocative smile.
Kakashi's expression remained unchanged as he said calmly,
"Bet on who will come first in the competition? Do you think I will fall for such a stupid provocation?"
Instead of participating in such meaningless competition, you might as well read more books.
"Of course not. Don't you think you are very powerful? Then how about testing whether your eyesight is better or my hand speed is faster?" Obito said.
"If you win, I won't talk about the competition and I'll treat you to five servings of ramen. If you lose, all you have to do is participate in the competition."
As long as Kakashi doesn't agree, he will keep pestering him to participate in the Junior Ninjutsu Competition, and then Kakashi will naturally agree to this simpler and faster competition.
Kakashi didn't rush to agree, but asked, "How exactly do you compete?"
Obito plucked a leaf from the tree next to Kakashi's house and placed it on his palm and said,
"It's very simple. I will quickly switch the leaf between my left and right hands, and you will guess which hand the leaf is on. Isn't it simple?"
Kakashi thought about it and felt that Obito's hand speed could not be faster than his eyes, so he agreed directly.
He knew Obito's temper, and he might continue to pester him until night.
It would be better to use this simple competition to let Obito know the gap between them.
Obito used his hand speed to the extreme, shaking his left and right hands wildly, and only stopped after about five minutes.
"Right hand." Kakashi pointed directly at Obito's right hand where the leaves were hidden.
"I really don't know where you got the courage to compete with me in this." Kakashi was a little disappointed.
He thought Obito's hand speed was very fast, but the leaves never left his sight.
Hearing Kakashi's words, Obito laughed and asked:
"Kakashi, are you sure this is the hand? If you are sure, you can't change it."
"Want to cheat me? It's your right hand, open it quickly." Kakashi did not change his mind because of Obito's smile. He just thought that Obito was bluffing.
"Then I'll open it." Obito slowly opened his right hand.
(End of this chapter)