No Cooperation At All

"Teacher is so slow, I'm not even late but he is late, damn it!"

"Obito, the teacher probably has something going on."

"..."

Kakashi glanced over, not knowing what to say.

You know you like being late too?

But indeed.

As a jōnin, being on time is an indispensable professional creed, how can he be so late?

Could he be secretly observing us!

Gripping his White Fang tanto, he covertly surveyed his surroundings.

After a moment, Kakashi's body stiffened as he slowly looked back towards the tree not far behind them.

"Good afternoon, everyone."

In the next instant.

Minato appeared before their eyes.

So fast!

Kakashi was shocked.

This speed...

Among the people he had seen before, only Kyōichi had such terrible Body Flicker Technique, and now, he saw the second.

"Sensei, you're very late!"

Obito said angrily.

"Haha, actually I arrived very early and have been observing you guys the whole time. Clearly, only Kakashi is vigilant, you two...fail!"

"Huh?"

Hearing this, Obito was dumbfounded.

Fail?

The exam hasn't even started yet!

"Of course, Rin has the talent of a medical ninja, she started learning medical knowledge very young, and is the type of ninja we urgently need, so I'll make an exception for Rin to pass, but you... Kakashi, Rin, you can vote on whether to keep Obito or not."

Minato smiled gently, but his words were not gentle at all.

He had previously tried to be stern, but Kyōichi said he lacked deterrence and it was better to say such things with a smile.

Now look.

Sure enough, very deterring.

Obito was dumbfounded in an instant, mouth moving but not knowing what to say.

Damn!

He thought he came for an exam, but before the exam even started, he's already out?

On Kakashi's side, he was seriously considering.

Obito...

He is indeed incompetent.

Not a problem of ability, but this guy's unruly personality makes it very difficult to get him to cooperate with me, I did seriously consider replacing Obito.

But.

Before he could speak, Rin already said first: "Sensei, how can you do this... Obito has been working hard too, give him a chance."

"He's not late this time, that's quite hard-working."

Minato nodded with a smile.

"I, I won't be late again!"

Obito was anxious.

Looks like this jōnin really intends to kick him out.

They didn't doubt Minato's ability.

Because they all knew more or less that Minato was Konoha's youngest jōnin before, and was also one of the Legendary Sannin Jiraiya's disciple. Kicking Obito out would only take a word from him.

"What about you, Kakashi?"

"Me? If it was up to me, I definitely wouldn't keep him, but... forget it, whatever."

Seeing Rin's pleading gaze, Kakashi didn't say any more.

"Then, let the exam begin, the exam project is very simple, you just have to injure me to pass, the exam starts now..."

Minato squatted there, seeming to have no defenses at all.

"Scatter!"

...

"As expected."

Yūhi Kurenai sighed.

Hoping for Obito to understand tactics, that would be very difficult, especially when the order came from Kakashi.

Ever since they entered the Academy a few years ago, Obito had been at odds with Kakashi.

Asuma had a black line on his face. Looking at Shisui, then looking at Obito who stayed behind in the distance.

Such arrogance.

The opponent is a jōnin!

The three of them worked out various tactics, cooperating to their limit, but still couldn't touch a single hair on Kyōichi. Let alone Obito alone.

"Well, at least his Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique isn't bad."

Kyōichi smiled.

Obito wasn't without merit.

His Great Fireball and shurikenjutsu were very skilled, he was also decent with kunai, he just lacked common sense and judgment.

Simply put.

Others were dead-lasts because they lacked talent, Obito was purely because he lacked brains.

Unfortunately...

The Great Fireball Technique wasn't easy to injure people.

As expected.

He only burned a substitute.

Rin had no choice but to retreat to help, while Kakashi didn't hesitate at all, just threw shuriken from afar to cover them.

Shisui asked in puzzlement: "Why is he hiding?"

"Hm?"

Asuma glanced at him, not really understanding his question.

It was Kurenai who explained a bit: "Kakashi is like that, hard to describe in a few words."

"Shisui, what do you think should be done now?"

Kyōichi asked.

"Obito and Rin have already been pinned down, as the strongest fighting force in the team aside from the jōnin, he should definitely assist their retreat now."

Shisui said.

"Keep watching."

Kyōichi neither confirmed nor denied.

At this time, the situation on the field changed.

Minato made his move!

Although Obito and Rin resisted desperately, how could they be his match?

Seeing that they were about to lose.

At this moment, a blade of light burst out from underground.

Kakashi!

"Such fast sword skills."

Asuma was extremely surprised.

This was the first time he saw Kakashi go all out. The speed was very fast, decisive and ruthless, just like an old hand on the battlefield, completely unlike someone their age.

However.

Useless, Minato was even faster.

The sound of clashing weapons could be heard from far away here.

Obito and Rin tried to join the battle but couldn't get a chance to help at all.

Although attacking non-stop, the effect was quite mediocre.

"What do you guys think?"

"They are fighting wrong."

"No cooperation, very messy."

"I think so too."

Shisui and Kurenai voiced their opinions in succession, by the time it got to Asuma there wasn't much left to say, he could only parrot.

In fact.

Can't say there was no cooperation, only that there was absolutely no cooperation.

Originally Obito and Rin had some cooperation and tacit understanding, but once Kakashi joined, the battle became so chaotic it was hard to watch. Forget about bringing out each other's strengths, whether they could bring out their own abilities was questionable.

Team combat had never been about solo performances —

Barring absolute strength.

Clearly, Kakashi wasn't that strong.

"If it was the three of you, are you confident in defeating Kakashi and the others?"

Kyōichi asked.

"Us? I feel we can handle it."

Asuma thought about it and said.

Shisui and Kurenai also lightly nodded.

Kakashi was strong, but he was alone. As long as Obito and Rin were dealt with first, then to handle Kakashi, the three of them against one would be a piece of cake!

"Minato, let them go next."

"Okay, then I'll end this quickly to avoid draining too much of their chakra."

The shadow clone finished speaking and immediately dispersed.

Next moment.

On the battlefield, Minato's speed suddenly doubled.

With loud clanging sounds, Kakashi's, Obito's and Rin's forehead protectors were all knocked flying.

"You all fail!"

Minato's face was stern.

Looking at the three, eventually looking at Kakashi, he said: "If this is what shinobi means to you, then I advise you to go back to the Academy, don't go on the battlefield to harm yourselves and others."

"..."

Kakashi clenched his tanto, glanced at Obito, then coldly snorted with his head turned, clearly very displeased.

"Not convinced? Good, just in time, I've asked Jōnin Kyōichi and Team 1 over, you can train with them and see how other squads operate."

Minato was very impolite.

He really was a little angry, and kind of understood why Kakashi didn't get a chūnin squad and the Third could only assign him to reorganize under himself.

How could this attitude work?

(End of chapter)