Kakashi - The Perfect Negative Teaching Material

"Teacher, you always treat us to ramen, when are you going to treat us to a barbecue meal?"

Asuma couldn't help but complain.

While Ichiraku Ramen was delicious, eating it all the time does get old.

Kyoichi glanced at him and said, "Treat you to barbecue? No problem, I'll treat, you pay."

"Huh?"

Asuma was surprised.

How could that be considered treating them?

And he actually said it so blatantly!

"I just got promoted to Jonin, and between being at the hospital and classes, I don't make much. Treating you guys to barbecue would mean living off the northwest wind for the second half of the month."

Kyoichi said impatiently.

Even with the system, poverty was unavoidable.

He had considered doing some business on the side, but he had been too busy recently to get into that stuff. When he tried to scam some research funds, all he got was a bookstore permit...

It was tough!

The kids didn't really understand the pressures of making a living and money, especially Shisui, having grown up in the Uchiha clan and only being 5 years old, he had no idea what financial stress was.

Instead, he was thinking about the previous battle.

Ninjutsu, taijutsu, kenjutsu, genjutsu!

Master of them all!

What attracted him most was the move Teacher used to restrain him.

Muin genjutsu.

Or more precisely—

Muin genkenjutsu!

How did he do that?

"Teacher, I have another question. How much of your power did you actually use this time?"

Asuma was curious.

Kyoichi was too strong!

He took them all out with barely an effort, without any room for resistance.

How much strength did he use?

Kyoichi himself couldn't say for sure either. He thought about it carefully and weighed for a long time before saying, "30%? Maybe less, because any technique, when flexibly combined and applied, will be stronger than rigidly using them one by one."

"You're a Jounin, Teacher. If you still had to go all out against us, then we'd be done for!"

Shisui felt it was only natural.

Jounin were the strongest in the village aside from the Hokage. Although Kyoichi had just been promoted, his strength was clear. Taking on the three of them would be simple and easy.

Kyoichi didn't boast either.

He didn't go all out with his taijutsu or Body Flicker. He didn't use, Eight Gates, or Earth Spear. He didn't actively trigger any special properties of the Raijin Sword either.

If he had used them, with their current strength, the three of them wouldn't have lasted a second.

At this time, Shisui said, "Teacher, that last move...was it genjutsu kenjutsu?"

"The Second Hokage's theoretical kenjutsu isn't complete yet. What I want to achieve is to plunge you into an illusion the instant I draw my sword, combining it with Iai Beheading for a one hit kill."

"If you can really integrate them, it would be terrifying!"

Iai Beheading.

Asuma remembered it.

He had just "died" to that move.

If it could be combined with genjutsu, creating an illusion the moment the sword was drawn, even just a split second of distraction would be enough for a lethal blow, because Kyoichi was too fast—

When he saw the sword being drawn, he couldn't even react before Kyoichi was right in front of him.

And also.

This was definitely not Kyoichi's fastest speed.

Teacher didn't go all out. If he did, that one strike would be even more terrifying.

"Ninjutsu is dead, only through combination and skillful application can you develop your own style. Your ambush coordination was pretty good. If it was a Chunin, you might have taken them out already," said Kyoichi, not just criticizing.

The three of them were still very strong. With genjutsu control, the Great Breakthrough combo, and Fireball Jutsu coordination, even elite Chunin might not be able to withstand it.

While acknowledging them, Kyoichi also glanced at the system panel.

[Completed 'Teamwork' lesson.]

[Evaluation: Excellent!]

[Reward: Wind Release - Vacuum Blade]

Wind Release?

Kyoichi was a little surprised at this.

This was the only Wind Release ninjutsu he had so far.

It wasn't that he didn't have any jutsu scrolls, but he had too much to do at the moment. One shadow clone practiced kenjutsu, while he focused on training and teaching students. To practice Wind Release, he would need to split off another clone at least.

However, that would reduce the quality and duration. And it would be tiring, his original body might not be able to handle emergencies.

Gifting a Wind Release wasn't bad either, skipping over the attribute transformation research process. Moreover, this was a B-rank technique.

The ramen arrived.

While eating, Kyoichi said, "My ninjutsu, taijutsu, and kenjutsu are pretty good, medical ninjutsu and genjutsu are average. Kurenai, Shisui, genjutsu will depends on you two. I don't know Fire Release. For the rest, you three can choose one to specialize in."

"Specialize?"

The three were slightly surprised upon hearing this, but understood the meaning very quickly.

It wasn't hard to understand.

Specialize, meaning specialization direction.

"No need to reply immediately, think it over slowly after you go back. Eat first."

"..."

The three silently picked up their chopsticks, preoccupied with the matter, no longer having any appetite.

Kyoichi smiled with narrowed eyes.

After all, they were just kids.

When it came to big decisions, choice paralysis was inevitable!

At this moment.

He frowned slightly.

The shadow clone dispelled?

Soon, Kyoichi knew what happened—

Minato Namikaze had invited him to supervise Team 7's assessment.

Wasn't Team 7's tradition bell stealing? Something so simple, what did he need to go supervise?

"Teacher, what's wrong?"

Kurenai was very attentive.

She quickly noticed Kyoichi's distraction.

"Team 7 invited me to monitor their assessment. Do you guys want to go together?"

After Kurenai asked, Kyoichi thought of this—since you invited me, bringing three students shouldn't be a problem, right?

Using Kakashi and them as negative teaching examples would be just perfect!

Shisui's eyes lit up as he asked, "Who's in Team 7?"

"Jounin Minato Namikaze, and the others are Obito, Rin, and Kakashi."

Kyoichi only spoke after finishing his ramen.

The three kids instantly lost their appetite, excitedly saying in unison, "Let's go, let's go!"

"Alright, eat up, we'll go take a look after eating."

...

The Forest of Death.

The rest of Team 7 was already in position. Minato hadn't arrived yet, but Team 7 could be seen on a hill in the distance.

"I'll head over later, pretend I'm insisting on keeping Kakashi first?"

"Right, just say Kakashi is already a Chunin and won't go back to the Academy no matter what. Rin has talent as a medical ninja, you can also vaguely imply she passes too."

"Okay okay, anything else?"

"After that, you'll need to manipulate the two remaining spots, divide their team, then hit them with some extra test questions after the fight."

"Mm hmm mm hmm."

Minato kept nodding, his face full of admiration and agreement.

The three kids present all had black lines on their faces.

Especially Asuma and Kurenai—

Shisui had guessed it earlier. The two of them only realized after eavesdropping the whole time.

The whole thing was a setup from beginning to end.

Of course.

They didn't doubt that if they failed, they'd really be sent back to the Academy.

Kyoichi was usually gentle, but absolutely merciless and strict when testing.

"I'll head over first then, leave a shadow clone here. Let me know if you have any other suggestions."

After speaking, Minato made a hand seal and left a clone behind before heading out.

Kurenai hesitated, conflicted for a moment, before speaking up, "Teacher, Kakashi's situation is special. Sending him back to the Academy might be a bit too..."

"Kurenai, being a shinobi means taking responsibility for this profession."

"Yes."