Human Nature

Suddenly, Kakashi felt the change in the air.

Almost in an instant, Kakashi immediately squatted down.

Nagasawa liked to knock on the head or from the back, so Kakashi felt that squatting was perfect to dodge him.

Even if he couldn't dodge all of them, he should be able to dodge the first strike.

Then Midori Inuzuka's scream entered his ears.

"Ouch! Why me again? It's unfair!"

Kakashi stood back up as if nothing happened.

He thought that since everyone had their eyes covered, and Nagasawa was hitting Midori Inuzuka, no one should find out.

But Nagasawa's next words made Kakashi freeze.

"I'm hitting Midori, why are you squatting, Kakashi?" Nagasawa looked at Kakashi playfully.

The mask and black cloth perfectly covered Kakashi's face, making others unable to see his expression. Kakashi forced himself to calm down and said as if nothing had happened,

"My legs are a little numb from standing for too long, so I'm squatting to relieve them."

"Oh, is that so?" Nagasawa looked at Kakashi with a smile.

"Yes..." Just as Kakashi was about to continue his explanation, he suddenly felt a vibration in the air.

But when he felt it, the pain coming from his head told him that he had failed to dodge.

"You still have to sense your surrounding even while you speak," Nagasawa said faintly, and then deliberately walked around the three, and his audible footsteps gave off pressure toward them.

Time flew when you were having fun. Soon, morning passed, and it was noon.

Although it was noon, and it was the time when the sun was at its brightest, the three people could not feel the heat at all. Every time Nagasawa made a little sound of footsteps, the three people subconsciously trembled, as if the temperature of the air dropped by a few degrees with each step.

Nagasawa could not blame them, who would feel better after being beaten up in the morning.

Not to mention attacking Nagasawa, no one had successfully dodged Nagasawa's attack. All of them had been beaten black and blue by Nagasawa's stick.

Looking at the sky and feeling that it was almost time, Nagasawa smiled and said, "That will be all for this morning's Color of Observation Haki training."

"Can I eat?" Midori Inuzuka touched her swollen face and asked with a trace of hope in her heart.

To be fair, she had never been beaten so badly in her life, and the only thing that kept her going was probably the delicious lunch.

Nagasawa smiled and asked, "Midori, did you manage to hit me?"

Midori Inuzuka shook his head.

Nagasawa continued to ask, "Then, did you manage to dodge three of my attacks?"

Midori Inuzuka thought about it and was about to nod her head against her conscience, but after looking at Nagasawa's smile, she could only dejectedly say, "No..."

If she nodded, Nagasawa would definitely seize that opportunity to tease her.

"Then you can only watch me eat." Nagasawa took out a lunchbox amidst the laughter and opened it up, and the smell of sweet Dango immediately entered everyone's nostrils.

"What's so great about it? You're in your twenties, and you eat dangos every day? What a kid." Midori Inuzuka said disdainfully as if she was a mature adult.

At this moment, Kakashi stood up and said lightly, "If Midori doesn't want it, I don't mind eating it. Now that I think about it, Dango is very delicious."

"You have a good taste." Nagasawa gave a thumbs-up, and then took a dango and gave it to Kakashi.

Seeing this, Ensui immediately thought of something and said, "Actually, I also like dango."

Nagasawa also gave a portion to Ensui.

Midori Inuzuka was stunned and stammered, "No... no... Didn't you say that we're not allowed to eat?"

Kakashi retorted, "But I eat dango."

"..."

Midori Inuzuka's eyes widened. It was as if she was being betrayed!

Midori Inuzuka cleared her throat and looked up at the sky. She kicked the gravel on the ground and said, "Well, Nagasawa, Squad Leader, in fact, I also like dango."

Nagasawa pretended to be surprised and said, "But didn't you just say that only children like dango? You are already 15 years old, so you're not a child."

"That is on the outside. Inside, I'm a child. I can be considered a child." Midori Inuzuka cast away her pride for the sake of having lunch.

Looking at Midori Inuzuka who changed her face instantly, Nagasawa sighed as such was the nature of human beings. He stopped teasing her and gave her the food.

After lunch, Nagasawa began to teach them the Soru and Kami-e.

The reason why he chose these two was that Soru was the simplest of the six styles and it was also very practical, while Kami-e would give them the insight to learn Color of Observation Haki.

He would teach the three of them the Six Powers step by step. And to build a new Anbu, he alone wouldn't be enough. He could teach the three of them and then have them teach others.

Nagasawa personally explained the Soru and the Kami-e. Even Kakashi, who had already mastered the basics of Soru, did not take it lightly. He listened attentively to Nagasawa's explanation and then analyzed it with Sharingan.

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After four o'clock in the afternoon, the training ended, and Kakashi dragged his exhausted body toward the small hotel where Uzumaki Hanabira stayed.

Nagasawa said that since he was the one who brought her there, he had to take care of her.

Today, he had to take Hanabira to apply for household registration, so that she could officially become a Konoha resident.

Walking on the big street, Kakashi suddenly felt a slow airflow, and he subconsciously tilted his body.

It turned out to be Guy standing behind him. The slow airflow was because Guy was just about to pat him on the shoulder.

'If only Nagasawa-sensei's attack was as slow as that.' The pain from being hit by the stick still lingered in Kakashi's mind.

Although he still called Nagasawa a Squad Leader, he had already regarded Nagasawa as a teacher.

"Kakashi... Kakashi, how did you get like this? Did someone beat you up?" Might Guy was shocked.

Although there was a mask covering his face, he was very familiar with Kakashi. He could see that Kakashi's face was swollen and his eyes were blue at a glance.

Kakashi thought for a moment and said in a low voice, "I fell while walking."

Then he left just like that.

Being beaten up for the whole day, Kakashi certainly would not tell Might Guy about this.

"Hey Kakashi, tell me where you fell! I want to challenge myself. I can't believe it can make you fall so badly that you end up with a bloody nose and a swollen face." Might Guy asked.

Kakashi was stupefied. He shook off Might Guy using the crowd and go to the inn where Hanabira stayed.

Kakashi politely knocked on the room's door: "It's me, Kakashi."