The Black Beast of Konoha

On a sunny afternoon, Kabuto was taken to the No. 16 training ground by Nagasawa.

"Kabuto, what do you think of your strength?" Nagasawa asked Kabuto while walking to the place where Kakashi and the others trained.

"It's pretty decent compared to my peers," Kabuto said modestly.

Bang!

Nagasawa smacked Kabuto's little head. "Decent is not good enough. If you're only decent after receiving my training, doesn't that mean that my training is not good enough?"

He rubbed the place where he had been smacked by Nagasawa, but he did not regret what he had said.

After living with Nagasawa for so long, he had already known Nagasawa so well, and he knew that Nagasawa just wanted to smack him.

Even if he said that he was the strongest among his peers, Nagasawa would still smack him and then say that he should be modest...

"Let's go! You are about to graduate. Today, I will officially introduce you to my men. If you join Anbu in the future, they might be your superiors."

Nagasawa did occasionally take Kabuto to watch the spar between Kakashi and the others to increase his knowledge in case he got ahead of himself because he was the most excellent student in the Academy, but they had not talked with each other.

After all, other than Ensui, the other three were somewhat "unique", and it would not be good if their uniqueness infected Kabuto.

And now Kabuto had been training under him for nearly a year, and he was no longer the fledgling he once was. He had probably confirmed his path.

For the time being, he mainly focused on cultivating Water and Wind Release in terms of Ninjutsu in addition to Water Breathing.

Nagasawa didn't teach him anything about Sealing Techniques or Illusion Techniques, as it wasn't good to become a trick of all trades but master of none.

Nagasawa would teach him other techniques after he had mastered everything he thought.

Seeing the short figure beside Nagasawa, Kakashi's eyes lit up.

Every time Nagasawa brought Kabuto over, Nagasawa would pause the training and have them spar.

"I don't need to get my ass kicked today." Midori Inuzuka said in Kakashi's stead.

"There are only two hours of training in the afternoon. There are still four hours in the evening." Ensui reminded him silently.

Midori Inuzuka's face went stiff. She almost forgot that Nagasawa had changed the training schedule, so he would still beat her up in the evening.

However, Midori Inuzuka recovered very quickly. She displayed her optimism and said,

"Squad Leader Nagasawa, Ensui said that he wants to undergo special training alone. I suggest that you use a Shadow Clone to train Ensui for two hours."

Ensui couldn't take it anymore, and the veins on his forehead bulged. He hurriedly said, "Midori, you bastard, don't talk nonsense. I never made such a request."

It was a joke. These days, Nagasawa's punches were particularly painful because Nagasawa had already used Color of Arms Haki to beat them. The reason was that Nagasawa felt that the collision between Haki could develop their Haki further.

Although Nagasawa held back and would not beat them up too badly, it was painful nonetheless, especially for Ensui. He had never suffered such pain.

"Didn't you just say that i you don't mind sparring for two hours? I thought you wanted to fight Squad Leader Nagasawa for two hours straight." Midori Inuzuka expressed her understanding.

"Alright, then, Midori Inuzuka will be training separately for another hour later." Nagasawa nodded.

"Yes." Midori Inuzuka nodded. Then, she suddenly realized that something was wrong. "Hey, shouldn't it be Ensui?" Midori Inuzuka asked, unconvinced.

Whoosh! Bam!

Nagasawa instantly reappeared next to Midori Inuzuka and gave her a smack on the head.

"No talking back! Look at you. If you've properly trained your Haki, you should be able to dodge this punch of mine!" Nagasawa snapped.

"But Squad Leader Nagasawa, you are too powerful. Even Kakashi and the others can't dodge it!" Midori Inuzuka touched his head and thought for a moment.

"Then we will have a special training for an hour," Nagasawa said. The Nine-Tailed Demon Fox's attack was coming, so they could not slack off on their training. It was better to be beaten by him than to be beaten by Obito.

Kakashi and Ensui looked at Midori Inuzuka together. She always said unnecessary things!

Guy was excited. He waved his fist covered by Color of Arms Haki and said, "Youth is special training!"

Looking at Guy's fist covered by Haki, Nagasawa was slightly surprised, "Guy, you can use Haki constantly now?"

Guy nodded and said, "After the training last night, when I was cultivating Six Powers, I suddenly had an inexplicable feeling that I could use it."

"That's right, you all have to learn from Guy." Nagasawa nodded and praised.

The three of them nodded and did not say anything. They knew about how much effort Guy put into his training. When they had already left, Guy still stayed behind to train most of the time.

Nagasawa waved his hand and called Kabuto to their side. He pointed at Kabuto and said, "His name is Kabuto Yakushi. It's safe to consider him as my younger brother. Today, I brought him here to formally meet you."

"So his name is Kabuto Yakushi. Shouldn't it be Kabuto Fujiwara? I thought he was your son." Midori Inuzuka voiced his guess.

It was impossible for Nagasawa to treat a child so well for no reason. There was only one truth, and that was that the child was Nagasawa's son. This was Midori Inuzuka's wonderful deduction.

"What nonsense are you talking about? I haven't married yet. How do I have a child?" Nagasawa was speechless.

"It could be an illegitimate child…" Midori Inuzuka boldly guessed.

"Do you want to have a taste of Squad Leader's love?" Nagasawa shook his fist.

"Hello, Squad Leader Nagasawa's younger brother, I am Midori Inuzuka, from Inuzuka Clan." Feeling that he might get beaten up, Midori Inuzuka quickly introduced herself in a serious manner.

"Judging from your age, you should still be at the Academy. I am very strong. If anyone bullies you, just tell me. I will beat them up for you, but if the one that bullies you is your brother, forget it. Don't call me. I can't beat him."

"Yes, thank you, Inuzuka-san." Kabuto nodded gratifyingly. He still liked people like Midori Inuzuka. There was no need to use his brain to get along with such people.

"Yo, it's my turn. I'm Might Guy. I'm good at Taijutsu. If you want to learn Taijutsu, you can ask me." Might Guy showed his two rows of big teeth and gave Kabuto a thumbs-up with a smile.

"Thank you. I'll take up on your offer later." Kabuto smiled and gave Might Guy a thumbs-up.

" Kakashi Hatake, if you want to learn Lightning Release, you can find me." Kakashi quickly said.

"Kakashi-senpai, you are my goal. I will try my best to catch up with you." Kabuto said seriously.

At this stage, Kakashi was Kabuto's goal because Nagasawa always used Kakashi as an example when he graduated from the Academy at five years old, then became a Chunin at six years old, and Jonin when he was twelve years old.

"Best of luck then." Kakashi encouraged.