"Uzumaki Naruto, Genin, Ninja ID number 012607..." Kakashi couldn't help but twitch his eyelid after reading Naruto's certificate.
He would have to report to Mokgetsu about the Konoha certificate forgery issue tonight.
In Kakashi's view, the certificate Naruto presented was an excellently forged fake.
It looked incredibly real because it was identical to the Konoha Ninja certificates, with no difference in the details, but the information on it was just absurd; the ninja ID number had already reached over twelve thousand six hundred.
To understand how absurd it was, Obito hadn't even been graduated for a year yet; he was the latest graduate from Ninja Academy, and his ID number was 10886.
That means even if Obito was at the forefront of his batch, and Naruto was at the very end, there was still a difference of over 1700 people between them.
Ninja Academy clearly couldn't graduate so many ninjas in one year, and from the looks of Naruto, he didn't seem like a fresh graduate; he looked at least fifteen or sixteen.
Moreover, there weren't that many people in a Ninja Academy class; if Naruto were the latest graduate, Obito wouldn't have failed to recognize him.
The surname Uzumaki was very suspicious too; if Kakashi remembered correctly, there was only one Uzumaki in Konoha now, Minato-sensei's girlfriend, Uzumaki Kushina.
Just a simple certificate revealed so many absurd questions.
Kakashi didn't return the certificate to Uzumaki Naruto; he gave Obito a look and then silently gathered Chakra, preparing for a fight.
The Shadow Clone of Mokgetsu, who had been secretly tracking them, showed an interested expression; the situation was getting interesting.
"By the way, do you know where this is? Have you seen Mukade? I'm on a mission to capture him," Naruto happily asked, having finally met fellow village ninjas.
"This is Loulan; you came here without even knowing where it is?" Naruto's sincere expression made it difficult for Kakashi to tell if Naruto was genuinely naive or just playing dumb.
"Loulan? This is Loulan? I remembered Loulan being a wasteland," Naruto said, scratching his head in confusion as he looked at the surrounding intact and somewhat prosperous town.
Seeing Naruto like this, Kakashi felt a strangely familiar feeling, as Obito usually had the same demeanor.
Since Naruto didn't control his volume deliberately, passersby began to look their way.
Sensing trouble, Kakashi had no choice but to lead Naruto away to a secluded spot; if they continued like this, they'd be exposed before the investigation even began.
"By the way, isn't your last name Hatake?" On the way, Naruto couldn't help but ask Kakashi.
He thought the kid before him might be the illegitimate child of his sensei, Hatake Kakashi.
Kakashi nodded calmly; it wasn't the war era anymore, so revealing a surname wasn't an issue.
"So it is. Kakashi-sensei, how outrageous; he has such a big child and didn't even tell me," Naruto said indignantly.
Kakashi: ???
Kakashi stared at Naruto, puzzled. What does this mean? I am my own child, is there really another person named Hatake Kakashi in this world?
"Haha, Kakashi, he's calling you sensei, even though you're your own son," Obito couldn't help but laugh loudly.
He found Naruto extremely interesting. If Naruto really was a Konoha Ninja, Obito would definitely want to befriend him; he was too much fun.
Pfft.
Nohara Rin couldn't help but laugh at Naruto's words. She felt Naruto must know Kakashi, and his acting was top-notch; it was just too perfect.
Kakashi glared at Naruto with a black face, feeling Naruto was a ninja who knew him and was deliberately trying to annoy him.
"Uh, where is Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto asked, looking around for Kakashi's whereabouts due to Obito's words.
"Hahaha, I can't take it anymore," Obito laughed even louder; just this encounter alone made him feel this mission was absolutely worth it.
"Who are you exactly? Stop pretending." Unable to hold back, Kakashi asked directly.
He felt if this continued, it would leave Obito with endless jokes, and he couldn't tolerate that.
"Didn't I give you my ninja certificate? I am Uzumaki Naruto," Naruto scratched his head, puzzled.
"You mean that flawed ninja certificate of yours? The forgery was great, but the information inside was full of errors," Kakashi said flatly.
"If you can't speak honestly, then we'll have to communicate the ninja way," Kakashi said, silently taking out a kunai from his ninja pouch, having already arrived at a very secluded spot.
Despite Naruto's harmless demeanor, the information this matter revealed couldn't help but make Kakashi take it seriously.
"I really don't understand what you're thinking," Naruto said, a bit bewildered, not knowing how he had upset the other party.
Though laughing at Kakashi, when Kakashi was about to truly make a move, Obito chose to help immediately.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Obito gathered a large amount of Chakra in his throat, spitting out a massive fireball aiming at Naruto.
"Hey, hey, if you really attack, even if you're related to Kakashi-sensei, I'll make you cry," Naruto said, easily dodging the Great Fireball.
"So fast, the opponent's strength isn't simple," noticing Naruto's speed, Kakashi became more cautious.