Kakashi's Chidori debut concluded perfectly with the assistance of Daishi's monocle.
Minato Namikaze was overjoyed at the sight of Kakashi, Obito, Rin Nohara, and Daishi, who had all matured completely.
Since Daishi's arrival, the entire team's atmosphere had changed.
Previously, Obito had always relied on his Sharingan for strength, believing that his power would transform once he awakened it.
However, after Daishi came, Obito gradually shed this idea, and after successfully awakening his Sharingan, his strength grew increasingly powerful.
The old Kakashi was closed off, extremely rigid about missions and rules, and could readily abandon teammates to complete a mission.
Now, although Kakashi can sometimes be a bit sharp-tongued (Minato Namikaze believes this is due to Daishi), his personality has become increasingly gentle and bright; he no longer constantly talks about missions and rules and has truly moved past his old ways.
Rin Nohara has been training Medical Ninjutsu even harder to help Obito, Kakashi, and Daishi, and her Medical Ninjutsu skills are now steadily improving.
Furthermore, the four of them have excellent team coordination.
Minato Namikaze was initially worried about letting Squad Kakashi go alone to infiltrate enemy lines and destroy Kannabi Bridge, but now Minato Namikaze is very relieved.
Because everyone has grown, maturing into qualified and reliable Ninja.
Minato Namikaze said with a smile, "The most important thing for Ninja is teamwork. You've all done very well. We'll set up camp and rest tonight. Tomorrow, I'll accompany you for a bit longer before we split up."
"Okay~"
Night.
Daishi couldn't sleep at all; he lay awake, looking around aimlessly.
Obito asked, puzzled, "Daishi, what are you doing? Not sleeping in the middle of the night?"
Daishi, who was very tense at the moment, retorted directly, "Sleeping is something you can do plenty of when you're dead. I'm still alive, so I want to stay awake. Do you have a problem with that?"
After muttering 'crazy,' Obito rolled over, turned his back to Daishi, and happily went to sleep.
The reason Daishi was so tense was that Uchiha Madara or Black Zetsu might be secretly observing them from somewhere.
Daishi's guess was correct; Black Zetsu was indeed observing them nearby.
Black Zetsu's Mayfly technique allows his body to merge with the earth and plants, cutting off all presence during its activation.
Even Minato Namikaze, with his excellent sensory abilities, couldn't detect him at all.
Black Zetsu heard that Minato Namikaze would be acting alone starting tomorrow and felt it was a perfect opportunity.
However, this opportunity was difficult to seize.
As Uchiha Madara said, he had no practical combat ability; he specialized in reconnaissance and intelligence gathering.
Moreover, Obito had Kakashi and Daishi by his side, so while observing Obito, Black Zetsu naturally observed Kakashi and Daishi as well.
It could only be said that these three together were difficult to deal with; even several Jonin together might not be able to defeat them.
Black Zetsu felt that Daishi was the most troublesome, because Daishi's fighting style was sufficiently shameless.
When fighting Kirigakure at the border, Daishi fought a lame Kirigakure.
After Daishi discovered he was lame, Daishi didn't attack anywhere else, only his lame leg and his other good leg, directly breaking the Kirigakure's good leg.
The Kirigakure who couldn't stand was directly killed by Daishi.
Ever since seeing this scene, Black Zetsu inexplicably felt that the biggest obstacle to getting Obito was definitely this Daishi.
Black Zetsu pondered for a moment.
Mozuru, who was killed by Kakashi, had two companions waiting for him.
The two Iwagakure are also Jonin; as soon as the two sides encounter each other, a battle is bound to happen.
But those two Iwagakure would definitely not be their opponents, so what should be done?
Black Zetsu's gaze fell on Rin Nohara, who was resting with her eyes closed, and he immediately let out a sinister chuckle.
...
The next day.
After everyone had rested, Minato Namikaze accompanied Squad Kakashi through the forest and into a bamboo grove.
"Next, we'll split into two groups. Good luck, everyone! The Ninja yesterday was just a solo scout by chance; it's very likely you'll encounter team battles now, so be careful."
Daishi cleared his throat and said, "As the captain, I need to say a few words. You must be cautious in your actions. If you encounter a crisis you can't handle, you must immediately activate the device on the necklace I gave you, understood?"
Kakashi looked at Daishi in disbelief: "How did you become the captain again?"
Daishi said with an air of entitlement, "The captaincy rotates. It was your turn a few days ago, now it's mine!"
Obito's eyes lit up at this: "Then, Daishi, when will it be my turn to be captain?"
Daishi actually answered earnestly, "After I've had my fill!"
Kakashi clenched his fists; sometimes he truly wanted to kill these two.
Minato Namikaze and Rin Nohara smiled helplessly.
Minato Namikaze waved his hand: "Alright, I'm leaving. Be careful, and I'll see you later."
Minato Namikaze left alone.
Daishi took a deep breath and said seriously, "From now on, you absolutely must be careful. I'm not joking. Kakashi, you lead the way!"
Kakashi couldn't hold it in anymore: "Hey! That's enough! I'm the officially appointed captain! Officially appointed! You're supposed to listen to my orders!"
Daishi said disdainfully, "I didn't realize you were so vain, Kakashi. Fine, fine, the captaincy is yours, but you have to listen to my commands. Alright, it's decided, let's go!"
Daishi condensed Sand Iron, forming a Third Eye that floated in the air.
Kakashi was so angry he nearly had a heart attack. Him, vain?
Vain, my foot!
He'd rather give the captaincy to Daishi, and then Daishi and the others would listen to his commands.
Obito sternly scolded, "Kakashi, what's wrong with you? Aren't you listening to the captain's orders?"
Kakashi was gritting his teeth, but then he suddenly felt it was pointless to argue with these two idiots, because they were idiots, and no matter what he said, they wouldn't listen. So, he walked ahead without a word.
Many traps were discovered in the bamboo grove.
However, these traps were all discovered by Kakashi in advance; he either disarmed them or bypassed them, proceeding smoothly towards Kannabi Bridge.
As they passed a pond, two Iwagakure were hiding behind a rock.
These two Iwagakure were Mozuru's companions, Firelight and Daishi.
Firelight squinted at Daishi and his group: "Hey, Mozuru went to scout and never came back. Could he have been killed by those brats?"
"Heh, let's go ask then."
After Daishi formed hand signs.
"Ninjutsu: Camouflage Hiding!"
Daishi's body began to become transparent until it completely disappeared, and then he quietly approached Squad Kakashi.
And inside Daishi's clothes, a dark, inky substance was attached.
This dark, inky stuff was Black Zetsu.
----------------------------------
I've already posted 70 new chapters on Patreon!
If you like the story and want to reaad more, please visit my patreon. Every support is very meaningful!
[patreon.com/Kazenova223]
Thank you very much!
"And If you're enjoying it, drop a Power Stone for me!"