Do these kids not understand how serious this is at all?
Kakashi inhaled slowly. "Have you considered that if you give up now, you'll never be a ninja again?"
Naruto shrugged. "I know. But I'm choosing to give up for my comrades. No big deal."
Sasuke gritted his teeth. "They don't get it. Let me—"
Sakura: "You two should just fight already."
Naruto & Sasuke: "…"
Obito's phantom beside Kakashi chuckled. "They stumble everywhere, yet still want to sacrifice themselves for each other. Hard to figure out."
Kakashi sighed inwardly. "But Naruto said one thing right. If there were a chance, I'd trade my life for yours."
"Obito… you're my precious comrade."
The phantom faded into smoke.
Kakashi looked seriously at the three. "You can give up. That's your right. But if all of you give up, it means nothing."
"Choose. Who's dropping out?"
Sakura didn't answer immediately. She knew the next response would matter a lot.
But for some reason, she wanted to see what stunt Naruto would pull.
Sasuke wanted to speak at once—but his mouth opened and closed, words stuck in his throat.
Naruto looked at Sasuke, then at Sakura.
Oh? If I say something wrong, I take the blame?
Fine. Then I'll go all in.
"I propose all three of us give up." Naruto smiled.
Sakura, Sasuke, Kakashi—everyone froze.
Naruto paused, then said slowly, "Don't you think being a ninja is kind of pointless?"
Kakashi stared. "Why?"
"To complete missions efficiently, we have to crush emotion, violate human nature, even turn on each other. If that's what a ninja is, then screw being a ninja."
Naruto's voice rose.
"Sasuke! Yesterday you said your dream is to restore your clan and get revenge. But if you die on some client job, what revenge are you even talking about?"
"Sakura! I've seen your parents. They're not heroes, not some legendary bloodline—yet they still have to send their daughter to the front lines like they are. For what? For good luck?"
"And me? I just want to live like a normal person. But the village despises me, everyone looks down on me, and I'm supposed to grind myself raw to win their approval and become Hokage—what kind of bullshit logic is that?!"
In Naruto's past life, coworkers once caught him pulling Firefly in Honkai: Star Rail, and instantly stamped him "gross otaku."
To them, playing Genshin meant you were "that kind," watching anime meant you were obsessed with paper girls, quoting JoJo memes meant you were deranged, buying merch meant you were dumb and rich, discussing manga plot meant you were irresponsible…
Those comments fermented into blunt labels—"goblin," "rat," and whatever else.
Eventually, his wage-slave self snapped. He got mad.
For an entire afternoon.
"I want acknowledgment—but if the price is abandoning comrades and killing my humanity, then I don't want it!"
"It's not like only ninja get recognized. You can do other things too!"
"Sasuke, does revenge require the ninja title? Starting today, I can train with you every day. We'll study jutsu in the library, spar at the practice grounds, seek out strong people to fight."
"Sakura, I'll do anything you want. First we beat every cringe guy and show-off guy in Konoha. Then we castrate every man who plays with women so they can never stand tall again… me excluded."
Sakura burst out laughing.
Naruto didn't stop, turning to Kakashi, whose face was going blank. "Boss, I'll even run errands for you and buy the newest Icha Icha Paradise. The movie edition too!"
Sakura deadpanned. "Want me to report you to Konoha's higher-ups for minors watching porn?"
"Sorry, slip of the tongue."
Sasuke's mouth twitched upward. "Naruto, what are you actually trying to say?"
"I'm saying—" Naruto grinned. "If the concept of 'ninja' is dirty, then we don't need to be ninja. If this world is twisted, then we change it."
"If we keep following twisted rules, there's no way out. So we change them and carve a new road."
"But—" Kakashi couldn't help interrupting. "Wouldn't that road be too hard?"
Naruto smiled calmly.
Beside him, a white-robed, black-haired figure seemed to stand silently—sharp brows, narrow eyes, long hair whipping in the wind, every movement dangerous and powerful.
If this were Douyin, some hype music would be blasting right now.
That net-era legend chuckled:
"How hard can one person's resolve be?"
Naruto roared to the sky:
"How hard can one person's resolve be?!"
Granary with rice, heart with steel.
As the saying goes—
Through spring and autumn I chant, defying the world's road;
A tyrant's ambition never bows nor folds.
Schemes within schemes, the Gu-Saint supreme;
I laugh at all beneath the sky—who dares not kneel?
Dead silence. Only heavy breathing remained.
Sasuke's blood surged with youthful fire, like he could sprint straight to Itachi and throw hands with a "don't bully the young!" combo.
Sakura could barely hold back her grin, silently lamenting that Konoha didn't have phones—otherwise she'd record this and post it on forums where netizens could lovingly trace Naruto's family tree.
Kakashi, stunned, smiled, sighed, and felt a thin warmth settle in his chest.
"And you?" he asked Sakura and Sasuke.
Sakura spread her hands. "If I don't watch him, he'll go train with cringe guys. Someone has to stop him."
Sasuke snorted after a beat. "I don't need the ninja title. And I won't betray comrades."
Kakashi nodded, heart full.
Nothing else to say.
"Then this mission…" he looked at them.
"…You all pass."
Sasuke's eyes went huge. "Pass? Why? Didn't we fail?"
"You didn't fail." Kakashi shook his head. "Yes, a ninja's job is to suppress emotion and complete missions efficiently."
"But as Naruto said—anyone who abandons comrades for a mission is worse than trash."
He looked at Naruto seriously. "I like your ideal. But I still hope you act as a ninja moving forward."
"This world has a lot of injustice. But as long as people exist, injustice can be mended."
Kakashi inhaled, then smiled with crescent eyes.
"Until you change this world… I'll protect you."
Sasuke got it.
Naruto paused, then softened.
Kakashi was still Kakashi.
He wouldn't change just because the plot shifted. He'd always be this gentle, comrades-first teacher.
Too bad the Obito you miss so much will end up responsible for your master's death.
Your promise won't become unbreakable just because you're kind.
"From here on, Team Seven will officially take missions from the Land of Fire." Kakashi said. "Dismissed!"
…
The bell test ended.
Sakura and Naruto went to Ichiraku for food, then found a quiet place again.
"Alright," Sakura leaned on the wall, looking at Naruto seriously. "Tell me."
"What were you thinking? Why force a talk-no-jutsu on Kakashi instead of following canon?"
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