Naruto: Set a goal, conquer the universe.

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Complete Chapter 35 and accept the quest.

"Bang!" Kakashi, instantly surrounded by the three, turned into a log and disappeared from the spot.

The substitute wood was smashed to pieces by Naruto and Sasuke.

A bead of cold sweat trickled down Kakashi's forehead as he hid.

"These three little guys really don't hold back."

“Hiding won’t help in front of us.” Naruto looked towards a corner.

Hinata and Sasuke also activated their bloodline limits and looked in that direction.

Seeing the white and red outfits, plus the gentle breeze surrounding me.

Kakashi knew he couldn't hide from them at all.

All three had the means to detect their own location.

He could only manage an awkward laugh before jumping out of the woods where he had been hiding.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!" He was greeted by Sasuke's Fire Release technique.

"Wind Release: Great Breakthrough!" Naruto unleashed a coordinated ninjutsu.

The original fireball was now faster, the flames were more intense, and its power had increased exponentially.

"Earth Release: Earth Flow Wall!" Kakashi glared and slammed his hands on the ground. A wall of earth, carved with a dog's head, instantly rose up and blocked Kakashi's path.

The moment the stone wall rose, the flames were already upon them, their immense power tearing the intact earthen wall to shreds.

Kakashi hid behind the earthen wall and felt a wave of heat rolling in, but fortunately, a small section of the earthen wall in front of him remained firm, protecting him tightly.

"Eight Trigrams: Sixty-Four Palms!" A delicate shout appeared behind Kakashi.

"Oh no." Kakashi's eyes widened slightly.

Hinata's Eight Trigrams Shift and Flying Thunder God Technique are both completely unpredictable and impossible to defend against.

Before Kakashi could even turn around, he was already hit by Hinata's sixty-four-hit combo from behind.

Hinata delivered the final blow to Kakashi, a smile spreading across her face: "Kakashi-sensei, I've sealed your meridians. Is the battle over?"

Kakashi, who was attacked, did not respond. Instead, his figure quickly blurred and turned into a ball of strong electricity, heading towards Hinata.

But a figure quickly grabbed Hinata's waist and left the original spot. The ball of electricity couldn't find its target and could only slowly disappear.

"Lightning Clone Technique." Naruto put Hinata down and looked at the spot where Kakashi had disappeared in the form of electricity.

"He used a clone to replace his original body the moment he released the Earth Flow Wall. As expected of Kakashi-sensei."

As he spoke, Naruto stomped his foot hard on the ground, and the chakra in his foot instantly exploded, causing the ground within a dozen meters of him to crack instantly.

"Lightning Release: Chidori!" Sasuke's hands were already crackling with lightning, emitting a sound like a thousand birds calling out. He leaped up and charged towards Kakashi, who had jumped into the air to dodge.

"Damn it, is Sasuke really going to kill me?" Kakashi watched as Sasuke charged towards him with his ultimate technique, and suddenly felt as if the boomerang of fate had struck him.

"Water Release: Water Wall!" Kakashi quickly formed hand seals in mid-air, and a large amount of water gathered in front of him, trapping Sasuke in the water.

Kakashi used a defensive ninjutsu as a restrictive ninjutsu.

The timing of the ninjutsu release is absolutely superb.

Lightning Release: Lightning Tiger - All-Out Attack!

Kakashi gave a low shout, and three hounds made of lightning suddenly sprang out from within the water array wall!

Raiken charged towards Sasuke along the water's flow, its hissing lightning instantly swallowing the sharp sound of Chidori.

"Damn it... the conductive water has enhanced my Lightning Release!" Sasuke's pupils contracted, and the three tomoe in his Sharingan spun rapidly.

He immediately abandoned his offensive, used the water's current to propel himself backward, and simultaneously threw three shurikens straight at the Thunder Dog's core.

The shuriken, imbued with lightning, was melted into molten iron the instant it touched the Thunder Dog—

A piece of the substitute wood exploded in Sasuke's original spot, and his real body appeared on a tree trunk ten meters away.

He was still panting, and the numbing sensation from the lightning strike lingered in the charred areas of his sleeves.

"Not bad." Kakashi landed and chuckled, but his hands formed hand seals again. "But the tactics were too straightforward, Sasuke."

As Sasuke formed hand seals, he channeled Earth Release chakra into the ground, and the tree trunk beneath his feet suddenly softened into a muddy mess!

"Earth Release·Yellow Spring Marsh!"

The moment Sasuke's body sank into the mud, the tomoe in his eyes spun wildly: "I've seen through it!" He pressed his hands into the mud, and the blinding Chidori Stream of lightning flowed down his arms and into the earth—

Lightning collided with earth, exploding and scattering mud everywhere. Sasuke used the recoil to escape, but in the dust and smoke, he ran into Kakashi's anticipated capture!

"Battle over." Kakashi pressed his kunai against the back of Sasuke's neck.

"...It's not over yet!" Sasuke suddenly sneered.

The restrained "Sasuke" turned into white mist, and his true form suddenly emerged from under Kakashi, slashing the kunai in his hand toward Kakashi's waist.

"A shadow clone to lure the enemy, has the real body already hidden?" Kakashi dodged in surprise, but the kunai still tore through his waist pouch.

Two bells flew into the air—

"Eight Trigrams - Empty Palm!"

Hinata's palm strike from afar accurately hit the bell, but Naruto's shadow clone had already caught it in mid-air.

"Kakashi-sensei—" Naruto grinned, shaking his bell, "Looks like the process is complete!"

Kakashi sighed helplessly. The three children in front of him were no less powerful than him. The fact that the three of them were working together to deal with him was truly a challenge for him. Fortunately, this was just a formality.

"Well, congratulations on passing! From now on, we're a formal ninja team. Please take good care of us," Kakashi said with a smile.

"Kakashi-sensei, please take good care of us," the three said in unison.

The three of them held Kakashi in high esteem, as he had guided their training since childhood.

The four-person team was officially formed.

However, contrary to what the three had imagined, as genin, they had to complete D-rank missions before they could take on higher-rank missions.

A D-rank mission is a mission that can be completed within the village without leaving the village.

For example, cleaning up river debris and helping villagers harvest wheat fields.

On the one hand, this allows newly graduated genin to receive guidance from their supervising jonin, and on the other hand, it gives them a transition period.

The life of a ninja will never be the same again.

Today's task is to help the villagers cultivate farmland.

"Thank you for your hard work, ninjas! Naruto-sama, you actually accepted this mission?" The villager who posted the mission walked over carrying iron tools for clearing farmland, and his face lit up with surprise when he saw Naruto.

“Ah, after all, I just became a ninja myself.” Naruto nodded slightly, glancing at the iron tools in the villagers’ hands, and said, “These are unnecessary.”

"Huh? How are you going to dig the ground without using iron tools?" the villager asked in confusion.

“Of course, you can just use your hands,” Naruto said, extending his hand.

"How about it? Consider it training. This will strengthen your finger muscles," Naruto said, looking at Sasuke and Hinata.

“No problem.” Sasuke nodded.

Hinata gave a soft "hmm," for she found finger strength very important.

If you don't even have the strength to apply pressure to acupoints, how can you apply pressure to acupoints?

Kakashi said to the villagers, "We can rest on the side; leave this to them."

"But..." The villagers still wanted to stay and see how they planned to cultivate the wasteland.

Then he saw Naruto and the other two find a piece of land, bend down and stick their hands into the soil to start tilling it.

Shockingly fast.

"This, this..." The villager was startled; no one had ever done this kind of land reclamation before.

Won't your fingers hurt when you stick them into the ground like that? Won't you get hurt?

Chapter 36 Escort Mission

The villagers found Naruto and his group's method of clearing land to be quite frightening.

No one has ever cultivated land in this way before.

However, Naruto and his friends did it much more efficiently than they would have picked up shovels and started clearing the land themselves.

Naruto and his two friends cleared the wasteland with their fingers without any hindrance, and cleared the wasteland at a speed visible to the naked eye.

Before lunch, all the wasteland to be reclaimed in three days was ready.

The villager cooked a sumptuous meal to entertain Naruto and his companions.

After Naruto and the others washed their hands, he took a special look at their fingers and found no signs of injury.

As expected of a ninja master, as expected of Naruto-sama.

After having a meal with the villagers, he respectfully offered them his reward.

The reward will be split 50/50, with Kakashi taking 50% and Naruto and the other two splitting the remaining 50% equally.

However, none of the three were interested in the pay, as none of them were short of money!

Sasuke is a landlord, Naruto has an inheritance left by his parents, and Hinata is the eldest daughter of the Hyuga main family.

Several days passed like this, and Naruto and his two friends did not slack off in their training at all, doing whatever could be considered training.

For time-consuming tasks, shadow clones are used.

Kakashi didn't say much. Anyway, the mission was already completed, so he didn't care whether it was a shadow clone or not.

After accumulating a certain number of D-rank missions, the Third Hokage finally gave them a C-rank mission: to escort a famous bridge-building master, Tazuna, back to the Land of Waves.

In the Hokage's office, Tazuna reeked of alcohol, his steps unsteady, and he glanced at Naruto and the other two with hazy, drunken eyes, muttering disdainfully, "You bunch of little brats are going to take me home?"

Upon hearing this, the ninja assisting the Third Hokage immediately frowned and warned in a serious tone, "Please show some respect. This is the son of the Fourth Hokage!"

Tazner was struck dumb; the effects of the alcohol vanished instantly, and cold sweat poured down his back.

He then realized that the seemingly ordinary boy in front of him actually had a remarkable background.

In his panic, he repeatedly bowed and apologized, saying, "Yes, I'm sorry!"

Seeing this, Kakashi calmly said, "If there's nothing else, we'll set off in an hour."

Dazner quickly nodded in agreement.

Then, Kakashi turned to Naruto and the other two and instructed them, "Go back and pack your things. Meet at the village entrance in an hour."

At the entrance of Konoha Village, Kakashi diligently registered relevant information on the mission list.

After completing the registration, he embarked on his journey with Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, and Tazuna.

Along the way, Naruto and Sasuke were very excited. This was their first time leaving the village, and everything outside was new and exciting to them, like fish that had been trapped in a pond for a long time finally swimming into the vast ocean.

Hinata, who had previously visited friends with her father and seen the outside world, appeared much calmer at this moment, quietly following the group and constantly paying attention to the surrounding movements.

As the five walked along the road, after crossing the border of the Land of Fire, Kakashi specifically warned them, "Be careful once you cross the border of the Land of Fire. You might encounter enemy ninjas here."

"However, this is just a regular escort mission, and it generally won't involve battles between ninjas."

Upon hearing this, Tazuna's eyes lit up with panic, and he lowered his head, silently following behind Naruto and the others.

Kakashi gave him a deep look.

As they passed by the puddles on either side of the road, two heads popped out of the puddles and instantly jumped out, killing Kakashi, who was looking at the Icha Icha Paradise without any suspicion.

Then, without stopping, they headed straight for Dazna.

They completely ignored Naruto and his two genin.

To those two Chunin, Genin were just people they could kill at will.

Their mission is to kill Tazna.

But the next second, their bodies were sent flying backward.

The two men coughed up blood mid-air and crashed heavily into two trees, where they lingered for a long time, resembling a mural.