Konoha: I'm an Uchiha, and I started by proposing to Rin Nohara.

Chapter 57 Classic Bell-Grabbing! If one of you is eliminated, won't only one voice remain?

Faced with Uchiha Ike's barrage of questions.

Kakashi pursed his lips tightly.

He had never actually thought about so many questions.

What he thought about most was whether his father's mistakes back then were right or wrong.

My father's choice back then was to abandon the mission and rescue his comrades.

However, upon returning to the village, he was blamed by the villagers, and even his rescued companions turned around and questioned him.

Therefore, Kakashi felt that his father was wrong.

Therefore, in the first two squads he joined, he disregarded the safety of his teammates in order to complete the mission.

But when a series of questions came rushing at him from Uchiha Ike, Kakashi suddenly realized that his thinking was somewhat immature in both breadth and depth.

Did Father think about these issues back then?

So why do people still criticize you in the end?

Kakashi felt his head was spinning.

"Tell me, Kakashi, can you shoulder these responsibilities?"

"..."

"Look me in the eyes and answer me!"

"..."

Kakashi took a deep breath, forced himself to meet Uchiha Ike's gaze, and stubbornly squeezed out a voice from his stiff throat: "I can..."

But Uchiha Ike interrupted him directly.

You can't!

Uchiha Ike sneered, "By then, you'll be dead in the Pure Land, your grave overgrown with weeds taller than a person. How can you possibly bear any responsibility then?"

Kakashi remained silent, only staring coldly at Uchiha Ike.

A few seconds passed.

"Stop rambling." Kakashi looked away, clenched his fist, and said, "You clearly don't understand anything."

As the atmosphere between the two grew increasingly cold, Kurenai Yuhi's palms became sweaty.

Kurenai opened her mouth, wanting to say something to ease the atmosphere, otherwise the team's first day of assembly would be a disaster.

But Tsunade made the first move.

She stretched out her small, delicate feet and gently stepped on the grass, making a soft, relaxing sound.

"It seems you all have your own ideas, that's good..."

"But that won't do us any good." She clapped her hands with a laugh, then shook her head: "It's hard to move forward when there are differing opinions within a team."

"So that you can live in harmony... Ding ding ding ding!"

Tsunade mysteriously extended the back of her hand, then flipped her wrist upwards, revealing two silver bells magically in her palm: "Let's steal the bells!"

Uchiha Ike narrowed his eyes instantly.

I thought Tsunade wouldn't do this kind of show, but she still did.

The most classic bell-grabbing game!

"Steal the bell?" Kurenai Yuhi's delicate, oval face was full of question marks.

"This is your final test as genin," Tsunade said with a grin. "Whoever gets the bell officially becomes a genin, and whoever doesn't... well, you'd better go back to the ninja academy and repeat a year!"

After saying that, Tsunade shook her hand, and the silver bell glittered in the sunlight.

Kurenai was momentarily blinded by the light, instinctively squinting and wrinkling her nose in confusion as she asked, "But there are only two bells here..."

"So," Tsunade nodded, "at least one of you three will have to go back to the Ninja Academy to repeat your studies."

Go back to the Ninja Academy to repeat a year?

Wouldn't that make us a laughing stock for a year?

Kurenai's face paled instantly: "But my father never mentioned this to me..."

"This is a form of protection, so your elders will consciously keep it a secret," Tsunade said leisurely. "If you can't even do this, then naturally you have no reason to become ninjas, otherwise you'll just be giving away bounties to other ninja villages."

Kakashi stood with his hands in his pockets, not saying a word, as if none of this concerned him.

"The same goes for Chunin; they'll just go back to the Ninja Academy and repeat their studies." Tsunade glanced at Kakashi and asked, "You don't doubt whether I can do it, do you?"

As the eldest princess of Konoha, Tsunade wanted to demote Kakashi back to a student. Regardless of how difficult it would be, a visit to the Hokage's office would likely have made it happen.

Kakashi tensed up upon hearing this, but kept his hands in his pockets and remained silent.

Although Uchiha Ike injured him last time, it was because he was careless and didn't know how strong he was, so he didn't dodge.

If it happened again, Uchiha Ike would have no chance of winning unless he fought Uchiha Ike fist to fist.

As for Kurenai Yuhi, although her genjutsu is decent, Kakashi can come up with five ways to break it in a second.

In other words, among these three people, he is undoubtedly number one.

This is also the source of his confidence as the youngest Chunin in history. He takes one bell, and the other two fight over the remaining bell; this is the scene he envisions.

"You're quite confident," Tsunade praised with a smile. "Then I'll keep a close eye on you later."

"..." Kakashi silently lowered his head and extended his hand.

He wasn't cowardly; he just felt there was no need to go against Tsunade.

"Very good." Tsunade's eyebrows curved into a smile, like two bright moons. "Do you have any other questions?"

"Me," Uchiha Ike said with a smile, raising his hand and asking, "How can this solve our disagreement?"

"It's simple." Tsunade patted her chest forcefully, causing the enormous evil to sway violently. "If we eliminate one of you, won't only one voice remain?"

Before they could react, Tsunade shook the bell in her hand, and the bell immediately rang out with a clear sound.

"You have three minutes left. The bell-grabbing competition will officially begin in three minutes!"

As she spoke, she instantly appeared in front of a wooden post and sat down. She took out several bottles of liquor, two plates of snacks, and a deck of cards from the sealed scroll and began to enjoy her drink.

"..."

"..."

Kakashi and Uchiha Ike, who remained in place, faced each other.

Neither of them spoke, but sparks seemed to fly between them.

"Wait!" Kurenai Yuhi stood between the two, her face tense, waving her hands nervously. "Lady Tsunade is trying to sow discord between us!"

She used to be the most aloof person in the crowd, so how did she become such a worrywart mother after joining Class 5?

If these two start fighting before they even begin, wouldn't I be doomed too?

What? She can go and snatch the bell herself?

She went to fight Tsunade, is that true?

"puff."

Seeing Kurenai's tense face, Uchiha Ike couldn't help but laugh.

"What are you laughing at?" Kurenai Yuhi stomped her foot and asked in a low voice.

She was almost frantic, and really wanted to reach out and pinch Uchiha Ike's annoyingly handsome face until it was deformed.

"Of course we know she's trying to sow discord," Uchiha Ike explained with a smile, "and we never intended to fall for it."

He glanced at Kakashi, who stood expressionless to the side: "No one should believe such a low-level tactic, Kakashi, right?"

"Hmph." Kakashi turned his head away, but did not refute.

Kurenai Yuhi paused slightly, glanced at Kakashi, then at Uchiha Ike, and asked with a look of utter disbelief:

"You guys...were all acting?"

So, it turns out she was the only one genuinely feeling this way!