Master, Please Become a Hokage

From childhood, Kakashi had always been surrounded by the halo of a genius.

Now, he was being struck again by Sarutobi Ryo, taking things to a new level.

Hearing these sharp words, he, who had always been pampered, had no idea...

That he had simply been well-protected by those around him.

Kakashi had never witnessed true cruelty.

Whether it was Hatake Sakumo or Minato Namikaze, both had intentionally indulged Kakashi's temperament.

This pampering ultimately nurtured Kakashi into a prodigal son.

In the end, it took Obito Uchiha, "certified by Tobirama Senju as a member of a naturally evil clan", to correct him with the Will of Fire, completely transforming Kakashi.

It has to be said, this is extremely ironic.

After hearing these words, Kakashi's speed involuntarily slowed down, sweat broke out on his forehead, his head twitched, and he fell into a state of self-doubt.

At this time, Sarutobi Ryo had extremely dazzling achievements.

He killed as soon as he made a move.

And those he killed were all experts.

In the ninja world, he had already become a being known to everyone.

The name "Black Reaper" was in no way inferior to the name "Yellow Flash".

Upon seeing Minato Namikaze, small fry and cannon fodder could abandon their mission and flee.

But the problem was, upon seeing Sarutobi Ryo, there was a high probability they would leave behind a corpse on the spot; someone would definitely die.

Therefore... obviously, the title of Reaper was more terrifying.

Because it really meant losing your life.

Such a strong person, giving a sharp critique, naturally spoke the truth.

So Kakashi's heart began to waver.

However, it was clear that Kakashi had extremely strong self-esteem.

Kakashi, not yet poisoned by Obito's Will of Fire, still held the idea that he was superior to others, an elite genius.

So... after a moment, he gritted his teeth and actually ran over, lowered his stance, and requested Sarutobi Ryo to teach him taijutsu.

"In taijutsu, you can't follow Guy's path. The best route is to learn the swift path of your father and your teacher..."

Acting as a remote turret.

— Provided that you don't encounter enemies like Ay, who are speed-types.

"..."

Minato Namikaze, who was on the side, was also in a difficult position at this moment.

To be honest, if Kakashi didn't have the Sharingan, his upper limit would be an ordinary background Jonin.

So what he was waiting for was Obito to receive his "bento".

Obito was taken away by Madara Uchiha, transplanted with White Zetsu cells, gained some of the First Hokage's power, and then awakened the Mangekyo...

If he and Kakashi each had one eye... then Kakashi could still be saved...

Before that, cultivating Kakashi was pretty much left to fate!

Yes, fate!

Because Minato Namikaze didn't know how to teach Kakashi.

His path was completely unsuitable for Kakashi.

He couldn't learn the Flying Thunder God Technique.

The Rasengan consumed too much chakra, and Kakashi could only create his own Chidori, but the problem was that the Chidori required excellent dynamic vision...

Going back and forth, it was a dead cycle, unsolvable.

In fact.

Minato Namikaze had always been optimistic about Obito.

Even without "second playthrough" memories, he felt that Obito would one day surpass Kakashi.

After all, the Sharingan was an unreasonable thing.

That's why he had said to Obito more than once, "Obito... we will eventually become Hokage."

But he had never said such words to Kakashi even once.

— Although in the second playthrough memories, Kakashi eventually became the Sixth Hokage.

In addition, Kushina also liked Obito the most among the three children, treating Obito as a younger brother...

So...

Kakashi's cultivation was pretty much left to fate.

As for the matter of Obito being tricked by Madara, resulting in Rin's death and Obito's corruption.

Minato Namikaze believed that he already had second playthrough memories and would not let Obito go astray again.

Think about it.

Obito, with the Mangekyo and White Zetsu/Hashirama cells, would be such an excellent seedling.

This time, Madara... I won't let you have your way.

......

Night.

The team began to rest.

Kakashi came over again.

Sarutobi Ryo naturally ignored him, using this as an opportunity to knock him down a peg.

But Kakashi was determined to follow behind Sarutobi Ryo.

He stubbornly didn't say a word, just kept following.

Seeing Kakashi like this, Minato Namikaze didn't stop him, because he really didn't have any good ideas to teach Kakashi.

So, if Young Master Sarutobi had a way...

Two days later.

The group, covered in dust, arrived at a certain place on the border between the Land of Wind and the Land of Rivers.

Yellow sand filled the sky, and strong winds blew.

In this desert area, there was a city-state surrounded by green vegetation.

It didn't make sense no matter how you looked at it.

"Those trees should have been created by chakra..."

Sarutobi Ryo looked at the ring of vegetation, lost in thought.

It's the power of the Dragon Vein... Minato Namikaze thought.

Hundreds of meters of spires reached straight into the clouds.

The large towering building complex looked even more prosperous and ahead of its time than Konoha.

The design of these buildings came from the hands of a future person... An Lushan.

To be honest, Sarutobi Ryo was quite interested in the future.

After all, parallel worlds, time travel... these things were closely related to him.

So, what would the future of this world be like?

"If you can catch my eye in this mission, I will find a way to help you improve your strength."

Sarutobi Ryo looked at Kakashi and gave him a promise.

"For your father's sake."

Kakashi: "..."

Soon, the group entered Loulan together.

As they approached the wall, Minato Namikaze instructed, "Everyone be careful, it is said that there are many puppets here..."

As soon as Minato Namikaze finished speaking.

A dark mass of puppets flew out from inside the wall.

They looked like 2-meter-tall robots, but the body structure was mostly made of wood.

In terms of weapons, they were made of metals such as steel.

Honglian was injured by them.

It was previously confirmed that the weapons were not coated with poison, but it was hard to say now.

The dark, oppressive puppet offensive seemed to have the intention of dispersing the invading enemy, and also had the intention of preventing it in advance.

"Behind... puppet threads..."

At this moment, Ruri whispered a reminder.

Behind these puppets, they were controlled by faint purple puppet threads, like marionettes.

And almost all the towers in this city-state were chakra transmission sources.

It was like... a TV transmitting tower.

Sarutobi Ryo's right eye pupil contracted, and he quickly followed the chakra lines to see the chakra structure of the entire city-state.

"I'm afraid... simply cutting the puppet threads won't stop them..."

Chapter 53. Young Master Ryo Has the Potential to Be Hokage, Minato Is in Danger.

The guess was quickly confirmed.

Kakashi took the lead, throwing kunai and cutting off the connections behind them.

As the puppets were about to fall down after losing power, the surrounding towers surged with chakra.

Chakra lines projected from the spires reconnected to the puppets.

"Each tower here is a chakra transmission relay..."

Minato Namikaze, who possessed excellent sensing abilities, immediately shouted.

"We must bypass them and find the power source..."

The so-called power source naturally referred to the BOSS of this mission, An Lushan.

Under attack, these puppets locked onto Kakashi as the target in the first instance according to the jutsu settings.

Whoosh!

Sharp, three-pronged claws stabbed fiercely at Kakashi.

Kakashi barely dodged.

The palm of another puppet behind him turned into a black hole, and a purple chakra light brewed within it.

Boom!

With a burst of expanding roar, a stream of purple light was emitted from the wrist.

Kakashi flew back, immediately creating distance from the enemy.

However, in the next moment, accompanied by a flash.