The winter snow that has accumulated on the roofs and branches is beginning to melt little by little under the spring breeze.

The ice and snow melted, and this was the coldest time in the entire Konoha Village; But the villagers of Konoha wrapped in thick clothes knew that when the coldest time had passed, it would be another spring day.

The bright sun and the cherry blossoms blooming on the branches will be the most beautiful scenery in the whole spring.

A few days ago, Funajian Min, who braved the bitter cold of the melting snow and ice to go around the Hokage Building, undoubtedly fell ill that night, and the sound of the maids constantly running in the corridor also startled Sakura Haruno, who was reading a book in the room.

Although she had been by her side for nearly twelve years, and had seen her when she was sick—she would have seen her every once in a while—Sakura Haruno was worried and frightened by it every time.

Looking at Sakura Haruno, who was kneeling on the edge of her bed and serving a decoction for herself with a worried face, she repeatedly urged her adopted daughter, who had become a slim girl, to go to sleep quickly......

But Zhou Jianwen's urging was finally blocked back by Sakura Haruno on the grounds of "no class tomorrow", and in the end, she could only let Sakura Haruno take care of her by her side for one night.

However, early the next morning, Sakura Haruno was forcibly carried back to the house by Fuso and Yamashiro to rest.

After these days of cultivation, as well as the prescriptions prescribed by the old worshippers of the Zhenzhou family, Zhou Jianwen finally got rid of the fever, although he still had some cough in the past two days, but his spirit was recovered.

Seeing that her adoptive mother was finally okay, Sakura Haruno, who was preparing for graduation and a ninja career after graduation these days, was also relieved.

As for Zhou Jianwen, who has just recovered from a serious illness, seeing that her daughter is about to enter a ninja career with high risk and low reward and a very high mortality rate, although she knows that her daughter has become very good under her own education, she still can't help but give her a pre-employment guidance training as a passerby.

By the way, in addition to psychological guidance, this employment training is divided into two parts: theory and practice.

The theoretical knowledge training was written by the compiler of the tactics textbook of the Konoha Village Ninja School, Funaka Min, and covered a variety of problems that Sakura Haruno might encounter in the course of future missions.

This includes what to do if your teammates don't cooperate well.

Or what should I do if three lower ninjas and one upper ninja are in the process of the mission, and they encounter a traitor from another country who holds several lives in their hands.

Another example is how to deal with a ninja who claims to be for world peace, but what he does is no different from taking revenge on society, and this ninja is still related to his own team.

The little girl who spent three hours completing this exam paper complained that her master Jianwen had too big a brain, and at the same time gave an answer sheet that made Zhou Jianwen quite satisfied.

As for the practical aspect...... Facing Akagi and Kaga, the little girl took the two scrolls of "Heaven" and "Earth" from them respectively with one enemy and two enemies, and met the requirements of Minu Funajian at the beginning.

Although Akagi and Kaga deliberately released water - in the eyes of Minu Funaken and the ship's girls, not directly on bombers and torpedo planes is typical of water release - but the fact that the little girl was able to do so is also a testament to her current ability to deal with all kinds of problems.

In the past ten years, Zhou Jian has never put such pressure on Sakura Haruno as "you must be a good shinobi", because her education of Sakura Haruno has always adhered to one philosophy:

That is, "you must have the ability to protect yourself and those around you".

All of her education and guidance to Sakura Haruno is based on this philosophy.

And now, Sakura Haruno has also used her own practical actions to prove to Zhou Jian Wen that there is no problem with her education.

At the same time that Zhou Jian Min took Haruno Sakura to leave from the third exercise field that she had specially borrowed from Bo Feng Shuimen, in the Hokage building on the other side, there was also a pair of teachers and students who were having such a conversation-

"Are you still used to it after leaving the shadows?"

Calling his student who had left the dark department two years ago to his office, Bo Feng Shuimen looked at the only surviving student standing in front of him, and smiled as he did back then.

Kakashi Hachiki scratched at his already messy hair, and nodded vaguely in response, but he didn't tell his teacher whether he was used to it or not.

After all, it didn't make any difference to him no matter where he took up his job, whether he used the special fox mask in the shadows to cover his face to carry out the mission.

Bo Feng Shuimen probably also knew Kakashi's thoughts, and he sighed secretly in his heart, wondering if it was still too vague for him to let Kakashi go out with Zhou Jian Min for more than half a year, and on the other hand, he thought that since one dose of medicine didn't work, then let's take another dose.

Kakashi may not be willing to see the situation he is in now, but if he had been willing to accept either of the previous two batches of students in the previous two years, he would not be in the same situation as he is today.

What's more, the three parents, including him and Kushina, have no opinion on him, the guiding shinobi......

It is enough to see that in the impression of everyone, he is not as unsuitable as he himself evaluates himself.

"Yes," looking at Kakashi's completely vague answer, Bo Feng Shuimen didn't expose his student's cover-up of the truth, just smiled and nodded.

There is no point in debunking it at this time, because Kakashi's life will only be more difficult after that.

Seeing that his teacher didn't ask any more questions, Kakashi Hachiki just breathed a sigh of relief, but heard the other party continue, "Then you should be able to guess it, the reason why I called you here today...... After all, it's all about time. ”

Kakashi Hagi was stunned for a moment, and then thought about the reason why he was called here by his teacher at this time last year and the year before last......

He was immediately a little discouraged.

If it weren't for the person sitting behind the desk who was his mentor, he would really have to sigh "Here we go again".

Not for anything else, just because after he was suddenly transferred out of the dark department by his teacher, he has been assigned by the other party for two consecutive years to take the next job of the new graduate...... This is the task of the so-called "guidance of the upper ninja".

"Mr. Watergate...... No, Shidaime," Kakashi Hachiki resisted the urge to sigh, and then said to the still smiling Ha Feng Shuimon, "I'm really not suitable for this job. ”

"It's not like what Kakashi would say," who knows who is the student, Bo Feng Shuimon doesn't think that Kakashi, who doesn't pick tasks at all, will say.

After all, when he was in the dark department in the past, he took on so many dirty tasks that couldn't be put on the surface, and he achieved them very well, and he naturally didn't have a problem with this kind of easy task that had nothing to do with the dark department.

The main reason why Kakashi turned around and rejected him was because he had a rule of his own in this regard, and even as a teacher, he couldn't shake him.

It's a pity that he doesn't want to shake this standard in his heart because of any external factors, and he is afraid that his repeated repatriation of those newly graduated shinobi back to the ninja school will make it difficult for him, a teacher who is the Hokage, and even cause some trouble, so he simply plans to turn away this "troublesome mission" from the beginning.

But how could Bo Feng Shuimon let Kakashi get his wish so easily?

"Well...... Don't say that yet," he handed the file bag to Kakashi in front of him of the file that he had given to Funakami to read the other day, although the other party had guessed the contents without opening it, "You can take a look at the contents first." ”

Kakashi Hachiki really didn't want to take the bag and open it if he could.

Because what is in it is a hot potato for him.

But in the face of his mentor's gaze and smile, Kakashi Hachiki reached out and took the file bag after being silent for a few seconds, and then slowly opened the file bag.

It was only when he slowly pulled out the thin three sheets of paper inside, and before he even had time to look at the abilities of his future students, if they could actually pass their own tests, he almost smashed the document in his hand to the ground.

There weren't many things that could make a dignified ninja, especially the famous "copy ninja" Kakashi, lose his temper like this, but the document he was holding in his hand happened to be among them.

Seeing this, Bo Feng Shuimen only thought it was really interesting, and he folded his index fingers and put his hands under his chin, watching his students' reactions with relish.

It can't be said that he has a bad taste, but in order to see Kakashi's reaction, he deliberately put the file of his son, that is, Naruto Uzumaki, in the first place.

After all, in the words of Zhou Jianwen, the surprise ...... Or there are two kinds of shock.

One is a sudden fright, and the other is a cascading fright.

Given that the three students he picked for Kakashi would all be a shock to Kakashi—which Bo Feng Shui Gate was sure of—he might as well put the least frightened of them in the front and the most frightened in the back.

If Zhou Jian Wen was here at the moment, he would definitely say that his years of Hokage's career still left some other traces on Bo Feng Shuimen's body.

For example...... Well, black belly.

Because by doing so, he was tantamount to giving Kakashi a scare at the beginning, and then revealing an even greater scare in front of Kakashi in a continuous and progressive way - it can be said that it combines the strengths of the two, and the effect is amazing.

Ben reluctantly pulled out three pieces of paper, who would have thought that he saw the photo of his mentor's son on the first paper, and then he directly stunned Kakashi in place.

It took a while for Kakashi to recover from the photo and understand what was going on, and immediately looked up at the teacher in front of him, and met the other person's eyes with a smile on his face.

"Teacher Watergate, this ......" He didn't believe that his teacher would not know his persistence, after all, he meant that he had already been honest with Teacher Watergate from the beginning, and it was precisely because of his persistence that Teacher Watergate agreed with his decision to send the previous two batches of students back to the ninja school.

But now the situation is ......

"I know Kakashi's persistence won't be shaken by anyone," the smile on Bo Fengshui's face did not diminish, but the words he said made Kakashi feel slightly reassured.

After all, it is not easy to choose between one's own persistence and the son of one's teacher.

However, before he could fully sigh out of this sigh of relief, he heard Bo Feng Shuimen say again, "But I also believe that my son Naruto will definitely be able to meet your requirements, after all, he is the child of me and Kushina." ”

Kakashi Hachiki was stunned again, and after understanding what his mentor meant, he couldn't continue to refuse.

Will be originally just a slight draw ||The three pieces of tissue paper were taken out of the file bag, and Kakashi, who had already begun to feel upset about his future student - or that sentence, first to pass his test - sighed in his heart, and then put the file that belonged to Naruto Uzumaki at the end.

Then, he was stunned again.

His eyes repeatedly scanned the photos and people's names for a while, and after realizing that he was really not mistaken, Kakashi Hachiki looked up at his mentor again, but his eyes were ......

It's still the other person's smile.

"He's Itachi's younger brother," he didn't miss a single move of his students, and he personally put the three files in the file bag and explained to his students again, "One of the first students in this class is a very good student." ”

A member of the Uchiha family, and the younger brother of that Uchiha Itachi......

Although Kakashi Hachiki has never had direct contact with Sasuke Uchiha, since he went out with the Mashu family, he has had a lot more opportunities to get along with Itachi Uchiha - it is better to say that he has been in contact with Itachi Uchiha since he left the shadows.

Whoever let the other party enter the shadows after that mission.

"His brother Itachi is also a good ninja," Kakashi reflected on his mission with Uchiha Itachi in the shadows, and then made no secret of his admiration for the other party.

With that, Kakashi looked down at the file in his hand again, and the photo showed Uchiha Sasuke with the Uchiha clan's signature black hair and black eyes, with a condensed face.

Itachi is a very similar person to the Uchiha, but in some places it is not so similar.

Because of the example of his former companion, coupled with the fact that he had contact with Uchiha Itachi for a long time, it was impossible for Kakashi Hachiki to underestimate the talent of the Uchiha clan - not to mention that this person was also Uchiha Itachi's own brother.

It's just that if he heard it right, his teacher seems to have used the word "one", right?

Could it be that there are still people of the same age who can be equal to this child of the Uchiha family? That's really...... Magical.

While wondering if the person who could tie for the first place with Sasuke Uchiha in his age group was the only son of the teacher's family, Kakashi put the paper in his hand marked with Sasuke Uchiha's various materials at the end.

Kakashi Hachiki originally thought that after the "baptism" of the only son of the Mentor family and the second son of the Uchiha patriarch's family, he was already fearless, but when he saw the file that was deliberately placed at the end by the Bo Feng Shui Gate, he finally couldn't hold back......

He smashed the archival paper in his hand on his foot.

While three thin sheets of paper and a file bag were absolutely impossible to do any damage to one of the shōnin's feet—it was about the same as being inflicted on the Rock Enhancement Technique, but the contents of that last piece of paper still did a lot of damage to Kakashi's already powerful enough mind.

Kakashi Hachiki trembled his hand as if he had Parkinson's, and after finally coming back to his senses, he looked up at his mentor three times, and this time, his right eye, which was not covered by his forehead, was full of astonishment.

"Mr. Watergate?!!!

He exclaimed in a gaffe that he rarely used the title of mentor these days, even though there was a mask covering most of his face and a forehead covering his left eye, his right eye, which was only exposed in the air, completely betrayed his state at this moment.

A bewildered face.

Yes, that's the best way to describe his state at this moment.

"Sakura, Kakashi, you're no stranger to Miss Kento's family," seemed to see his student's astonishment and surprise...... Maybe it's hard to accept, Bo Feng Shuimen still explained to the other party with an unchanged face, "She also graduated this year, and she has grades that are not inferior to Sasuke-kun in various exams." ”

Kakashi Hagi naturally didn't think that the girl taught by Zhou Jian Wen would be far behind-it was better to say that he was the one who knew how powerful Zhou Jian Wen was the one who had also been assigned by Zhou Jian Wen back then.

What's more, the girl Sakura Haruno...... He also saw her power with his own eyes back then.

Sakura Haruno was only five years old at the time, not to mention her ninjutsu physical skills and illusions, just her talent and mouth cannon ability that are the same as those of Zhou Jian Wen have reached a point that should not be underestimated.

Thinking about it now, a few years later, this girl will only be more powerful than back then, but ......

Yes, he's going to say but.

But that's the problem.

Thinking about how he had repaid Sakura Haruno with his sincerest sympathy for Sakura's future leader, Kakashi Hachiki looked at the files scattered on the ground that belonged to Sakura Haruno, and suddenly felt that his stomach began to ache uncontrollably.

He figured it wasn't because he didn't have breakfast today.

"Why is she ......" He could understand putting Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha in the same class, but putting Sakura Haruno in the same class with them......

Teacher Watergate, are you really relieved to put your family's Dumiao and a murderous girl in a class???

did not tell his students the real reasons that Zhou Jianwen had deduced that day, Bo Feng Shuimen just explained it like this, "because she is the most suitable person." ”

The word "suitable" was used in this class, and it was really indescribably subtle for Kakashi Hachiki, and after a few seconds of awkward silence, Kakashi Hagi bent down to pick up the papers scattered on the ground, and then adjusted his mind a little before looking back at his teacher.

“…… But even if it were them, I wouldn't be able to release the water. ”

Hearing Kakashi Hachiki say this, Bo Feng Shuimon knew that he had agreed to give it another try—this was the answer he wanted to hear, so he nodded, "We all believe in our own children's abilities, and we also believe in Kakashi's abilities. ”

Keen to capture the key words in his mentor's words, Kakashi Hachiki raised his eyebrows slightly, "You guys...... Are the four generations talking about you and Mrs. Kushina? ”

"It's not just me and Kushina, but also Miss Ken, as well as Mr. Fugaku and Mrs. Mikoto of the Uchiha family."

Bo Feng Shuimen didn't hide this from Kakashi, in fact, he felt that it was very necessary to tell his students about it, "Everyone is looking forward to it...... You can be the guide to those three children. ”

Kakashi Hachiki felt his stomach hurt even more.

He looked at his teacher, then at the three thin files in his hand, and suddenly began to miss his life in the shadows.

I always feel that doing S-level tasks is not as troublesome as taking students...... Especially these three students who came from a big background.

Is it too late for him to apply back to the Shadows?

- The answer is naturally too late.

Seeing his student fall silent again, Bo Feng Shuimen, who felt that he had given him a lot of pressure in the process just now, felt that he should say something more to comfort him, but he felt that whatever he said at this time was in vain.

So he ended up saying to his students, "Just do what you do, Kakashi, they're going to live up to your expectations." ”

Kakashi was silent for a while, but finally nodded slowly, and then put the three files in his hand back into the file bag, and then sealed the file bag again and put it back on Bo Feng Shuimen's desk.

To be honest, he wasn't actually worried about Naruto Uzumaki's situation, after all, his father was his teacher; Kakashi Hachiki was a little unsure about whether Sasuke Uchiha would be able to meet his standards.

But the problem is Sakura Haruno.

Under the guidance of Minu Funakaki, Kakashi Hachiki could have no doubt that the girl would be able to do what he asked, but the problem was ......

He who became the guide of that girl, will he be able to withstand the "surprises" that the girl brings from time to time in the future?

This is the most important issue he will face now and even in the future.