It's been 24 years, why am I reincarnated in Konoha without a system?

Chapter 64 Reveals Kakashi's Secrets, Rock, Paper, Scissors

"A duel between Jonin? I can't wait!!" Tenten exclaimed excitedly, her big eyes wide as she saw Might Guy and Kakashi about to have a tiebreaker duel.

"Wow! I suddenly feel Guy-sensei's burning youth. Come on, Guy-sensei, let's see the power of a Jonin!" Rock Lee shouted excitedly, instantly awakening his youthful and passionate spirit.

Not only the two of them, but even Neji, who was hailed as a genius, looked at Kakashi and Guy with burning eyes and anticipation.

While Ishikawa and his companions were also somewhat looking forward to it, their experience in the Sugi Country mission prevented them from getting overly excited. After all, they were veterans of Kage-level battles!

"Then let's play rock-paper-scissors! One round to decide the winner!!"

Under the watchful eyes of everyone, Kakashi, who had been at loggerheads, suddenly uttered a shocking statement! This nearly caused the tense crowd, including Might Guy, to collapse.

"As expected, I shouldn't have expected Kakashi-sensei to be so passionate." Ishikawa complained with a dark face. He had thought that with them around, Kakashi wouldn't be so perfunctory.

Unexpectedly, he was simply overthinking things...

"This is your mentor? Avoiding the fight is so lame!" Tenten complained from the side, which made Lee Neji nod in agreement.

In their view, the other party must be afraid of losing to do this.

"Hmph, what do you guys know? Kakashi-sensei is a powerful ninja who can fight the Fourth Raikage, how could he possibly be afraid??"

"Although Kakashi-sensei is often late and a bit lazy, his strength is undeniable! Your teacher would definitely be no match for him."

"The Raikage of Kumogakure??" Neji's expression changed instantly upon hearing Tarojiro's rebuttal. His fists clenched, and the pain of his father being forced to his death by Kumogakure and the main family surged within him.

In an instant, Neji's gaze toward Kakashi took on a different hue!

Although the specific reasons are unknown, based on Kakashi's battle against the Raikage alone, Hyuga Neji recognized this Jonin teacher.

Tenten and Lee stared wide-eyed at Kakashi, who was lazily scratching his head, with disbelief.

Are you kidding me?! The Raikage is a ninja on par with the Hokage. How could this guy fight the Raikage and safely bring Ishikawa and the others back to the village? How is that even possible?!

The three, still in shock, completely failed to notice the grammatical error in Tarojiro's words: Kakashi had fought the Raikage, but not defeated or fought to a draw.

There was nothing that could be done about it. The Third Hokage had ordered Team 7 to keep the information about Tsunade overcoming her hemophobia a secret, so the two underlings naturally couldn't reveal that Tsunade had also participated in the battle.

[This is bad!] Upon hearing his traitorous disciple's revelation, Kakashi's vision darkened, realizing he was in trouble.

Sure enough, turning around, he saw his old rival Might Guy already clenching his fists, his fighting spirit soaring. "Roar! He can actually fight the Raikage now, no wonder he's my eternal rival. Then let's have a hot-blooded battle today! Kakashi..."

"No! I refuse." Without even thinking, Kakashi refused outright. Before Might Guy could object, Kakashi changed the subject, "Individual strength is certainly important, but sometimes luck is equally crucial. Rock-paper-scissors is a way to showcase both luck and strength, otherwise, let's end the day as a draw."

Seeing Kakashi's attitude, Might Guy clenched his fists and his eyes blazed with fury. "Is luck also a kind of strength? Fine! Let's play rock-paper-scissors, I can't wait."

"Idiot, you've been fooled so easily..." Neji rolled his eyes, speechless again, never expecting his passionate teacher to be so naive.

“No, luck is indeed very important. Just like our battle just now!” Ishikawa stepped forward with a faint smile, placing one hand on Neji’s shoulder in response to Neji’s surprised expression.

"You..." Neji's face turned pale and he was about to shake off Ishikawa's arm around his shoulder when he heard Ishikawa whisper, "If we were friends, perhaps I could tell you information about the Raikage."

Upon hearing this, Neji suppressed his urge to break free from Ishikawa and stared at Ishikawa with an incredulous glint in his eyes.

Does this guy know about his grudge? Otherwise, why would he suddenly say something like that?

"Although I don't know what grudge you have against Kumogakure, your reaction when you heard about the Raikage was noticeably different. So, Neji, if the enemy is Kumogakure, I think we can become friends." Ishikawa added, looking at Neji's surprised expression.

As the saying goes, even a hero needs three helpers!

Even the protagonists Naruto and Sasuke in the ninja world have each other to rely on, so why doesn't he find a genius to entrust his back to?

Neji, the genius, absolutely deserves it!!

"Rock, paper, scissors..." Just as the two were staring at each other, Kakashi and Might Guy unleashed a powerful wave of their hands.

In an instant, a punch and a pair of scissors clearly and decisively made the judgment!

"Hahaha, big brother, big brother, we won..." With a heavy sigh of relief, Taro burst into tears of joy, as if he had been injected with chicken blood.

God knows how nervous he was just now. If he had accidentally lost, he would have had to run ten laps around Konoha as punishment, ten laps!!

Some were happy, some were sad. Compared to Taro and Jiro's joy, Tenten and Lee's faces turned pale and their legs trembled. Not to mention them, even Neji, standing next to Ishikawa, froze, his lips twitching…

"A bet's a bet! Lee, Tenten, Neji, come with me and sweat it out!" Might Guy shouted, tears welling in his eyes, before immediately doing a handstand. "As your teacher, I'll run the whole race with you in this handstand."

"Upside down? Impossible! It's hard enough to run on your feet, let alone on your hands. Is that something a human can do?" Jiro swallowed hard and exclaimed in surprise. Taro next to him was also dumbfounded.

"Let's go..." Might Guy ignored his two underlings' surprise and shouted as he led Little Li Tiantian forward.

"I'll come find you, Ishikawa." Seeing the three of them walk away, Neji gritted his teeth, threw down those words, and quickly chased after them.

Although running ten laps around Konoha is incredibly difficult, almost impossible! He also wanted to see the limits of this Jonin teacher, to see just how good Guy, who could be Kakashi's rival, really was!

"Phew... I finally escaped this time..."

"With such a passionate teacher around, it's impossible for them to slack off. Those three are so pitiful!"

Watching Kakashi's team sweating under the scorching sun, Taro and Jiro breathed a sigh of relief, secretly glad that Kakashi-sensei was sometimes too lazy.

"Is that so?" Kakashi turned his head slowly upon hearing this, and the mocking look he gave Ishikawa and the other two immediately made them realize that something was very wrong!

"While luck can sometimes be a form of strength, it's naive to mistake it for ability. You three, keep up with them and run until you're exhausted! Don't even think about slacking off, I'll be watching you..."

"What?!"

"No way, Kakashi-sensei!"

Upon hearing this, the two henchmen immediately turned pale, their faces turning deathly white.

"Stop talking nonsense and run!" Ishikawa snapped, annoyed. "If you two hadn't been so careless with your words, none of this would have happened!"

Oh well, consider it a tough test...