Chapter 63: Kakashi's Conclusion, Everyone Passes

  "You can't be so reckless as a ninja, Naruto." Meng Ling said calmly while fiddling with her own wind chime.

  "Hmph..." After regaining consciousness, Naruto tilted his head to one side, no longer paying attention to Meng's lecture.

  "Am I being too wordy?" Meng Ling thought.

  "Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......" Just then, a series of piercing sounds came through the air, and Meng Ling knew that these must be the hidden projectiles thrown by Zuo Shi.

  "Aw, Sasuke, I'm telling you, don't do this meaningless sneak attack, Fire Gun." Meng Ling's right hand formed a gun shape, and instantly, several crimson cone-shaped fire sparks shot out to deflect the incoming Kunai.

  "Is he there?" Meng Ling stared at Sasuke who was moving rapidly in the forest, a faint smile playing on his lips.

  "First, let's knock down Xiaoying, and then we can have a good play with him." After Mengling made up her mind, she started muttering to herself nonstop, while also aiming at the place where Xiaoying was.

  "I won't teach you those 'Ninja War Tactics' and the like, it's better to let Kakashi teach you. First, reduce the concentration of the toxin to its lowest level, then go get some rest." As soon as he finished speaking, Mugen took off his mask, opened his mouth slightly, and a purple viscous substance shot into the forest. Then, in a flash, he put his mask back on...

  "Ah......" After a miserable cry, the forest returned to calmness. Meng Ling knew that Xiaoying had completely fallen for it.

  "What was that just now?" At this time, Sasuke's inquiry came from within the forest.

  "It's nothing, just a simple toxin. She'll probably sleep for about ten minutes or so. But is this the time for you to be worried about others? Your companions are all KO'd by me right now." Meng Ling said calmly.

  "Poison? No wonder Sakura lost her ability to fight... but I'm different from them." Sasuke said coldly.

  "We'll talk about that when you've managed to snatch the bells from me, Sasuke." Meng Ling shook the bells at her waist and said with a smile.

  Looking at Mei Ling's relaxed expression, Sasaki is looking for an opportunity to attack.

  "Whoosh......" A loud noise pierced the air as Sasaki couldn't hold back anymore and launched an attack on Meng.

  "Swords are useless against me, guns!" Meng Ling used the Burning Fruit's ability again to block Sasuke's attack. Originally she wanted to use Fire Fist, but Meng Ling knew that if she used that move, Sasuke would likely be crippled or killed.

  "Hmm, your sword skills are quite good, but they're useless." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  "In that case, I'll just have to resort to close combat then. Here goes!" With that, Sasuke's right hand drew out his own shuriken and charged at Mu Rong.

  "Are you as stupid as Naruto? You actually launched a direct attack on me?" asked Meng Ling calmly.

  "Hmm..." Sasaki charged in front of Meng Leng, his right hand's Kusazuri directly stabbing towards Meng Leng's heart.

  "It's useless." Meng Ling's left hand lightly lifted, and in an instant, she grasped Sasuke's right wrist, and suddenly, Sasuke's hand couldn't move forward even a little bit.

  "Hmm," after his hands were caught, Sasuke didn't show any surprise, his right foot stomped the ground, and his left foot immediately kicked towards the commander's forehead.

  "Hmm, your taijutsu isn't bad either." Meng Ling's right hand moved in a smooth motion, and instantly, Sasuke's attack was blocked by Meng Ling once again.

  "Hmph." Sosuke sneered, and Mu Rong also found something wrong, because Sosuke's left hand was still empty.

  "Oh no......"

  Sasuke saw that Meng Leng was somewhat panicked, and he thought to himself that he could take advantage of the situation now. A cold smile spread across his face, and his left hand reached for the bell at Meng Leng's waist.

  "You're deceived." At this moment, Meng Ling sneered and saw that Sasaki's hand, which had already touched the bell, suddenly became empty and passed directly through the bell. And Meng Ling also took advantage of this opportunity to pull open the distance from Sasaki in battle.

  "What just happened?" Sasuke asked in surprise, looking at the masked girl in front of him.

  "Hehe, who knows!" Meng Ling laughed, but was still excited in her heart. After all, the Devil Fruit's power could even assimilate objects on her own body. At a critical moment, Meng Ling directly elementalized her own body, and together with her, she turned into a bell of light, which Sasuke naturally couldn't catch.

  At that same time, Uchiha Madara naturally and effortlessly opened up a distance between himself and Sasuke with his Light Speed Dream.

  "Hehe, you're still quite formidable, I admit that you are indeed different from the other two, but if it's just like this, it's far from enough." Meng Ling raised her left hand in front of her face and waved it gently, saying lightly.

  "Hmm... Horse, Tiger - Fire Escape - Great Fireball Technique." Sasuke ignored Miren's provocation and used his own specialty, a fire-based ninjutsu.

  "With just this small fireball, you can still say it's the Great Fireball Technique? It seems your knowledge is really limited. Alright, I'll let you see what a real Great Fireball looks like. Flame Fist." Meng Ling's right hand formed a fist, and instantly, his right fist transformed into a fierce flame.

  "Feel it, Sasuke! You should be able to withstand a fireball of this level, right?!" Momo shouted, her right fist swiftly swinging out. Instantly, a large fireball with a radius of about five meters shot towards the massive fireball emitted by Sasuke.

  "Boom......" Sasuke and Mu Lian's fireballs collided, but Mu Lian's fireball only paused for a moment before engulfing Sasuke's larger fireball technique.

  "What? Ah......" Sasuke didn't even have time to be surprised before he disappeared into the large fireball launched by Meng.

  "Huff, huff, that was close! You almost died just now, Sasuke." At this time, in a not-too-distant place, Meng Ling stood on the top of a large tree with Sasuke, who had already fainted. Just at the most critical moment, Meng Ling still managed to rescue Sasuke from the fireball she herself had shot out.

  "Although I may have overdone it, let's just do things by the book from now on." With that, Meng Ling turned Sasuke's hands behind his back and threw him to the ground.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  "Heh heh, even if I didn't foolishly rush to grab the bell, now I'm satisfied as long as I can hide and eat my bento." At this time, Naruto was saying with a pleased expression behind the memorial stone.

  "I'm going to start now."

  "Hey, it seems you've forgotten that I'm here too." This was Kakashi's voice appearing in Naruto's ear.

  "Just kidding," Naruto said somewhat unnaturally.

  "Too late!"

  Just then, when the alarm sounded and Sakura and Sasuke returned, Naruto was already tied to a stake.

  "Oh, your stomachs are all growling, huh. By the way, regarding the results of this exercise, based on my observation, you don't need to go back to the Ninja Academy anymore." Kakashi said with a smile.

  "Ah, so it means all three of us..."

  "That's right, all three of you...!" Looking at the excited expressions of the three in front of her, Mei Terumi's eyes immediately turned cold when she saw Kakashi's smiling face. "Don't have to be ninjas anymore!"

  Just as the three of them were getting excited, Kakashi's words brought everyone back to reality.

  "What do you mean we don't have to be ninjas? Just because we didn't get the bells doesn't mean we should give up!" Naruto said, dissatisfied, after reacting to Kakashi's words.

  "Because none of you are qualified to be ninjas." Kakashi said calmly.

  "...cut..." Hearing Kakashi's words, Sasuke finally couldn't hold back and rushed towards Kakashi.

  "I knew you were a little devil!" As a result, Sasuke was easily knocked down by Kakashi, and at this time, Sakura began to feel unfair for Kakashi stepping on Sasuke's head with his foot. She loudly shouted at Kakashi.

  "You guys, aren't you underestimating the ninjas too much? Do you understand why we need to practice in groups?" Kakashi said seriously.

  "What does it mean?" Sakura asked with some confusion.

  "In other words, the three of you didn't understand the answer to this test at all." Immediately after that, Kakashi said under everyone's questioning that this survival training was entirely a test of new team cooperation. Until the end, when Mei Terumi, who had been listening on the side, noticed that after Kakashi mentioned the Memorial Stone, the three people in front of her all showed regretful expressions.

  "I'll give you one last chance, but this afternoon, I'll be your opponent, and the battle for the bells will become even more intense. Those who still want to challenge me can go eat lunch, but don't feed Naruto." Kakashi said calmly.

  "Huh?"

  "This is the punishment for his attempt to eat bento alone, violating the rules. If anyone shares with him, that person will be disqualified immediately!!" Kakashi said seriously.

  "Huh?" Naru's expression was frozen in surprise...

  "Here, I am the rule, got it?" Kakashi said seriously and then left the Third Training Ground with Meiling.

  While Kakashi and Tsunade were away, Sasuke and Sakura still 'broke the rules' as in the original, but they didn't know that Kakashi and Tsunade were actually hiding behind a large tree, observing their every move.

  "Kakashi-sensei, it's your turn now, isn't it?" Momo smiled and said to Kakashi beside her.

  "Haha, it seems you'll have three pretty good junior disciples, Mengying. This time I must congratulate you." Kakashi said with a smile.

  "You're no exception either, you've got three good apprentices now." Meng Ling said with a smile.

  ————I am that gorgeous dividing line————

  After that, Kakashi also told the three of them the news of their qualification, just like in the original work, after scaring the three of them. Of course, he didn't forget to say those famous words: "We call those who break the rules of the ninja 'trash', but those who don't value their companions are even worse than trash."

  "The exercise is over, everyone has passed, the seventh team will start their mission tomorrow." After saying this, Kakashi left with Sakura and Sasuke from the third training ground. Only Naruto was left, tied to a wooden stake, still shouting loudly.

  "I knew it would end up like this! Hurry and untie me!"

  "Whoosh......" At this moment, the rope that had been binding Mingshen's body suddenly broke loose. Mingshen looked forward in confusion, but only saw Mengying standing not far away, smiling and waving at him...