Konoha no Shen

inside the room.

Kakashi was still a little reserved.

This experience of being invited to dinner alone was the first time for him.

Even if you are facing someone much smaller and weaker than yourself.

"Kakashi-senpai, if you want to wash your hands, you can go to the kitchen. There are paper towels here for wiping your hands."

"Uh~Thank you."

Kakashi was Kakashi after all. He quickly adjusted himself. After washing his hands, he sat down opposite Shen.

When eating, Kakashi will naturally not wear the mask that he has kept unchanged for thousands of years and will not even take it off to sleep. He looks much better with the mask off than with only a dead fish eye exposed.

Although this hairstyle is still not mainstream.

"You're welcome, Kakashi-senpai, but how about you take a look at the craftsmanship I learned from Aunt Yoshino Nara?"

Placed in front of Shen was a pair of silver chopsticks with a spiral pattern, while Kakashi's hand was a pair of ordinary bamboo chopsticks.

This was the chopstick he went to find Tenten's father to make after he rejected Danzo. There were quite a few members of Danzo's family who were proficient in using poison. Who knew if they would come and give it to him.

Kakashi noticed but didn't say anything.

Shen also didn't explain. He certainly didn't invite Kakashi to dinner for no reason. He mainly wanted to get closer to each other and had some questions to ask.

Kakashi was indeed hungry.

There are a total of three dishes on the table. In front of them are steamed mandarin fish, which emphasizes freshness, and braised rabbit, which emphasizes aroma. Together with garlic greens and tomato, seaweed and egg drop soup, it is a perfect combination of nutrition.

From the first bite, Kakashi couldn't stop talking. This was a delicious food he had never tasted before.

After half a bowl of rice was eaten, Kakashi finally came to his senses and said to Shen with a red face: "I'm sorry, the food is so delicious. I couldn't help but eat so much. I'm sorry."

"No, Kakashi-senpai, this is the greatest recognition of my cooking, so you're welcome."

With a background of delicious food, Shen is quick to talk, while eating people is short-tongued. As long as the questions are not related to secrets, Kakashi will basically answer all questions.

When you look at it this way, it seems quite straightforward to treat you to a meal.

Not only that, after dinner, Shen shamelessly asked to challenge Kakashi.

It’s not easy to come across this kind of opportunity, how can you not make good use of it?

Talent, whether you admit it or not, exists objectively, especially in this world, where you either have blood (referred to as hanging on the wall) or you have talent.

Otherwise, under normal circumstances, it is just a matter of being a special jounin. The maximum jounin can reach the sky, and you don't know how much time and energy it will take.

Or if you have no blood and no talent, you will learn like Beiliuhu, plundering other people's blood for your own use, and becoming a stranger to others.

Kakashi is undoubtedly talented. Although he is held back by the Sharingan at this time, which often results in insufficient mana, it is still very easy to deal with Twilight Shen.

In the face of absolute strength, all tricks are of no use.

Except for one time when he hit Kakashi unprepared, he was basically tortured the rest of the time.

But this time, it was very different. He could feel that his life limit had been strengthened just like when he killed the spy last night.

Although it was still very weak, this feeling should have reached the upper limit after each attack.

[Grasp of Immortality: Every 4 seconds during battle, your basic attack against enemy hero units will increase your maximum health by 5 points. 】

This is the third effect of the Grasp of Eternity. Let’s not talk about the first damage and the second health recovery.

After Twilight Shen's experiments, this enemy hero unit must be a ninja who has refined chakra or a preparatory ninja.

Secondly, depending on his opponent, the amount of health added is different.

For example, when he was fighting the kid in his class, he didn't feel anything at all when he absorbed it, and when he was fighting Hayate, it was slightly different.

Yesterday's spy ninja was different again. During the original battle, Shen had no time to pay attention to this. He only noticed the difference when he reviewed the battle after returning home.

Today's battle with Kakashi, his attack also verified his suspicion.

For example, if he is fighting a kid in the same class, the maximum health he can absorb each time ranges from 0.1 to 0.5.

With Moonlight Hayate, it's about 1-1.5. Yesterday's spy ninja was 5, and today's Kakashi is also 5.

Kakashi's 5 is not that he only has 5, but that the upper limit of Shen's absorption is 5 points each time.

In other words, if he wants to absorb the upper limit every time, he may need to find a chunin or at least a genin to fight - because his opponent does not have genin.

Although Moonlight Hayate has the strength of a genin, he is still a boy and has not yet matured, so there is still a difference between him and a real genin.

This means that the only way out is to keep fighting!

……

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After the battle, he saw that Twilight Shen was deep in thought and had no reaction. Kakashi did not urge him, but was also thinking about the problem.

Shen quickly came back to his senses: "Sorry, I was distracted just now. Thank you Kakashi-senpai for your guidance."

"No need to thank me, just think of it as a reward for inviting me to dinner." Kakashi shook his head and looked at Shen with a strange look in his eyes. He pondered for a while before continuing, "But, I have heard about you. Some of them, I saw them today and found out that they are even worse than the rumors. I have a question for you."

"Senior, please."

"Why are you working so hard to become stronger?"

He didn't need to deliberately inquire about Twilight Shen's affairs. When a person was good enough, his reputation would naturally spread.

He was a little curious as to why this person who was 5 years younger than him was so obsessed with becoming stronger. Even the most passionate Kai would not be like Shen who had nothing but practice and study every day.

From meeting him, treating him to dinner, and asking questions all about the ninjutsu world, to the subsequent challenge, Shen did not hide his intention to practice and become stronger.

Shen was stunned for a moment, not expecting Kakashi to ask this.

"Do you need a reason to become stronger?"

"Don't you need it?"

"Well, if I have to give you a reason," Shen said seriously, "I want to live in this world! I want to control my own destiny, not someone else deciding my life or death at will."

"I thought you were going to say protect Konoha."

"There is no conflict, senior! Only by becoming stronger and stronger than others can you protect what you want to protect."

Kakashi was stunned and stayed where he was.

It was already very late at night, and Shen did not disturb Kakashi who was deep in thought. He turned around and returned to the room, washed and put on a set of thick pajamas.

When he looked again, there was no trace of Kakashi outside the yard.

Shen understood that he must be guarding this place somewhere, so he closed the door, set up traps and warnings in several places, and returned to his bed to close his eyes and sleep.

Hey, Kakashi is actually guarding outside, this feels really amazing!