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Xu Fan slowly put a question mark in his mind.

Why would Kakashi come?

He had nothing to do here.

If Kakashi hadn't jumped out halfway, Xu Fan himself would have taken care of these Root ninjas just fine.

"These people are the Root ninjas trained by Danzo," Kakashi said, setting his slanted forehead protector straight and revealing his left eye hidden in the darkness.

Dealing with several Root ninjas at the same time while ensuring Xu Fan's safety was obviously not realistic if Kakashi held back.

"I will protect you. Don't worry."

Kakashi spoke while keeping a vigilant eye on the Root ninjas gathered around them.

It seemed like a similar incident had happened before.

Back when the Third Hokage was reinstated, Danzo had assigned his Root ninjas to assassinate the Third.

But just like that time, Kakashi would never allow them to succeed.

"What brings you here?" Xu Fan couldn't help but ask.

In his impression, the Kakashi of this period was not warm-hearted—quite the opposite, in fact.

He had never been able to forgive himself for the deaths of Obito and Rin.

It was also because of their deaths that Kakashi took the initiative to join the ANBU and go on dangerous missions, wanting to use death to free himself.

"It was an order from the Third Hokage," Kakashi said after a few seconds of silence.

In reality, the Third Hokage hadn't given any specific orders regarding the protection of Xu Fan.

The ANBU, subordinate to the Third Hokage, had the duty to ensure the safety of the village, including the Jinchūriki.

Today, it happened to be Kakashi's shift.

While observing the Jinchūriki, Naruto, he happened to notice something unusual about the Root ninjas.

What he didn't expect was that Danzo's Root ninjas would attempt to execute Xu Fan in private.

Although he didn't understand Danzo's purpose, Kakashi's intuition told him that if the Third Hokage knew about this, he would never allow the tragedy to happen.

It was a good thing that Kakashi caught up with them just as the Root ninjas pulled out their kunai to attack Xu Fan.

"Didn't you see me take out two Root ninjas earlier?" Xu Fan frowned. If Kakashi had seen the scene just now, he shouldn't feel like Xu Fan needed protection.

"Watch out, they're coming!"

Suddenly, the eight Root ninjas sprang into action at the same time. The one in the lead gestured, ordering them to spread out and reform their formation.

Three of them rushed toward Kakashi, holding long swords, slashing or sweeping, deliberately staggering their directions to attack from his left, right, and front simultaneously.

The intention of these three Root ninjas was clear: even if they didn't kill Kakashi in one strike, they could suppress him to create opportunities for the others.

Xu Fan glanced at the positions of the others. Although he didn't have the Sharingan like Kakashi, his basic attributes were stronger.

He jerked back a few steps, distancing himself from Kakashi, and clenched his fist, blasting it at the first Root ninja who approached him.

Under the effect of chakra externalization, Xu Fan's fists formed a pair of chakra gloves and struck the Root ninja's sword blade head-on.

Boom!

A loud sound exploded between the two, followed by the longsword shattering into pieces.

"Hah!"

Xu Fan stepped forward and continued to swing his fist, directly hitting the opponent's abdomen.

However, the other Root ninjas weren't pushovers either. In their minds, there was no concept of companionship.

Even if they acted together, they wouldn't care if their comrades lived or died.

In their view, the death of a Root ninja was only valuable if it created an opportunity for the next assassination.

In less than a breath, the remaining four Root ninjas rushed at Xu Fan from different directions.

One of them even thrust his blade through the ninja in front of Xu Fan, just to pierce the longsword into Xu Fan's throat.

The ruthlessness was inhuman.

Xu Fan indifferently looked at the sharp blades. He understood that these Root ninjas were no longer human and could never return to being human.

Their existence had only one value: to clear the way for Danzo.

Snap!

Xu Fan relied on his chakra defense, gripped the sword, and with a forceful shock, reflected his chakra along the weapon.

Rumble!

With a loud bang, Xu Fan shattered the sword's blade, then turned and threw it.

Whoosh!

Xu Fan's movements were clean and sharp. The short sword flew out, piercing the left eye of the Root ninja chasing him and exiting through the back of his head.

Thud!

The Root ninja didn't even have time to grunt as he collapsed at Xu Fan's feet.

The remaining Root ninjas were surprised by Xu Fan's skill.

Not to mention a student who hadn't graduated from the ninja academy, even a true Jonin wouldn't be more skillful than him.

Most importantly...

Xu Fan's moves were all aimed at vital points.

He was neither afraid nor nervous, as if he had already experienced great battles and understood what a ninja fight was.

Both high and low, and life and death!

The killing was decisive!

"You asked for it," Xu Fan said in an ice-cold tone, his hands quickly forming seals.

This was the only ninjutsu he had mastered.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

As the final sound of the jutsu burst from Xu Fan's throat, a large ball of fire erupted rapidly from his mouth, forming a huge sphere.

But Xu Fan didn't just maintain the fireball burning in front of him as Sasuke did.

With a forceful jolt, Xu Fan detached the fireball from himself, sending it tumbling forward. It slammed into the two Root ninjas before continuing to roar into the woods, burning everything in its path

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"Whew..."

Xu Fan let out a deep breath and turned to look, only to see Kakashi fighting the last three Root ninjas back and forth.

Not bad for you.

Xu Fan couldn't help but stroke his forehead.

The title of "50/50" was truly worthy of its name.

Kakashi could have a 50-50 fight with anyone.

"Need some help?"

Xu Fan shook his head helplessly and had no choice but to ask.

Although Kakashi and the three Root ninjas were evenly matched, winning was only a matter of time.

But Xu Fan didn't have that much time to waste!

Tomorrow morning, he had to get up and go to school!

And the predecessor he crossed over was only thirteen years old!

If he didn't go to bed early, how could he grow taller?

For girls... no, for height, it's very important!

However, the voice coming from behind made Kakashi freeze.

What did Xu Fan mean by "need help"?

Wasn't Kakashi the one protecting him?

Thinking of this, Kakashi subconsciously glanced back. With his Sharingan, it didn't affect his ability to catch the enemy's next attack.

But after only a glance, he almost froze on the spot.

Several members of the Root Division lay motionless at Xu Fan's feet.

It didn't take a genius to realize what had happened.

For a moment, Kakashi's mind couldn't help but conjure up the image of that man.

Uchiha Itachi!

Xu Fan and him were geniuses of the same level!

Perhaps, Xu Fan was even greater!