"A clone, huh? Gotta watch out for the real body then," Kakashi East seemed to have anticipated Haru's intention. After all, the purpose of a clone was to confuse the opponent. "Generally speaking, the real one is always st!" Saying this, he quickly formed hand seals! Earth Release: Underground Headhunter Technique!

  Kakashi East suddenly vanished, and in the next instant, a hand shot out from the ground near the rearmost Haru, grabbing Haru's ankle! Success! Haru was somewhat surprised and looked down at Kakashi East at his feet with a serious gaze. Then, without any resistance, he was dragged into the earth. However, the scene of all the clones disappearing as expected didn't happen.

  Earth Release: Rock Pilr Prison!

  "Hmm? Could it be..."

  "Sensei, please be a little more serious. Don't make such a mistake of trusting the enemy so easily," Haru said, somewhat helplessly. Such a simple trick was enough to capture this clone, which truly made him feel a bit exasperated. In the distance, the Haru who had been buried in the ground now dissipated into white smoke.

  "Yo, now do you know why you've always been my cannon fodder?" Annoying, truly annoying.

  "Kakashi! I'll deal with you after I finish off this brat! You just wait!"

  "Forget it, forget it, you're too unreliable. Come back! Haru, let me give you a smarter one. Water Clone Technique!" Then, Kakashi East turned into a puddle of water, and from this, another figure materialized, looking exactly like Kakashi again.

  "Kakashi, what's up?"

  "Hmm, take care of the brat in front of you."

  "Alright. My name is Kakashi North, nice to meet you."

  "I'm going to attack," Haru said, feeling speechless. So Kakashi was a clone breeder after all. But amidst his sigh, his hands were also forming seals.

  Shadow Clone Technique! Once again, he used the versatile Shadow Clone Technique. This time he summoned four. This was the standard number for executing a burst of speed. Haru hadn't named this ninjutsu yet, just treating it as a general combination of ninjutsu. He didn't have the leisure to come up with a nice name, nor was he as casual as Naruto.

  "Shadow clones... wouldn't it be enough to just take them out one by one?" Kakashi North instantly burst into action, quickly forming hand seals! Snake - Rabbit - Ox! This is... Lightning Release: Chidori! Kakashi's signature original ninjutsu!

  In the blink of an eye, a palm crackling with blue lightning was in front of Haru! "Wind Release: Great Vacuum Palm!" Haru's shadow clone didn't seem to have time to dodge, so it forcibly pushed Haru and another shadow clone into the sky, while it itself was taken out by Kakashi North within a second.

  Seeing that Haru was unharmed, Kakashi said unhurriedly, "Yo, Kakashi North, he's my student. Don't go for the kill." You had to know that he had just been scared out of his wits. If such a genius died at the hands of his clone, the sin would be enormous.

  "Hoo, that's more like it," Haru's fighting spirit was ignited by this attack. This could be considered the first time in his life he had faced such a great threat.

  "Send me out," Haru commanded his shadow clone, and the shadow clone formed the hand seals.

  Wind Release: Great Vacuum Palm! Haru quickly smmed towards Kakashi North standing on the ground, hoping to seize the initiative with this attack.

  Taking advantage of his high-speed descent, Haru followed the momentum and executed a newly learned C-rank ninjutsu.

  Earth Release: Added Weight Rock Technique! The weight all over his body suddenly increased explosively, and his falling speed doubled.

  This move was both offensive and defensive. Earth-natured chakra flowed over his body surface, increasing his defense while also enhancing his destructive power. Although it would greatly reduce his agility, given Haru's current position, using this move was the most appropriate.

  Boom! Haru completed his adjustment in the air, feet down, slightly bent, and crouched towards the ground. In the instant he smmed into the ground, he released the Added Weight Rock Technique's effect, instead performing a backflip to get away from the rge cloud of dust kicked up by his nding.

  He sensed Kakashi North's movement.

  Sure enough, a hand shot out from the position Haru had been in the previous second; it was clearly another Underground Headhunter Technique. However, the same move corresponded to the same result. It failed again this time.

  "You're quite strong," Kakashi North said admiringly to Haru as he leaped out of the ground. This child's combat intuition was like that of a seasoned veteran ninja. His prediction of danger, his coordination of ninjutsu, and even his understanding and deployment of tactics were already deeply ingrained.

  Kakashi's face under his mask also showed admiration as he watched Haru. This one was truly a genius. Even him, even Uchiha Itachi, or even the Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, could anyone achieve this level at the age of seven?

  "As expected, completely unharmed," Haru's pn to seize the initiative had failed, and it had also alerted this clone with jōnin-level strength. Now, it would probably be even harder to win. "However, with Kakashi-sensei's chakra reserves, this one-tenth shouldn't have more chakra than me. Plus... his unrestrained way of trying to quickly subdue the enemy should mean he'll run out of chakra soon. So... let's py the waiting game." While Kakashi North adjusted, Haru carefully sorted out his thoughts and formuted a pn against Kakashi North. Haru didn't care at all whether he could withstand the opponent's strength; he only cared if he could ultimately win. What if he got injured? He didn't care.

  Defeating the strong was his goal.

  Since it was a waiting game, he couldn't waste any unnecessary chakra. So, shadow clones would also become a burden, and he didn't use them this time.

  "Oh? No shadow clones? Looks like you're going all out," As a shadow clone, he naturally cked the wisdom a ninja should have. Seeing the opponent preparing to move with his main body, he assumed Haru was getting serious. And to show respect, Kakashi North increased his chakra release.

  "Sigh, Kakashi North is such a straight arrow, his brain doesn't have any curves," Kakashi naturally knew Haru's intention and started lecturing Kakashi North again.

  Lightning Release: Lightning Bde!

  Kakashi North took out a kunai and infused it with Lightning Release. This greatly helped the weapon's sharpness.

  "Isn't that unnecessary? That's so brutal!" Naruto, watching the crackling kunai, felt his scalp tingle and couldn't help but worry about Haru.

  "Very good, he fell for it. Now, let's continue the act," A slight smile tugged at the corner of Haru's mouth.

  Water Release: Water Whip! The Water Whip maintained its shortest form, only one meter long. A length that was usually useless was now quite effective for close-quarters combat against a kunai.

  Kakashi North suddenly accelerated under the enhancement of Lightning Release, fshing in front of Haru. Knowing he couldn't withstand a direct blow, Haru performed a front flip, leaping over Kakashi North, and while in the air, he used the Water Whip to缠住 the wrist holding the kunai, pulling hard. After disrupting Kakashi North's bance, he nded safely.