Chapter 29: Meeting Kakashi and Wonderful Master-Student Combination
Morning.
Ryosuke was exercising in the woods by the river. He wasn't practicing those taijutsu moves. Those were just tricks to attack.
After he copied them with Sharingan, he had already learned them.
At most, he let his Shadow Clone practice and get familiar with them.
What really mattered were physical attributes.
After a morning of hellish training, Ryosuke also experienced the difficulties of Rock Lee and the others.
However, with his strong recovery ability, Ryosuke survived.
In contrast, people like Rock Lee and Might Guy who aren't blessed with unique physical conditions like Ryosuke, suffer the real hardship.
Compared with them, Ryosuke is actually not that hard-working. But, a morning of hard training was still very effective.
At least, Ryosuke felt that his physique had improved a lot. After all, his original foundation was too poor.
If it weren't for the blessing of ten times the physical fitness, he would not be able to complete this kind of high-intensity training.
'Does this count as a bug?'
Ryosuke thought while walking on the road.
During training, because of the ten times the physical fitness bonus, he could complete those training with such a high difficulty that he could otherwise not complete at all.
But in fact his foundation was very poor.
Therefore, under the high-intensity training, the poor foundation of Ryosuke gradually imptoved, and the effect was particularly good.
So much so that even though it was just a morning workout, Ryosuke felt that his physique had been greatly strengthened.
"Never mind, as long as it works."
Ryosuke thought with a smile, and then left the No. 4 training ground.
It was noon and he was going to have lunch and then return to work out.
"I'll go to Ichiraku ramen. I don't think I've ever been there before."
As a famous spot in Konoha Village, Ichiraku ramen was a must visit place for Ryosuke.
Ryosuke has never tasted the craftsmanship of uncle Teuchi.
He wondered if it would be as delicious as in the legends?
...
Ichiraku ramen
Ryosuke opened the curtain at the door and entered.
As soon as he walked in, he saw a white-haired Kakashi sitting in the front seat.
Kakashi was holding a 'book' and waiting for his ramen.
"Hatake Kakashi."
Ryosuke's eyes flashed, and he sat down with a calm expression.
"Uncle, I'll have tonkotsu ramen, I want a big bowl!" Ryosuke yelled.
"Okay, please wait a moment, guest."
The boss who was busy at work responded, and beside him, his daughter was helping him.
From time to time, her eyes glanced at Kakashi who was sitting over there reading a book.
After Ryosuke noticed this scene, he also turned his head to look at Kakashi who was reading seriously beside him.
"Is there something wrong?"
Although, Kakashi was reading a book, as a ninja, he was very vigilant about his surroundings, and even the slightest change couldn't be hidden from him.
Whether it was the girl over there who peeked at him from time to time, or the kid who had just sat down next to him, he had noticed their gazes.
"Did you dye your hair on purpose?"
Ryosuke pointed to Kakashi's white hair and asked innocently.
"No, it's natural."
Kakashi responded nonchalantly.
"I don't believe it. No matter how you look at it, it looks like a wig."
Ryosuke stood up to touch Kakashi's hair but he was blocked by Kakashi's hand.
"Little devil, I have real hair."
Kakashi stared at the kid in front of him with bored eyes.
'This brat is really hard to like.' He thought.
'Failed.' Ryosuke was a little disappointed.
Originally, he wanted to use an excuse to pull out one of Kakashi's hairs.
But he didn't have much hope.
After all, as an Elite Jōnin, even though Kakashi usually looks like a joke, his strength as an Elite Jōnin is real.
"Tch! Weird uncle."
Ryosuke took his hand back and muttered softly.
Kakashi's eyes twitched a few times.
He complained in his heart that Ryosuke was the strange brat.
'Also, I'm only in my twenties, why are you calling me uncle?'
"Guest, your miso ramen is ready."
At this time, Ayame also came over with a large bowl of ramen and placed it in front of Kakashi.
"Thanks."
Kakashi put away the little "special" book in his hand, and picked up the chopsticks next to him.
"Guest, please eat slowly." Ayame said with a smile.
But she had no intention of leaving.
Kakashi didn't care. He used the chopsticks to pick up some strands of noodles.
He quickly opened his mask, ate some ramen and closed his mask almost instantly.
He moved so fast that it was impossible to see clearly.
Ayame: "???"
Ryosuke: "..."
'I knew it.'
Ryosuke rolled his eyes inwardly.
Kakashi didn't want others to see his face. Even when eating, he put food into his mouth at the speed of an Elite Jōnin.
He was so fast that even if he stared closely, he couldn't see clearly.
"Ayame, come and help." Teuchi shouted.
"Coming."
Ayame was a little disappointed at not being able to see Kakashi's face. But she could only turn around and go back to help.
And Kakashi continued to eat the bowl of miso ramen in his own way.
Ryosuke stared at him, but after a while he got bored and looked away.
"Boss, give us four bowls of soy sauce ramen."
"Hey! Kakashi, you have come to eat ramen here too."
In the Ichiraku ramen, two more customers came.
One big and one small, they were wearing the same clothes, and they even had the same hairstyle.
Ryosuke looked back. His expression froze, and he turned his head back silently.
"It's this wonderful pair of master and apprentice." He said in his heart.
The visitors were Might Guy and Rock Lee, Konoha's wonderful mentor and apprentice.
Rock Lee had already accepted Might Guy as his teacher before he had graduated.
He was different from Neji and Tenten. He couldn't use ninjutsu, so he could only rely on taijutsu.
Might Guy appreciated his tenacious character, so when he was still studying in ninja school, he began to teach Rock Lee taijutsu.
But, Ryosuke was very suspicious that Might Guy had accepted Rock Lee early because he looked too similar to himself.
Of course, Rock Lee did work very hard, there was no doubt about it.
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