I founded the "Bragging Cult" in Naruto.

Chapter 241 The more precocious a child is, the more easily they are overlooked by their parents.

"It's been a long time, Tatsuma and Minato. You two are now great ninjas too."

At Sakumo Hatake's home, shirtless and bandaged in several places, with endless fatigue in his eyes and even noticeable eye bags, Sakumo Hatake forced a smile and said to the two visitors:

"A lot happened during the New Year, but I only just found out. I also heard from Kakashi that you visited him during the New Year. Thank you so much."

Kakashi's mother left us early, and I've been away from home for many years. Fortunately, he's a sensible child and has never complained about me. But having you all as role models makes up for some of my shortcomings.

With that, Hatake Sakumo clasped his hands together and sincerely thanked the two of them. Tatsuma and Minato quickly shook their heads, with Tatsuma saying, "Lord Sakumo, we only visit occasionally, you don't need to do this."

Although he knew about Kakashi's future achievements and liked this precocious child, Tatsuma had been too busy these past few years, and his visit was only out of courtesy. He couldn't accept Sakumo Hatake's gratitude.

Sakumo Hatake smiled and waved his hand, saying, "Compared to me, an incompetent father, you have done more than enough."

After saying that, Hatake Sakumo glanced outside the door to make sure Kakashi wasn't there before saying, "You've come today, presumably for a mission to Kumogakure, right?"

"Well, but, Lord Sakumo, do you need to rest for a while longer?"

Sakumo Hatake's physical condition doesn't seem to be very good, partly due to his injuries and partly due to the aftereffects of those injuries, such as the weakness he experienced after blood loss.

After saying that, Chenma added, "I see you still have some injuries. Shall I treat them for you first?"

Sakumo Hatake had just returned to the village and probably hadn't even had a good night's sleep after finishing his report when he notified Tatsuma to come and discuss a new mission. He certainly didn't have time to go to Konoha Hospital for proper treatment.

Seeing the determination in Tatsuma's eyes and his action of getting up, Sakumo Hatake swallowed his refusal, nodded, and said, "Then I'll trouble you."

"But time is short, so let's discuss the mission while you treat me."

"it is good."

If this were at Konoha Hospital, Tatsuma, as a doctor, would definitely let Hatake Sakumo rest properly, but not now; even Hatake Sakumo himself wouldn't agree.

The three began discussing the mission details. Outside, Kakashi, wearing a mask, looked worriedly into the house.

His father only returned last night, but Kakashi heard his father groan more than once last night, so his injuries must be quite serious, otherwise how could he not sleep well all night?

Sakumo Hatake hadn't slept well all night, and Kakashi had also been worried all night. As a result, his eyes looked similarly tired to Sakumo's, and his eyelids were so heavy that they looked like dead fish eyes.

Unlike him, there was another child in the courtyard, Uchiha Obito, who was specially "borrowed" by Tatsuma and Minato.

Obito was in good spirits, thanks to his naturally excellent sleep quality. He was currently excitedly playing with the training equipment that Kakashi used.

"Kakashi! You smug Kakashi! Look at me, look at me!"

The noisy noise brought Kakashi back to his senses. He looked helplessly at Obito, wondering what Tatsuma was thinking, that he actually thought he could get along with this childish guy.

At first glance, this childish brat once again behaved in accordance with Kakashi's expectations of him.

Seeing Kakashi looking over, Obito picked up the dumbbell that was wrapped in his belt, bit it with his teeth, and even shook it triumphantly a couple of times.

"Thump~"

"ah!!!"

Just as Obito was showing off his good teeth, one of his teeth suddenly fell out, the dumbbell hit the ground, and Obito was rolling on the ground, covering his mouth.

"idiot."

Kakashi gave a fair assessment. Hearing Kakashi scold him, Obito quickly got up from the ground, ignoring the blood in his mouth, and said, "Hmph, I just happened to be losing my baby teeth."

Obito's sophistry didn't attract Kakashi's attention for a moment. Obito continued his sophistry for a while, and seeing that Kakashi was ignoring him again, he leaned closer, pointed at Kakashi's face, and said:

"Kakashi, Kakashi, why are you wearing a mask? It's so ugly!"

Kakashi rolled his eyes at him and said, "Why are you wearing goggles? It makes you look even uglier."

Upon hearing Kakashi call him ugly, Obito forgot the topic he had started, snorted, and said, "An outsider like you wouldn't understand."

As he spoke, Obito adjusted his goggles. He had made up his mind that he had to protect his eyes before activating his Sharingan.

Moreover, I need to awaken my Sharingan as soon as possible, so I don't end up like my cousin, who is fourteen years old and still hasn't awakened his Sharingan!

"Achoo!"

On the tea street, Tianfeng, on patrol, sneezed, but his nose wasn't itchy; instead, his eyes were itchy. He rubbed them, muttering to himself, "My eyes are so itchy, is it going to grow tomoe?"

In the courtyard, Kakashi didn't seem to care about Obito. Instead, he kept glancing towards the house. He preferred to ask his older brothers Tatsuma and Minato, as well as his father, about ninja techniques, rather than Obito.

As for Obito, that idiot who spends all his time running out of the Uchiha clan's territory to play with commoner children, he's definitely not mentally sound. It's best not to spend too much time with him.

Seeing that Kakashi hadn't responded to a single word of his rambling, Obito felt somewhat annoyed and also quite bored.

He wanted to leave and go play with Rin. If it weren't for Kakashi, he would probably already be playing ninja games with Rin, or maybe even a ghost-catching game.

Thinking of this, Obito wanted to slip away, but remembering Tatsuma's instructions not long ago, he looked at Kakashi and said, "I'm going to find my friends to play ninja games. Do you want to come?"

But with your arrogant personality, you probably don't have any friends yet, right? Do you even know how to play games? How about something simple? Like a ghost-catching game? How about you be the ghost?

Kakashi frowned at Obito's incessant chatter and said, "I don't play ninja games anymore. I'm already a ninja."

"Hmph!" Upon hearing Kakashi's words, Obito scoffed and replied, "I'm already a ninja~ That's quite something. You probably don't even know how to refine chakra, do you?"

"Let me tell you, I was able to refine chakra six months ago. My cousin even taught me a ninjutsu, the Great Fireball Technique of the Uchiha clan. You probably don't know that, do you?!"

"The Great Fireball Technique?"

Kakashi narrowed his eyes and asked, "You've learned it?"

Obito, who was still boasting, suddenly stopped talking. Tenka had indeed taught him the Great Fireball Technique, but Obito hadn't learned it yet.

But seeing Kakashi's smug face, Obito, though outwardly fierce, was actually somewhat embarrassed and angry, and said, "Hmph! Of course I've learned it, of course I would lie to you!"

But after he finished speaking, Kakashi's eyes showed no sign of conviction. Even through his mask, Obito could see the mocking and distrustful sneer in Kakashi's eyes.

"Hmph! I'll show you right now!"

Enraged, Obito forgot that he hadn't yet mastered the Fireball Jutsu. He leaped three steps away, forming hand seals to gather chakra within his body.

Kakashi watched him leisurely, but after a minute, two minutes, and ten minutes, Obito still hadn't finished gathering chakra.

For some reason, Obito's chakra was unusually unruly today, and the refining speed was much slower than usual. Fortunately, Kakashi hadn't placed any hope in him anyway.

As Obito began to gather chakra, his thoughts drifted away again, and he even felt a little fortunate that his intelligence had silenced the idiot Obito, giving him some quiet time.

Fifteen minutes later, Obito finally finished refining his chakra. He coughed heavily twice to attract Kakashi's attention before awkwardly beginning to form hand seals.

"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"

"Cough cough cough~"

Contrary to his expectations, Obito did not break through his limit and spew out brilliant flames; instead, he coughed up several mouthfuls of black smoke, his face turning bright red.

Kakashi rolled his deadpan eyes and said, "Is that Uchiha Fire Release, or Sarutobi Fire Release?"

Hearing Kakashi's mocking words, Obito's face turned even redder. He retorted angrily, "Hmph! I only made a mistake; that's still better than someone like you who can't even use ninjutsu!"

"Earth Release: Earth Wave Technique"

Without a word, Kakashi formed hand seals and then slammed his hands onto the ground in front of him. In an instant, the ground began to ripple.

Caught off guard, or perhaps even if he had been prepared, it would have been useless. Obito began to stagger until Kakashi stopped channeling chakra, at which point he managed to steady himself, still shaken.

"That kid"

Inside the house, Sakumo Hatake, who had just finished his conversation, smiled helplessly as he stood up and said, "I'm going to check on the Uchiha kids. Kakashi is just too outrageous."

Although he was scolding his son, a proud smile involuntarily appeared on Hatake Sakumo's face.

Kakashi was only four years old. Even as a member of a ninja clan, he had only just begun to learn chakra refining techniques and the Three Body Techniques. The Uchiha boy was still very unfamiliar with chakra refining, but his own son was already able to use ninjutsu.

Although it was just a simple Earth Release technique, this talent was something that even Tatsuma and Minato had never shown before.

Of course, Sakumo Hatake couldn't possibly believe that his son's talent surpassed that of Tatsuma and Minato, since the ninja resources they had access to when they were young were incomparable to Kakashi's.

Tatsuma stood up and said, "No need. Obito isn't a stingy person, and besides, Uchiha people need more training. But we should take our leave now, or Obito's grandmother might worry."

Regarding the mission, Minato and I will make preparations beforehand. Please take care of your health and get some rest.

"it is good."

Sakumo Hatake nodded without saying anything more. Tatsuma and Minato took Obito away, and Sakumo Hatake looked at his son and asked, "When did you learn ninjutsu? I haven't taught you yet, have I?"

"After I learned to read last year, I went to your study to study on my own."

"There's no need to rush. You're still young, you have plenty of time. Don't always stay at home, go out and play with other kids your age. Make sure every stage of your life is fulfilling."

Sakumo Hatake ruffled his son's head, feeling the texture. It wasn't as nice as Tatsuma's curly hair. Kakashi didn't notice, but nodded thoughtfully and said:

"I will. By the way, Father, are you going on another mission? With Brother Tatsuma and Brother Minato?"

"Yes, don't worry, with them here, Father will return safely."

Hearing his father's words, Kakashi asked in surprise, "Are they stronger than you?"

"Yes, they will be stronger than me."

(End of this chapter)