Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

Severing the mental connection with the mycelium, Haruno Sakura rose from the white seat, stretched her body, and began practicing the Taixu Fifth Seal, the Mountain Seal.

Mountain, thick and heavy, towering, rugged, steep.

In practicing the Taixu Mountain Seal, her feet planted firmly on the ground, she felt the soil beneath, connecting with it, her hands forming a pyramid shape, muscles all over her body trembling as if she were a great mountain suppressing everything in the world.

The shadow clones of Sakura, who were watching over the new strains of mycelium, also felt the abnormality from the original body, finding it difficult to breathe as if the air around them had solidified.

"The original body is getting stronger and stronger!"

"I want to be that strong too."

"Simple, just have the original body release us clones, and then create more of us."

"That makes sense."

In the blink of an eye, it was the next day, and Sakura arrived at the designated clearing.

Kakashi, this Jonin, Sakura knew him all too well.

Making them come so early, not allowing them to eat breakfast, in truth, was to test their willpower, though he definitely had eaten himself, and in Sakura's perception, Kakashi was hiding in the nearby bushes.

As for when he would come out?

It probably depended on his mood.

"Yo, Sakura." Naruto greeted Sakura, full of energy, as he too was accustomed to getting up early, training with Sakura and Shikamaru in the past.

"Good morning, you guys." Uchiha Sasuke, on the other hand, rubbed his eyes, lacking energy, and probably didn't realize that following behind him was a ninja—Uchiha Itachi.

He too was hiding in the bushes.

"Sasuke being assigned under Kakashi is definitely not good news." Uchiha Itachi was extremely worried that his beloved little brother might be talked into joining the Red Organization by Kakashi, so he came to check out the situation, "But Kakashi must be hiding nearby in the woods, observing them. I can't act recklessly."

At that moment, Kakashi saw that all three had arrived on time and nodded satisfactorily: "Not bad, no one is late, you all have taken my order to heart."

For a ninja, a Genin must obey a Jonin's orders. If, after this, they go into the village and find out that he is the "King of Tardiness" and decide to come a little late, then there would be no need to continue the assessment. He would send them straight back to the Ninja Academy to relearn.

Even if their capabilities were already strong, even if the Third Hokage was willing to give them a chance, for Kakashi, those who disobeyed his first command indicated a lack of discipline!

Which meant they were not qualified to be taught by him!

As to what would happen if they didn't obey his commands later... that would depend on whether they passed his test and how well they got along with him afterward...…

"You guys are early." Sakura smiled, took out three sandwiches, "Have you had breakfast?"

"Nope." Naruto laughed as he received one and was about to put it in his mouth when Kakashi's figure emerged from the bushes, expressionless, as he said, "I remember I told you not to eat breakfast, didn't I? It will make you vomit."

"Chomp." Naruto looked at Kakashi and bit into the sandwich cheekily, chewing while saying, "I'm not afraid of throwing up."

Kakashi: "..." This brat, such a pain.

Uchiha Sasuke touched his belly and also took the sandwich offered by Sakura. After tasting it, he felt it was not bad—almost as good as what his mother made... just slightly inferior, as mother's cooking is always the best. "I'm not afraid of vomiting either."

Kakashi, observing Sakura nibbling at her sandwich, asked, "Sakura, do you have more? Could I have one?"

"Yes." Sakura nodded, took out another sandwich from her backpack, and handed it to Kakashi.

"Hmm~"

Kakashi turned his head away, his mask sliding down in a flash, and shoved the sandwich into his mouth in one go before promptly pulling the mask back up. His movements were swift and fluid.

Sasuke: "???"

Wait, that big sandwich, just like that, he's finished?

By now, Naruto had also finished his sandwich and mocked, "Kakashi-sensei always has to eat with his mask on... Sasuke, I'm telling you, Kakashi-sensei must be truly ugly, that's why he always wears a mask."

Kakashi with a full head of sweat: "Don't talk nonsense, I just don't want others to lose their way in life after seeing my face, that's all. Yup, that's it."

"Sure, then take it off and let us see." Naruto taunted. Thi+s cop$y+ was g%en#erat^e@d$ fr#o$m+ c#o-n^t.en+t at M!V^|#L%E&MP!YR$.

"The taunt is too amateur, Naruto." Kakashi shook his head, pulling out two small bells attached to red strings, and said, "Your task now is to snatch these two bells from my hands. Whoever gets a bell can stay; those who don't will be sent back to the Ninja Academy for reeducation."

Uchiha Sasuke was taken aback and immediately found the remaining half of his sandwich less appetizing.

Two bells?

Among the three of them, he was the weakest one, which meant this sandwich was his farewell meal?

"Alright, let's start. If you can pass by noon, I'll treat you to lunch and take you on a real ninja mission in the afternoon, a D-rank one!" Kakashi tied the bells to his waist, drew a kunai, prepared for battle, and cautioned, "But let me be clear, you can't use Ninjutsu above A-rank; otherwise, it would cause too much damage to the surrounding environment, and it's not nice to harm the plants."

To be on the safe side, Kakashi decided to place some restrictions; otherwise, he might end up laying in Konoha's hospital for a while.