Uchiha Sasuke heard these two words, and his heart stirred.
The young boy’s hands trembled slightly.
Indeed, he had to take revenge, slay the true culprit who killed his parents, and bear the burden of blood debt for the entire Uchiha clan.
However, the target of that revenge was his own dearest and most beloved brother.
Uchiha Itachi.
“Uchiha Sasuke, if you want to defeat your enemy, you must improve your strength as quickly as possible.
You should aim to surpass me.
Only by defeating a genius youth like me will you have a chance to avenge your clan.
Do you understand?” Naruto was once again flirting with disaster.
He said these things simply to encourage Uchiha Sasuke, but Naruto did not know that Uchiha Sasuke would slowly fall into the abyss because of the word “revenge.” “Hey!
Did you hear me, kid?
Say something.” Naruto was about to say something more when a Kunai suddenly appeared from the opposite side, flying straight toward his chest with an immense chill.
The Kunai had come from Uchiha Sasuke’s hand; clearly, he had been thoroughly provoked.
Caught off guard, Naruto hurriedly dodged to the side, landing on his butt on the ground, gasping for air.
“You guy…
you’re for real.” Before Naruto could react, Uchiha Sasuke leaped up from his seat and lashed out at Naruto with a whip kick.
The other students were frightened by this scene and retreated repeatedly.
They knew Uchiha Sasuke was one of the top genius youths in the class, and if they didn’t keep their distance, they would likely get caught in the crossfire.
Naruto, not yet having stood up, could only raise his right arm to barely block Uchiha Sasuke’s whip kick, letting out a muffled grunt as he felt the pain.
Uchiha Sasuke didn’t give the blond boy a chance to catch his breath; he took advantage of the momentum to grab Naruto’s arm and vaulted his entire body behind Naruto.
With a forceful twist, Naruto’s arms were twisted like a pretzel.
The sight of his crossed arms was quite comical, accompanied by the boy’s scream.
If Uchiha Sasuke had continued to apply pressure, Naruto’s arms might have been ruined.
However, although Uchiha Sasuke was resentful at the moment, he remained rational.
After Naruto let out a pig-like scream, the boy stopped his actions.
He released Naruto’s arms and quietly walked back to his seat to sit down.
Throughout the whole process, he didn’t say a single word.
“That’s the Uchiha Sasuke I know.” Naruto rubbed his nearly dislocated arm and laughed heartlessly.
Clearly, the boy’s provocation had worked a little.
At least the air around Uchiha Sasuke wasn’t as cold anymore.
Sakura, who had been watching the whole process, couldn’t help but heave a sigh of relief.
Sure enough, when faced with such a frozen atmosphere, only the Crown Prince’s “Talk no Jutsu” could break the deadlock.
Sakura felt inferior in comparison.
Over the next few semesters, nothing major happened in Konoha Village.
Sakura, Naruto, Ino, and Uchiha Sasuke continued to study at the Ninja Academy as usual.
Because Naruto kept stimulating him from the side, Uchiha Sasuke gradually walked out of the shadow of his clan’s destruction.
However, the seeds of hatred remained buried in the boy’s heart like an active volcano, ready to erupt at any time.
Uchiha Sasuke’s personality also became cold and aloof, and he even rarely spoke.
Because of his handsome appearance, coupled with the fact that he was a genius Ninja and an orphan of the Uchiha, Uchiha Sasuke’s popularity in the class gradually grew higher and higher.
Especially the girls; whenever they saw Uchiha Sasuke, they couldn’t help but scream like crazy fans, their shrieks deafening, comparable to obsessive fans in the modern entertainment industry.
Ino covered her ears and looked helplessly at Sakura beside her.
“Sakura-chan, why are these girls so obsessed?
I really don’t understand, what’s so attractive about Uchiha Sasuke?” Sakura couldn’t help but laugh inwardly: she knew that in the original work, she and Ino were even crazier than this group of girls, haha!
However, Ino’s only idol now was Sakura.
Especially after these few years of being together, under Sakura’s supervision, Ino had made great progress in Chakra control and basic Nintaijutsu.
In her heart, Sakura was the most powerful, reliable, and worthy person to admire.
At the thought of this, a blush appeared on Ino’s face.
Charming and cute.
Over these past few years, under the careful guidance of Iruka, Naruto had also made some progress in Ninjutsu.
Although he still often failed exams, Naruto had already developed an S-rank “Sexy Jutsu” through his own efforts.
Although it was just an unremarkable Transformation Jutsu, in Sakura’s eyes, it was S-rank; after all, besides Naruto, no one else could use such a shameless Ninjutsu.
It even once caused Kaguya to lose herself in the original work.
Its power was evident…
In addition, the Chunin teacher at the Ninja Academy, Mizuki, had rebelled a while ago.
To save his teacher Iruka, the Nine-Tailed Chakra within Naruto was revealed for the first time.
The boy also unleashed the super cool A-rank forbidden jutsu “Multi-Shadow Clone Jutsu,” beating Mizuki until he was crawling on the floor.
Although Naruto’s outburst of combat power was accidental, his strength had indeed improved again and again because of these accidents.
Although he couldn’t beat Uchiha Sasuke, and was even Sakura’s defeated opponent, overall, he did possess a certain level of combat capability.
As for Shikamaru, Choji, and Ino, as the hereditary disciples of the Ino–Shika–Chō, they would train their Ino–Shika–Chō combat mode whenever they had time, and Ino’s Mind Transfer Jutsu was starting to take shape.
Sakura had once been their sparring partner, and once, the young girl was careless and fell into Shikamaru’s trap, losing under their combined assault.
This shows that having the brain of a genius strategist like Shikamaru is also very important.
Although, most of the time, Sakura handled it with ease.
Time passed quickly, and five years flashed by in an instant.
They were now 12 years old.
Tomorrow was the day of the graduation exam.
Today was also Sakura’s last training session before becoming a Genin.
Although her strength had long surpassed that of a Genin, without graduating and receiving the Ninja headband, in everyone’s eyes, she was still just a child.
Sakura was looking forward to tomorrow.
On the training ground, the young girl activated the energy card inside her.
Over the past few years, her system data had changed significantly: [Host Name: Sakura Haruno] [Gender: Female] [Rank: Beginner Chunin] [HP: 5000] [Chakra: 4500] [Unlocked Ninjutsu: Transformation Jutsu, Substitution Jutsu, Shurikenjutsu, Shadow Clone, Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique, Water Release: Hard Vortex Water Blade, Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique, Water Release: Water Wall, Water Release: Five-Twist Whip Kill.] [Ninja Tools: Shuriken, Kunai, Explosive Tag] [Ninja Skin Set: None] [Summoning Beast: None] [Gold Coins: 3500] Over these past few years, Sakura had upgraded from a Genin to a beginner Chunin.
The girl discovered one thing: the further she progressed, the slower her HP and Chakra levels increased.
Four years had passed, and she only had the strength of a beginner Chunin.
Even though she had learned so many Water Release Ninjutsu, it was still difficult to achieve a qualitative leap.
It seems that the “cheat code” is not omnipotent.
But that’s fine; if she had world-destroying power from the start, there would be no challenge later on.
There was a reason why Sakura had been studying Water Release and hadn’t developed new Ninjutsu over the past few years.
The girl believed that a true powerhouse is someone who can apply and master a single Ninjutsu to the extreme.
For example, the Second Hokage in the original work used Water Release to the extreme, capable of raising monstrous waves in waterless lands, making even Hiruzen Sarutobi overwhelmed; one can see just how terrifying and shocking his Water Release ability was.
In addition to learning the common Water Release Ninjutsu from the original work, Sakura had also developed an original Water Release with stronger attack power: Water Release: Five-Twist Whip Kill.
It was a Ninjutsu that looked extremely cruel, and currently, it required half of the girl’s total Chakra.
Five high-intensity Chakra-infused Water Whips swept toward the enemy simultaneously.
Unstoppable.
Each Water Whip had an extremely high rotation speed, and everything in its path was pulverized.
The reason Sakura was able to develop such a powerful Ninjutsu was thanks to the inspiration from Naruto’s Rasengan in the original work.
The difference is that one makes Chakra rotate at high speed in a spherical form, while the other does so in the form of a Water Whip.
Its destructive power is extremely immense.
This kind of Ninjutsu was what the girl was most proud of, because it wasn’t a reward for completing a system task, nor was it stolen from the Konoha secret Ninjutsu room, nor was it taught by a teacher; it was developed based on the girl’s own wisdom and talent.
Naturally, it gave a greater sense of accomplishment.
Looking at the system data before her, Sakura nodded with slight satisfaction and closed the energy card.
Bedtime, sleep!
Welcoming the wonderful graduation exam tomorrow.