Sakura Haruno sat on the ground hugging her knees while humming softly and playing with a kunai, her pretty face full of joy as she watched Naruto and Sasuke training seriously.
She was in an excellent mood because for the first time she had experienced the satisfaction of surpassing Sasuke, the genius.
As for surpassing Naruto, that was expected.
Although she could now climb three-fifths of the tree, climbing any higher gave her a strange sense of powerlessness, as if her chakra were disappearing.
This troubled her greatly.
"I still have plenty of chakra, so why do I feel powerless?" Sakura withdrew her gaze and touched her chin while thinking seriously.
It was not really chakra exhaustion but more like her legs became heavier the higher she climbed.
I'll ask Teacher Renji later.
After Naruto landed on the ground, he hesitated for a moment while glancing at Sakura before finally making up his mind and jogging toward her.
"Um... Sakura-chan."
Sakura tilted her head slightly and asked in confusion, "Is something wrong?"
Naruto scratched his cheek awkwardly and smiled stiffly as he said, "It's just... well... I wanted to ask..."
Sakura spoke impatiently, "Hurry up and say what you want to say, I'm busy too."
Naruto forced an awkward smile and finally admitted, "It's just that I wanted to ask if you have any tips."
Sakura replied calmly, "There aren't really any tips, but I do have some suggestions. Do you want to hear them?"
After all, if there were real shortcuts, she would want them herself too.
She was already very close to climbing all the way to the top in one attempt.
Naruto quickly glanced at Sasuke in the distance before leaning his head toward Sakura and whispering
"Yeah, I want to hear them, but tell me secretly so Sasuke doesn't hear."
Sasuke stood with his hands in his pockets while staring at the large tree in front of him as if deep in thought, but in reality he was secretly listening to their conversation.
Sakura noticed him trying to eavesdrop and smiled playfully as she said, "Sasuke, do you want to listen too?"
Sasuke snorted coldly without even turning his head and replied, "Hmph, not interested."
Sakura's smile froze.
What's wrong with him, I'm kindly offering advice.
If he weren't so handsome, I would have punched him already.
Naruto pouted unhappily and said, "Tch, what's he acting cool for, Sakura-chan, let's ignore him."
"Alright, the advice is..." Sakura covered her mouth and deliberately whispered very quietly into Naruto's ear while occasionally glancing at Sasuke.
Naruto's eyes lit up as he suddenly understood and said, "Oh, so that's how it works."
Sasuke still stood with his hands in his pockets pretending to think deeply, but his ears twitched slightly as he tried to listen carefully.
Unfortunately, he heard nothing.
"Tch." Sasuke clicked his tongue and continued training on his own.
I am a genius of the Uchiha Clan, there is absolutely no need to listen to advice from an ugly woman.
"Oh, I understand now, thank you Sakura-chan." Naruto smiled confidently before walking toward the tree and adjusting his chakra according to Sakura's advice.
Naruto's eyes sharpened as he immediately rushed up the tree trunk, surpassing Sasuke by a large margin in a single attempt before leaving a mark with his kunai.
After landing, Naruto deliberately imitated Sasuke's earlier tone and laughed while saying, "Sasuke, you're still far from it."
Sasuke stared at Naruto's new mark on the tree trunk and his expression immediately became extremely dark.
This idiot.
This dead last.
Actually surpassed him completely.
And by such a large margin.
It would probably be difficult for him to catch up anytime soon.
Does that mean I, Uchiha Sasuke, am now the slowest in Team 7.
What a joke.
Sasuke's pride absolutely could not accept this outcome.
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