Chapter 27: Your Comprehension Is Poor—Blame Me?
"Naruto, were you messing with me yesterday?! Where's the training method you promised? I didn't see anything in that book!"
Sasuke's face was flushed red with fury as he shouted.
The puppet shadow clone Naruto shrugged.
"Your comprehension is poor—blame me?"
Yes—at this moment, it was one of Naruto's puppet shadow clones standing here.
Dispatching a puppet clone or coming in person made no real difference.
As long as the clone didn't suffer fatal damage—
a few punches, a few kicks—
it was no big deal.
The clone wouldn't disappear.
As long as he didn't say anything, no one could tell it was a clone.
Sakura stood awkwardly between the two,
feeling miserable.
Trying to play peacemaker:
"Um… you two calm down a little. Kakashi-sensei still has a mission for us today."
Neither Naruto nor Sasuke paid her any attention.
Sasuke pulled out Jiraiya's book and laughed in angry disbelief:
"Heh… my comprehension is poor? Why don't you just admit there's no strength-training method in here at all?!"
He had stayed up all night rereading the entire book multiple times.
Besides the parts that made him feel inexplicably embarrassed right now…
the whole book
contained absolutely nothing related to training.
Maybe… those things were the training method…
That was just Sasuke's guess.
But he was far more convinced that Naruto had been scamming him!
Naruto shrugged again.
"If there's nothing, then how did I use that technique yesterday?"
Go ahead and keep overthinking it, edgelord.
The more you think, the better.
After this round, Sasuke's mentality is probably going to explode.
Sasuke's face stiffened.
Right… hiss…
If there's nothing in there, how did Naruto get so strong?
He wouldn't trick me!
I have nothing worth tricking anyway.
Sasuke bit his lip, face burning red as he stared straight at Naruto.
WTF?!!
Naruto suddenly had a very bad feeling.
A chill ran down his spine.
Sasuke—you better not go off the rails.
I only like girls!
Nothing's happening between us!
"Naruto… the book says training with another guy makes the effects even better."
For the sake of getting stronger!
Sasuke mustered his courage and said it!
Holy crap!
Jiraiya really is that damn lewd.
This world has gone completely insane.
Rats… serving as bridesmaids for cats.
This shouldn't be.
Jiraiya's tastes should be very focused.
Young, eighteen-year-old girls only.
Did I transmigrate into a fake ninja world?
"Are you insane?! Get lost right now!"
Naruto snapped irritably.
Monster girl dual cultivation?
Are you crazy?!
If you want to play swords, go find Lee.
Don't come to me.
Naruto had only skimmed Jiraiya's book.
He didn't remember seeing that kind of plot.
"I don't care! You brought this book, you said it was the training method—I don't care! You have to train with me!"
Remembering yesterday's humiliation,
Sasuke's anger flared again.
You hide your strength, fine.
But you toyed with me—was that fun for you?
Now, for the sake of power, Sasuke was ready to throw away all shame.
Naruto rolled his eyes.
He was seriously considering beating the crap out of Sasuke
to teach him why flowers are so red~
"Sasuke, what training book did Naruto give you? Can I see it?"
Sakura suddenly asked.
She didn't actually want to read it that badly.
But being the only one left out of the trio
made her feel excluded.
A little hurt.
Hm?
Sakura—you want to seize the future too?
Naruto gave Sakura a surprised glance.
If you do, just say it.
I still have a few more books.
Oh… wait, I forgot—the other puppet clones are each carrying one book around the village looking for fated people.
He was out of books on hand.
Sasuke quickly hid the book.
"Get lost—there's nothing to see!"
Sakura looked down sadly, her gaze shifting to Naruto.
Naruto couldn't even be bothered to speak to her.
He completely ignored her.
Sakura felt like a toothpick had stabbed her heart.
"Hey… you three are early today. You didn't forget yesterday's promise, right?"
Kakashi strolled over, hands in his pockets, giving them a lazy wave.
Sakura replied: "I remember. I didn't eat anything this morning."
Sasuke nodded—he hadn't either.
Naruto just smiled without speaking.
Who told you to believe the lies of a 50-50 LSP like Kakashi?!
The ninja world is full of traps—you should've just stayed in the countryside.
Sigh… too late now. Guess you'll be going hungry.
Speaking of which—he used Kakashi's money yesterday
to handle his own business.
From what the store manager said,
Kakashi had quite a stash saved up at her bookstore.
Even Kakashi himself had forgotten about it.
Suddenly, a figure hurried toward them.
It was Hatake Kakashi…
"Good—then I won't waste time with nonsense."
"Put your bentos away. Head to the large clearing over there. I have a mission for you."
Except for Naruto, Sakura and Sasuke had both brought lunch bentos.
Sakura raised an eyebrow slightly, concerned:
"Naruto, you didn't bring a bento?"
Deep down, she kind of wanted to share some with him.
But only if Naruto went back to his old simp behavior.
Only then would she agree.
If you're not simping for me, why should I share my food?
"Does it have anything to do with you?"
Naruto replied flatly.
Sorry!
I, Naruto, will never be a simp again.
He had already guessed about 70–80% of what was going through Sakura's mind.
Think about it from another angle.
It wasn't hard to figure out.
Right now, Sakura's heart was in complete panic!
The boy who used to kneel and simp for her every day
had suddenly become strong
and stopped simping.
All her sense of accomplishment and pride vanished in an instant.
She felt lost.
Like she'd lost something important—but not that important.
The colder Naruto acted toward her,
the more uncomfortable she felt.
Hmph—
So what if you beat up a few physically strong classmates?
You're not like Sasuke—you can't throw shuriken or use ninjutsu.
What's there to be arrogant about?
The three arrived at a fairly open clearing.
Kakashi pulled a pair of small bells from his pocket.
"No restrictions on methods or tools. You can use shuriken, or any ninjutsu you've already learned."
"In short—use every means possible to take these bells from me."
"If you don't get a bell, no lunch today!"
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