Chapter 109: Sakura's Training Philosophy
Haruno Sakura felt that she could absolutely not be considered a germaphobe, at least not among girls.
After all, the time she had spent as a boy was far longer than as a girl.
Therefore, she just said to Naruto in a normal, disgusted tone, "Shouldn't you wash the clothes you changed out of this morning? They're about to start stinking, you know!"
—That's right, Naruto had a bad habit that many single men have, which is to pile up clothes until they are sky-high and almost have nothing left to wear before he washes them. If it weren't for the limited space on the ship where everyone had to squeeze together for everything, Sakura wouldn't have discovered he had this habit.
Then the kid refused without hesitation. It was too much trouble to wash clothes every day. Of course, you had to save up a lot before washing them! Sasuke, on the side, silently gave a thumbs-up.
"How is washing clothes troublesome? Don't tell me you guys still wash by hand?" The girl found it quite incredible.
"Not by hand... so can we wash with our feet?" Naruto asked foolishly. From the look in Sasuke's eyes, it was clear that he had the same question.
She widened her eyes. "Don't you guys use ninjutsu to wash?"
Naruto and Sasuke immediately showed a "there's a trick like that?" expression.
The girl then led them into the laundry room with big steps. "Let me demonstrate for you. Watch carefully!"
She held a ball of water in her hand with chakra, poured laundry detergent and one of Naruto's dirty shirts into the ball, and then carefully controlled her chakra to guide the water flow, spinning and agitating it like a washing machine. Before long, the water became turbid.
She then took the shirt out. The dirty shirt had been washed completely clean.
"See? Easy and pleasant! Applying ninjutsu to daily life is also a very effective training method," she said with a smile, smugly.
"Also, after washing the clothes, you can try using ninjutsu to blow them dry or tumble dry them. This can train your chakra control! Ever since Kakashi-sensei taught us water walking, we haven't had any chakra control training for a long time. I estimate that when you can complete these things with ease, your chakra control ability will rise to another level."
Sasuke's expression changed. "Sakura, do you usually train like this too?"
"Hehe, I've been practicing like this since I could refine chakra... it's been almost ten years!"
Naruto wrinkled his nose and asked with a pained, foxy face, "How do you even do that?"
This guy was full of energy whenever it came to training—with the sole exception of special training for chakra control.
"First, use chakra to drive the water flow to agitate. Didn't you say you learned the Rasengan? It's that method, just remember not to use too much force. After washing, blow them dry with wind. Remember to control your chakra precisely. The wind force generated by the ninjutsu can't be too strong or too weak, otherwise it will damage the clothes, so you must practice diligently!" Sakura patiently guided him. "Anyway, if you ruin the clothes, you're the one who has to wear them. Or should I teach you a ninjutsu for mending clothes?"
Naruto's face stiffened. "I'll go wash my clothes now!"
"Remember to come to the lounge to watch today's video after you're done!" Sakura shouted at the back of the yellow-haired kid.
In many things, Sakura often felt out of sync with the people of the Naruto world.
For example, she was used to practicing her chakra skills while walking down the road. Others thought she was overly diligent, but she just couldn't tolerate not being able to play with her phone while walking—so she had no choice but to play with her chakra.
For example, the concept of "integrating ninjutsu into daily life as a means of training" seemed to be very rare in the Naruto world. The mainstream view here was to concentrate on training during training time, and to rest as much as possible during rest time. When you walk, you should just walk. When dealing with daily chores, you shouldn't be distracted by thoughts of training. But Sakura wanted to ask: why not? Using ninjutsu to take a bath and do housework could both save time and train your ninjutsu. It was actually a win-win situation.
Naruto and Sasuke had already been greatly influenced by her, but they still found her ideas very strange.
However, alright, who told her she was the current captain? What she said, went.
Haruno Sakura could also see that the two of them were still not very convinced that this kind of child's-play-like ninjutsu could serve as training. They just thought it was very convenient and could save them time for training. But she believed that as long as they persisted for a period of time, they would naturally discover the benefits of doing so.
On the other hand, for the past few days since the crew had set out, they had been using video recordings to review their training duels, and the effect was surprisingly good. All three of them had discovered many flaws they had never been aware of before.
Compared to blindly burying one's head in hard training and using brute force, timely reviewing the video recordings and analyzing the battles after training was a more effective way to summarize experience and improve oneself.
After all, not everyone was an "effort-type genius" like Rock Lee—Gai's evaluation of Lee was actually a pun.
It was only after coming to the Naruto world that Sakura knew that Lee was not only diligent but also had a body that could withstand his almost self-torturous training. This innate taijutsu constitution made it almost impossible for him to use ninjutsu and genjutsu, but on the other hand, this magical constitution also made it so that no matter how excessively he trained, his body would not collapse, but would instead grow steadily.
In fact, there were many diligent students at the Ninja Academy, but Lee was the only one who could be as diligent as Lee and whose body hadn't collapsed. In this cruel world, diligence not only didn't guarantee rewards but sometimes could even bring about bad results. For a person to become strong just by relying on diligence, it must be because they have a hacked body. This is the so-called talent, a genius that others cannot envy—the poisonous chicken soup of the Naruto world was much more potent than that of her previous life.
Gai-sensei also had this kind of constitution, just not as extreme as Lee's; he could still use some simple ninjutsu. Speaking of which, the constitution of many ninja, including the Hyuga clan, had this tendency to some extent.
The tenketsu-stimulating chakra method invented by Hinata and Sakura, and Gai's Eight Gates, were all things that only people with this kind of constitution could practice well and use well. An ordinary person like Sakura would find it as awkward to use this kind of taijutsu as a Hyuga clan member would to use ninjutsu.
In short, the video review was also one of the major gains of this trip. Even Sasuke, who was originally not very satisfied with the mission because it was not challenging and took too long, had become motivated because of this unexpected joy.
After leaving Konoha, the crew sailed at sea for a few days and then reached the territory of the Land of Snow.
This country, which had not appeared in the original story, was a small island nation located on the sea at the northeastern end of the continent. Because of its high latitude, the climate was cold, and many places were covered in snow all year round. The lives of the people here were also quite difficult. Most people were just barely getting by, a place with not much to offer. Even the Land of Lightning, with its strongest desire for expansion among the five great nations, was too lazy to make a move on it. For this reason, it had been lucky enough to live a relatively peaceful life.
If you didn't count the political instability caused by Kazahana Dotō's coup d'état a decade ago.
When this topic was mentioned, Sakura noticed that the lead actress, Fujikaze Yukie, looked a little unnatural.
On the ship, there were no other entertainment options, and there was no suitable place for ninja to train. After it got dark, they would often get together, drink tea, and chat to relieve their boredom and pass the time.
—At least, that's what Fujikaze Yukie, who had taken the initiative to suggest they drink tea and chat together, had said.
At first, Sakura had also believed her words, adhering to the principle of not easily suspecting others, if she hadn't focused most of her attention on Sasuke.
Speaking of which, Fujikaze Yukie was already in her twenties. She was an old woman pushing thirty without a boyfriend—Sakura subtly understood the mentality of this strange auntie who liked pretty boys like Sasuke.
Oh right, she supported the tsundere-uke Sasuke with the energetic-seme Naruto.
This was what Yukie had told Sakura personally. Her woman's unique ability to observe romantic tension had quickly made her discover that Sakura was not in a romantic relationship with either Sasuke or Naruto, nor did she wish to move towards one. This strange auntie had thus come to a misunderstanding: if a girl could get along with two high-quality pretty boys for many years without any intention of developing a romantic relationship, then it could only mean one thing—
She was a fujoshi.
To some extent, if Sakura weren't a special case, this woman Yukie's analytical ability was very strong.
So Yukie felt she had met a kindred spirit. While Director Asama was chatting with others about the Land of Snow, she had pulled Sakura aside for a small meeting, whispering about those topics.
Sakura felt as if she had opened the door to a new world—no, this is not what I want! So she quickly closed the door and fled in panic.
"Kazahana Dotō colluded with the Snow Ninja back then—" Asama Takehiko was at that moment talking about the inside story of the coup in the Land of Snow. Someone next to him suddenly slammed the table twice, interrupting him.
Sakura quickly pretended to be startled, took the opportunity to get away from Yukie's whispers, and turned her head to look—
"Takehiko, be careful what you say!" the old man who had slammed the table reprimanded.
The speaker was Asama Takehiko's uncle, and Fujikaze Yukie's manager and butler, Asama Sandayū.
"Uncle, what can't be said! I'm on a ship now, can he fly over and kill me? My mouth is my own. He could do such things back then, so we can't talk about them now?" Asama Takehiko said with a resentful look on his face. His years as a director had made him accustomed to being the one in charge on set. Even though he had a gentle temperament, it was difficult for him to tolerate being rudely interrupted by his uncle.
However, isn't Takehiko overreacting a bit?
Sakura was a little surprised. She looked around. The other members of the crew were a little surprised by the conflict between the uncle and nephew, but Fujikaze Yukie had a strange expression.
She exchanged a look with Naruto and Sasuke.
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