Chapter 52: Team 7, Disbanded!
June 30, 2025 | By Akiyama Makoto
[Simulation starting...]
[Remaining Simulation Attempts: 4]
[Simulation Target: Haruno Sakura]
[Initial Relationship: She has a favorable impression of you.]
[Ding! The simulation is about to begin. You have three free opportunities to guide the simulation's direction.]
[Guide the simulation's direction now?]
Akiyama Makoto selected "Yes" and then quickly input the settings for this simulation. A long while later, the simulation officially began.
[The next day, you sign a land transfer agreement with Sasuke for a symbolic price of 10,000 Ryō. Your new home enters the construction phase.]
[At the same time, you submit an application to the Hokage's Office, hoping to hold a book signing ceremony in Konoha a week later when the first batch of books is printed.]
Makoto's expression was focused. This was one of the countermeasures he had come up with. As long as he was famous enough and Danzō couldn't find any evidence to slander him, then he would be safe until the Konoha Crush plot. Of course, he still had to defend against a sneak attack from a ninja like Yamanaka Fū. And to that end, he didn't mind making that matter public knowledge as well.
[For the next week, you stay at home under the pretext of designing your new house. Ino, Sakura, and Sasuke all become guests at your home.]
[As promised, you teach Sasuke chakra control methods and also toss him many Earth and Water Style ninjutsu scrolls, demanding that he claim them as his own.]
[Sasuke accepts everything. Although he dislikes Earth and Water Style, he won't pass up an opportunity to enrich his collection and increase his knowledge.]
[A week later, the book signing is held as scheduled. Everyone you know shows up to support you. Surprisingly, Sarutobi Hiruzen also personally comes to the scene and buys a copy. After the news spreads, the streets of Konoha are empty as everyone flocks to your event. Your book signing is a resounding success.]
Seeing this, Makoto clenched his fists. In the words of his previous life, his simulated self had become the hottest celebrity in Konoha. Faced with someone like that, would Yamanaka Fū still dare to make a move?
He soon understood that for someone like Fū, his change in status meant nothing. Perhaps in his eyes, only Danzō was worthy of respect.
[After the book signing, you continue to train outside the village. Shimura Taiji and his subordinates ambush you but are defeated. Yamanaka Fū then stabs you but is also defeated by you.]
[You walk back into Konoha, covered in blood. The news of your stabbing causes an uproar throughout the village. You are sent to the Konoha Hospital for treatment, and the number of people who come to visit you each day exceeds three digits.]
[Even the Daimyō's wife sends you a gift. The Hokage's Office is pushed into the eye of the storm.]
A slight smile curved Makoto's lips. Things were proceeding just as he had predicted. Of course, this situation alone was not enough to take down Danzō, but would it be enough to make him wary of the consequences?
The answer was yes.
[You display your talent in medical ninjutsu. You receive meticulous treatment from the Konoha Medical Corps, and your talent is reported to the Third Hokage.]
[On Danzō's advice, Hiruzen decides to investigate your talent and your past. Yamanaka Inoichi extracts your memories, but the Hokage's Office still finds nothing suspicious about you.]
[You are defined as a prodigy with a transcendent talent for medical ninjutsu.]
At this point, a smile was already hanging on Makoto's lips. On the surface, his simulated self only had the strength of a Chūnin, but it was already no easy task for an average Jōnin to take him down. Coupled with his fame and talent, even if Danzō wanted to make a move, Hiruzen would forcefully suppress him.
And sure enough, the subsequent simulation proved his theory correct.
[A week later, you are released. Hiruzen grants you an immediate audience and asks what you plan to do next.]
[Citing your desire to repay the kindness of the Konoha Medical Corps, you resolutely choose to become a glorious medical ninja. From then on, your name as a medic spreads throughout the village.]
With this, he now had an official status and the backing of the unassuming Konoha Medical Corps. His life from now on would likely be a smooth road.
[After becoming a medical ninja, your writing career becomes a hobby. Yamanaka Ino stops contacting you. In your spare time, you continue to teach Sakura and Sasuke ninjutsu.]
[Konoha 64: The Konoha 9 graduate. Sakura, Sasuke, and Naruto are once again assigned to the same team. Only this time, Sasuke and Sakura's strength has clearly increased. Naruto's attempts to win Sakura's affection are completely ignored, and he is hit hard by this.]
Makoto looked at the text with some surprise. He hadn't considered Naruto's role in all this. But thinking about it, it wasn't strange. At this point, Sasuke was already stronger than Naruto. With Sakura also surpassing Naruto while being even less interested in him, the poor boy had probably been hit with a multi-layered critical strike.
Wait a minute... could this cause the original Team 7 to break apart? Naruto shouldn't be so easily defeated by his emotions, but...
[In the subsequent bell test, the stronger Sasuke and Sakura cooperate in battle, and Naruto is completely excluded.]
[After Kakashi defeats the three of them, he ties up Naruto and gives them another chance to challenge him in the afternoon, but only provides two lunches for the three of them.]
[This time, Sasuke does not share his food with the useless Naruto. All three are deemed unqualified by Kakashi.]
Ah, this... Makoto scratched his head. Now he was completely lost. Would Kakashi really do something like that? The team assignments for the Rookie 12 were basically decided by the Hokage himself. Now Kakashi was going to split up Naruto, Sasuke, and Sakura? What would Naruto do then?
Without the subsequent team missions, how would the bond between Sasuke and Naruto be established? If those two weren't a team, who would fight Six Paths Obito and Six Paths Madara in the future, not to mention Kaguya Ōtsutsuki?
A series of questions popped into his head, which only made him more curious about what would happen next.
[The Third Hokage approves the application to disband Team 7. The members of the original team go their separate ways.]
[Kakashi takes Sasuke as his personal apprentice. Sakura enrolls in the Konoha Medical Corps. And Naruto begins to train under Jiraiya.]
Huh... Makoto stroked his chin. This development didn't seem all that different after all. The biggest difference... was probably that Sakura was excluded from the original Team 7?
A strange expression appeared on his face... Could it be that because of this, Naruto and Sasuke would become even stronger?
[Konoha 64: The Konoha Crush plot erupts. Sasuke and Naruto, who did not participate in the Chūnin Exams, both display astonishing strength, becoming the leaders of Konoha's new generation.]
[Sakura, meanwhile, saves many people alongside you. She also begins to make a name for herself in the field of medical ninjutsu.]
[After the Third Hokage's death, the village advisors order Jiraiya and Naruto to go find Tsunade. Danzō takes the opportunity to once again level accusations against you. You are imprisoned, accused of being a Sand Village spy.]
You've got to be kidding me... Danzō, you bastard, again?!
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