"Sasuke-kun..."
Sasuke coldly said, "I'm just as useless; I lost to Naruto."
"Is that what you're trying to say?!"
Sakura Haruno quickly waved her hands, "I, I didn't mean that..."
"A loss is a loss! There's no point making excuses!"
Sasuke dropped these icy words and continued to stride away.
Sakura Haruno still tried to follow him.
Without looking back, Sasuke said coldly, "Instead of pestering me here, you should focus on how to improve yourself!"
"Your so-called top grades are only in academic subjects!"
"That kind of thing is not very useful once you graduate and become a true Ninja!"
"Other than that, your true strength is probably the real Diao Che Wei!"
Sakura Haruno felt as if she had been struck by lightning, a sudden realization hitting her.
"Sasuke-kun, you..."
Deep down, Sakura Haruno knew that what Sasuke said was true.
Her academic grades were excellent, but her Ninjutsu was only at a basic level, and as for actual combat, she had almost no chance of winning.
But having Sasuke say it so suddenly still made her feel incredibly wronged.
Two lines of tears involuntarily slid down her cheeks.
"Sasuke-kun..."
However, Sasuke had already walked far away.
In Sakura Haruno's mind, the words Iruka had said to her resurfaced.
Only by becoming more outstanding and stronger would she be worthy of standing beside the person she admired!
"Sasuke-kun! I... I will work hard to become stronger!"
"I will definitely stand by your side and fight alongside you!"
Sakura Haruno, with tears streaming down her face, shouted loudly at Sasuke's retreating back.
But Sasuke never looked back.
At this moment, besides killing Uchiha Itachi, Sasuke had a new goal... to defeat Naruto and reclaim his dignity and pride!
For this, he had no other selfish distractions.
This summer... he would face death to live.
As long as he didn't die, he would continue to train hard, pushing his life to its limits to fulfill his long-cherished wish!
Defeat Naruto!!!
...At this moment, Naruto, who had just arrived home, sneezed several times in a row, not knowing who was talking about him.
But he didn't have time to think about it and immediately responded to the system big brother in his mind.
"system big brother, I want to draw a random reward!"
[Do you wish to activate it immediately?]
"Yes!"
Naruto excitedly rubbed his hands, as if a spinning wheel appeared in his mind, with various dazzling rewards flashing by like a carousel, finally stopping on one of the slots... "This, this is..."
Naruto's eyes immediately widened!
Chapter 76: Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm! Embark on a New Journey! Please give me your monthly votes!!!
[Congratulations to the Host for obtaining a personalized Ninjutsu gift package!]
[Detecting that the Host's primary Chakra nature is Wind Release, the Ninjutsu obtained is Wind Release Ninjutsu!]
[Currently obtaining the first Wind Release Ninjutsu scroll...]
[Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!]
Naruto's heart stirred.
Ninjutsu!
And it was an advanced Ninjutsu!
This was something he had never possessed before, a precious item!
What Naruto lacked most right now was actually a good teacher, or rather, a path to self-improvement.
It's worth noting that most of his other classmates had their own clans, teachers, seniors, and backing.
Even Uchiha Sasuke, now alone, actually had Ninjutsu scrolls inherited from the Uchiha Clan.
For example, Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique, Fire Release: Dragon Fire Technique, Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique, and so on.
But Naruto had absolutely nothing.
The Ninja Academy would never teach high-level Ninjutsu.
Only the most basic Three Body Technique.
Even the Shadow Clone Technique was something Naruto had deduced himself.
This put him at a significant disadvantage when fighting against people like Sasuke and Neji.
But now... he finally had his own unique Ninjutsu, perfectly suited for him!
"Wind Release?"
"So everyone has a nature they're good at..."
"That guy Sasuke is Fire Release, and I'm Wind Release..."
"Hahahahaha, if I learn Wind Release Ninjutsu, won't it be easier to defeat Sasuke later?!"
[Please note, Host, Fire Release is a counter to Wind Release, so learning Wind Release Ninjutsu will not make it easier to defeat Uchiha Sasuke, who specializes in Fire Release.]
Naruto: "...Huh?!"
"Countered by Sasuke's Fire Release?!"
"Then why am I learning it!"
[If the Host does not want the current reward, this system can retrieve it at any time. Are you sure you wish to give up? Countdown 5...]
"No, no, no, no!"
"Of course I still want the reward!"
"Never mind, never mind. Even if it's countered by Sasuke, at least it's very useful against other enemies!"
Soon, a Wind Release Ninjutsu scroll appeared in Naruto's mind.
It was exactly what the system had mentioned... Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!
"Wind Release: Gale Palm, training level C, medium to close range, attack and support type!"
"A technique that changes Chakra nature to wind, using a clap as a trigger to transform it into a violent gale!"
"The gale can easily blow away enemies; its power is considerable. More importantly, the wind generated by the Gale Palm can be combined with kunai or Shuriken to increase their power, doubling their speed and force, with endless applications!"
Naruto stroked his chin.
"Hmm..."
"It looks very powerful, but I wonder if it's difficult..."
Naruto didn't waste any time and immediately became eager to try it.
The system, of course, was happy to see this.
[Please, Host, begin practicing Wind Release: Gale Palm immediately!]
[Please, Host, increase the proficiency of Wind Release: Gale Palm to at least 60 points within ten days!]
[Otherwise, you will receive the baptism of this system's Lightning Release!]
Naruto was currently in a stage of overflowing confidence.
"Ten days, 60 points of proficiency, huh?"
"Hehehe, with a genius like me, it'll definitely be no problem!"
At this moment, he hadn't realized the seriousness of the problem... Time to get to it!
Naruto immediately began training according to the methods in the Ninjutsu scroll.
"The hand seals are..."
"Boar - Dragon - Joined Hands!"
Having experience with the Shadow Clone Technique, Naruto was quite proficient with hand seals.
"Boar! Dragon! Joined Hands, clap!"
"Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!"
Whoosh—
A summer breeze blew in through the window.
Other than that, nothing happened.
Naruto closed his eyes, pursed his lips, and cold sweat dripped from his forehead.
"What's going on?!"
"Wind Release: Violent Wind Palm!"
Still a dead silence.
"Huh?!"
"It had absolutely no effect at all?!"
"Is this Wind Release Ninjutsu so difficult?!"
Actually, Naruto had greatly underestimated the difficulty of Ninjutsu training.
After all, he was currently just a Ninja Academy student. Although the system's "supervision" had caused his strength to skyrocket.
He was still far from the stage of truly mastering Ninjutsu.
For example... in the original work, after joining Team 7, Kakashi Hatake only then trained his disciples in tree climbing.
The purpose was to precisely condense Chakra in a certain part of the body and maintain it for a period of time.
And later, Naruto's water walking training with Ebisu and Jiraiya... the purpose was to control the outward release of Chakra and achieve more precise control.
Not to mention, in the original work, Naruto only truly encountered nature transformation two years later, when he was training the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
That was still too far in the future from now.
Of course, that's not to say that without these trainings, one cannot successfully release various elemental Ninjutsu.