"Damn, using a Kage-level expert as a puppet... that's insane."
Looking at Sasori of the Red Sands' innocent face, Naruto was a bit speechless. He clearly looked like a child, yet he was over fifty years old. How absurd.
"Sand Iron Shower!"
Sasori of the Red Sands controlled a puppet to attack, and a dense cloud of iron sand shot towards Naruto.
"Great Ball Rasengan!"
"Buzz!"
A Rasengan with a diameter of over ten meters quickly gathered above his palm. Naruto directly held the Rasengan in front of him, using it as a shield.
"Clang, clang, clang..."
All the iron sand was repelled. Naruto, holding the Rasengan whose power hadn't diminished at all, quickly pushed it towards Sasori of the Red Sands, dragging a huge chasm across the ground.
"Sand Iron World Law!"
"Boom!"
In desperation, Sasori of the Red Sands directly controlled his puppet and hastily released the Sand Iron World Law. Naruto's Great Ball Rasengan slammed right into it.
"Squeak..."
The Rasengan came into contact with the sand iron, which was harder than steel, and tiny, bright sparks flew.
"Crack..."
Before long, the Rasengan broke through the sand iron and pressed down hard on Sasori of the Red Sands.
Boom!
With a deafening explosion that echoed across the sky, the ground where Naruto stood caved in. Even Haku was slightly affected.
"Damn it! How can the art of explosion not bloom? I'll finish you off with C4!"
At this moment, Deidara, who was fighting Haku, was in a frustrated state. He directly released C4 Garuda, his expression manic.
"Lord..."
Naruto called out with some concern.
"Secret Technique: Ice Shattering Sky!"
"Crack..."
With a series of delicate cracking sounds, Deidara's C4 Garuda was instantly frozen, without even time to release the miniature bombs.
Following that, fine screw patterns began to appear on the C4 Garuda, and the entire C4 collapsed in the next moment.
"What? This is impossible!"
Deidara's expression was one of terror; how could his art be buried like this?
"Damn it! Explosion! The arrival of art! Must win!"
Deidara was full of unwillingness, his expression becoming increasingly frenzied.
"Deidara, don't risk your life, run!"
Sasori of the Red Sands called out, and his battered body emerged from the soft soil, quickly fleeing.
"Damn it! They just left like that? I'm not satisfied!"
Deidara roared furiously, but in the end, he didn't stuff the explosive clay into the mouth on his chest.
Watching Deidara and Sasori of the Red Sands gradually flee, Naruto didn't bother to chase. He walked to Haku's side and embraced her wavering body.
"Tired, huh?"
Naruto smiled at Haku. "But that Secret Technique was really amazing! It actually neutralized Deidara's C4."
"I'm not tired, Naruto-nii. Haku helped you, you know."
Even though she was extremely exhausted, Haku had a joyful expression.
"Good girl!"
Naruto smiled and praised, then walked away with Haku from the battlefield.
In another location.
"Tsunade-sama, please take me as your disciple, okay?"
Sakura stood before Tsunade, speaking softly and imploringly.
She couldn't be a burden to Naruto, especially after that trip to the Land of Snow, where she had become the one being protected. This fact was unacceptable to Sakura, who had a strong personality.
"Sakura, have you thought this through?" Tsunade asked calmly.
"Yes, I'm ready."
Sakura's expression was full of determination.
"Alright, I accept."
Tsunade nodded, agreeing.
"Great! Thank you so much, Master!"
Sakura looked at Tsunade gratefully, even changing her address.
"Alright, since you call me Master, come with me. I'll start your training now. Shizune, help me out."
Tsunade instructed, then led Sakura towards the back door. …
"Hah! Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
Boom boom boom!
On a large training ground, a graceful figure moved nimbly, throwing palm strikes at a wooden stake, each one faster than the last.
"Gentle Step Twin Lion Fists!"
Boom!
With the final strike, the wooden stake was blasted away by two lions formed of chakra.
"Hah, hah…"
Standing on the training ground, Hinata, her palms braced on her knees, gasped for breath. Gazing at the palm prints on the wooden stake with her Byakugan, her expression was filled with determination. "I must work even harder. Naruto-kun, I won't fall too far behind you…"
"Twin Rising Dragons!"
"Swish, swish, swish…"
With the weapons constantly being thrown down from mid-air, the arena was already filled with them, densely packed enough to make one's scalp crawl.
"Hah!"
Using the translucent silk threads to lift all the weapons off the ground, TenTen shouted, and then swung all the weapons she had pulled up back down again.
"Boom!"
The next moment, dust filled the sky, and TenTen's body fell from mid-air, panting as she stood in the center of a pile of weapons.
"This level… isn't enough…"
TenTen was not at all satisfied with her current performance, and continued to take out several scrolls from her ninja tool pouch and start practicing again.
It seems everyone is working hard…
"Ayame-nee-san, two bowls of ramen!"
As soon as Naruto entered Ichiraku Ramen, he eagerly called out.
"Alright, coming right up!"
Ayame's voice came from the back, and she didn't even show her face, which made Naruto feel a little strange.
"The ramen is here!"
Soon, Ayame came over with a tray.
"Here's your ramen."
Ayame pushed a large bowl towards Haku, then handed Naruto an extra-large bowl, looking at him expectantly.
"What's up, Ayame-neechan?"
Looking at Ayame's burning gaze, Naruto murmured a question, secretly feeling overwhelmed.
"Nothing, just eat."
Ayame looked at Naruto with anticipation.
"Oh, okay."
Feeling that Ayame indeed had something to say, Naruto didn't delay any further and finished the noodles in his bowl in a few bites.
"Alright, follow me!"
Seeing Naruto finish his ramen, Ayame quickly pulled Naruto into the back room.
Looking at Ayame's anxious expression, Naruto's heart immediately leaped with excitement, and he secretly rejoiced: "Sister Ayame is so eager to take me to the back room, could it be..."
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