“Meat.” Naruto said, “As long as it’s meat, I’m not picky.”

Seven fifty-two.

Rubbing his hands and breathing heavily, leaving a trail of shoe prints on the snow, Naruto trotted home, took out the key and prepared to open the door.

He suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark shadow at the door and was startled. He almost missed a step and tumbled down the stairs.

When he saw who it was, Naruto asked in surprise, “Sakura?”

Who else could it be but Sakura, curled up in a ball, shivering in front of the door.

“Why are you here? It’s so cold outside, let’s go inside first.”

Seeing that Sakura didn’t react, and looking at the snow piled on her hat and shoulders, Naruto guessed that she was probably frozen stiff, so he said, “Can you get up? Come, I’ll help you, uh… you’re so stiff!”

Finally, it was Naruto who carried Sakura into the house, wrapped her in a blanket, and moved the stove next to her to heat it up for warmth.

Next to where Sakura was squatting, there was a semi-transparent bag, and you could see meat and vegetables inside. The meat was still raw.

“This is…” Naruto groaned.

Chapter 16 Naruto: Not Losing

“I didn’t know you would come tonight. If I had known, I would have come back sooner.” Naruto said.

“Besides, you, too, why didn’t you tell me in advance if you were coming to celebrate? It wouldn’t be a big deal to pass me a note.”

“And since I’m not home, you don’t have to wait any longer. How can you be so stupid as to wait outside the door until you freeze to death?”

Directly opposite her, Sakura, who had already recovered and was eating instant noodles while blowing air in small sips, suddenly put the bowl down and a cross appeared on her forehead.

“Ah! Yes! I wanted to give you a surprise, so I didn’t pass the note.”

“I think you’ll be back soon if you wait a little longer.”

“I am just as stupid as an idiot for thinking like this. I am so stupid!”

“Ahem, sorry, I’m really sorry.” Naruto laughed dryly, “How can I make you calm down and feel better?”

“It has nothing to do with you. I’m just mad at myself.” Sakura sighed, feeling uncomfortably.

“I lied to my parents that I was having dinner with friends, turned down Ino’s invitation to the party, and waited outside like an idiot for nearly an hour and a half.”

“It’s all your fault. I don’t know what I was thinking. Am I crazy? I actually wanted to help you celebrate for making it into the top three. I…”

“Forget it, I’m going back.”

I’m angry that Naruto hasn’t come back yet, making me wait for so long and suffer like this.

I was angry that my brain was stuck in the door, and I left my warm and comfortable home and ran here to suffer hunger and cold.

Sakura was so angry but had no place to vent it that she didn’t want to say anything more and got up to go home.

Seeing Sakura walking towards the entrance, Naruto didn’t have time to think about it, and subconsciously chased after her and stopped her.

“What?” Sakura frowned.

“Uh, what is that…” Naruto racked his brains to recall.

Suddenly I remembered Sakura in the plot. She seemed to beat Naruto often, especially when she was angry or unhappy.

Thinking about his own physique, he had thick skin and flesh, and would be fine after a few beatings. Naruto said, “Ugly monster.”

“???” Sakura was stunned.

after awhile.

“What did you say? I seemed to be hallucinating just now.” Sakura said stiffly.

If I let Sakura hit me to vent my anger, she might not do it. Besides, that would be very strange.

The solution is simple, just irritate her.

Thinking of this, Naruto chuckled and said, “Ugly.”

“I actually came back a long time ago, but I didn’t show up after seeing you. I wanted to see you shivering from the cold. It’s so funny, haha!”

Sakura was stunned, and after she reacted, you can imagine how intense her anger was.

“Naruto!!”

With one punch, she hit Naruto’s face hard, knocking him to the ground. Then Sakura pounced on him like a hungry tiger, attacking left and right.

“What did you say, asshole!”

“I actually changed my opinion of you. I thought there was some misunderstanding that you were excluded by so many people.”

“I’ve never seen you do any mischief. I once thought that all the rumors about you were just lies.”

“I didn’t expect it, I didn’t expect it…”

“How terrible! You are the worst person to use such a prank to play a prank on others!”

Fight until you are out of breath and exhausted.

Thinking about how she had been waiting in the snow for so long and Naruto had been watching just to laugh at her, Sakura felt extremely aggrieved and angry, and looked at Naruto with disgust.

“From now on, you don’t have to help me chase Sasuke-kun anymore. I can do it myself.”

“That should put an end to your anger now.” Naruto, with a bruised face and nose, said softly.

“Ah?” Sakura was stunned.

quite a while…

Suddenly, Xiaoying understood something, but she felt like there was something stuck in her throat and couldn’t utter a word.

Naruto sniffed, wiped his nose with his right hand, and blood flowed out.

“When I’m depressed, angry, or irritated, I want to hit something to vent.” Naruto said, “I wonder if you are the same?”

“That’s not necessary…” Sakura murmured, “You can let me hit other things, deliberately provoke me to hit you, you guy, do you like to be beaten?”

“After all, I am the direct cause of your suffocation and cold.” Naruto said embarrassedly.

“After this, I will have to continue to trouble you with the written test. I don’t want our relationship to become cold because of this, even if it’s only for a while.”

“If you hit me and then clear up the misunderstanding, you will more or less feel a little sorry for me.”

“Not only can I completely clear up this matter, but I can also allow you to help me more wholeheartedly. Seriously speaking, I won’t lose anything.”

Sakura was silent.

My mood is like a roller coaster, up and down.

She was truly extremely disappointed just now, and from the force of the blow, it was clear that she had used all her strength.

But in the blink of an eye, she learned of Naruto’s intention, which made her speechless.

“You got beaten for nothing and you still say it’s not a loss. Are you an idiot?” After saying this, Sakura was about to go home to get medicine.

Unexpectedly, the wound on Naruto’s face healed and recovered quickly at a speed visible to the naked eye.

“This! What happened?” Sakura was shocked.

“Hehe, remember I said that my physique is quite special.” Naruto said with a smile.

“What kind of physique could be so special?” Sakura had an expression as if her worldview had been overturned.

Regardless of the process, the fact is that Sakura’s anger has subsided.

After filling their stomachs and chatting about study-related topics for a while, Naruto transformed, followed Sakura home, and then…

I returned to my home and looked through my newly acquired ninjutsu, earth escape technique, and earth flow wall.

Why would you have to go to such lengths to make Sakura calm down?

Could it be that Naruto has a hidden hobby that feels good when he gets beaten?

Not that far-fetched.

On the one hand, it was because Sakura was his future companion, and even later, his in-law.

On the other hand, in completing the tasks of the third generation, the top student Sakura can help him fill in the gaps to the greatest extent.

The third generation required from the beginning that the top three in the written test could only be achieved through the body and not through the shadow clone.

No matter how careful a person is, there will inevitably be times when he or she makes mistakes. In order to prevent such accidents, Sakura’s existence is very necessary.

Finally, Naruto thought about the purpose of the Third Hokage issuing the mission and he knew it very well.

Because of a small conflict, his relationship with Sakura became cold, and the degree of their bond was not up to the third generation’s psychological expectations. There is no guarantee that the third generation will not come up with other new tricks.

All in all, maintaining friendship with Sakura will do more good than harm to me.

There was no reason for Naruto to sit back and watch Sakura leave with a rage and without being able to vent.

The night is long and dreams are many. Who knows what unexpected things will happen?

Solve it early and feel at ease early.

“So that’s how it is. The flexibility of Earth Escape is not as good as Water Escape, but it also has its own advantages.”

Create hundreds of shadow clones, learn them in the shortest time possible, and use them in the open space downstairs, comparing the characteristics of the water array wall, Naruto thought to himself.

“The water curtain created by the Water Dungeon will immediately collapse and turn into a puddle of water if the Chakra injected into it is withdrawn.”

“As long as the density of the material created by earth escape technique is high enough, even if the chakra is extracted, it will still remain the same.”

Naruto poked his fingers at the half-meter-high earth wall in front of him that was draining away his chakra, and many thoughts came to his mind.

Chapter 17: First Encounter with the Nine-Tailed Fox

Less than half a year later.

Konoha back mountain.

“Water escape, water formation wall.”

Naruto was standing steadily on the slowly flowing stream, forming seals with his hands and performing ninjutsu.

Immediately, the water under his feet was pulled, boiling and forming a water tornado.

The speed is increasing as time goes by.