Naruto looked at Little Sakura with boredom and said, "Little Sakura, if you think I still like you, then you're completely wrong. Stop being selfish and wake up."
Little Sakura turned to look at him and responded sharply, "Then let me tell you, Naruto, I've hated you for a long time. You're always doing pointless things and always getting in the way between me and Sasuke-kun!"
Naruto sneered and replied, "Don't worry, that won't happen in the future." Then he looked down from the rooftop.
Below, Hinata had just finished her first meeting with the Jōnin and was on her way home.
Naruto had already sensed this.
"Hey, Hinata!" Naruto jumped off the roof and suddenly appeared in front of her.
"Oh! Oh, hello, Naruto." Hinata, who was walking attentively, was startled by Naruto suddenly landing in front of her.
She looked up at the rooftop, which was twenty meters high, thinking that Naruto had jumped down from it. Concern appeared on her face as she asked, "Naruto, Naruto-kun, are you okay?"
Seeing her delicate, cute expression, Naruto's heart softened instantly.
"This is my real heroine. This is the woman who loves me and is worth protecting for a lifetime!" Naruto thought to himself as he looked at the future mother of his children.
"I'm fine. Are you heading home?" Naruto asked Hinata.
"Yes." Hinata replied shyly and nervously, clasping her small hands together.
"We're going to train. Would you like to join us?" Naruto leaned forward and asked her with a smile.
"Huh?" Hinata looked up in confusion, staring at Naruto who had gotten so close to her. Her heart was racing uncontrollably, and she was unsure of how to respond.
At that moment, a tall man in a kimono appeared in the distance and called out to Hinata, "Hinata, let's go home!"
"Oh! Oh! Yes, Father." Hinata quickly answered when she heard her father's call, blushing and running forward with her head down.
Naruto squinted at the man in the distance, who turned out to be his future father-in-law, Hiashi Hyūga.
"Hinata, eat more so you can grow up quickly!" Naruto shouted with a smile as Hinata walked away. But seeing the sharp look from her father, he quickly corrected himself: "Oops, I mean, grow up soon! Haha!"
...
At the training ground of the Ninja Academy.
Naruto, Sasuke, and Little Sakura stood under three large trees, with Iruka standing in front of them.
"Naruto, it seems like you're working hard. Right after graduation, you wanted to start training." Iruka said to Naruto approvingly.
"Yes, Mr. Iruka. My dream is to become Hokage. I think the Third Hokage is too old to even walk, so I want to take his place soon!" Naruto joked with a smirk.
"Ah, Naruto, you really are…" Iruka shook his head with a sigh and continued, "Since you came to me, I'll give you one last lesson. Back then, my first training after graduation was to walk on trees. This is the foundation every official ninja must master."
Naruto's face lit up with excitement. This was exactly why he called Iruka. In fact, he knew how to train, but didn't know exactly how to do it.
"Mr. Iruka, how exactly do we walk on trees? Could you demonstrate it to us first?" Naruto pretended to be impatient.
"Watch closely." Iruka formed a chakra-gathering seal with his hands and said, "First, you gather chakra at the soles of your feet and control the output."
With that, Iruka slowly walked, step by step, up the trunk and onto the branches.
"Wow! Mr. Iruka, you're amazing!" Little Sakura exclaimed in awe as she watched Iruka.
Sasuke, though silent, looked on with eyes full of admiration and desire.
Naruto stood there, holding his breath, his face filled with eagerness.
"Alright, you can give it a try." Iruka jumped down from the tree and said to the three of them with a smile.
The three picked a large tree, took a deep breath, gathered chakra on the soles of their feet, followed Iruka's instructions, and took their first steps up the trunk.
Boom!
Sasuke fell off the trunk first, not even managing to take a second step.
Boom!
Naruto fell next, but he had already taken nine steps, just one step away from the top.
"YEAH!"
Little Sakura cheered. She had successfully reached the top on her first try. She waved at Sasuke, wanting to show off her accomplishment.
But Sasuke, seeing her flaunting, snorted and hurried towards the trunk again.
"The key to tree walking is precise chakra control," Naruto thought to himself.
"The [super chakra control ability] rewarded by the system is only at the [beginner] level, while Little Sakura might have reached the [intermediate] level, which is why she could succeed in one try."
With this thought, Naruto smiled, held his breath, gathered chakra under his feet again, raised his left foot, stepped onto the trunk, and then his right foot…
Step by step, as Naruto was one step away from the top, his left foot suddenly lost its grip on the tree, causing him to fall.
Boom!
Iruka caught him and smiled, "Mr. Iruka, believe it or not, I'll make it to the top on my third try," Naruto said confidently.
Iruka smiled and said, "Go for it, Naruto!"
But, in reality, he didn't believe it. He knew all too well how Naruto had performed over the six years at school.
"Hmph!" Sasuke scoffed, clearly not believing that Naruto, the class "dead last," could succeed.
"Heh," Naruto turned to Sasuke and said defiantly, "How about a bet? If I reach the top next time, it means I've beaten you again, deal?"
"Deal!" Sasuke replied angrily, still stinging from his previous loss.
"Haha, get ready to lose again, Sasuke!" Naruto said, then refocused. With the help of [super chakra control], he carefully managed the chakra at his feet to just the right level.
The first step, the second step, the third step…
The ninth step.
The tenth step!
Boom!
Sasuke fell again, looking up in surprise at Naruto, who stood at the top of the tree, his face flushed with embarrassment.
He hadn't expected to lose again, nor could he catch up to Naruto! And even the Little Sakura he'd always scorned had surpassed him!
How could this pain someone like him, who considered himself a [genius]?
"Ding! [Long-term Achievement Mission: Defeat Sasuke Seven Times!] Progress: 37%. Keep going, Host."
Naruto listened to the system prompt, looked down at Sasuke below, and laughed with his hands on his hips.
Iruka looked at Naruto in surprise and pride, smiling warmly.
Little Sakura, standing at the top of a nearby tree, looked at Naruto in awe, and then accidentally lost her balance and fell.
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