Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 12 Punch

Empty classroom
No one around
There was only the rustling sound of Haruno Sakura writing. Iruka and Mizuki were sitting in the front, watching Sakura writing furiously.

Sakura did the test without any hesitation. She glanced over all the questions and then started writing. There was no hindrance or pause in the whole process.

Iruka looked at Sakura Haruno who was working quickly on the questions, his face calm, without a trace of surprise.

He has been watching Sakura's every move these days. Coupled with her already excellent grades, liberal arts can be easily mastered by Sakura.

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"Iruka-sensei, I'm done."

When the time reached fifty minutes, Haruno Sakura put down her pencil and looked at the answer sheet in her hand with satisfaction.

"Okay, there will be a physical fitness test and actual combat training in the afternoon, remember not to eat too much."

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Whoosh!
ten rings
Whoosh!
Ten rings!

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While Iruka was recording Sakura's shuriken test, he sighed as he looked at the girl throwing shuriken not far away.

Becoming a ninja is not as good as people imagine.

Even if you are a child, as long as you wear a forehead protector, your hands will be stained with blood. If you don't stain your hands with blood, then your blood will stain the hands of others.

pat~
Sarutobi Hiruzen was smoking in the teacher's office, looking at the little girl who was taking the promotion exam not far away.

He and Iruka have different ideas. Konoha needs fresh blood now. Just like the previous Ninja World War, the younger generation needs a dazzling enough figure to stand in everyone's sight.

After experiencing the Third Ninja World War and the Nine-Tails Rebellion, Konoha has shown signs of a lack of successors.

Now Konoha is only left with this old man struggling to hold on...

He wanted to train another person who could take on important responsibilities for Konoha before retiring.

"Full marks for Shuriken Throwing."

Iruka put down the transcript in his hand. To be honest, the accuracy of this shuriken was enough even for the graduation exam.

"Next up, the cross-country obstacle course."

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"Full marks."

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"Next up, 500-meter sprint."

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"Full marks."

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"Next up, a 10-kilometer endurance run."

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"Full marks."

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Call ~
Haruno Sakura breathed lightly and stood on the sparring ground looking at her opponent.

The other person had black hair, a bandage on his forehead, pure white eyes, and a calm expression.

Hinata Neji.

The genius of the Hyuga clan.

Is it so difficult to get promoted in the first year?

"Form the Seal of Opposition."

Following Iruka's order, Haruno Sakura and Hyuga Neji pointed their swords in front of their chests.

In this way, the seal of opposition is completed.

"You are already tired. You can't be my opponent."

Hyuga Neji looked at the opponent in front of him and spoke calmly.

To be honest, he was also a little confused when Iruka came to him.

A first-year ninja school student wants to be promoted to second year early?
Then why look for him?
Why not just pick a sophomore? By picking him as the opponent of the first-year, is this a sign of looking down on him or does he not want the first-year to be promoted at all?
But Iruka didn't give any extra explanation and just told him to defeat the first-year.

"Who can tell whether he is your opponent or not?"

Sakura took out a red headband from her pocket, tied her slightly long pink hair behind her head, and then looked at Hyuga Neji with burning eyes.

Signaling him that he could start.

Let yourself take the first step?

Does this guy look down on me?
Hyuga Neji felt ashamed and annoyed. Since when did a first-year junior become so arrogant?

Hyuga Neji got on.

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Hyuga Neji lay down.

Those pure white eyes looked at the azure sky, and he couldn't quite believe what had just happened.

He rushed forward and tried to use his white eyes to perform a series of acupoint pressing attacks on the seemingly weak little girl in front of him, but this girl dodged the first attack and punched him in the chest instead.

Then there is no more.

He was knocked flying by a punch.

Is this the strength a six-year-old girl should have?
Fortunately, fortunately, no one punch directly crippled him...

Sakura looked at her fist with some fear. In order to show her respect for the genius of the Hyuga clan, she used her super strength.

Who knew that this guy was so vulnerable that he was sent flying with just one punch. If she hadn't held back at the end, who knows if this guy would have been crippled.

The field was completely silent, and no one could believe that this genius of the Hyuga clan was killed instantly with just one punch.

Sarutobi Hiruzen in the teacher's office rubbed his eyes. What did he just see?
He seemed to see the shadow of his own disciple in that little girl.

Exactly the same...

She is simply a smaller version of Tsunade, which reminds this 63-year-old man of the little Tsunade who used to like to climb walls everywhere.

"The winner is Haruno Sakura!"

As Iruka announced the result of the match, Sakura Haruno came in front of Hyuga Neji and extended her hand to him.

"Thank you, Senior."

Looking at the smiling Haruno Sakura in front of him, Hyuga Neji silently extended his hand to her.

Pulling Hyuga Neji up, Haruno Sakura happily came to Iruka's side and looked at him expectantly:
"Iruka-sensei, do I pass this test?"

"The physical fitness and practical tests have been calculated, but as for the liberal arts, we will have to wait until tomorrow to know the results."

Iruka touched Sakura's head helplessly, looked at the little girl in front of him with eyes full of expectation, and sighed in his heart.

I really can't do anything, Hokage-sama...

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Spring goes and autumn comes, and in the blink of an eye, a year has passed since Haruno Sakura took the exam to skip from the first grade to the second grade.

Sakura Haruno is already seven years old, and her academic progress has reached the fourth grade.

But even so, she was still kept in her original class by Iruka.

It can be said that she has been self-taught since the second grade. Except for a few questions she didn't understand, she would ask Iruka, basically she studied alone.

Since Haruno Sakura did not hide her talent at all, her reputation as a genius gradually spread.

"The winner is Uchiha Sasuke!"

As Iruka announced the result of the battle, all the little girls around the battlefield cheered.

"Sasuke is so handsome!"

"Sasuke-sama is invincible!"

"Sasuke look at me!!"

The blond boy who was defeated by Sasuke looked at the black-haired boy in front of him with an unconvinced look:
"Just wait! I will defeat you one day!"

Uchiha Sasuke ignored the defeated Uzumaki Naruto and the fangirls cheering for him, and turned his attention to the classroom.

He knew that there was a girl there who was reading quietly.

The other party had long since stopped participating in this kind of actual combat drill, because no one was her opponent, and she could only be seen in physical training...

(End of this chapter)