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

Chapter 73 Sakura will teach me

darkening
A bonfire was burning by the river, the jumping flames were spewing out tongues of fire, and the iron pot on the bonfire was full of ingredients.

"Huh? Can't you tell?"

"Naruto, you really have a knack!"

Jiraiya couldn't help but salivate at the sight of the delicious food in the pot.

"Of course, I have kept the recipe that Sakura gave me carefully~~~"

The blond boy showed a smug expression and couldn't help but secretly glance at the pink girl on the side.

As if to show off intentionally, Naruto pretended to speak in a matter-of-fact tone:

"In addition to the cookbook that Sakura gave me, I also bought several different cookbooks, and I learned all of them~~"

However, the girl's expression was still calm as she looked at the food boiling in the pot. She seemed not to have heard what Naruto said, which made Naruto feel a little disappointed.

Regardless of the burn, Jiraiya used a clean branch as chopsticks, picked up a cross-cut shiitake mushroom from the pot and put it into his mouth.

"Suck~~~"

“Wuwuwu~~~It’s so hot~~~”

Jiraiya's funny look made people laugh, but neither Sakura nor Naruto's attention was on this white-haired uncle at the moment.

Naruto paid full attention to Sakura.

Sakura was struggling with how to talk to Naruto.

She knew Naruto's feelings clearly...

But how can I say it without hurting him?
Sakura had previously set a goal for herself to tell Naruto her feelings after he completed the training task assigned by Jiraiya.

but……

The emerald green eyes sparkled with a different luster under the firelight, and it seemed that one could clearly see the girl's distress.

How can I reject someone who has a crush on me without hurting him?
And Naruto's attitude shouldn't be described as a secret crush...

This is also the reason why Sakura has been distressed and has not responded directly to Naruto's feelings.

She was a little scared that Naruto's relationship would no longer be the same as before because of her rejection.

Sakura wasn't worried about something happening to Naruto...

She was worried about herself.

She didn't know how to face Naruto in the future.

There is a saying that a dead ex is a good ex.

The same applies to treating your secret admirer.

Xiaoying vaguely remembered that in her previous life, after she broke up with her partner, all calls, text messages, Green Bubble, Penguin and even Douyang were blocked.

Never leave any room for maneuver.

"Ugh……"

Haruno Sakura stood up and looked calmly at Naruto, whose attention was completely focused on her.

"What, what's wrong?"

"Sakura?"

Naruto couldn't help but feel a little flustered when he looked at the girl in front of him.

"Naruto, can you come with me for a moment?"

Perhaps it was because the girl's expression was too calm, which made Naruto feel a little relieved.

Jiraiya swallowed the food in his mouth whole. He looked at Naruto with some regret.

Without him...

Too familiar...

He had seen the same look on Tsunade's face as Sakura's.

However, that was when Tsunade rejected me...

Life...

Always full of regrets...

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In the distance, by the river, Naruto walked beside Sakura with his hands in his pockets.

He learned this move from watching Sasuke.

Because Sasuke had always been popular with many girls in the ninja school, Naruto looked at Sakura and unconsciously learned this move.

The moonlight is like a curtain, the water is sparkling

The surface of the river reflected the moon in the sky, and the quiet atmosphere made Naruto feel a little uneasy.

As far as Naruto could remember, Sakura had never interacted with him like this before.

Suddenly, the girl stopped.

Sakura looked at the light of the campfire in the distance, and after making sure that Jiraiya wouldn't hear it, she looked at Naruto.

"Sakura?" Naruto looked at the girl in front of him with some trepidation, his voice trembling slightly.

He didn't know why he was like this, but he had an inexplicable bad feeling in his heart.

"Naruto……"

Sakura looked at the young man in front of her and became angry. Since the decision had already been made, why was she so fussy?
It would be better to make things clear with Naruto early on and let him focus all his attention on Hinata than to waste his efforts on his own.

This is good for everyone.

"You like me, right?"

Sakura's words were too direct, which made Naruto's face suddenly turn red.

"Hey~ha~what~is this..."

"This one……"

"hey-hey……"

"how……"

Naruto looked around unconsciously as if he had lice on his body, not knowing where to put his hands, but he didn't dare to look directly into Sakura's eyes.

"Naruto."

The emerald green eyes calmly looked at the nervous and overwhelmed boy in front of him.

"I just treat you as a younger brother."

"Do you get me?"

"To me, Naruto is like family, friends, companions, and brothers."

“I know exactly what I need.”

Sakura looked at the stunned boy in front of her and continued speaking calmly and seriously:
"Naruto, compared to me, you should look back. In fact, there is someone who has been waiting for you."

Sakura didn't dare to say Hinata's name. She was afraid that Naruto would think that she deliberately pushed Hinata out as a shield, causing Naruto to create a gap with Hinata.

The blond boy looked at Sakura, who was calm to the point of being indifferent, his face froze, he pursed his lips tightly, and said nothing.

The night wind blew the river surface with a subtle sound, and the moon reflected on the river surface also swayed...

After an unknown amount of time, the young man finally spoke slowly:
"I like Sakura..."

“I don’t know what love is…”

"I only know that besides the Third Grandpa, Sakura is the best person to me."

"Sakura will help me get rid of the people who bully me."

"Sakura will teach me how to cook and will teach me not to buy fresh milk if I can't finish it."

"Sakura will teach me how to read the expiration dates on food."

"Sakura will teach me to go home when it gets dark."

"Sakura will teach me how to spend my living expenses."

"Well, although I didn't do this well..."

"But, Sakura clearly knows what she needs."

The blond boy didn't feel sad or upset at all because of Sakura's confession of feelings.

He smiled at Sakura's incomprehensible look, his blue eyes flashing with the pink girl's incomprehensible look.

"Xiaoying knows exactly what she needs, actually..."

“I also know exactly what I need.”

"If liking someone means wanting to stay with them for the rest of your life, then I can tell you that clearly, Sakura."

"I like Sakura."

Sakura looked at Naruto in front of her silently, and Naruto showed no intention of stopping.

"I don't know if I've done my best for Sakura, but I've known since that year when Sakura told me it was dark and I should go home."

"I knew it. If liking someone means that kind of feeling, then I like Sakura."

"Definitely like it."

The boy's smile seemed so determined that it was a little dazzling to Sakura...

"I'm sorry, Naruto..."

Ugh……

A sigh sounded beside the campfire in the night.

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Ugh……

The Hokage looked at the scene in the crystal ball with a melancholy look on his face.

Was it a mistake to let Sakura get in touch with Naruto?

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