Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

Having made up her mind, Hanabi said, "It's not good to trouble you any further. If you can't do it, I can."

"Besides my older sister, I am the closest relative to my brother-in-law. It is only natural that I should take care of him and supervise him."

"..." Sakura.

“You, you’re still so young. If you move here, will you be taking care of Naruto, or will Naruto be taking care of you?” Sakura said.

When Sakura said this, she subconsciously overlooked the fact that Naruto washed her clothes, cooked her meals, and took care of all the housework.

“I can learn. Nobody is born knowing everything,” Hanabi said.

Sakura was at her wit's end. She turned to Naruto, who had already finished his noodles and was now sucking up the last bit of broth, barely noticeable in his presence: "Tell me, who do you want to supervise you?"

“Yes, brother-in-law, this is a decision you should make.” Hanabi also looked at Naruto.

"..." Naruto.

Naruto put down his chopsticks and smiled, "I can manage by myself... uh!"

The soft flesh on my right thigh was being pinched hard by a hand through my pants; it was Sakura.

Immediately afterwards, a small foot pressed against his left thigh, and chakra emanated from it and entered—it was Hanabi.

"..." Naruto.

"If I had to choose, I'd choose Hanabi," Naruto said, his face turning purple.

Sakura was stunned.

My heart suddenly felt empty, as if it had lost its anchor.

This scene seemed like a microcosm of the future, where Naruto chose Hinata over her.

"I'll go back and tell my sister right now!" Hanabi ran off quickly.

She couldn't persuade her father, and perhaps her sister...

Given her current status, which could potentially lead to her advancement due to her white eyes and the resulting increased importance of her position, there is a possibility that she could persuade her father.

"Why...do you hate me..." Sakura asked, looking down.

How could I possibly hate it?

I like you.

However, it is precisely because they like each other that they can no longer live together.

Naruto remained silent.

He didn't want to repeat the same mistake, like Naruto in the story, and get too deeply involved.

In the end, Sakura casually replied, "You don't really like me; you're just jokingly rejecting me because you don't want to lose to Sasuke."

I don't want to hurt Hinata, I'm sorry.

Receiving no reply, Sakura suddenly looked up, her emerald green eyes filled with tears: "Idiot!"

Chapter 65 Special Hobbies

into the night.

Konoha back mountain.

Under the onslaught of the shadow clones, Naruto, bruised and battered, screamed for a stop: "Who is it! Where are you attacking! Do you want to wipe out your lineage?"

The shadow clones looked at each other in bewilderment.

Naruto glared at him angrily.

If he hadn't reacted quickly and dodged just in time, his scalp would have tingled.

Even if the spot that gets kicked has a strong self-healing ability and can recover from being damaged, it might still leave a psychological scar for life.

What if I can't lift it...

How can we live a happy life in the future?

"Uh, we got carried away and couldn't stop for a moment." A shadow clone stepped forward, scratching his head, and said awkwardly.

He wanted to do something about it, but then he remembered that the shadow clone was himself, and that the shadow clone's feelings would eventually return. Naruto immediately deflated and waved his hand weakly.

"Stop for a bit, let me rest for a while. Pick someone to buy me dinner. Hmm, eel rice will do. Tell the owner not to make it too salty, it's bad for my kidneys."

"Where's Sakura? Isn't she bringing you dinner tonight? Why do you have to buy it yourself?" the shadow clone asked, puzzled.

"Your task is to train. You don't need to worry about other miscellaneous matters." Naruto didn't offer any further explanation.

After dismissing his shadow clone, he lay down on his back, his eyes, as blue as the sea and as clear as the sky, reflecting the starry night sky.

"Why are you crying?"

I don't understand.

What did Sakura's tears mean before she left?

Sakura likes me, so this incorrect answer can be ruled out first.

Ino likes me, which is surprising, but not so hard to accept.

After all, Ino wasn't that obsessed with Sasuke in the story, and her relationship with Sai only happened more than two years after the Fourth Shinobi World War.

Therefore, Ino has the potential to change, while Sakura has absolutely no chance.

Familiar with the plot.

Foresight.

That's absolutely true.

"Perhaps it's because they never competed in a fireworks contest? Their competitive spirit wasn't satisfied?"

After much thought, Naruto arrived at this rather far-fetched conclusion. Frustrated, he shook his head and stopped thinking about it.

When his shadow clone, who had used the transformation technique to buy food, returned, he quickly filled his stomach.

The injuries, both internal and external, were completely healed as soon as the shadow clones stopped beating him, thanks to the life-giving chakra healing.

"Come on, let's continue." Naruto stood up, relaxed his body, and said.

The shadow clones exchanged glances, knowing that this was to hone their passive instinct to actively dodge attacks. None of them held back, and they charged forward with howls.

Hokage's office.

Facing the graceful figure displayed in the crystal ball, the Third Generation, who was chuckling, suddenly straightened his expression and, with astonishing speed, put the crystal ball away.

He lit his pipe, sucked back the blood from his nose, pulled his hat brim down, picked up a document, and pretended to be working diligently.

“I’ve already seen it,” Jiraiya said quietly.

The three generations sighed inwardly, "We're getting old; our reactions aren't what they used to be."

"I didn't want to come, but something made it impossible for me to," Jiraiya said.

"What is it?" the third generation asked curiously.

“Naruto,” Jiraiya said.

"Naruto?" the Third Hokage asked in surprise.

Since Naruto graduated and became a genin, with Kakashi looking after him, he rarely paid attention to him, only occasionally asking Kakashi about Naruto's recent activities.

"What's wrong with him?" the third generation asked, puzzled.

“You’ll see when you take a look,” Jiraiya said.

Upon hearing this and seeing Jiraiya's serious expression, the Third Hokage sensed something was wrong and immediately took out the crystal ball.

The image above still shows that graceful figure.

Jiraiya glanced at it casually, and immediately his eyes widened.

The Third Hokage calmly refined his chakra, activated his telescope technique, and located Naruto's chakra.

The image on the crystal ball changed, showing Naruto not dodging or flinching, letting a group of shadow clones punch and kick him.

"What... is this?" The Third Hokage asked, looking puzzled.

"You're asking me? Who should I ask?" Jiraiya was speechless.

"I was thinking of going to see him before gathering materials, but I found out he was being beaten up in the back mountains. I thought he was practicing some kind of special ninjutsu, so I came to you specifically to confirm."

"How could there be ninjutsu that requires getting beaten up to practice?" The Third Hokage rubbed his forehead, looking troubled. "This is probably just Naruto's hobby."

"Hobbies? What hobbies? Getting beaten up?" Jiraiya was dumbfounded.

“You’ve been out there all this time, so you don’t know, but Naruto has been unusual since he was little, very strange,” the Third Hokage said.

"Before he had chakra, he was pretty normal, just playing pranks and behaving normally in everyday life. But after he got chakra, well..."

"How should I put it, suffering, yes, suffering. He seems to have no interest in playing at all, he just likes to hide in the back mountain and suffer alone."

"He uses multiple shadow clones to train his chakra and ninjutsu day and night. He's either hitting trees or exercising."

"It's not your average tree-hitting technique; it's the kind of technique that doesn't use chakra but uses all your strength, damaging the tree and hurting yourself even more."

"The girl who was closest to him had a peculiar trait: she would hit him just like Tsunade would hit you."

"I've been reluctant to admit it, but looking at the current situation, there's no problem. Naruto definitely has this peculiar hobby of getting beaten up."

"Otherwise, I can't understand why he did this."

"Then how did he manage to survive until now?" Jiraiya asked blankly.

Enjoying being beaten sounds like it's quite intense; even an iron body couldn't withstand that.

"Since you've already secretly observed him, and even been beaten, didn't you notice how exaggerated Naruto's self-healing ability is?" the Third Hokage said.

"Oh, I didn't see that. I came directly to you. What's going on? Is that the power of the Nine-Tails?" Jiraiya asked.

"Hehe, at first, that's what I thought too, but..." the Third Generation laughed.

"The physical examination report from the Ninja Academy made me realize that something was wrong, so I secretly collected Naruto's blood and cells and studied them."

"guess what?"

"Incredible vitality! Just in terms of the strength of his vitality, he's practically on par with the First Generation!"