Konoha: Starting with a sign-in for Hashirama cells

The passive effect of the Spirit Transformation Technique, Soul Perception, showed no soul reaction, meaning this Sakura is a shadow clone.

"Thank you for last night," Naruto said. "I slept very well, and all my mental fatigue has disappeared."

Sakura, the shadow clone, froze, and said with difficulty, "Do you know what I did?"

"I was asleep, how would I know?" Naruto said, "It was Kurama... Kurama told me that it sensed the Five-Tails and knew you had been here and stayed for two hours."

Upon hearing this, Sakura, the shadow clone, secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

"So, what did you do?" Naruto asked.

Shadow clone Sakura remained silent.

"Can't you say?" Naruto was even more curious.

“It would be better for the main body to answer this kind of question,” said Shadow Clone Sakura.

"If you feel uncomfortable, that's fine. I don't necessarily need to know." Naruto waved his hand.

"This kind of deep sleep does help me relieve mental fatigue, but the sleep time is too long and not suitable for me."

"Less than eight hours, and you call that long? How much sleep do you get in a day these days?" said Shadow Clone Sakura.

"Two or three hours," Naruto said.

Sakura, in her shadow clone form, wanted to fight Naruto, but knew she didn't have the right to.

"What is Hinata doing? You're not taking care of your body like this. What if something happens and your body collapses?" Hinata complained as Sakura, the shadow clone, dispelled herself.

Not long after, a flash of pink light appeared, and Sakura herself materialized.

"It seems that Miss isn't very good at taking care of people. If it were me, I definitely wouldn't let you run wild," Sakura said.

“Hinata listens to everything I say, she’s not like you,” Naruto said.

Sakura remained silent, looking sullen.

"Where have you been? Your skin looks sticky." Naruto raised an eyebrow.

Sakura turned her head away from Naruto and said in a muffled voice, "Shikkotsu Forest, according to Master, is the same as Mount Myōboku, which you made a contract with, and it belongs to one of the three great sage lands."

“Shikkotsu Forest, so that’s where you’re mainly training now.” Naruto.

Sakura nodded: "I asked my master what kind of technique could greatly improve combat ability, and the answer I got was, celestial techniques."

"Sage Mode..." Naruto said, "I mastered Sage Mode by taking a shortcut with the help of Kurama. You should be able to as well."

"Help? How?" Sakura was stunned. She learned from Naruto that Kurama was helping to absorb natural energy, so she quickly asked the Five-Tails inside her.

"The Five-Tails says no," Sakura said, shaking her head.

"It can't sense natural energy, so that must be a special ability of the Nine-Tails, just like the Five-Tails' ability to control steam."

Naruto was surprised to hear this.

He had thought that Kurama could only sense malice, but he didn't expect that sensing and absorbing natural energy was also Kurama's unique ability.

Changing the subject, Sakura said, "I can't tell you what I did last night."

"If you want deep sleep, you can come to me anytime, and I will adjust the time accordingly."

"Is it medicine?" Naruto guessed.

"Yes and no, it depends on some techniques," Sakura said awkwardly.

"Don't try it yourself, it's easy to run into problems. This is no joke. The best thing to do is come to me and I'll help you check it out."

"Huh? Princess Fengyun is waving at you?"

Naruto looked in the direction of the camera and saw Yuki, who had just finished filming a few scenes, waving at him while touching up her makeup.

"Okay then, I'll come find you next time I need something, but don't stay too long, five hours at most."

Seeing Naruto walk over to Princess Fengyun's side and the two whispering something, Sakura's eyes flickered slightly: "Perhaps, we can just let things continue like this."

My childhood sweetheart, with whom I've spent every day since I was little, rescued me from a hopeless darkness where I saw no hope at all.

Sakura can't give up on Naruto.

However, a third party cannot interfere. Naruto and Hinata are engaged, not dating, so the nature of their relationship is different.

If you're unwilling to give up but have no chance of going any further, what can you do?

Find a new relationship? Ha, that's harder than giving up Naruto.

"Even if it's like drinking poison to quench thirst, I still want to..." Sakura.

“Be careful, and make sure no one, including Naruto, knows, and everything will be fine,” Sakura said. “This is our secret.”

"Yes, it's a secret that can't be revealed." Sakura.

seal.

Leave a shadow clone here.

Sakura took out the little slug from her ninja tool pouch and said, "Slug-sama, thank you for your help."

Meanwhile, Sakura, in her true form, travels to the Shikkotsu Forest, which is no longer in the ninja world, through the Slug Sage's reverse summoning.

Upon learning that Xiaoxue was worried about safety, Naruto smiled.

"The kunai I gave you yesterday has a mark I left on it. No matter how far away you are, I can come to your side instantly. You can rest assured."

"I'm not a ninja, why would I carry such a thing around?" Xiaoxue said speechlessly.

"Besides, there's always the possibility of foreign objects being switched. Aren't there more reliable protective measures?"

“More secure…” Naruto thought for a moment and said.

"With me here now, there's no need for that. After the mission is over, I'll arrange for a clone to be specifically responsible for your safety, and they'll charge you regularly for it."

"How does the strength of your clone compare to yours?" Xiaoxue asked.

"While he's not as strong as me, he's more than capable of handling most situations," Naruto said.

“I’m spending money, not to hire a clone. I want you. A clone sounds unreliable,” Xiaoxue said.

“Sure, but you’ll have to raise the price. My appearance fee isn’t low,” Naruto said.

Having accumulated a fear of stormy seas for ten years, Xiaoxue dared not gamble with her life. After thinking for a moment, she gritted her teeth and said, "At most fifty percent."

"Deal," Naruto said.

In just a few words, the effort remained the same, but the returns increased by ten percent.

Delicious.

Just kidding, his shadow clones can use Kurama's chakra, can enter Sage Mode, and their combat power completely surpasses that of the Five Kage. How could they not protect Xiaoxue?

Chapter 118 Overcoming Oneself

On the sixth day of the voyage, the temperature began to drop significantly.

The closer you get to the Land of Snow, the colder it gets.

In the cabin where Naruto was staying.

There was a flash of golden light.

Naruto, wearing only a pair of swimming trunks, appeared out of thin air.

With chattering teeth and shivering, I sat in front of the rechargeable heater, piling on whatever blankets and clothes I could find.

"Phew, winter swimming has many benefits, but it's just too painful and too hard to stick to." Naruto sighed, picking up his thermos.

Blow on the scalding hot water, then drink it, and your body will gradually warm up.

“I don’t see any benefit in it, I only see you asking for trouble and making things difficult for yourself,” Nine Lamas couldn’t help but say.

“You’re not human, you wouldn’t understand even if I told you,” Naruto said.

"I won't go into the physical benefits, but the main thing is that this method can help me hone my endurance and willpower."

"You see, this is my first time trying winter swimming, and I don't want to do it a second time. I want to give up."

"The more this happens, the more I must persevere, to defeat and overcome my fear, retreat, and dread. What is this called? This is called conquering oneself."

The stern of the ship is already a quiet spot with few visitors, and after the temperature dropped sharply, even fewer people came.

Suddenly, Naruto appeared out of thin air; it turned out he had left a Flying Thunder God mark here.

Without giving himself time to hesitate, he jumped in, disappearing completely into the icy, bone-chilling sea amidst a splash.

Refining chakra and distributing it throughout the body does have a certain effect in dispelling cold, at least making it less unbearable.

But that would defeat the purpose of exercising the body and tempering the will.

Naruto's goal was to dive as deep as possible without the aid of chakra and train under the pressure of the water.

No special movements are needed; normal swimming is the best exercise.

Immortal mode.

Nine-Tails Chakra Mode.

And later on, the Nine-Tails Mode and the Sage of Six Paths Mode are all buff states.

Based on its own strength, it will be multiplied.

Assuming the state gain is ten times, ten times two is twenty, ten times three is thirty, ten times five is fifty, and ten times ten is one hundred.

Even a slight improvement in basic physical fitness can result in exaggeratedly positive effects.

In other words, the physical condition determines the enhancement effect.

That was the first time; Naruto only dived to a depth of five meters and held on for less than a minute.

The second time, he gritted his teeth, disregarded his own feelings, held his breath, and desperately dived down until he reached his limit.

He took the Flying Thunder God kunai off his swim trunks and left it there. He formed a hand seal with one hand, flew to the stern of the boat, took a breath, then locked onto the marker and returned to the same depth.

He grabbed the kunai, fastened it back to his swim trunks, and continued diving.

It's so painful, so cold, I want to give up, the pressure is immense. Also, if I hadn't come here, Naruto wouldn't have known he had thalassophobia.

The surrounding area was all water, pitch black, and every now and then something I didn't know would swim past me; it was terrifying.