Double-transformation: I, Sakura Haruno! Will crush the pirates!

"What's wrong? Is this not enough?"

Jiraiya's teasing voice rang out from the third training ground on the north side of Konoha.

"Don't underestimate me! I have psychic powers!"

Naruto roared defiantly, slamming his hands on the ground and channeling chakra into summoning runes.

Then, amidst the billowing smoke, a tiny tadpole was seen hopping around.

"Hahaha! That's it? That's it?"

Jiraiya skillfully used the sarcastic tone he had learned from a certain disciple to fully exploit the boy's potential.

"Damn it!"

Naruto kicked the tadpole into the stream, where it exploded into a cloud of smoke and disappeared.

Sakura dipped her feet into the stream, using her Observation Haki to sense the countless scenes that had unfolded behind her over the past two weeks.

"How leisurely you are, even though you were the one who said you wanted to ask me for advice."

Jiraiya's voice, tinged with a mocking tone, reached Sakura's ears.

"It's not like you're treating someone to a meal. Can something like this be done overnight?"

Sakura rolled her eyes at Jiraiya who was walking towards her.

"Sigh, I never thought that a genius like you would have the same troubles I had back then."

Now you know how right it was to choose me as your master back then!

Jiraiya raised his eyebrows smugly and sat down cross-legged next to Sakura.

Sakura's worries are actually quite simple; they revolve around her path as a ninja.

To develop one's own unique fighting style and system, fighting to the death is indeed one of the best ways.

However, Sakura has two teachers who have developed their own core combat systems and fighting styles that she can consult.

We can't just ignore the readily available resources and pathways and insist on feeling our way across the river by touching the stones, can we?

"I never thought I'd end up in the same situation as Jiraiya-sensei."

Unable to bear the teacher's arrogant attitude, Sakura moved away in disgust.

"Can't you speak properly? I'm a dignified Sannin!"

Jiraiya was speechless at Sakura's words and retorted angrily.

A week ago, when Sakura and Jiraiya raised this question, he was immediately reminded of his past self.

Jiraiya once learned many ninjutsu under the tutelage of Hiruzen Sarutobi.

However, these techniques cannot be coordinated with each other and cannot achieve their maximum effect in combat.

Later, because of his connection with Mount Myōboku, Jiraiya eventually chose Summoning Jutsu as the foundation, and combined it with other techniques he had learned that could be used in conjunction with Summoning Jutsu, thus forming his current combat system.

"The three ninjas who can't afford to spend money."

Sakura curled her lips and launched an attack using her dark history.

"Hey, didn't we agree to let this go?"

Jiraiya looked around warily, and after making sure no one was listening, he coughed and changed the subject.

"So, what kind of skill do you plan to specialize in in the future?"

"Physical skills!"

The girl in pink gave a very unforgiving answer.

After all, many traditional ninjas believe that flashy ninjutsu is their ultimate goal, while specializing in taijutsu is something only outsiders who come to our ninja industry to beg for food.

"A strange choice."

Jiraiya touched his chin in surprise, not understanding but showing respect.

Anyway, given my disciple's talent, she might be able to make a lot of fun with physical techniques.

"This should be the most suitable path for me."

Sakura stretched out her fist, which turned pitch black under the influence of Armament Haki.

With the power of a giant royal family and the ability of a Devil Fruit, the most suitable fighting style for her is physical combat that can encompass the abilities of both worlds.

Moreover, compared to genjutsu and ninjutsu-type ninjas, taijutsu-type ninjas have a longer health bar, which means a higher survival rate and margin for error. They don't need to dance on the edge of a knife like the other two types of ninjas in battle.

So what Sakura needs to do next is to integrate the various techniques into physical techniques, so that the other techniques serve physical techniques.

"Do you want to develop your own techniques?"

Jiraiya glanced at the shadow clone that Naruto had destroyed, then created a new one to continue training him.

"Some ideas for ninjutsu can be derived from the ninjutsu we learned before."

Sakura reached out her hand towards the stream in front of her, pulling a high-pressure water blade from the water. She swung it twice, but it collapsed due to the instability of the spell's construction.

The splashing water droplets, like bullets, pierced through a huge rock in front of them.

Jiraiya: "..."

Let's shut it down; it's pointless.

I just told myself it wasn't something that could be done overnight, and now I've pulled out a half-finished technique.

If this pink curly-haired dog curls her hair again when I can't see it, won't I, as her teacher, be eliminated by her soon?

—For this kind of thing, you need a tonic!

"I'm so sorry, such an oversight occurred in our teaching."

Jiraiya scratched his head apologetically. Back in the southwestern part of the Land of Fire, the two of them were only concerned with competing to see who could teach more ninjutsu, neglecting to teach basic ninja knowledge.

Although these are common-sense topics that only ordinary Jonin would encounter, it is still a dereliction of duty for the two of them, as Sakura's instructors, to fail to teach according to their disciple's talents.

"It's okay, anyway, I was prepared for the two teachers to be unreliable from the beginning."

Sakura smiled and winked at Jiraiya, her expression one of complete familiarity.

Moreover, the difference between learning a large number of ninjutsu earlier or later is not significant for Sakura. Even if she takes a detour, given her talent, it will only take a little more time.

"Enough about me, are you planning to take Naruto as your disciple now?"

Sakura casually lifted a small section of the water wall, blocking the splashes of water caused by the tadpoles Naruto summoned after his failed summoning attempt.

At Naruto's current level of effort, if he continues like this, the entire stream will probably be filled with the next generation of Mount Myōboku.

"Hmph, that idiot, I'm not going to take him as a disciple, I'll just teach him for now."

"I'm nearly fifty years old," a white-haired man said stubbornly.

But in reality, according to Sakura's Observation Haki, Jiraiya clearly felt extremely guilty towards Naruto and was filled with thoughts of making amends.

Furthermore, Naruto also signed the Summoning Scroll of Mount Myōboku, which is his most core combat technique. It can be said that half of his mantle has been passed on. He even said that he didn't want to take on any disciples. He's just kidding!

However, on the other hand, there are really not many people in Konoha Village right now besides Jiraiya who are suitable to teach Naruto.

Not to mention that guy's brain circuits, like Jiraiya's, require more processing time.

Just the mere thought of the Nine-Tails' chakra rampage—if a ninja of insufficient strength were to come and teach Naruto, they would very likely lose their lives during the training.

Jiraiya probably saw through this, which is why he followed Sakura's wishes and brought Naruto along for training, also wanting to make up for some of the care he had given Naruto on behalf of his disciple.

"Alright, it's your decision."

Sakura stood up and patted the dust off her bottom.

"Oh, right, before we left, the old man told me to tell you to go see him after you've finished teaching Naruto."

"whats the matter?"

"It's probably because we need to send someone of sufficient stature to receive dignitaries and politicians from other countries."

"Sakura! Your teacher begs..."

"No, I'm a test taker and there's nothing I can do to help you. Good luck, Jiraiya-sensei."

"Do not--!"

Chapter 141 Hey, don't treat a princess like she's not a political figure!

"Phew, we've finally arrived."

"It's been a long time since I've been back, and the village is still as peaceful as ever."

A short-haired girl dressed in black, holding a pink supply of food, stood on the unchanging streets of Konoha and sighed.

"Hey, Lady Tsunade, why don't we go in through the main entrance?"

Shizune, holding Tonton, turned around and looked at Tsunade, who had changed her appearance using the Transformation Jutsu.

The 'girl' dressed in a light blue villager's outfit with a mesh lining, a dark blue belt around her waist, and her hair in a single ponytail rolled her eyes at her.

"Shizuka... Otonashi, you're going to call me Moriko now!"

He stepped forward and punched the black-haired girl, the force of which was perfectly controlled.

It can make the other party feel pain without breaking the transformation effect.

"Besides, if I go through the front door, that old geezer will know I'm back!"

"We're here to watch Sakura play, and I don't want to see any of those nasty people!"

While Tsunade was still proud of her superb infiltration skills and her skillful exploitation of the village's sealing barrier.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, staring at the crystal ball in his office, and the Anbu members scattered throughout Konoha Village: "..."

In fact, the moment Tsunade infiltrated the barrier by exploiting a loophole, all the personnel on guard were aware of her presence.

However, when the older generation of ninjas saw the person who unabashedly used the transformation technique to infiltrate in their childhood form, they all smiled knowingly.

They tacitly agreed to let the two 'special' infiltrators go.

As for whether the people she brought will pose a threat to Konoha?

Stop joking! Otherwise, you'll get beaten up by her and then have to obediently go to her door to apologize.

"Hey, Shizune... what are you standing there for? Go find Sakura!"

Tsunade waved to Shizune behind her and pulled her into the crowd on the street.

...

Meanwhile, inside the library of Konoha.

Established during the time of the Second Hokage and subsequently expanded by the Third and Fourth Hokage, the Konoha Library encompasses a vast array of knowledge about the ninja world.

More importantly, it has always been open to the villagers of Konoha for free, and even in the original work, Tsunade would come here to find information when she encountered problems that needed to be solved.

Now, with many books and ninja scrolls in front of her, Sakura is preparing to secretly kill her classmate.

Thanks to her exceptional photographic memory, Sakura can not only organize and summarize her own ninjutsu, but also find time to learn about her opponents.

As one of the additional tests in the third round of the Chunin Exams, Konoha specifically gave the examinees a month to learn about their opponents and their techniques.

Although Sakura didn't believe that any genin could defeat her, she still understood the principle that even a lion uses its full strength to hunt a rabbit.

"Puppet Technique, Cloud Concealment Blade Technique, Rockfall Technique, Shadow Imitation Technique..."

Sakura rested her face on one hand and tapped the scroll with a pen in the other.

Ninjutsu, taijutsu, genjutsu—all the techniques circulating in the ninja world have one thing in common: they cannot exist without chakra, the fundamental energy source.

What would happen if I used Haki to try and capture the chakra within the jutsu? Would the jutsu be interrupted? Or would the capture fail?

A flame of curiosity seemed to suddenly spiral out of control, burning fiercely in the girl's heart.

She raised one hand and used Armament Haki Hardening, while the other hand emitted a gentle light from Palm Healing Technique.

Then, their hands clasped together.

The next instant... bang!

A burst of air exploded, and the hand that had used the Palm Immortal Technique was flung away.

When it was lifted up again, many small wounds had appeared on it, and blood was flowing out continuously.