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

"You...you shouldn't be so smug!"

Sasuke was panting heavily, his forehead covered in sweat.

He immediately assumed a fighting stance, wielding the Uchiha Fluid Technique and charging forward, ready to engage in hand-to-hand combat with Sakura Haruno.

"Never mind, I'll just throw it away."

With two fingers holding the shuriken, Sakura Haruno flung it out.

boom--!

The air was pierced with a shrill sound, and a ring of air waves appeared in the void. The streaks of light from the thrown shuriken were so sharp that even Mizuki, a Chunin, could not catch them.

A heightened sense of crisis roared in Uchiha Sasuke's mind, and his pupils shrank to the size of pinpoints.

'Is it over? Am I going to die?'

Such thoughts surfaced and swirled in Sasuke's mind, causing a crimson hue to appear in his dark pupils.

Finally, under intense life-or-death crisis, a small magatama appeared in his eye.

"Write...."

Sasuke smiled, and then...

boom--!

The force struck his body, but fortunately the side of the shuriken hit Sasuke instead of disemboweling him.

However, Sakura Haruno's unrestrained giant strength still sent him flying.

After crashing into and breaking several large trees in the training field, it became embedded in a tree trunk.

Amidst the swirling dust, the entire ninja academy's training ground fell silent.

Although they had heard of Sakura Haruno's power before, they were speechless when that inhuman strength was actually displayed in front of everyone.

Even the once-fervent fans of the Uchiha clan dared not step forward to criticize the girl on the stage.

"Tsk, how did they do that? They're so thin."

Nara Shikamaru interlaced his fingers and rested them behind his head.

"You must have eaten a lot of snacks!"

Choji Akimichi lifted the entire bag and poured the contents into his mouth all at once.

"You think everyone is like you? But that girl is really cool! Don't you think so, Akamaru!"

Kiba Inuzuka lifted the puppy in his arms.

"Ow! Ow!"

The puppy Akamaru responded to him enthusiastically.

On the stage, Sakura Haruno saw that no one around her seemed to react, so she raised her hand herself.

"Mr. Mizuki, can we form the Reconciliation Seal now?"

The girl stuck out her tongue, her eyes already glancing at the system notification out of the corner of her eye.

The reason she readily agreed to Sasuke's challenge was precisely because she was waiting for this opportunity.

[Announcement: Achievement obtained - "Erzhuzi's Lifelong Rival", Achievement Points +40.]

"Oh, but..."

"Can do it my foot! Didn't you see that you beat him unconscious?"

Realizing something was wrong, Mizuki quickly ran into the woods and dug Uchiha Sasuke down from the tree.

"I'll take Sasuke to the hospital first; the afternoon's classes will be self-study!"

Mizuki leaped high into the air, holding Uchiha Sasuke in his arms.

As he crossed the ring, his gaze swept over the pink-haired girl who was stretching out her entire body.

'Sakura Haruno, huh? She's a... monster!'

Chapter 16: During cultivation, Old Deng suddenly staged an accident to extort money.

The defeat of the second young master of the Uchiha clan had a huge impact.

After witnessing the shattered training grounds, the name of the monster began to circulate within the school.

Whether they were children of the ninja clan or ordinary people, they all feared that pink-haired girl.

However, a few close friends, including Ino and Naruto, continued to take good care of Sakura, just as they always have.

The student life at the ninja academy passed by peacefully in daily life, and before they knew it, the holiday was approaching.

"Sakura, we made a promise to go out and have fun together during the holidays."

"You are absolutely not allowed to go off to cultivate halfway through and then be nowhere to be found every day!"

Ino placed her hands on Sakura Haruno's arms, forcing her to look at her.

"Sigh, I'll try my best."

Sakura Haruno sighed softly, but...

I completely forgot what Ino said on the first day of the holiday.

This left Ino resentful after being stood up, but Sakura Haruno, who was training in the forest, temporarily escaped the disaster.

"9997, 9998!"

Sakura Haruno wielded her wooden sword with great force, and the storm unleashed by her brute strength blew away the withered leaves.

After returning to the ninja world, swordsmanship training became simply swinging a wooden sword.

She even tried to order weights from a ninja tool shop, but the owner refused because she was too young.

This left Sakura Haruno extremely disappointed, and she even began to consider going to find a certain rare beast.

However, after seeing someone in a green bodysuit walking upside down on the street one day, I decided to give up.

"10000"

Even after countless strikes, Sakura's hair only became damp with a little sweat.

Does swordsmanship training in the One Piece world still require carrying greater weight?

"Fine, let's try some basic chakra training instead."

By circulating chakra to the soles of her feet to create a slight suction force, Sakura Haruno walked straight up to the large tree beside her.

The chakra control talent that was originally unique to girls did not disappear due to the surge in chakra brought about by the giant race physique.

"It's a pity we don't have chakra testing paper, otherwise we could test whether there are any new attributes."

After falling from the tree, Sakura turned around and tried to wade in the water.

Taking off her shoes and rolling up her trousers, Sakura gently stepped onto the water.

The undulating waves on the river caused Sakura Haruno's chakra, which was attached to her feet to support her body, to vibrate violently.

However, as long as the balance between attraction and repulsion is properly controlled, it is still possible to stand steadily on the water.

"The difficulty lies in maintaining chakra without running out, while controlling the output of energy."

Sakura Haruno touched her chin and used her Observation Haki to carefully sense her body.

The extracted chakra flows through the meridians and gathers at the soles of the feet, the most difficult part of the body to reach.

Controlling the balance between repulsive and attractive forces in this way is also a form of spiritual practice that involves multitasking.

No wonder Kakashi said in the original work that as long as you can learn to walk on water and climb trees, you can theoretically learn any kind of ninjutsu.

But... a flash of inspiration struck Sakura Haruno.

What if you incorporated kendo training while maintaining the treading water state?

"The combination of stillness in swordsmanship and movement through chakra control—isn't that equivalent to honing swordsmanship amidst battle and distractions?!"

Upon realizing this, Sakura's eyes lit up, and she quickly ran back to pick up her wooden sword and began training.

Thump, thump, thump!

The afternoon passed quickly amidst Sakura's repeated falls into the water and the sounds of her sword being swung.

evening.

Sakura Haruno, soaked to the bone, set up a campfire at the edge of the woods. She placed a dozen fish, gutted and skewered with branches, on the fire to roast.

Sakura Haruno's thoughts drifted to the Orleans Jackson as she smelled the aroma of the grilled fish.

'I wonder how Uncle Rayleigh and the others are doing?'

[Note: The shuttle function is still operational.]

'Tsk, a profiteer system.'

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"Ah"

Sakura Haruno was so angry at the system's shamelessness that she laughed. This guy who was doing monopolistic business actually wanted her to compare prices.

I was about to make another sarcastic remark about the system when I suddenly received a warning from Observation.

A powerful, surging aura suddenly appeared in the forest, even though its owner deliberately concealed it.

But for Sakura Haruno, it still felt like entering a cage of a ferocious beast, whose presence she couldn't ignore.

'The only place that can give me this feeling is Konoha...'

Haruno Sakura's emerald eyes darted around, and she simply shouted, "Who!"

"Ouch, ouch, did you accidentally wander this far?"

An old man wearing a red straw hat emerged from the forest and gave Sakura Haruno a kind smile.

"Sandaime-sama!"

Sakura Haruno casually flipped the grilled fish and then sat down on the ground in a relaxed manner.

For someone accustomed to the carefree life of pirates, living under the tight military organization of Konoha was already incredibly difficult.

If she's going to force a smile at these high-ranking figures now, she might as well just kill them.

"Haha, no need to be so formal, just call me Grandpa."

"Is Sakura training? She's really working hard."

Hiruzen Sarutobi asked the question knowingly, and walked over to sit down by the campfire.

"Yes, my grandfather for three generations."

Sakura Haruno readily agreed and didn't stand on ceremony with him.

Then, Hiruzen Sarutobi's stomach suddenly growled, and he looked at Sakura Haruno with expectant eyes.

—Hey? What are you doing, old man? Don't try to scam me! There aren't even enough fish for me to eat!

"give!"

【Ah! 】

"Yes, Sakura is such a kind child."

Hiruzen Sarutobi took a grilled fish, opened his mouth and took a bite, his old eyes immediately gleaming.

The grilling technique was learned by Sakura Haruno from Uncle Sambell at sea, and she also found spices around the forest to bring out the flavor of the fish to the maximum extent.

Sarutobi always wants to try another one after finishing one.

A pink shadow flashed by and quickly killed all the fish.

"Old man, that's going too far!"

The girl, with her cheeks puffed out and a fish bone still in her mouth, stared at him with dead fish eyes.

"...Ha ha ha ha!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi was taken aback, then burst into laughter.