In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"You better calm down, Sakura!"

"I'm calm." Sakura's eyes reflected the piles of files. "The book says that sneaking around behind everyone's back is the most exciting."

"...What book are you reading?"

"A book?" Sakura heard this and turned around to take out a copy of Intimacy Paradise from the drawer.

Seeing this, Naruto was shocked. He recognized Jiraiya's writing ability. He played with a sense of immorality, and the secret of best-sellers was it.

Facing the backstab from his cheap master, Naruto opened his mouth, trying to save the situation before things got even weirder and more distorted.

"Wait! Wait, something's wrong!"

"I can accept that..."

"Stop! Don't repeat that again!" Naruto took a deep breath. He finally knew what was the most terrifying thing about Sakura. He was actually shaken at that moment.

Horrible! So horrible!!

"Don't you want to? On the surface, we are close companions, but secretly, we are your private property." Sakura's words were like the whisper of a devil.

"I don't like this, but if it's Naruto-kun, it's okay."

Chapter 166 Winter

"What?" He was stunned, his mind went blank.

"Let's do something weird together." Sakura stepped closer.

"Wait, this shouldn't be the case!" Naruto wanted to step back, but bumped into the back of a chair, and was pushed by Sakura and sat directly on the chair.

"Sakura...you..."

Sakura had already pressed forward and stood in front of him, stretching out her pale arm and holding Naruto's hand. The palm of her hand was moist and warm, and the touch was slightly smooth.

"Since she has completely hidden herself, I also have the right to use her body." She said this, biting the white little finger of her other hand.

"Remember me well."

Before Naruto could say anything, Sakura had already intertwined their fingers. Her cyan eyes stared at him, and she opened her lips, licked the tip of his index finger, and then bit it.

A tingling sensation came from his fingertips, and Naruto's pupils suddenly dilated, waking him from his indulgence.

"I think even if we do this, it's not a good idea."

He gently pushed Sakura away, took a long breath as if he had never breathed before, and his mind instantly became clear.

"Don't worry, I won't compete with Ino for the first place." Sakura lowered her arms with a relaxed smile on her face, "I don't like this emotion at all, so don't worry."

"I just want to try it out. No one will know. Just treat it as practice."

"This won't work!"

Although Naruto's moral bottom line is relatively flexible, that is only towards strangers. He is still relatively sincere towards his companions, and this is not a matter of whether it is acceptable or not.

But... Sakura is now doing the exact opposite of what she wants.

"Why?" Sakura was a little confused, "Do you still care about her more? But she has already hidden herself for Sasuke, do you still insist?"

"That has nothing to do with it," he said.

Naruto didn't really care if Black Sakura would disappear or when. He just thought of her as Sakura, pink or black, it didn't matter, she was just his companion Sakura.

People have troubles because they think too much.

Naruto just needs to cut it off completely and block out all his worries. If Sakura wants to have a more interesting life, then take her to see more interesting things.

Instead of watching her understand nothing and letting her go on like this.

In short, if Heiying can still communicate, the situation is not bad. The next period of time will be spent slowly getting used to it and guiding it on the path of becoming a normal and reliable companion.

"Why? If you agree, I can help with Ino, although I haven't had much contact with her since I'm too busy with work now." Sakura said with a smile.

“But I can reach out.”

"That's really not necessary." Naruto took a deep breath to steady himself and said, "It's not that I think your suggestion is outrageous, because I'm not a good person either."

"But this kind of thing is not a simple attempt. You are right. I just need to agree. I can accompany you to try without any psychological pressure. There is nothing to lose."

"To be honest, this has nothing to do with Sasuke. Sasuke chose his own path, and I won't go looking for him. I'll just let him go. Maybe that's why Sakura was provoked and hid herself, and that's why you were able to control your body."

"But these are not important. These are two different things. I hope you can live every day well. I don't know if you will disappear or when you will disappear."

"Until now, you have been my most trusted companion. I will always remember you. When I die, I will carve you on my tombstone. You will exist forever."

Mayflies are born in a morning and die in a night. Humans only have a short life of a hundred years, and everyone has their own way of living.

Sakura stood there without moving, leaning on the edge of the table in silence for a long time. After about five minutes, she raised her head, her eyebrows curved with a smile.

"it is good."

......

Naruto left Konoha Hospital at noon, with the autumn sun hanging in the sky.

He stopped at the edge of the hospital wall and sat down weakly against the old wall. Hei Ying was getting more and more outrageous, almost losing her mind. Who could withstand this?

But when he thought about it carefully, he felt that Hei Ying was actually quite pitiful. But he couldn't say such words, because everyone had their own destiny.

In short, Sakura's problem has had a good start, and the reorganization of Team 7 will probably be a natural outcome.

After returning home, Naruto collapsed directly into the sofa.

The Nine-Tailed Fox glanced at him and said nothing. It knew Naruto had a few days off, and since he usually just lay around when he had nothing to do, it was already used to it.

It was a strange holiday and Naruto just lay down for seven days.

Because Team 7 was going to be reorganized, Tsunade no longer assigned any tasks to Naruto, freeing up time for him to practice, as Jiraiya had already returned to the village.

On the rooftop.

"What is Senjutsu?" Naruto asked with a yawn.

"Hmm?" Jiraiya put away the telescope and glanced over his shoulder at him. "Tsunade has already told me, but practicing senjutsu isn't that easy."

"We must lay a solid foundation first before we can talk about magic."

"It's not like I wanted to learn senjutsu." Naruto poked his nose and said with some disdain, "Lady Tsunade forced me to learn it. If I can't learn it, I will have to go on a mission."

"You little brat, you're so picky about learning skills. Do you know how many people want to be my disciple? And you still despise me."

"I don't care about that. I'll choose whichever one is easier." Naruto said indifferently.

"But, Lecherous Sage," Naruto looked up, "you probably don't have much time in the village, so it's not enough time to teach me anything."

"No, I just came back to supervise you until you learn the Rasengan." Jiraiya waved his hand and said.

"I almost forgot, there's such a thing as the Rasengan." Naruto groaned and sat cross-legged on the rooftop. "I haven't practiced it since I came back from Tansho Street."

"You little brat really... don't you have even a little bit of shame?" Jiraiya hit Naruto on the head with the telescope. "How can you become an outstanding ninja if you are so lazy?"

"Excellent? Ninja?" Naruto turned his head and squinted his eyes at Jiraiya. "A lustful ninja, huh?"

"How disrespectful!" Jiraiya muttered as he put away the telescope. He glanced reluctantly at the women's bathhouse and said with a sigh.

"I can't stay here for long. Uchiha Itachi's whereabouts are unknown. This time I went out, I only found an organization called Akatsuki. As for the others, I found nothing."

"After this winter, we'll still have to go out and gather intelligence next spring."

"Is that so?" Naruto yawned, looking a little bored. "Then go find some information. But don't take any risks unless it's necessary."

Jiraiya didn't take it seriously and scoffed.

"I'm the immortal of Mount Myōboku, how could anything possibly happen to me? I've traveled around the world for decades without a single incident, and that's all thanks to three things!"

"Drinking and picking up girls, shameless?" Naruto asked leisurely?

"What nonsense are you talking about? You should be cautious, cautious, and cautious!" Jiraiya said, "If you are out there collecting intelligence, you could lose your life if you're not careful."

"Got it." Naruto said lazily.

The late autumn sun was warm, but it no longer had the scorching heat. Time passed by, flowing like water from the wooden stake where I practiced daily. Then it rose from the steam rising from the ramen shop and drifted away.

……

In the blink of an eye it is already deep winter.

The sky is gray and it looks like it's going to snow again.

Naruto stood beneath the vermilion walls and green tiles, his feet covered in a layer of snow that reached his ankles. He had grown taller, and his face had gradually taken on the heroic spirit of a young man.

The slightly thin body stood in the cold wind, wearing a black training suit, as if waiting for someone.

Jiraiya emerged from the alleyway, walked up to him, and said, "It's getting late. Train early and return early. I'm leaving the village tomorrow."

The cold wind was howling, and the temperature at night was enough to freeze people into a coffin.

"Why are you in such a hurry to leave?" Naruto was puzzled. "The New Year's Festival is coming soon. Why don't you wait a few days before leaving?"

"What is there to wait for?" Jiraiya looked up at the sky, then reached out and patted the snowflakes on his shoulders, with a hint of reprimand in his tone.

"I'm alone in the New Year's Festival, so it's not easy. It just so happens that the Wind Country Customs Store is having a New Year's Festival."

"Lewd Immortal, I suspect you went out just to have fun." Naruto complained mercilessly, "You can't even wait for a New Year's Festival? You are indeed an old pervert."

"The village has new intelligence. The situation in the Wind Country is turbulent. It seems that the little kid, the Tailed Beast Jinchuriki, is about to lose his position as the heir to the Kazekage. Now it seems that there are some major variables."

Jiraiya's expression turned serious and he spoke in a low voice.

"The village leaders want to help that brat who has a crush on Konoha to succeed as Kazekage, so they sent me to gather intelligence and handle this matter. I have to go and take a look."

"This doesn't mean interfering in the internal affairs of other countries..." Naruto raised his eyebrows slightly.

"What are you talking about? I was just there to gather intelligence. I'm completely innocent." Jiraiya argued, "Gaara's succession to the Kazekage will benefit the people of both the Wind Country and the Fire Country."

"At least it can buy the two countries decades or even hundreds of years of peace, so it's something worth doing."

"It's really boring, but since the lecherous sage wants to do it, then go for it." Naruto said, holding his head. "What is the meaning of ninja? I don't understand it at all."

"You are such a..." Jiraiya calmed down, pointed at Naruto and laughed, "Do I need to explain to you, a little brat, where I'm going?"

"The adult world is very dull. You have to bear responsibilities wherever you go, so I won't take you with me this time."

If Jiraiya wanted to, he could still escape from the Wind Country with his Jinchūriki alone. After all, with Jiraiya's qualifications, even as an intelligence ninja, he was a master-level figure.

"Whatever." Naruto waved his hand, "Then let's do one last training today and show you, the lecherous sage, what a perfect Rasengan is!"

Chapter 167 New

Arriving at the training ground in the snow-covered forest, Naruto saw the newly replaced wooden stakes from afar, and slowly walked to the middle of the training ground and stopped.

He turned to look at Jiraiya who was slowly approaching and suddenly asked.

"Since this is actual combat training, then everything should be based on real combat situations. I mean, let go of your true nature and so on."

"Nature?" Jiraiya didn't realize the seriousness of the matter and was still kept in the dark. He said casually, "Whatever, you can hit me however you want."

After saying that, Jiraiya stretched out a hand and smiled proudly.

"I'll give you a hand."

"Okay." Naruto smiled, without any shadow clones, he rushed forward with a single-handed Rasengan in a curved shape, "Old man, stretch your neck and get killed!"

Hearing this, Jiraiya frowned and clenched his fists.

"What nonsense!"

With a few bangs, Jiraiya flashed and kicked Naruto's wrist directly. The Rasengan suddenly covered the snow uncontrollably, suddenly turning the ground into a big crater!

"Ouch, didn't you say you wanted to be real?" Naruto covered his wrist and grimaced in pain.

"It's quite real now, at least the beating you received was very real." Jiraiya, with a head full of silver hair, clapped his hands and said, "Let's stop here for today, the snow is getting heavy."

"You have now mastered the Rasengan. Your efforts throughout the winter have not been in vain."

"In one winter, only someone with my extraordinary talent can learn a ninjutsu so quickly." Naruto was not embarrassed at all. His speed was indeed quite good.

At least for now, the only people who can use the Rasengan are Jiraiya and him. If a battle breaks out, when facing the enemy, this move can often unexpectedly and severely injure the opponent.

"It's about right, so-so." Jiraiya scratched his head.

The wind intensified, and snow whirred down. The two began to look back, and all they saw was a vast expanse of white. The forest was almost silent except for the rustling of the cold wind and the patter of snow.

As if the entire world had fallen silent, Naruto walked ahead in silence. Jiraiya lagged behind by two steps, his footsteps shallow and deep in the snow, occasionally breaking a dead branch with a crackling sound.