[Swoosh!]
[Ding!]
A kunai collided with a shuriken in midair. Two silhouettes appeared fleetingly, and by the time they crossed paths, they had already exchanged several attacks.
"Sasuke, is this all you can do?"
Naruto stood on a big tree and laughed triumphantly. At this moment, he had the upper hand and suppressed Sasuke.
Sasuke's face was gloomy, and he cursed fiercely: "Damn toad!"
"No more!" Sasuke angrily walked away and returned to Kakashi.
Fighting Naruto while a toad bombarded him with saliva was unbearable.
The saliva also had quite powerful chakra. If it hit him, he would definitely be seriously injured.
Kakashi, however, had a serious expression and said in a deep voice: "Sasuke, if you were on the battlefield, what would you do? Would you also surrender because it's disgusting?"
Sasuke had a gloomy face and did not speak.
Kakashi said earnestly: "Your enemies will use all sorts of tactics to defeat you. No matter how disgusting it is, on the battlefield you could face much worse situations, you could even be faced with the situation of having to kill your father, brother, and even the Hokage. In such times, what will you do?"
Sasuke said firmly: "If I meet them, I will kill them without hesitation."
Kakashi: "...Why?"
"If they can be killed by me, it means they are fake!"
"...What if it is Sakura?"
"I'll kill her too."
"What?!" Kakashi stared with dead eyes and said: "Sakura can't beat you. If you kill her, she will really die."
"Exactly. That's why I'll leave her half dead, unable to move. That way, it won't matter if she's real or not."
Kakashi: "..."
"Sasuke!" Naruto couldn't stand it anymore and shouted: "Sakura is our partner! How can you do that? Besides…"
He secretly glanced at Sakura and his face was slightly red.
Sasuke glanced at him and, not caring about Sakura's pale face, said indifferently: "You, a useless genjutsu user, can you tell if Sakura is real or fake? What will you do if she's fake?"
"I... I..." Naruto stuttered, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "You say I'm useless at genjutsu? Can you beat me now? No, right? That means I'm stronger than you."
Sasuke's face turned extremely gloomy. "You'll see!" He growled through his teeth and walked away.
Summoning beasts.
He had to get a powerful one as soon as possible.
"Alas!" Kakashi sighed helplessly.
There was no trace of teamwork.
Luckily, Sasuke and Naruto now had skills that surpassed those of an average chunin-level ninja.
At this level, participating in the Chunin Exams shouldn't be a problem.
As for Sakura...
Kakashi turned his head to look at her, silently pondering.
Sakura's talent is still quite good.
After thinking for a while, Kakashi suddenly thought of someone. "Sakura, come with me, I will take you to see someone, maybe you can learn something from her."
"Uh, okay!"
"What about me, Kakashi-sensei?" Naruto looked at him excitedly with shining eyes. "I want to learn too! I want to master the Chidori! So I can use a Chidori in one hand and a Rasengan in the other!"
Kakashi sighed in resignation.
"Kakashi, take this little girl away first!" Jiraiya's voice came. "Naruto, let's go, I want to take you to special training." He strode over, his breath was heavy, and his expression was very serious.
He seemed to have made a firm decision.
Kakashi's expression changed slightly, and he said: "Jiraiya-sama, could it be..."
"Yes!" Jiraiya sighed and said: "I have talked to Funan and got his consent."
Kakashi looked at Naruto strangely, and said: "Naruto, you must work hard."
"Kakashi-sensei, your expression is a bit strange."
"Hehe!" Kakashi smiled slightly, said nothing more, and left with Sakura.
Jiraiya didn't say much more and took Naruto to the place where, in the original timeline, he had learned to control the Nine-Tails' chakra for the first time and had summoned Gamabunta to save his life.
"Naruto!" Jiraiya said with a serious expression. "There are two chakras in your body."
"I know!" Naruto blinked and said: "Pervy Sage, your expression is so serious."
Jiraiya smiled slightly and said: "Remember, activate the other chakra in your body, understand?"
"Well, if you don't understand now, you'll do it later. Because if you don't, you'll die. And I'm sure the Nine-Tails won't let that happen."
"Uh, what…?"
Before Naruto could react, Jiraiya kicked him straight off the cliff.
"Ahhh!!!"
...
"Brother!"
Sasuke returned home with a frown on his face. Luckily, Itachi was at home, playing shogi with Fugaku.
Fugaku's face looked somewhat gloomy as he examined the board.
They both looked up in surprise.
"Sasuke, what's wrong? Aren't you doing intensive training before the Chunin Exam? Why are you back at this hour?"
Both Itachi and Fugaku fully trusted Kakashi's teachings.
"Don't mention it!" Sasuke said angrily. "Summoning beast, brother, father, I want a summoning beast!"
"Summoning beast..." Itachi repeated. "Why do you suddenly think of a summoning beast?"
"Naruto has a giant toad. With his help, I can't defeat him."
Sasuke's answer was very straightforward.
Itachi was silent for a moment, and said: "Sasuke, when you reach a certain level, summoning beasts will only be a support. But that's okay, my summoning beast is a crow."
"Crow?" Sasuke hesitated a little, and said: "Are there any really strong ones? I heard that Naruto's toad measures tens of meters and that even some Kage don't dare to confront them."
"That will be true for Kage like Sarutobi Hiruzen." Itachi sighed. "But try putting him in front of Funan. I assure you that toad wouldn't dare even show up."
"It's the same!"
"Of course it's not the same!"
"Enough!" Fugaku intervened, cutting off the argument. "Sasuke, there are many powerful summoning beasts. Our Uchiha clan has an ancestral contract with the ninja cat clan, who are extremely strong."
"Ninja Cats?" Sasuke's eyes lit up.
"Yes." Fugaku explained: "The overall strength of the Ninja Cats is not as good as that of Mount Myoboku, but some powerful Ninja Cats can definitely kill the giant toad that is dozens of meters high in your mouth."
"What are we waiting for?" Sasuke was so excited that he almost jumped out of his seat.
"Okay." Fugaku immediately stood up. "Let's go, I'll take you to contract the Ninja Cats."
As he stood up, he waved his hand across the shogi board.
Itachi said faintly: "Father, about this game..."
Fugaku frowned and said: "Itachi, do you think playing is more important than Sasuke's summoning contract?"
Itachi looked helpless.
Obviously you have already lost!
...
The Ninja Cats are very important to Uchiha.
Not only did they provide formidable military power, but they were also known arms dealers.
And as in any world, the arms trade generated huge profits.
Thus, the collaboration between the Uchiha and the Ninja Cats had become one of the clan's main sources of income.
However, when Sasuke saw the representative of the Ninja Cats, he couldn't help but be stunned.
"A human?"
"Father, didn't you bring me here to contract a summoning beast? How could there be a human?"
Fugaku looked serious and whispered: "Sasuke, don't be rude, this is Granny Cat."
"Fugaku! You are a rare guest." Granny Cat looked up, looking at Fugaku with a slight smile. However, when she laid eyes on Sasuke, her expression changed to something more peculiar.
She looked Sasuke up and down several times.
"Granny Cat, this is my son, Sasuke." Fugaku showed a stiff smile on his face.
Seeing this, Granny Cat said helplessly: "Fugaku, I'm telling you this with love: don't try to smile, you're unpleasant."
"You must have seen Uchiha Funan." Fugaku whispered softly.
"Funan?" Granny Cat took out a pipe and smoked it. "An amazing guy, destined to bring great changes to the shinobi world."
Fugaku looked at Granny Cat's actions, with something strange in his eyes, but he didn't ask much, just said: "Granny Cat, my son wants to contract with the Ninja Cat Clan."
"Of course there is no problem, such an excellent Uchiha is worthy of a Ninja Cat." Granny Cat looked at Sasuke and sighed faintly. "But, Fugaku, I think you'd better get the consent of Uchiha Funan."
"What do you mean?"
Fugaku had a question mark on his head.
"Of course!" Granny Cat smiled and said: "If you insist on the current contract, I don't object."
"Wait a minute, I'll take Sasuke to the Hokage's office." Fugaku interrupted Granny Cat.
The more the old lady said this, the more uncertain he felt.
The father and son hurried to the Hokage's office.
Funan was very considerate and made an appointment with the two.
When Fugaku told Granny Cat's opinion, Funan was also stunned for a moment.
Indra!
That name crossed Funan's mind instantly.
Was this chakra discovered by Granny Cat?
So sensitive?
Funan suddenly thought of Naruto.
He contracted Mount Myoboku so easily.
Did Mount Myoboku discover something?
It's not impossible!
"Hokage-sama." Fugaku called softly.
"Oh!" Funan came back to his senses and said: "If Sasuke wants to sign the contract, let him do so. But Fugaku, you should know that when a shinobi reaches a certain level, the use of summoning beasts becomes almost irrelevant."
"Hokage-sama, the Chunin Exams will be soon."
"Oh!" Funan suddenly realized, looked at Sasuke with a smile, and said: "Sasuke, what do you think about the chunin exams?"
"They've improved a lot, they were boring before." Sasuke replied confidently.
"Haha!" Funan couldn't help laughing.
"Then make sure you do your best. If you do well, I have a surprise gift for you."
"Get ready then, because I will do excellent."
Sasuke clenched his fists in excitement, but Fugaku stopped him with a stern tone: "Don't get too confident! The chunin exams are no game. The elites of each village will be there. Do you think you're invincible?"
Sasuke lowered his head and didn't dare to say anything.
Funan watched the scene with an amused smile.
...
Meanwhile, in another part of the village, Naruto was jumping and running excitedly.
"Haha, great, such a big frog, I am invincible in the world."
Gamabunta let out a puff of smoke. "I am a toad, not a frog, kid, are you Naruto?"
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