Sakura Haruno fixed her gaze on Sasuke's calm, flushed face.

The mood of the young man is always turbulent, like a rainstorm in June, without warning, accompanied by a violent wind and thunder.

As someone who has come before, she knows this very well. What's more, the young man in front of her, his family was wiped out when he was young, and the murderer turned out to be his only relative, Uchiha Itachi, and he lived in a fucked world like the Hokage, it was not easy to grow up strongly, even if he was a little crooked during the period, it was reasonable to become sensitive and narrow-minded.

Being able to forcibly stabilize emotions and restore calm, instead of being overwhelmed by momentary anger, can be regarded as a lot of self-control.

Sakura was even a little surprised.

Past...... What do you say? Behind Shippuden, they are all saying that Sasuke gets darker and darker as he grows up, and more naïve as he grows up. Well, she hadn't seen that part anyway, and she didn't know if it was true or not, but just looking at the way Sasuke was able to quickly calm down and wait for an answer after touching Itachi's scales, it seemed that that statement was biased.

Either Sasuke was hacked, or it was her little butterfly who crossed over completely flapped the wings of the "plot" and changed him. At least with his personality — impulsive, but able to calm down in time — shouldn't be annoying.

Thinking of this, the little depression that Sakura Haruno had just been yelled at by Sasuke was also relieved a lot.

- Very well, it avoids the conversation to "You actually yelled at me!" "Who told you to lie to me!" "You still come! You dare to yell at me again!" ...... This kind of eight-o'clock romance drama will continue to develop in the direction. Because, firstly, these two people are not in that kind of relationship, and secondly, as a science student, our protagonist, Sakura Haruno, naturally resists this kind of dialogue that does not contain any valid information......

"Itachi's strength...... Sakura groaned, sat back on the stone in front of her, hugged her knees, and said, "What do you think?"

The black-haired boy hesitated: "Feel...... Okay, right?

"Huh?" raised the pitch.

"I mean, it's strong!much more powerful than anyone in our class!" Sasuke hurriedly said, "Actually, I think you're probably better than the fifth Hokage." ”

The sentence that added to the snake in the back made Haruno Sakura's expression of "keep talking, Sister Sakura likes it very much" couldn't hold back, and she couldn't help laughing. [Note]

That's kind of ...... Clumsy sycophancy, right? It's in front of Sakura, that's why he's going to say that in private.

"Okay, don't pull my master in. Sakura said with a smile on her face, stretching out her big white leg and kicking him gently, but she didn't refute Sasuke's words, thinking that in her heart, she actually thought that her strength had surpassed her master's—and it was a lot more than that.

It's just that if you think about it in your heart, if you say it to others, it will seem that you are a little frivolous and don't respect the teacher enough.

"The so-called 'shadow level' is actually just an unwritten division of strength, and it is difficult to say what criteria must be met to be considered a 'shadow level' ninja, but for those of us who have entered this stage, this is a very clear demarcation line of strength. ”

"Speaking of which, Sasuke, you can already feel the gap between the 'Shadow' level and the ordinary Shangnin and even the elite Shangnin, right? Because in terms of combat effectiveness alone, you are already the best in the upper ninja, that is, the so-called elite upper ninja, and one step further, it is the 'Shadow' level. ”

The boy nodded.

"What I want to say is that even at the 'Shadow' level, there can still be a huge gap in the strength of the ninja, and you can even subdivide this level into 'Quasi-Shadow', 'Beginner Shadow', 'Ordinary Shadow', 'Shadow-level Peak' and so on. This division is of course stupid and meaningless, but if it is only for reference......"

"I think the strength of the ferret can be ranked in the last two layers of these subdivisions. ”

"That's how I evaluate his quality. ”

Sasuke's face sank. After being silent for a while, he said solemnly: "Is he really that strong?"

Sakura Haruno nodded: "It's true." Didn't you just ask me how I dealt with his Susa Nenghu and Tsukiyomi? These two moves are actually not difficult, Susa can't completely resist my water gun technique, in fact, the super electromagnetic cannon you used is not completely ineffective, right?"

"It's not like that. Sasuke shook his head slightly, "I've used all my strength, but the super electromagnetic cannon is still blocked by him." ”

"But you also broke half of Susa's arm, right?" Sakura smiled slightly, patted him on the shoulder and said, "There's nothing that can't be solved with one super electromagnetic cannon, if there is, then another shot!"

Sasuke was almost overwhelmed by her missionary manifesto of the Railgun God Cult.

However, Sakura Haruno is really not joking, the super electromagnetic cannon has great potential, it can almost be said that there is no upper limit, and the side effects are almost zero, and she even had the urge to specialize in Lei Dun, but unfortunately there is a mysterious force in the dark that pulls her back to the pit of Shui Dun - Shui Dun is the strongest!

"Back to business. ”

"Reading this technique every month...... I resisted. However, you don't have to worry too much about it, this technique doesn't hurt you as much as you think, does it? In addition to being irritable and irritable, are there any sequelae? When you are stronger and grow a little bigger, you can also take this trick hard. ”

"On the contrary, he still has a trick Amaterasu needs to be vigilant at all times, but fortunately, it is not without a way to deal with it. Although he didn't need to seal that move, the fluctuations of the chakra and the movements of his eyes were traceable, and he could dodge it if he was fast enough, or something like the chakra coat could block it. ”

- Speaking of which, Amaterasu's move in the original book really didn't burn a few famous and surnamed masters.

"In short, if you want to crack his technique, it's not that difficult. The difficulty lies in how to deal with the Itachi person. ”

"If I fight him to the death, I won't be surprised, but honestly, in terms of fighting talent, I'm not as good as him. ”

"I say that, do you understand?"

With Sakura Haruno's temperament, she rarely admired a person so much, so Sasuke knew the weight of her words.

It weighed heavily on his heart like a stone.

The girl stopped talking, and the black-haired boy fell silent.

Sasuke stood silently, his eyes wandering away from the brilliant sunset in the sky, not knowing what he was thinking, and Sakura sat silently, holding her legs and resting her chin on her knees, looking at the sunset that was about to end in the distance, without saying a word.

The atmosphere fell silent all at once.

The sound of insects chirping nearby, the crackling of burning matches.

The rumbling of a river in the distance.

There is also the sound of the wind whirring with a bit of restlessness in the warmth of early summer.

It was all noisy all at once.

In the quiet of this small camp, a symphony of early summer is played.

It was a long time before he turned back to look at Sakura Haruno, the afterglow of the evening falling on her face, dyeing the perfect side face a brilliant gold.

His heart suddenly moved, as if he understood something, and he laughed. No matter how strong the Itachi is, it cannot change his original intention: to become stronger, and then to take revenge, or to find an explanation for all this, just as the sun will not set every day, just as the stone will lie by the river, just as the maiden, and the boy, and his companions, will remain by his side unchangeably.

At this moment he believed so.

"Hmm. I understand. ”

The brunette boy said.

Haruno Sakura was stunned for a moment, turned her eyes to look at him, and didn't know where his sentence came from. Looking at the past like this, I feel that he has undergone some slight changes in a short period of time, but Sakura also knows that although women are fickle in the world, in fact, men are also fickle, especially adolescent boys.

Speaking of which, has he really changed? Not necessarily, right?

"Hmm, what are you talking about?" Sakura Haruno asked, pouting.

"I said, 'Leave the first half of the night's vigil to me.' Sasuke shook his head, avoiding answer.

The girl looked at him suspiciously.

"You're much more tired than me, so rest first. He said forcefully, walking over and pulling her up from the rock, "I slept all afternoon, and I happened to be in good spirits...... I'll call you when I'm tired. ”

"Okay. Sakura shrugged and accepted his kindness. She is not iron-clad, and after so many battles in a day, she is indeed very tired, so she doesn't hold on.

When I walked back to the tent door, I heard Sasuke ask again.

"By the way, the seven-tailed human pillar force was captured by Xiao?"

"Hmm. The girl turned her head and replied calmly, "The mission has failed." ”

"Oh. Sasuke answered, "That's right...... Give me the shoes, I suddenly have a solution. ”

Sakura Haruno raised her eyebrows.

Feelings, her shoes are more important than the strength of the pillar of life and death?

……

Two days later, Sakura Haruno and Sasuke, who failed in their first mission, return to Konoha.

[ps. Sasuke in the story is already different from the two pillars in the original book...... Therefore, as an important supporting character, he devotes a chapter or two to writing about his interaction with the protagonist to show this difference. This chapter is an update to make up for last night. There is one more update today. 】