Chapter 225 - 223: Sasuke’s News

Chapter 225: Chapter 223: Sasuke’s News

On the flat road, the Shadow Deer was pulling the carriage at a leisurely pace. Due to the excessive time wasted, the calm and long journey had caused the people in the carriage to almost forget what this mission was about. However, according to the map, they should arrive in about half a day.

The girls were sitting in the carriage chatting, while Rock Lee was following behind, doing handstands to train, and Ashiho was running alongside him. Neji was sitting on the roof, keeping watch on the surroundings.

"Kano-sensei, what are we eating for lunch today?"

Sakura leaned over to Kano, who was preparing to return to the village, while Karin poked Sakura in the stomach from the side.

"Sakura, you should probably eat a little less. You’ve grown a size around here lately; I’d guess you’ve gained three or four pounds."

"Ugh... Then I’ll increase my exercise. Starting tomorrow, I’ll get off the carriage and run alongside it."

"You’d rather exercise more than eat less?"

Seeing Sakura’s gluttonous expression, Kano couldn’t help but tease her:

"It’s a pity the weight all went to your stomach instead of where it should have gone."

Then, Kano drew a semicircle in front of her own chest. Sakura instantly understood that Kano was making fun of her and blushed immediately.

"Shut up! I still have a chance; I’ll develop! Aren’t you the same as me, Kano-sensei? Aren’t you worried?"

"Me? I think this is just fine. Do you like it, Naruko?"

"I love it!"

"If Naruko likes it, then small is fine too."

Sakura slapped her forehead. She shouldn’t have brought up this topic with Kano; she’d been fed another mouthful of dog food—they weren’t the same kind of people. She then turned her gaze to Karin. To make her figure better match Kano’s, Karin had been dieting, so her figure was also smaller than her friends’.

"Karin, yours is quite small too, isn’t it?"

"It’s still a bit bigger than Onee-sama’s. Damn it, can’t it get any smaller?"

Karin tried hard to press it down, attempting to flatten it.

Sakura sighed helplessly; people’s preferences really were different.

Then she cast her gaze toward Shion... bigger than her, skip. It was Naruko’s turn.

"Naruko, you were a boy before; you must like big ones, right? Have you never thought about making them bigger?"

"No way. Only Pervy Sage likes big ones. Kano-chan likes small ones, so I like small ones too."

She didn’t want to embarrass herself further, so she changed the subject. Kano had gone back to Konoha to buy things, which meant it was time for a lunch break.

During these days, whenever Kano left, Karin and Naruko would start fighting. The boys couldn’t intervene, so Sakura had to step in between them to keep them from fighting.

Through these interactions, she grew closer to Naruko, whom she hadn’t known very well before.

"Can you teach me how you managed to win over Kano-sensei?"

"Sakura, do you have someone you like too?"

"Yes, I like Sasuke-kun."

"The most important thing in pursuing someone is companionship. Growing feelings over time is very important!"

Sakura lowered her head in thought. She should have accomplished that, right? She would occasionally go to Kano to ask for the Phone Snake to call Sasuke and connect emotionally. Although Sasuke’s attitude was never very good during their chats, she believed she would eventually thaw Sasuke’s cold heart.

It was just that recently, Sasuke had run off to find strong enemies to train and test out his ultimate moves, so Orochimaru couldn’t find him for the time being. However, Sasuke had said he would return on his own after a while. (Actually, he was annoyed by Sakura’s three calls a day and went out to find a quiet place. He did this from time to time.)

"What else? I feel like I’m the woman who has spent the most time with Sasuke-kun, but I still feel like there’s little hope."

"That’s because you’re not working hard enough. Just like how Kano-chan has rejected me more than once, yet I’ve never given up. As long as you find the reason they don’t like you and correct it, the other person will like you more and more. For example, Kano-chan likes little girls, so that’s why I became like this."

"Then what kind of person would Sasuke-kun like?"

"I’m not too sure about that. Why don’t you go ask Kano-chan? She might know."

"Kano-sensei? She does know a lot of things."

Not long after, Kano returned with food. However, Sakura didn’t eat much; first, because she had been teased and it hit a sore spot, so she planned to eat less. Second, because she wanted to ask what kind of person Sasuke liked.

If Sasuke liked men, she wouldn’t mind begging Naruto to teach her a secret technique.

"Hey, Kano-sensei, do you know what kind of person Sasuke likes?"

"Ah~ Woo~"

She opened her mouth, ready to eat the food Naruko was feeding her, but Karin slapped it away and replaced it with her own. Kano thought it didn’t matter; either way, it was being fed by a beautiful girl. She was more curious about Sakura’s question.

"You’ve been chatting with him for so long; you can’t still not know what kind of person he likes, right?"

"He really hasn’t told me..."

"Then what do you usually talk about?"

"Usually I’m the one doing most of the talking. Good morning, good afternoon, good night. Have you eaten? How was your day? The weather is so nice, when are you coming back? Is there anything I can help with? Please don’t hate me. I don’t want to fight you, and I don’t want to be your enemy. Take a look at your abs, and things like that."

"It seems like you slipped something incredible in there. Then how does he usually reply to you?"

Kano usually didn’t like eavesdropping on their chats; it was both unnutritious and pitiful.

"Hmm. Get lost. Shut up. Do you want to die? So annoying. No. Hate. Disgusting. No. Do you want to be my enemy? Do you want to fight me? [Photo of 8-pack abs.jpg]"

"Hey, stop daydreaming. The Phone Snake doesn’t have a photo function; the photo in your imagination doesn’t exist."

Even Naruko and Karin, who were secretly fighting on the side, thought Sakura was a total clown. Especially Naruko; compared to Sasuke, her own Kano-chan was simply an angel! She was undeniably kind, never perfunctory, and never spoke with harsh words.

Even Karin felt that her teammate was a bit too pitiful and silently picked up a piece of meat for her.

"So, please, I want to become the kind of person Sasuke-kun likes."

"Alright then, I do know what kind of person he likes."

Sakura swallowed, waiting very nervously for the answer Kano was about to give. Kano tapped her finger against her lips, pondering:

"Sasuke probably likes someone like Naruto, right?"

"Naruko, please teach me that secret technique!"

Sakura hardened her heart. Isn’t it just growing a bit more meat? As long as she could be with Sasuke, she would do anything! If Naruko could do it, why couldn’t she?

"Wait a second!" Kano grabbed Sakura, holding her back. "Don’t go acting impulsively and learning from this idiot all the time. Sasuke has a very twisted personality. If you sacrifice yourself for him like that, he won’t like you; in fact, he’ll even hate you more."

"Then what should I do!"

"If you align yourself with his ideals, he might treat you a bit better."

Kano felt that Sasuke’s attitude toward her was different from his attitude toward others. Perhaps it was because Kano supported his revenge, while others did not?

"Then what is Sasuke-kun’s ideal?"

"I know, I know! It’s revenge and the restoration of the Uchiha!"

Upon hearing a topic she knew about, Naruko raised her hand to answer. She was also a member of Team 7, so she knew about Sasuke’s ideals. Then, she continued to compete with Karin to feed Kano.

"Naruko is right. His main mission right now is revenge, and after revenge is completed, it’s the restoration of the Uchiha."

"But I’m too weak; I can’t help with revenge at all."

Sakura recalled the memory of the last time she saw Itachi and collapsed upon the first encounter; she felt there was no hope.

"But if it’s about restoring the Uchiha, I want to participate, but isn’t that where I’m stuck?"

That was true. To restore the Uchiha, one had to first win over Sasuke. But given Sasuke’s current favorability toward Sakura, it was probably even lower than the stone men passing by him right now.

"Sigh... If only Sasuke and I could be in a mutual relationship like you two."

"Mutual relationship?"

Kano instantly caught the keyword.

Unlike this peaceful side, somewhere in the Land of Swamps.

"Why do I feel a chill? It wouldn’t be that idiot Sakura nagging about me again, would it? It’s all that Kano’s fault."

Sasuke kicked and shattered a stone man nearby. "I came outside to hide for a few days and unexpectedly discovered something incredible. This must be the lair of those stone men, right? What kind of things will be waiting for me inside?"

Sasuke swung his sword in a flourish and charged straight into the pitch-black sealing altar. In these two and a half years, his strength had undergone earth-shaking changes. He felt he had already surpassed Naruto and Kano. The next time they met, he would definitely shock them both!

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