Chapter 160: Mebuki Haruno: Sakura, Who Else is in There?
For the rest of the night, Akiyama Makoto continued to channel Yang chakra into Sakura. Later, he even silently opened his Yin Seal. After all, this was the first time, and he wanted to test the limits of the True Spirit Seal.
As it turned out, the True Spirit Seal was a self-sustaining sealing formula. As long as it was supplied with energy, it could beat continuously like a spiritual heart. And for now, there seemed to be no limit to the human body's absorption of life force, especially for a girl of Sakura's age who was still in a phase of rapid growth and development.
This process did not consume much of his chakra or life force, because the efficiency of the True Spirit Seal was indeed too low. In addition, he had now awakened Cell Activation. In the future, his life force might even be so abundant that he could casually perform Wood Style. The current consumption was naturally nothing.
He even had a thought: perhaps in the future, he could supplement the life force of all the girls at the same time every night to promote their growth and development. But he quickly extinguished this thought. Not to mention how he would get past their parents, the girls themselves could get enough energy just by eating a little more. Doing this would only delay his own training time. When they had more autonomy in the future, then he could consider training with them every day. After all, by then, the things he would need to train would probably be about breaking through to the Six Paths level. Ordinary, time-consuming training would probably have little effect.
Slowly, the sky began to brighten.
Sakura had long since fallen into a deep sleep, leaning against his back, a happy and sweet smile on her face.
He, on the other hand, was sensing the surrounding situation, ready to leave at any moment.
Footsteps came from outside the door. It was her mother.
A knock, knock, knock sounded, followed by the voice of Mebuki Haruno. "Sakura, time to get up! Don't you have to go to Kakashi-sensei's test today?"
"I know—" Sakura answered drowsily, then sat up, rubbing her eyes.
But then she felt something was wrong. She subconsciously turned her head and saw him, pretending to be asleep.
In an instant, her entire body turned as red as a shrimp. She shot up from the bed, but in her haste, she used too much force and her head slammed directly into the ceiling.
With a loud bang, Mebuki was startled. She immediately tried to open the door.
Sakura, enduring the pain, rushed over and blocked the door with her shoulder to prevent her mother from coming in. If she came in and saw him lying in her bed, even if she had a high opinion of him, she would probably faint from shock the next second.
Now, Sakura also felt her heart pounding. She had been so bold yesterday. If he had had even the slightest evil thought, she would definitely not be able to participate in the upcoming test.
"Sakura! Sakura, what's wrong? Are you okay?"
"I'm fine, Mom! I just fell out of bed."
"This child, still so clumsy. Open the door and let me see your injuries!"
"I'm fine, Mom, I'm a ninja now! And—I'm not dressed!"
Mebuki was silent for a moment, then said in an amused tone, "You've been reading those health magazines again, haven't you? I've already told you, you'll develop in the future. You don't need to be in such a hurry."
Normally, this was a common conversation between mother and daughter, but now, these words were as piercing as a thousand senbon to Sakura's ears, because he had already sat up and was watching her with a gentle smile.
She felt her blood run cold. He wouldn't deliberately expose himself at a time like this, would he?
Fortunately, he just watched and did not disturb her. In reality, if her mother had really broken in just now, he would have used the Flying Thunder God to leave. He wouldn't really cause her trouble.
"Mom, just leave me alone! Kakashi-sensei said not to eat breakfast!"
"Alright, this child. Just don't you dare go back to sleep."
"I won't! I'm a grown-up now!"
Mebuki shook her head and left. Sakura lowered her head, not daring to look at him again. To have her childish side exposed in front of her beloved, she felt that today was truly a terrible day.
"Ahem. If you're not eating breakfast, how about you give it to me? I really like your auntie's cooking."
He spoke at this moment, which earned him a pounce from Sakura. She pushed and shoved him to the window. "Hurry up and leave! If you don't leave now, it'll be too late!"
"But there are people everywhere outside now."
"Ah..." Sakura looked blank, not knowing what to do.
Only then did he say, "In a bit, I'll transform into a small object. You can just carry me out."
She thought this was a good idea and nodded. She had just let out a sigh of relief when she realized another problem. She still had to change her clothes!
"Y-You go to the bathroom and wash up first. There are spare toiletries in the cabinet... wait, let me go and tidy up first." She seemed to have thought of something, rushed into the bathroom, and after three minutes of banging around, came out.
When he went in, not only were his toiletries ready, but the room had even been sprayed with air freshener. He shook his head slightly. She really was proud and cared about her image. But wasn't this Sakura the most charming?
By the time he had finished washing up, she had already changed into her usual attire. She then dragged him out of the room, pushed him into a corner, and even demanded he cover his ears. Only then did she enter the bathroom to handle her personal hygiene.
He found it amusing. If he wanted to listen, what effect would simply covering his ears have?
Next, she spent a full half an hour getting ready. During this time, Mebuki came to rush her again, which scared her so much she bumped into the door again. Seeing her aggrieved look, he let her experience the healing effect of the True Spirit Seal, and only then did she go downstairs with a smile on her face.
A few minutes later, she came up with a lunch box and was ready to take him away.
He transformed into a kunai and was placed in her ninja tool pouch. She then carried him out of the village and into the forest before letting him out.
With a poof, he revealed his form.
Only at this moment did she completely relax. In a slightly complaining tone, she said, "You scared me to death. If you're coming over in the future, you have to notify me in advance."
"So, I can still come over?"
A blush spread across her cheeks, but she looked at him with an emotional gaze and nodded.
"Then can I still spend the night holding you?"
This time, she couldn't stand it and gave him a punch. Unfortunately, the punch was light and fluffy and didn't even leave a mark on him.
"A-Anyway, hurry up and eat your breakfast! Otherwise, I might be late!"
She then took out the lunch box. "I told Mom I wouldn't be home for lunch. She prepared this for me. You can have it."
He took it, opened it, and began to eat. The breakfast was quite delicious. Mebuki had excellent cooking skills. This was probably also the reason why the future Sakura would grow up to be a good woman.
And just at that moment, Sasuke and Naruto appeared together.
"Ah, what are you doing here? Don't tell me you heard I became a ninja and came to see my heroic figure?" Naruto was first confused, then excited.
Sasuke's eyes, however, lit up. "Are you here to check on our growth? Interesting. You'll be surprised."
Looking at the two, who were suddenly full of fighting spirit, Makoto casually put his arm around Sakura's waist. "I'm just accompanying my girlfriend to her exam."
Sasuke's expression immediately turned to one of disgust. Naruto stared at the two of them in shock. He knew Sakura liked him, but to be so openly embracing in the early morning, and Sakura wasn't even resisting... was this really appropriate? Luckily, Naruto didn't know what she had experienced yesterday. Otherwise, the Nine-Tails inside him might have stuck out a tail.
Naruto looked at him, unconvinced, but didn't provoke him as he had in the past. He had already acknowledged him as a person, but on the matter of Sakura, he had not yet given up.
"Makoto-kun, hurry up and eat. I'm going to go warm up for the exam." In front of others, she was still a little shy.
She pushed him away, but he said, "Don't waste your energy so early. Kakashi won't be here until eleven o'clock."
The three of them stared at him, waiting for his further explanation.
He said with a smile, "Jōnin Kakashi is famous for getting lost on the road of life. Trust me."
Whenever Kakashi had free time, he would go to the Memorial Stone to pay his respects to Obito and Rin Nohara. Today was the day he became a Jōnin instructor, a special day, so he should be at the Memorial Stone at this time.
Seeing that Sasuke and Naruto were still a little skeptical, he said with a smile, "Let's make a bet. If you lose, you each have to call me 'Big Brother.' If I lose, I'll teach each of you a new ninjutsu."
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