Chapter 156:
"What? No way!"
Sakyo immediately lost her composure. She had already gotten used to disguising herself—making her wear female clothing again would feel very awkward.
Especially since it also involved doing the so-called "sweet, sweet romance" with Naruto. She had never even thought about something like this before, so she felt a little nervous.
Naruto stood up, grabbed Sakyo's soft little hand, and said with deep affection: "Little Sakyo~ Little Sakyo-chan~"
"Uh… don't…" Sakyo broke free from Naruto's hand, her pretty face blushing as she covered it with both hands, trying to hide from Naruto's gaze.
"I'm not used to it…"
Compared to before, Sakyo's tone had lost some of its androgynous edge. To Naruto, it sounded extremely pleasant.
Naruto excitedly stared at Sakyo: "That's it, Little Sakyo—that soft, gentle voice combined with proper female clothing~ That's exactly how a girl should be."
"Don't worry. Once we're outside Konoha, there won't be anyone from the village. No one will recognize you."
Sakyo hesitated: "Really?"
Naruto nodded: "Absolutely—more real than real gold!"
Under Naruto's grand persuasion, Sakyo reluctantly agreed.
However, she insisted it could only happen after they left Konoha.
Otherwise, on the way from home to the village gate, if they ran into someone who knew Sakyo, it would be bad.
Next, Naruto and Sakyo packed all the travel essentials at home. Then, at Naruto's request, they went out to buy some other items.
In half a day, Naruto took Sakyo to buy a lot of necessary things—but they were all everyday items.
These everyday items had two purposes: one was to store them in Sakyo's Kamui space and Naruto's Amenominaka world, and two was as backup.
Most importantly, Naruto also picked out several sets of female clothing for Sakyo.
Cute ones, formal ones, sexy ones…
Along the way, Sakyo walked behind Naruto with her head lowered and face flushed red—like a girl going shopping with her boyfriend for the first time.
But to be fair, Sakyo wasn't the type who liked to get shy.
When it came to shyness, she was several levels behind Hinata.
But…
That still couldn't withstand Naruto's tactics!
Naruto actually asked Sakyo—without blushing or skipping a heartbeat—what material of panties she liked!
He said it was for buying travel supplies, but Sakyo always felt something was off…
And among the clothes Naruto bought for Sakyo was even a black-and-white maid outfit complete with bunny ears.
No one knew what Naruto planned to do with it, but Sakyo secretly swore in her heart that she would absolutely never wear this outfit in public.
Wear a maid outfit? No no no! Absolutely not!!!
That would be way too embarrassing! Sakyo couldn't handle it!
It seemed Naruto really treated Sakyo like a clueless little girl?
After finishing shopping, Naruto threw all the big and small bags into "My World."
With Sakyo following behind, Naruto led the way back home.
Suddenly, a big black rat darted out ahead—no! It wasn't a big black rat—it was a big pink rat named Haruno Sakura!
The moment Sakura appeared, Sakyo instantly reverted to her usual "cold, aloof male god" expression.
Naruto's eyebrow twitched. He immediately felt something bad was coming—Sakura wouldn't show up for no reason; she was definitely here for Sakyo!
Could it be that since Naruto and Sakyo were together, Sakura was actually here for Naruto?
Come on, judging by Sakura's personality, that probability wasn't just close to zero—it was less than zero.
If Sakura discovered Naruto and Sakyo's travel plan, she would definitely stick to them like glue, and Naruto would never get to see the cute Sakyo in a maid outfit.
That couldn't happen!
So before Sakura could even catch her breath or open her mouth, Naruto shouted loudly: "Haruno Sakura!"
Sakura jumped in surprise, not understanding why Naruto was looking at her angrily.
Because Naruto usually called her "Little Sakura"—only people who weren't close would use her full name.
Seeing it was working, Naruto immediately continued: "Haruno Sakura, why are you in such a hurry? You're not here to look for Sasuke, are you?"
"Sasuke doesn't have time. Go home first—mm! That's it!"
Naruto nodded as he spoke, as if even he believed his own words.
Sakura narrowed her eyes for a moment and asked doubtfully: "Then… what are you and Sasuke-kun doing?"
Naruto answered honestly: "Shopping."
Sakura instantly got furious: "What?! Uzumaki Naruto!!! You're shopping with Sasuke-kun, and you still say Sasuke-kun has no time?"
"What kind of behavior is this? Where's the law? Where's justice??? Huh?!"
Now Sakura was throwing around words one after another—Naruto's mouth twitched. She had been corrupted…
Corrupted!
Naruto: "Don't just learn two words from me and use them randomly. Do you even know what 'law' means?"
"And from today until the end of vacation, Sasuke will be training with me. He won't have time to deal with you at all."
"If you don't want Sasuke to hate you, disappear quickly. When school starts, I'll help you ask Sasuke out."
Sakura: "???"
Good grief—last time Naruto said he would help Sakura ask Sasuke out, he ended up inviting her all the way to the other side of the world: the Land of Snow.
And although Sakura did go and meet Sasuke, she didn't get any romantic feeling at all.
Moreover… Sakura didn't need to think hard to know that Naruto and Sasuke were going somewhere to do something, and she was just casually called along by Naruto.
Of course, the main reason was that Naruto never expected Sakura would actually go…
That was the Land of Snow. Forget leaving the village—that was several countries away from the Land of Fire.
Naruto thinking Sakura wouldn't go was perfectly reasonable.
But Sakura gave Naruto a surprise…
Sakura took a deep breath, trying her best not to get angry. Her second personality kept swinging its fists in her mind: "Damn Uzumaki Naruto!!! How dare he stop me from going on a date with Sasuke-kun?"
"What's going on? Could Naruto and Sasuke-kun actually be together?"
Of course, all of this was just Sakura talking to herself in her head—Naruto and Sakyo didn't hear any of it.
But seeing Sakura's strange look, Naruto could roughly guess what was going on.
Naruto walked over, pulled Sakura to the side of the road, put his arm around her shoulder, and whispered: "Little Sakura, just do me this one favor. I really have some training questions I need to ask Sasuke."
"Next time, I'll definitely help you ask Sasuke out and let him go on a proper date with you."
"You know my relationship with Sasuke is really good. If I step in, there's definitely no problem!"
Sakura's eyes lit up. She showed a slightly perverted expression: "Really? Naruto? slurp~"
Naruto gave the fangirl Sakura a disgusted look and said: "Of course it's real."
Naruto wasn't lying to Sakura. When he and Sakyo went out, they wouldn't just be playing around.
During their short daily training sessions, Naruto could casually ask Sakyo any question and achieve the "I didn't lie to Sakura" accomplishment.
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