32Sakura, you don't want Sasuke to fail the exam, do you?AI Model: gemini-3.0-flashChapter 32: Sakura, You Wouldn't Want Sasuke to Fail the Exam, Would You?
Silence.
A deathly silence.
Everything that had just happened was hard for Sakura to accept for a moment.
The Blond-haired Youth before her was someone she should have been more than familiar with.
The Naruto who had been the Dead Last since the Ninja Academy, the one who foolishly pursued her, the one who always talked about becoming Hokage.
At this moment, he had become exceptionally strange, as if another Soul had been stuffed into his body.
The familiar, noisy, and heartless Uzumaki Narutowas gone.
In his place was a... monster who had killed three people in an instant without even batting an eye.
"You... why on earth did you do that?"
She asked blankly, wanting to know the answer.
"Hmm?"
Naruto raised an eyebrow.
"They were just ordinary Ninjas!"
"They have comrades and families too. You were fully capable of suppressing them and teaching them a lesson. Why did you have to kill them?!"
Naruto didn't speak.
Only a crisp slap answered Sakura.
Being morally blackmailed twice in a row made Naruto feel as disgusted as if he had eaten a fly.
Even the System notification in his mind about gaining evil points didn't feel so good anymore.
So disgusting!
How did I end up with a teammate like this?
Naruto when there's trouble, Sasuke when there isn't.
She almost got turned into a cream puff, and she's still overflowing with this'Saint Mother' complex?
WDNMD!
Thinking of this, Naruto's brow furrowed even deeper.
"You... you hit me?"
Sakura covered her face, her eyes instantly reddening.
Naruto didn't even look at her, too lazy to communicate with this line of thought.
He summoned a Shadow Clone and threw over the unconscious Sasuke from the tree trunk.
Then, he pulled out two scrolls from his robes.
"I've changed my mind."
When she saw the two scrolls in Naruto's hands, Sakura's eyes widened instantly.
The book of heaven and the scroll of earth.
Where did this guy get them?
Naruto continued coldly, "I originally planned to carry you both to a win, but now I've realized that some people simply don't deserve to win."
As he spoke, he pierced the book of heaven in his hand with a Kunai.
The book of heaven immediately emitted a faint glow and then vanished into the air like smoke.
"You... what are you doing! That's the book of heaven! Why would you..."
Sakura tried to persuade Naruto to stop, but the latter remained completely unmoved.
"Go be a useless trash Genin for the rest of your life with your Sasuke, you idiot."
With that, he prepared to pierce the scroll of earthwith his Kunai.
"Wait!"
Hearing Sasuke's name, Sakura was instantly struck where it hurt.
Her attitude softened: "Wait, Naruto, don't do this!"
"As long as we have one scroll left, there's still hope—if both are destroyed, there's really no chance!"
"Oh?" Naruto's hand paused. "You're right, but what does that have to do with me?"
That cold voice was like a bucket of cold water, completely extinguishing the last bit of pride in Sakura's heart.
This was the last chance.
She couldn't accept her first Chunin Exams ending like this, and even less could she accept that Sasuke might miss the chance to advance because of her.
Thinking of this, Sakura had no choice but to lower her head.
"I'm sorry... Naruto, I was wrong. What I said just now was just out of anger. I beg you, don't do this!"
"I know it's all my fault. I know you saved me. Please, leave the scroll of earth!"
Naruto shook his head. "Is this your attitude for an apology?"
"Then... what do you want me to do?"
"An apology only counts if it's a dogeza."
Sakura froze for a moment and looked up, her face still bearing the swelling from the two slaps, tears falling uncontrollably.
"This... this is too much..."
"Forget it." Naruto snorted coldly. "I shouldn't have harbored any illusions about an idiot like you, thinking you would change."
Having said that, he raised the Kunai again.
"Wait!"
Sakura's heart completely collapsed. She knew Naruto was serious and would really destroy the scroll of earth without hesitation.
But now, she no longer had the right to choose.
She bit her lip hard. Finally, for Sasuke's sake and for that last sliver of hope, she closed her eyes in pain.
Then she slowly and with great difficulty knelt down, hands on the ground, lowering her head until her forehead touched the dirt and blood-scented ground.
"I'm sorry... Naruto, I was wrong, please forgive me..."
At this moment, the girl's dignity was completely shattered.
Naruto nodded with satisfaction.
"Hmm, now that's more like it."
With that, he tossed the scroll of earth over.
Sakura instinctively reached out to catch it.
The moment her fingers touched the scroll, the heavy stone in her heart finally fell.
"...Thank you."
Her eyes were terrifyingly red, and her lips were bitten bloody. She held the scroll tightly in her arms and suddenly uttered those words for no apparent reason.
Regardless, Naruto was a member of Team 7.
The priority now was to find a place to rest and set up traps.
Once Sasuke woke up, with the combat strength of the three of them, they would surely be able to successfully ambush one or two teams heading for the Tower before the exam ended.
Just as Sakura put everything from before aside and was constantly thinking of future plans in her mind...
She suddenly noticed Naruto slowly reaching into his robes.
Then, he actually took out another scroll!
Sakura: "..."
She had just traded all her dignity for the scroll of earth, and now Naruto had actually taken out a book of heaven!
It wasn't the one that had been destroyed earlier, but a new one.
From beginning to end, Naruto had been toying with her.
He wasn't short of scrolls at all.
Anger, humiliation, despair, and a massive sense of powerlessness instantly swept over her.
She stood up abruptly, her body swaying.
"Want it?"
Naruto looked at her, a demonic smile appearing at the corner of his mouth.
"If you don't speak, I'll throw it away."
"You... what exactly do you want?!"
"Take this book of heaven, and you can take your Sasuke and advance immediately. So, what is the price?"
"What is it?"
Sakura's voice trembled, almost squeezed out from her throat.
Naruto raised his hand and pointed at the unconscious Sasuke.
"How about this? While he hasn't woken up yet, give me a quick kiss, and I'll give you the scroll."
Whoosh!
Sakura's cheeks instantly turned bright red.
"You—don't even think about it!"
This insult was even harder for Sakura to accept than the dogeza just now.
After all, this was her most precious first kiss. How could she give it to such a bastard?
Especially in front of Sasuke... even if he was still unconscious.
"I am indifferent to it."
Naruto shrugged. "Anyway, whether Sasuke can advance or not has nothing to do with me."
Sakura knew Naruto was trying to force her.
But after hesitating for a long time, she still made a firm decision.
"Take your damn book of heaven back! When Sasuke wakes up, we can get one with our own strength!!"
Naruto didn't seem to expect Sakura to be so tough.
He sighed, and his attitude also softened slightly: "Sigh... how about this, I'll take a step back... a kiss on the cheek is fine too."