Chapter 24: No Winner

Afternoon passed...

"I can clearly feel that my body has become much stronger. This increase is even more significant than several months of my own training," Sasuke said excitedly, sitting on the grass.

"Nonsense, when you train your body, you're actually relying on your own talent. The improvement comes from the effects of food and stimulation, so the improvement is naturally limited. Training elemental power is about infusing the power of nature into your body, so the degree of improvement is definitely greater than stimulation," 

Naruto said matter-of-factly.

"Hmm."

Sasuke nodded slightly, and at the same time thought about how Naruto always meditated when he was training. Perhaps he was absorbing elemental power?

At that time, he was still thinking that this guy only knew how to refine chakra and didn't train his body at all. He didn't understand training at all. But now it seems that the one who didn't understand was him.

"I have already mastered the state of spiritual awareness, but I still can't quickly absorb lightning elements. It takes a long time to absorb just a little bit. Is there any way to improve?" Sasuke asked.

"Of course there is. The state of spiritual awareness is the basis for absorbing elemental power. Since you haven't perfectly mastered the state of spiritual awareness now, you naturally can't quickly absorb elemental power. Practicing the state of spiritual awareness more will solve the problem," Naruto said matter-of-factly.

In fact, Sasuke's talent is already very strong, even stronger than Naruto imagined.

Normally, to train elemental power, one must first open up the state of spiritual awareness, then adapt to training, further open up elemental perception, enter elemental vision, and finally be able to absorb elemental power for training.

Although Ino has also mastered the state of spiritual awareness, she can't perceive elements. She can only have a clearer and thorough feeling of herself and stronger control over her body. She can't directly enter the second stage, so Naruto didn't say much.

But Sasuke is different. He directly completed the second stage of elemental perception and opened up the third stage of elemental vision. He entered the final stage of absorption and his training efficiency was very fast.

This guy's talent for elemental power is very high and his potential is also very sufficient. His innate spiritual power is much stronger than ordinary children at the same stage, and his training speed is also very fast.

He really is a genius...

"Hmm, I see."

Sasuke nodded slightly and said while looking at his own hand with squinted eyes: "But I feel that my chakra seems to have changed a bit, very subtly. What's going on?"

"Chakra originates from the combination of physical energy and spiritual energy. Your body has absorbed elemental power and become stronger, so your chakra will naturally gain the power of corresponding attributes. This change is normal," Naruto answered.

"Yeah."

Sasuke turned around and said: "I'm going home first. If you need anything, you can come find me anytime. If you feel that guy is troublesome... I can also..."

"Oh, goodbye."

Naruto waved his hand.

He looked at Sasuke and looked at his own training ground which was now empty. He felt a little emotional in his heart.

Perhaps because his confession was interrupted earlier and Naruto said he could earn money by himself, Ino always felt a little awkward when she looked at him these days. Every time she left it was like she was running away.

It seems that her failed confession had a big impact on her heart.

And Hinata also seemed to be stimulated in some way. She would bring him lunch every noon. Naruto who was hungry wouldn't refuse it either. By the way, he also taught her how to enter the state of spiritual awareness as a return gift.

...

"Pfft!"

Inside the seal space, the Nine-Tails suddenly laughed.

"What's so funny?"

Naruto's consciousness entered the seal space and looked at the Nine-Tails from outside the Eight Trigrams Seal.

"Nothing."

The Nine-Tails turned his head as if nothing had happened, as if he wasn't the one who just laughed.

"Oh? Nine-Tails, you probably don't want to..."

Naruto revealed a playful smile.

"Wait, stop, can't I just say it? It's actually because Hinata brought you lunch and Ino just happened to see it." The Nine-Tails' face changed drastically and he decisively spoke.

"So what?" Naruto was puzzled.

"She probably thinks that your relationship with Hinata is unusual, and then combined with your rejection, and Hinata's usual attention to you, she drew some conclusions and ended up like this." The Nine-Tails said with a sneaky laugh.

"Is... is that so?"

Naruto sighed helplessly.

From the surface, Sakura's matchmaking between Naruto and Hinata failed. But in a way, Sakura also succeeded and played a crucial role.

Sakura only did an hour of ideological work for Hinata, which was to let Hinata take the initiative and bravely express her feelings. After the ideological work was done, she asked Naruto about the situation. But the answer she got depressed her and even made her start doubting life. There was no follow-up.

From here, she really can't do it

But that hour of ideological work actually made Hinata brave once. She took the initiative to bring Naruto lunch at noon the next day. That bravery just happened to be seen by Ino.

Because Ino originally thought that Hinata was her competitor, and she even suspected that Hinata had long discovered Naruto's true strength. Now seeing Hinata bring Naruto lunch at noon, how could she not think more? And the more she thought about it, the more outrageous it became. It was so outrageous that when she saw Naruto, she didn't have any confidence to continue pursuing him.

Ino felt redundant. She was a shameless latecomer. She would even feel ashamed because Hinata has liked Naruto for a long time. Many people know this, but she...

Simply put, Ino's trump card was shattered by Sakura's pit. Without her interference, Ino could become Naruto's girlfriend in three days. After all, Naruto also likes her simple and straightforward personality and sunny generosity. So he won't resist it. If he adds a little condition, he will really agree.

As for Hinata...

Naruto doesn't feel much right now...

Although Hinata was brave once, she didn't dare to do much more. Every time she just brought lunch and ran away. If she talked a few more words, she would faint. Naruto only felt that she was a strange guy, so he didn't have any special thoughts.

After that Ino dared not contact him, Naruto's life also became somewhat boring. After all, he didn't have any other friends either. He could only say that he knew his classmates in class but couldn't talk about how good their relationship was. Most of the time he was still alone.

Oh, love has run away~

"Forget it, the exam is about to start soon. I still have to think about how to solve the problem of not being able to perform ninjutsu normally. It's really troublesome." Naruto sighed helplessly.

Although he wanted to solve it, but the problem with chakra wasn't so easy to solve. After all, chakra originates from physical energy and mental energy. He has a problem fundamentally. If it could be easily solved, Naruto would have solved it long ago.

That's right!

Maybe I should mooch off Sasuke in the future. After all, this guy still has some family property which is enough for me to mooch off of him. I just need to slowly grow stronger.

I will sooner or later take back everything that should belong to me!

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