Chapter 32 Ugly

Konoha.

"Huh!?"

Sasuke looked at the white-haired guy with a blindfold covering his eyes as this person felt a bit familiar to him.

"Hey! How can you act like this~? You don't look excited at all?"

Pop!!

"Aghh…"

Gojo was angry as he had thought Sasuke, who he hadn't seen for nearly 2 years, would recognize him immediately and would at least give him a hug.

After all, in some ways, he is the Sensei of Sasuke, so failing to recognize him damaged the fragile heart of Gojo, and he punched him.

Sasuke squatted down, holding his head as he really felt that punch.

"It's you!!!"

Feeling the pain and hearing the familiar voice, Sasuke looked at Gojo with shock in his eyes.

But what caused Sasuke to be even more shocked is he couldn't see how Gojo appeared before him.

Only when he felt the pain did he see this guy.

So many years have passed, and recently, on the mission to the land of waves, his strength has increased a lot, but he still had the same feeling of powerlessness that he had years ago when he first met Gojo.

"I haven't seen you for a few years, and your courage sure has increased a lot"

Gojo smirked as this bastard did have some nerve.

"Hey! move away from Sasuke."

At this time, Gojo heard a harsh voice and saw a pink-haired girl with a broad forehead looking at him with anger.

"Ugly!"

Looking at the wide forehead girl, a word subconsciously left the mouth of Gojo as the angry expression on the face of Sakura froze.

Even Naruto, who wanted to greet Gojo, stopped in his tracks hearing the words of Gojo.

Naruto had recognized him as unlike Sasuke; Naruto would come to pester Gojo from time to time.

Gojo was the first to acknowledge him, so Naruto always wanted to hang around with Gojo.

But since the day Gojo graduated, Naruto didn't meet him; after all, Gojo has been busy due to the missions.

"Ugly..., how dare you, blindfold pervert!!"

*Shennaro!!!*

"Ah, Sakura Chan, stop, don't be angry!!"

The shocked Sakura finally came back to her senses, and after cursing Gojo, she wanted to punch Gojo, but Naruto, Konohamuro, and his team stopped her.

"Naruto, I heard what you did at the land of waves; it seems you have improved a lot these years"

Gojo didn't care about the angry Sakura and looked at Naruto with surprise.

Gojo knew about the grades of Naruto at the academy, so his even graduating was surprising for him.

And just recently, Guy just told them about some eternal rival of his called Kakashi Hatake, whose squad was able to defeat one of the seven swordsmen of the mist, Momochi Zabuza.

When he learned about their names, Gojo immediately recognized them.

"Haha!! Of course, I'm the strongest now, and soon I will ace the Chunin Exam"

Naruto let out a loud laugh, happy that Gojo praised him but didn't forget to brag.

"Hmm~ so you are participating in the exam also?"

Gojo asked since, as far as he knows, a rookie team doesn't usually participate just like his own team.

Chunin Exam wasn't a child's play, life was at stake, and he wondered whether Naruto and his team were ready for it.

Even if Naruto had improved a lot, Gojo could see that he was still behind Lee and Neji.

In their group, only Sasuke seemed strong enough to rival his teammates.

"Also? Satoru, you are participating in the exam too?"

Hearing his words, Naruto asked quickly.

"Of course, I'm participating~, so if you want to ace the exam, you have to defeat me first"

"Hehe~ I have always wanted to fight you, Satoru; I can't wait for the exam"

Naruto got even more pumped up for the exam.

"This guy is also participating; can I really defeat him?"

Sasuke looked at Gojo with uncertainty in his eyes, as just this little encounter with him now, the fear he once had for Gojo was reawakened, and his confidence was shaken.

"Hmm~, don't overthink, Sasuke, remember what I had taught you"

Gojo quickly spotted the uncertainty of Sasuke, and patting his shoulder, he tried to remind him of the old days.

"if you are weak, then it's your own fault."

"Looking for something to blame is just a pain."

This was what Gojo said to him during his training, and for the whole year, he worked so hard just to make himself strong.

"Hu!!!"

Sasuke took a deep breath calming himself as some confidence from before came back into his eyes.

"Yeah, that's much better; I am looking forward to your performance in the exam, see ya"

Gojo nodded in satisfaction seeing Sasuke regaining his confidence, and turned around and left.

"Sasuke Kun, who was that guy?"

Sakura couldn't help but ask curiously as to her Sasuke seemed pretty familiar with Gojo.

"Yeah, Sasuke, how do you know Satoru?"

Even Naruto was curious as he never expected Sasuke to know Gojo.

*Swoosh*

But Sasuke seemed to have never heard their words, and leaping on the tree nearby, he left as he didn't have time to waste here and went towards the training ground.

Seeing Sasuke leaving, Naruto had no choice but to tell Sakura about Gojo himself.