Gekko Hayate

When Sakura found Uzuki Yugao on the street, she was holding hands with a thin young man, leaning intimately against him as they strolled along.

It was already deep winter, and two or three months had passed since Sakura completed her first Anbu mission.

Both Yugao and the man were dressed in thick clothes, not like ninjas, but like lovers you could see anywhere on the street, huddled together tightly.

"Yugao, your vacation has been canceled! There's an urgent mission, come with me!"

She crouched at the top of the telephone pole, speaking rapidly to Yugao below, while glancing at the somewhat listless young man who looked like Yugao's boyfriend.

It looks somewhat familiar.

"So it was him!" Sakura quickly remembered that he was the proctor of the Chunin Ninja Exams preliminary rounds, Gekko Hayate.

Her strongest impression of Gekko Hayate was that he always looked sickly and coughed from time to time.

I never expected him to be Uzuki Yugao's boyfriend.

Was this mentioned in the original work? Did Yugao ever appear? Sakura has almost forgotten what the original Naruto was about.

But shouldn't he be dead...?

Yes, she did remember. According to the original plot, Gekko Hayate should be dead by now. It seems her butterfly effect has once again skewed the course of fate?

That is indeed the case.

In the original story, Gekko Hayate accidentally made a sound while moving while eavesdropping on Kabuto Kazuma's conversation, which led to his immediate death at the hands of Baki. However, in Sakura's timeline, Gekko Hayate did not make a sound as expected. He cautiously waited until Baki and Kabuto had left before leaving the scene, making sure it was safe.

It was because of his discovery that Konoha became suspicious of the Sand shinobi and Sound Ninja and raised their guard.

Sakura had always naively believed that her warning had changed Konoha's attitude, but in reality, it was Gekko Hayate's groundbreaking discovery that played a more significant role...

At that time, Sakura was a nobody, and her words carried little weight.

Actually, Sakura's butterfly wings changed something else: Yugao, who should have become a cold, aloof goddess after Hayate's death, still maintains her strong, sunny, and mature aura, and even her mischievous hobby of teasing her juniors has continued...

Gekko Hayate sensed the girl's gaze, but he didn't react, knowing she was merely curious.

He didn't recognize Sakura.

Because the girl was wearing Anbu uniform and a white mask, Chakra fluctuations were well concealed, it would be difficult for someone who didn't know her well to recognize her as Sakura Haruno.

Moreover, compared to Sakura back then, in the past six months, due to her mastery of Ice Release Ninjutsu and the stimulation of her body by the Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, she has grown a few centimeters taller.

A girl who is 164 cm tall is considered tall for her age of thirteen. Her peers Ino and Hinata, were only around 150 cm tall at that time.

Her excessively thin body in childhood gradually took on the appearance of a young girl.

After putting on the tight-fitting clothes in the Anbu, her slender but not voluptuous curves were fully revealed, carrying a touch of youthful innocence.

Hayate could tell at a glance that Yugao's Anbu teammate was a girl.

He and Yugao exchanged a glance, and the latter smiled apologetically. "I'm sorry, Hayate..." she said, looking troubled.

"It doesn't matter."

Although not a member of the Anbu, Hayate was a fellow ninja and knew the rules of the Anbu, so he showed no displeasure.

The couple, deeply in love, shared a passionate kiss in the street, much to the amusement of the girls watching. Then, Yugao took off her thick coat and handed it to Hayate, revealing her Anbu uniform underneath. Only then did the two reluctantly part ways.

"What a passionate couple!" the girl thought to herself.

However, she only thought it to herself.

In the Fourteenth Squad, her current status is still equal to Shino's, and she is being cruelly suppressed by the mature and powerful Yugao.

Therefore, they certainly wouldn't dare to provoke the upper echelons of the food chain directly.

Of course, this isn't because Sakura's skills are the worst in the team, but because she has the least experience and is the most easily embarrassed.

While this world values strength above all else, seniority is also very important in interpersonal relationships. Moreover, ninjas who live long are usually quite powerful, so seniority is sometimes a reflection of strength.

Having joined the Anbu, I've been teammates with Yugao and Shino for two months now, and our understanding of each other has deepened.

Overall, during the mission, everyone was a quiet and capable teammate. Although the team had not been together for long and their coordination was not yet perfect, they had already established a basic level of trust with each other.

Yugao is skilled in swordsmanship and is a typical Taijutsu- type ninja. She is fast and strong, and is exceptionally powerful in close to mid-range combat.

She knows a sword technique called "Dance of the Crescent Moon," which was taught to her by Gekko Hayate. It's a special sword technique that supposedly combines Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu. When the user performs this technique, they need to create two physical Shadow Clone to attack the enemy simultaneously using Iai Slash sword movements. During the attack, the Shadow Clone that assists in the attack will also use Genjutsu to interfere with the opponent, making it a very insidious sword technique.

The first opponent to fight Yugao could easily suffer a hidden loss if they weren't careful. In the original work, even Baki, Elite Jonin, was injured by this move. Of course, whether that move actually caused any real damage to Baki remains questionable...

In private discussions within the Fourteenth Squad, Yugao also complained that this move was only effective the first time it was used, much like Sakura's Ice Clone explosion. It was less effective against cautious enemies.

It's touted as Secret Technique that combines ninjutsu, body sculpting, and illusion, but its purpose is actually not lofty. It's a hodgepodge of techniques and lacks refinement. The creator seems to have forcibly mixed together whatever tricks he thought were useful into one Ninjutsu, resulting in this hybrid, incomparable Secret Technique.

A chaotic and unreliable Secret Technique.

Sakura Haruno's personal opinion is that if a Jonin -level opponent is caught off guard by this move, it must be because the caster is powerful enough.

Ninjas who can be promoted to Jonin are all highly skilled and experienced. In battles of this level, the fancy moves of the Dance of the Crescent Moon are not enough, especially since Yugao is a Taijutsu specialist, and the Genjutsu she uses is quite mediocre.

Yugao was able to become Anbu because of her superb Taijutsu skills. As for her boyfriend, although he had been immersed in the Dance of the Crescent Moon for many years, he was unable to cross the threshold of Jonin or enter the Anbu because his foundation was too weak and the upper limit of his family's inherited swordsmanship was too low.

However, Yugao still likes to use this technique frequently.

With her Jonin -level strength, using this Secret Technique would naturally make her invincible against ordinary Chunin and Special Jonin- level enemies.

When the Dance of the Crescent Moon is unleashed, the sword's trajectory in the air curves into a crescent shape, as elegant as a dance. Then, the enemy falls to the ground, blood blooming. The female ninja kills the enemy with a single blow, calmly sheathing her sword. Her cold and beautiful face is like a beautiful painting.

However, Sakura felt that even without such fancy tricks, Yugao could still kill enemies, and might even do so more cleanly and efficiently.

Ask her why she always uses this Secret Technique.

"Because it's the Secret Technique he taught me!" Every time she said this, she would show a sweet smile, giving Sakura and Shino a mouthful of dog food (a Chinese slang term for witnessing public displays of affection).

--Teaching Yugao Secret Technique passed down through the family is essentially equivalent to putting a wedding ring on Yugao's finger in the Hokage world.

Although the Dance of the Crescent Moon cannot be considered a diamond ring, it is at most a silver ring.

In summary, when fighting in a team, Uzuki Yugao usually takes on the role of an assault soldier.

"Yuan, what's wrong, Captain?" Assault operative Uzuki Yugao nimbly leaped onto a telephone pole several meters high, leaving her lover's side. In an instant, she transformed from a charming street beauty into a decisive and efficient Anbu Ninja.

She had a bad feeling.

The last time I went out with Hayate and was suddenly pulled away was during the Chunin Ninja Exams.

Since Tsunade became the Fifth Hokage, the Anbu has not been short of manpower, and this is the first time she has encountered such an emergency mission.

What exactly happened?

She tightened her mask, thinking about the missions they had recently carried out.

My heart sank to the bottom.

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