Let's Grow Stronger, Sakura Haruno

Tsunade doesn't have many problems.

Only three--

"What did I do as Hokage in this other world?"

"How long can Sakura Haruno and Sasuke stay? When will they go back?"

"Can ninjas from another world travel across regions on a large scale? Can Sakura Haruno still enter this world?"

The first one is very difficult to answer.

Sakura Haruno answered the first question as concisely and clearly as possible.

In her world, Tsunade has been riding high these past few years, especially after defeating Danzo, she now holds immense power and her authority in Konoha has reached its peak.

The story behind this is quite interesting.

As Tsunade's disciple, and her closest and most trusted disciple, Sakura Haruno also contributed significantly to this process—in fact, some of Tsunade's actions were inspired by Sakura. This will not be elaborated upon here.

The second and third questions revealed Tsunade's intentions.

She hoped to bring in Konoha Ninja from another world as reinforcements.

This is undeniably a very ambitious concept.

Someone like Kakashi, while intelligent, wouldn't think of this. Tsunade, as a woman, possesses such magnanimity; no wonder Jiraiya strongly recommended she become Hokage.

Thinking deeper, if this is feasible, it's not just about requesting aid for imminent wars; different worlds could cooperate more deeply, even unite, to solve problems that no single world could address...

Unfortunately, Sakura Haruno clearly told her that this wouldn't work.

The earth vein energy of the Rōran ruins is a rather high-end and mysterious energy, possibly even higher in rank than Natural Energy... Each time time travel is required, a large amount of this energy must be consumed, and the consumption increases significantly with each additional person carried.

Furthermore, they cannot stay in another world for too long—the original world will pull them back.

This time, Sakura Haruno was better prepared than when she rushed back last time, but she could only stay for two or three more days. Perhaps with experience, she could extend the stay to several weeks or even two or three months—enough to support a war, but long-term cooperation would be difficult to achieve.

Most importantly, Sakura Haruno was certain that the ability to travel through time was a unique trait of hers—because her soul itself had traveled from there.

Therefore, it lacks the foundation for further development.

Instead of focusing your energy on this, you should develop your own world.

"So this is the only way." Tsunade sighed in disappointment.

"Then I'm basically fine..."

There are still questions, such as how strong Sakura Haruno is, and what happened in that world, which Tsunade is equally curious about.

Due to time constraints, Sakura Haruno used the most concise language possible to describe her abilities. "My strength is roughly equivalent to being able to use Sage Mode."

And so on.

Judging from this limited view, Tsunade considered Sakura Haruno to be a top-tier fighter, Tsunade only to Jiraiya and Naruto, based solely on her ability to use Sage Mode —which was quite astonishing.

However, she did not know that Sakura Haruno, supported by various Secret Technique, was a first-rate expert in ninjutsu, taijutsu, and genjutsu. Her strength, speed, and taijutsu were all off the charts, and to describe her as "second only to" her would be an understatement.

After a brief and intense conversation, Tsunade didn't linger and returned to Konoha with Sakura Haruno through a spirit summon.

When they returned to Konoha, it was already getting dark. Sakura Haruno waved goodbye to Tsunade and Kakashi, who were busy preparing for a meeting, and then left the temporary Hokage's office.

"Although this operation went awry, we unexpectedly gained a lot of intelligence..." Walking on the ruined road of Konoha, which was still in need of reconstruction, Sakura Haruno silently pondered the gains and losses of this operation.

"It seems that Konoha here doesn't need my help with anything... Perhaps it's about time to go back."

Later that day.

A temporary hospital in Konoha.

The rows of tents formed temporary rooms, and the medical-nin were busy going in and out constantly.

Of course, in this world, there is no Yuki Haku.

Using her identity as Sakura, Sakura Haruno borrowed medical instruments and equipment, found an empty room, and helped Sasuke examine the changes brought about by his newly awakened Mangekyō Sharingan.

"All the physical data are normal, and the rest are mostly benign changes. Your Chakra has also increased significantly," Sakura Haruno said, wearing medical glasses and recording the data. "It seems your vision hasn't deteriorated. This is probably because you didn't use much of the Mangekyō's power when you first Mangekyō Sharingan."

"Alright, that's about it." Sakura Haruno patted Sasuke the shoulder, gesturing for him to stand up, and said, "By the way, do you understand what the abilities of your Mangekyō Sharingan are?"

"It seems to be a power related to Lightning Release..."

Sasuke casually conjured several dangerous arcs of light.

The blinding arc of light leaped restlessly, yet it could never escape the boy's loosely clenched palm; Sasuke smiled faintly, clenched his fist, and extinguished the lightning within his hand, saying, "First of all, it has strengthened my control over Lightning Release... especially after activating the Mangekyō Sharingan, this effect will be particularly noticeable."

"Look."

Sasuke activated his Three-Tomoe Sharingan with a "whoosh," then further activated it to the Mangekyō Sharingan. Intense lightning burst forth from his hand once more, the light so dazzling it was almost blinding, pulsating violently and containing a terrifyingly powerful force, yet Sasuke kept it within the range of his arm, confining it to a small area.

The black-haired boy waved his arm at Sakura Haruno with a hint of smugness.

"Hmm... impressive." Sakura Haruno exclaimed, then chuckled, "You've been diligently training your Lightning Release for years to achieve this level of control. But once you awakened the Mangekyō, all those achievements you made before seem effortless. Don't you feel sorry for your past self?"

"No way!" Sasuke dispelled the lightning from his hands, looked into Sakura's eyes, and said seriously, "It's impossible. If I hadn't trained so hard before, how could my strength have improved so much in such a short time after awakening the Mangekyō?"

That's why Sasuke realized that every increase in power meant putting in even more sweat and hard work; even the extraordinary power of the Mangekyō Sharingan didn't change this principle!

"That's right." Sakura Haruno smiled and nodded.

"Secondly, it also comes with a Secret Technique Lightning Release technique... but I'm not quite sure what it is yet; I'll need to train for a while to master it," Sasuke continued.

"We still need to develop more abilities," Sasuke, looking at Sakura Haruno with a smile. "Let's go back and train together?"

He also knew that Sakura had promised Kakashi that she would help him with Sharingan training.

As a pure Uchiha clan member, Sasuke wouldn't be as devastated as Kakashi by using the Mangekyō Sharingan a few times, but the Mangekyō still puts a strain on the body. Having a powerful medical-nin by his side to assist him, and even being able to spar with him at any time, is quite convenient.

"Let's go back later. We—" Sakura blinked, about to leave, when she suddenly sensed something.

"It's her..." Sasuke smiled slightly, "She came to see you."

Sakura Haruno put on the mask and Earth Flow out, bewildered. Standing outside the tent was a figure that was all too familiar to her.

In this world, she is also a girl named Sakura Haruno.

Sakura Haruno paused for a moment, then walked over and asked, "It's you... Is there something you need?"

"I..." Sakura lowered her head, twisting the hem of her clothes, and said somewhat embarrassedly, "This may be a bit abrupt, but... I wanted to ask you about some Ninjutsu..."

"I don't know... are you free?" The girl lowered her head, not daring to look Sakura Haruno in the eye, and spoke in a soft, whispering voice, almost like a mosquito's buzz.

"If... if this is inappropriate, just pretend I never said these words!"

Sakura Haruno looked at the girl in front of her who looked exactly like her, and seemed to understand something.

"You've come here to learn those core Ninjutsu from me, haven't you?" she said solemnly.

"Cherry Blossom Impact, Advanced Yin Seal, Nintaijutsu, Water Release: Wind Blade Torrent, even Ice Body Flicker Technique, Ice Release Kekkei Genkai, and Sage Mode are all extremely powerful techniques or Kekkei Genkai."

No wonder you covet these Ninjutsu.

"But--"

Sakura's face paled.

The secrets of Ninjutsu are not absolute. It is normal for teachers and students, family members, and even close friends to teach each other Ninjutsu. Powerful techniques will also be included in the Konoha database. However, asking someone you have just met to teach you Ninjutsu is undoubtedly quite impolite, and can even be considered very ill-mannered.

It was because they were both Sakura Haruno, and Sasuke had previously encouraged her to seek help from Sakura Haruno, that Sakura made this request with a mix of trepidation and shyness.

Deep down, she was prepared to be called a shameless woman; if she hadn't been determined not to be a burden that dragged Team 7 down, Sakura wouldn't have had the courage to walk up to Sakura Haruno.

But at this moment, as Sakura looked at the other person's face, which was almost identical to her own, and put on a serious expression, her heart sank.

His face was deathly pale.

"As expected..." she thought dejectedly and disappointedly, feeling so down and ashamed she was about to cry. "Asking a friend I just met for help with this kind of question, and I can't offer an equivalent reward... I'll definitely be called that greedy, stupid person..."

Sakura lowered her head, waiting for the reprimand she would receive for her rudeness.

Then she heard--

"However, Sasuke and I won't be staying here for long, so we don't have time to teach you everything..."

What do you want to learn?

"Huh?" Sakura, expecting a scolding, looked up, bewildered, and blinked. "Um... I..."

"Oh, you haven't decided yet, have you?"

Sakura Haruno took the girl's hand and smiled.

"Then let me give you some advice: how about combining Cherry Blossom Impact with Nintaijutsu?"

"These two techniques aren't too difficult to learn, and you already have a foundation. Furthermore, there's a lot of room for further development. The power of Taijutsu, when mastered to its fullest potential, is in no way inferior to Ninjutsu or Genjutsu!"

The world here is about to witness a great war. Choosing other techniques will not yield results in the short term and will not be of much use. However, the combination of Nintaijutsu and Cherry Blossom Impact can immediately enhance combat power and is also very suitable for Sakura's fighting style here - according to Sakura Haruno, Sakura almost never uses elemental Release Techniques in battle.

Therefore, Sakura Haruno put a lot of effort into carefully selecting these two techniques.

"Thank you, thank you!"

Sakura doesn't understand the intentions behind this, but she can sense Sakura Haruno's goodwill.

She hugged Sakura Haruno tightly, her voice slightly choked.

"Good luck..." Sakura Haruno smiled slightly, "Me in this world."

Sakura, who could help this world, and with her soft, fragrant body in her arms, was in a good mood.

Let's strive to become stronger...

"Sakura Haruno."

Volume Thirteen, Complete.

[Second update. The remaining chapter won't be too long.]

The plots at the beginning and end of the book tend to be rather bland...