Journey to the West Squad

"This is a blessed land within Mount Lingtai Fangcun, Cave of the Slanting Moon and Three Stars. Its master is Patriarch Bodhi, and he has many disciples under him."

Naruto had not even finished his introduction.

"Naruto!"

A voice came from the air. The three looked up and saw a lean middle-aged man drifting toward them with the grace of an immortal.

"Teacher's here."

Naruto led the two over to greet him.

That manner of arrival dealt a tremendous shock to young Sasuke and Sakura's hearts.

In any world, being able to fly was a sign of great strength.

The newcomer landed lightly.

"Hello, Teacher."

Naruto took the lead in greeting him, while the other two followed with scattered greetings.

"I-I can't accept being called Teacher."

That stutter made it obvious who the newcomer was: Shen Gongbao.

Naruto had created him through a transformed clone to teach in his place. As for exactly how to teach them, Teacher Leopard could decide for himself.

Naruto introduced him to the two. "This is Shen Gongbao, Teacher Leopard."

"Hello, Teacher Leopard." ×2

"Are you-you two here to learn ninjutsu from me?"

While the two were not paying attention, Naruto shot him a speechless sidelong glance.

So alike. This clone was far too alike—even the stutter had been replicated perfectly.

Sasuke and Sakura, meanwhile, were both quite excited and nodded rapidly.

"Very well. Since Naruto introduced you, I'll take you in." Shen Gongbao assumed a starting stance. "Now, attack me with everything you have."

Sasuke and Sakura had both seen this sort of situation before. They had just taken part in a test that morning, so neither was surprised.

"Teacher Leopard, be careful!"

Sasuke shouted as he rushed forward. He also wanted to test the strength of this Teacher Leopard who could fly through the sky. How did he compare to Teacher Kakashi?

His hand habitually reached for his waist, and Sasuke discovered that he actually had shuriken.

He swiftly pulled out several and threw them with precision.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball!"

Since he did not lack Chakra, he did not care about conserving it and went all out.

Unfortunately.

Whether it was the shuriken, the Great Fireball, or the several Fire Style techniques that followed, Teacher Leopard wiped them all out with a single slap.

Even Sasuke himself, who charged in for close combat, was sent flying into the lake with one slap after exchanging only two moves to probe his opponent.

Sakura followed right after him and fell into the lake as well.

Once the two climbed out of the lake, dripping wet, Shen Gongbao waved his hand, and they instantly became dry.

Just as Sasuke and Sakura were marveling at Teacher Leopard's strength and warmth, a barrage of criticism came crashing down on them.

"Y-you've accomplished nothing, nothing at all! You're both already twelve years old, yet your Chakra control is still a complete mess." After the test, Shen Gongbao began criticizing them harshly.

Teacher Leopard was truly strict.

Even Naruto felt nervous on their behalf.

Forget it. What did it have to do with him?

Naruto immediately ran off to play with the Nine-Tails.

Over here, the two continued training. First, they had to master Chakra control, followed by specialized tests and career planning.

Four hours later.

Sasuke and Sakura's vision went dark, and they returned to reality once more.

Teacher Leopard had left after teaching for only two hours. They had spent the remaining time training on their own.

Having suddenly returned, the two had yet to adjust.

"Why did we come back?"

Sasuke's voice was somewhat anxious.

He had only just discovered such a wonderful place and was preparing to train through the night. Why had they come back already?

"I need to sleep."

Naruto yawned as he spoke, rejecting Sasuke's request to stay up gaming until dawn.

"Can we still go train with Teacher Leopard in the future?"

Naruto gave an affirmative answer. "Of course, but let's make this clear first. I'm the eldest disciple. As for you, Sasuke—"

As he spoke, he pointed at Sasuke and emphasized, "Second junior brother. And Sakura, third junior brother—no, third junior sister."

Sakura: You said junior brother just now, didn't you?

Her dark personality wanted to use the Super Strength Taijutsu she had just learned to knock some sense into Naruto's head.

Naruto, however, gave Sakura a surprised look.

He truly had not expected her to possess a talent for Chakra control.

Naruto naturally possessed this talent as well, and he knew very clearly that it could be developed in many directions.

Medical techniques, anti-genjutsu, and the Super Strength Taijutsu he had created himself.

Sakura's low Chakra reserves were a weakness, but if he could get her a ninjutsu that sealed Chakra for future use, then her upper limit would not be low either.

"Hey, are you agreeing or not?" Naruto grinned mischievously.

From then on, the three of them would address one another as eldest senior brother, second junior brother, and third junior brother-sister. He could already picture the scene.

The image was so beautiful that Naruto nearly laughed aloud.

Their squad would be called the Journey to the West Squad.

Well then, he had inspiration for the next Hokage Rock mural.

Naruto's smile made both of them feel that something was off. They exchanged a look and said firmly, "We don't agree."

"Fine." Naruto sighed in disappointment.

Was it too obvious? He would be more careful next time.

Though he had not achieved his goal, he was not a bad person. He would not deny the two a chance to train just because they refused.

"Then let's leave it at that. It'll still be four hours tomorrow, at my house."

With nothing fun left to do, Naruto lost interest and began chasing them out. "If there's nothing else, leave. I'm going to sleep."

"Naruto, how long have you been training in the Immortal Realm?"

The Immortal Realm?

Was that Sasuke's name for that place?

After thinking it over, Naruto did not plan to correct the term. "Since I started school at six, so about six years."

"That long? Then when you were in school, you still..."

As he said this, Sasuke suddenly recalled the Uzumaki the One-Man-Army incident from their first year.

"Master said I wasn't allowed to compete or show off. Otherwise, I wouldn't have waited until graduation to erupt."

Sasuke nodded. By the numbers, Naruto had trained for six years.

Then if he worked hard, he should be able to catch up in three years.

Sasuke asked his final question. "Will you still go in to train at night?"

"Of course."

Naruto Responded as though it were only natural, "Even when I'm sleeping, I'm training in there. Otherwise, where do you think my strength came from?"

Sasuke: You train even while sleeping at night? I want that too!

Seeing this, Sasuke looked at Naruto with expectation mixed with shyness. "Naruto, I-I want..."

"No, you don't!"

Naruto cut him off before he could finish.

This guy actually dared to ask.

I haven't even slept with a woman, and you want me to sleep with a stinky man like you?

Absolutely not.

Their relationship was nowhere near that level.

"Get out already. I'm taking my clothes off. If you watch me undress, you'll get a stye." Naruto started driving them out.

Finally, as he looked at the empty room, Naruto found himself surprisingly used to it.

He sensed his surroundings. The two had already gone far away, and the surveillance was gone too.

Naruto created a Shadow Clone.

When the Shadow Clone heard that it only needed to sleep, it was quite happy and promptly went to bed.

Then, in the blink of an eye, Naruto vanished directly with Flying Thunder God.

Old Daddy Fast Food had been closed for the past few days.

That had robbed quite a few children in the village of their smiles, but it could not be helped. Naruto needed a clone to make a living outside.

Its main task was to find him some materials, making it easier for him to create clones.

Those materials were, without a doubt, living, breathing people.

Of course, they definitely were not good people. Otherwise, Naruto would not have chosen them as materials for creating clones.

Just now, Naruto received word that the materials had been found.

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