Sakura Wants to Bring Her Talent to Medical Ninjutsu

Early morning, by the river.

"Naruto, still no luck?" Sakura urged from the side.

"Almost, almost, it's about to bite."

The two were fishing.

Sakura wanted to learn medical ninjutsu, which required teaching tools, specifically live fish.

Naruto, who had maxed out his fishing skill, volunteered to do the fishing.

It had to be said, the Land of Waves, being a coastal nation, certainly had abundant fishing resources.

Just look at the catch beside them.

From a fish 1.5 meters tall, about Sakura's height, to a terrifying 10-meter giant fish.

Everything was there.

Except.

There wasn't a single small fish like Sakura needed.

This is really putting me on the spot.

I shouldn't have volunteered so readily.

"Sakura, why did you decide to become a medical ninja?" Naruto asked curiously during a lull.

According to Teacher Leopard's plan, Sakura was supposed to major in Super Strength Taijutsu, focusing on being fierce.

By the later stages of training, she'd be at Naruto's current level, capable of taking down a kid with a single punch.

No, a single punch could take down a Tailed Beast.

The destructive power would be incredible.

But, after talking with Kakashi-sensei yesterday, Sakura had actually decided to give up majoring in Taijutsu and instead focus on medical ninjutsu.

This was a shift from being a top laner to a support.

"It's nothing,"

Sakura playfully stuck out her tongue. "I just suddenly found medical ninjutsu really interesting."

"Oh."

Naruto nodded, not thinking much of it.

Maybe girls don't want to be too violent and prefer to be doctors who save lives?

Sakura, staring at Naruto's profile as he focused on fishing, fell into a memory.

When they were first put into teams, Sakura actually disliked Naruto.

During their school days, Naruto was a dead last academically.

His grades in regular classes were poor, and his practical combat classes always ended with him surrendering. Many classmates at the time mocked Naruto as the "Surrender Master."

They even maliciously speculated that

Naruto would quickly surrender to enemies in the future, or even betray information.

Sakura remembered how she had joined in the mockery back then.

Besides that, Naruto was always pulling pranks. Other kids found them funny, but in her heart, she felt Naruto was a bit too hyperactive and unlikeable.

It wasn't until later, when teams were formed.

With three people per team, Sakura wanted her teammates to be as strong as possible. Sasuke's appearance made her very happy, but the other teammate she got was Naruto.

At the time, Sakura even thought Naruto's contribution to the team was less than hers.

Although her combat ability wasn't as good as Naruto's, she had much more knowledge than him and would contribute more to the team.

However, everything began to change that afternoon.

Naruto's self-introduction, and his subsequent analysis, changed Sakura's rigid impression.

Then came the mission test the next day.

Sakura never expected Naruto's stamina to be better than Sasuke's.

And then came the bell-grabbing exercise.

It was the first time Sakura truly saw Naruto in a new light – that person with an arrogant and confident expression, skillfully using powerful ninjutsu.

Someone whose strength was beyond her imagination.

Is that really Naruto?

Sakura thought she had been mistaken about him all along.

In short, that day, she gained a new and profound understanding of Naruto.

He was a powerful and trustworthy teammate.

And then came everything that followed.

Sakura felt like she was the weakest link in the team. Even Naruto, who used to be called a failure, could take on ten of her with his Shadow Clones.

As for Sasuke?

Always hailed as a genius, his strength improved at a terrifying rate.

She wanted to catch up to their pace; she wanted to be useful to the team.

That's why she chose the path of a medical ninja.

The Carefree Pill was useful, but it had limitations.

It could only treat external wounds and restore HP, not cure poison or other illnesses. This would be her battlefield.

"Sakura? Sakura? Sakura-chan!"

The increasingly loud voices pulled Sakura out of her memories.

"Huh?" Sakura finally snapped back to reality.

Naruto took a closer look at her. "What's wrong? Do you have a cold?"

"No, I just didn't sleep well last night, maybe."

Naruto handed her a small fish. "Here, I finally caught one. I didn't expect catching a small fish to be this hard."

Sakura glanced at the dozen or so giant fish of various kinds next to him and wiped sweat from her forehead speechlessly.

"Extra! Big villain Gato is dead!"

"Extra! Big villain Gato is dead!"

A shout suddenly came from the main road behind them.

Naruto turned his head and saw a 'paperboy' holding a large stack of newspapers running towards them from the road.

Upon closer inspection, wasn't that Tazuna's grandson, Inari?

"Hey, Inari, where are you coming from?" Naruto stopped him and asked.

"Oh, it's Brother Naruto."

Inari, who had been won over by Naruto's sweet talk, was very happy to see him. When he looked to the side, he was utterly dumbfounded.

"W-what a big fish." He was so shocked his mouth wouldn't close.

What kind of fish is this big? Is this the monster fish that eats children Grandpa always talked about? It's so scary!

"Mom!"

Inari let out a cry and then promptly got scared and ran away.

Naruto, Sakura: -_-||

Naruto glanced at Sakura and asked, "Want to go back?"

"Okay."

Naruto picked out the biggest fish and decided to drag it home.

Why? Simply because it was the biggest.

This time, Naruto didn't get lost.

Back at Tazuna's house, Inari had just finished his counseling session.

That there were no such giant monster fish, no monster fish that ate children.

That he was already a little man, he needed to become a hero and be brave.

After some counseling, Inari finally managed to return to a semblance of normalcy.

But as soon as he opened the door, he saw the terrifyingly large fish he had just seen, its mouth wide open, appearing before him again.

The terrifying, abyssal maw gaped open, revealing a bottomless black abyss within.

That terrifying maw could swallow ten of him in one bite and still have room for more.

Inari: Gak~

"Huh? What's going on here?"

Lifting the giant fish a bit and tossing it aside, Naruto saw Inari who had fainted at the doorway.

After all the commotion, Team 7 reassembled, and Kakashi analyzed the situation with a new newspaper.

Inari was selling a total of three newspapers: "Water Country Observer," "Shinobi World Daily," and "Land of Waves Times."

On the surface, these three newspapers belonged independently to three different companies.

As for the content.

The three newspapers had different leanings, The "Water Country Observer" mainly lavished praise on the "Hero of the Land of Waves, Zabuza," commending this hero born in the Land of Water.

The "Shinobi World Daily" reported the incident neutrally, referring to Zabuza as the "Hero of the Land of Waves," a definitive conclusion.

The "Land of Waves Times" focused on describing Gato's wickedness and cruelty, while also praising the greatness of the "Hero of the Land of Waves, Zabuza."

That full-color, ultra-high-definition photo Naruto had previously taken using the game's function was undoubtedly the front-page headline for all three newspapers!

Gato was indeed dead!

However, At this moment, Team 7, except for Naruto, looked at the three newspapers with strange expressions.

Did Zabuza do this?

Wasn't he hired to assassinate Tazuna and thereby destroy the bridge and ruin the Land of Waves?

How did he become the Hero of the Land of Waves?

Finally, Kakashi summarized with a complex expression.

"Zabuza's ambitions were vast!"

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