"Genma-senpai, I forfeit this match!"
Just like Shikamaru earlier, Sakura leaned half her body over the railing and shouted loudly at Genma Shiranui in the center of the arena.
Unlike Shikamaru, however, Sakura had made thorough preparations in advance, so Naruto did not recklessly rush over and slap her down with one palm!
Moreover, Sakura managed to finish her sentence.
Compared to Shikamaru, her actions earlier could practically be called foresighted!
All their friends were quite surprised by Sakura's choice.
But upon careful thought, it was only natural.
After all, at this point, anyone who made it into the top eight of the third stage was guaranteed to be promoted to Chunin.
Therefore, Sakura and Naruto did not need to be like Neji and Rock Lee on the first day, forced to demonstrate enough of their strength.
Since that was the case, there was truly no need to continue this match.
What was more, anyone with eyes could see that Naruto was far stronger than Sakura.
Even though Sakura's strength had undergone a qualitative leap after more than half a month of training, there was still quite a gap between her and Naruto.
Thus, having one person forfeit in order to preserve the other's peak condition was indeed the best choice.
Once their friends understood this, no one said anything further.
However, while their friends could understand, Naruto, as one of the people involved, did not feel too good about it.
After all, he had finally made up his mind to have a match with Sakura, yet Sakura had voluntarily chosen to forfeit and let him advance.
How could Naruto possibly feel comfortable about that?
"Sakura, why?"
Naruto looked at Sakura with a complicated expression and asked.
Sakura naturally understood what Naruto meant by that question.
"Isn't it obvious? With