Study Hard, Improve Every Day

The pink-haired little girl sat silently by the river, staring at her reflection on the water.

The face reflected on the river was adorable, with a delicate nose, small lips, exquisite features, and fair skin. Most striking of all were those emerald eyes, as clear and pure as gemstones.

Green eyes paired with cherry-pink hair made her look like an exquisitely crafted doll.

The little girl had been sitting there for a long time.

Even after a month had passed, she still could not believe this irrefutable fact.

He had been a six-foot-one southern man.

She was now a three-foot-eleven sweet little girl.

They were freaking the same person!!!

What the hell was this?!

In her previous life, she had merely used Ninja Wars Haruno Sakura. The enemy's substitute had summoned their ultimate and chained combo after combo, and she had clawed her way to 3,000 Super Kage points!

She liked playing Warring States Sakura, not becoming Warring States Sakura, damn it!

At that thought, Sakura could not help but feel overwhelmed with sorrow. She picked up a stone beside her and viciously hurled it into the river.

With a plop, ripples spread across the water before gradually calming, once again reflecting Sakura's face.

As if it were mocking her helplessness.

"Sakura!"

The call of this body's father came from far away.

Sakura looked toward the sound and saw a man with starfish-shaped hair waving to her from a nearby bridge.

Haruno Yashiro, Sakura's father.

"Coming..."

Sakura replied listlessly, then stood up and slowly shuffled toward Haruno Yashiro.

"Sakura, don't go to the river by yourself next time. What if you fall into the water?"

Haruno Yashiro looked at his daughter, who wore a pair of dead-fish eyes, and spoke earnestly.

"Of course, if Dad is there, that's different. Dad can solve anything!"

Changing his tone, Haruno Yashiro patted his chest with a smug expression.

"..."

Looking at the man before her with that ridiculous starfish hairstyle, Haruno Sakura pressed her lips together and sighed weakly.

"...Yes."

"Come to think of it, Sakura seems like she's been in poor spirits lately?"

"...Yes."

"Is it because you haven't been sleeping well at night?"

"...Yes."

"Then should Dad sing you a lullaby tonight?"

"...Yes."

!!!

"Absolutely not!"

Sakura immediately refused once she realized what she had agreed to.

"Hahahaha! That's the lively Sakura!"

"You've been so listless these days. Mom has been very worried about you."

Haruno Yashiro laughed as he looked at his daughter, who had nearly jumped up, and reached out to rub Sakura's head.

Sakura looked at the man laughing heartily before her and pursed her lips.

So she had unknowingly made them worry...

Haruno Sakura looked down at her delicate, fair little hands and sighed inwardly.

She gazed somewhat mournfully at the sunset glowing on the horizon.

Goodbye, my little brother...

Goodbye, my "happiness"...

"Mom made Sakura's favorite dumplings for dinner."

Seeing such a melancholy expression on his daughter's face, Haruno Yashiro immediately became flustered and made all sorts of funny faces at Haruno Sakura, trying to cheer her up.

Watching the man clumsily trying to make her laugh, Haruno Sakura pressed her lips together and took his hand on her own initiative.

"Then let's hurry home. We shouldn't keep mom waiting."

"Alright!"

"Oh, right. Sakura, want a shoulder ride? You can see farther from Dad's broad shoulders!"

As he spoke, Haruno Yashiro patted his not-at-all-broad shoulders and struck several ridiculous poses meant to show off his strength.

"No."

Haruno Sakura rejected him without expression.

"Huh? Why not?"

Haruno Yashiro seemed to turn gray and white all over, looking utterly dejected.

Looking at the man's appearance, Haruno Sakura had every reason to suspect that he was a doting daughter-fool.

Father and daughter walked along the riverbank beneath the fading evening light, heading toward the place called home.

She glanced at the man beside her, and a hint of helplessness flashed through those emerald eyes.

What was past was past...

But asking her to be a simp and marry someone? Absolutely!

No way!

As they passed a riverbank embankment, a small figure entered Haruno Sakura's view.

He looked about the same age as Haruno Sakura, with blond spiky hair and a white short-sleeved shirt bearing a red swirl emblem.

So it was him...

Haruno Sakura glanced at the protagonist favored by fate. Her mood was low at the moment, and she had no interest in talking to him.

"That child..."

"Sakura, stay away from that child in the future. He's an ill omen."

After they had moved away from the blond, spiky-haired boy, Haruno Yashiro spoke up.

Sakura raised her head in surprise.

"If anything happens to Sakura, Dad and mom will be very worried."

Seeing the serious expression on his face, Haruno Sakura instinctively retorted.

"But isn't he just a child the same age as me?"

"If he truly were some kind of ill omen, Lord Hokage wouldn't let him remain in the village."

"They're only rumors."

Haruno Sakura shook her head.

Haruno Yashiro did not refute his daughter. After considering her words, he said:

"Sakura is very compassionate."

"But whether they're rumors or not, Dad only hopes that Sakura won't get hurt."

Haruno Sakura said nothing more, merely giving a perfunctory acknowledgment.

After all, this adoptive father meant well. She could not really say much else.

-

Night fell.

The cherry-pink-haired little girl lay curled beneath her blanket alone, looking through the window at the stars filling the sky.

She could feel her insignificant Chakra gathering little by little in her forehead, and the process was almost entirely passive.

Whenever there was excess Chakra, it automatically flowed into the center of her forehead.

Not a single bit was wasted.

Burying her face in the blanket, Haruno Sakura felt a headache coming on.

This was probably the cheat she had received after transmigrating...

Yin Seal: Creation Rebirth Hundred Healings Jutsu.

But if the Yin Seal formed before she became Tsunade's disciple at twelve, how the hell was she supposed to explain it?!

And why had she liked playing Warring States Sakura?!

Wouldn't playing Otsutsuki Momoshiki or Otsutsuki Kinshiki have been stronger than Warring States Sakura?!

Damn!

Looking at the stars above, her emerald eyes shimmered like rippling jade-green water.

She needed to find a way to make the Yin Seal's existence seem reasonable...

But how exactly was she supposed to do that?

Her brain was about to explode...

A mere six-year-old brat obtaining the Yin Seal would definitely get her dragged into Konoha's Torture Department for questioning.

Then she would be served all one hundred and eight tortures in rotation...

Suddenly.

The pink-haired little girl sat upright in bed.

A fierce glint flashed through her eyes.

Study hard! Improve every day!

She would become an outstanding enough genius, earn the favor of the Konoha High Command, and then find a way to obtain the Yin Seal's cultivation method!

Damn it, she had already reincarnated as a girl, and she still had to study hard!