Sakura, You're Fired

Naruto hugged the Scroll of Seals, staring blankly at the girl beside him. At some point, tears had welled up in the corners of his eyes.

To hell with the Fourth Hokage. Sakura believes in me right now, so I absolutely won't let her down!

The blond-haired youth fiercely wiped away the tears at the corners of his eyes.

Naruto's azure eyes fixed on Mizuki before him. The gaze that was usually clear and somewhat naïve was now filled with ferocity!

He formed a hand seal, memories from as far back as he could remember flashing through his mind.

Aside from Grandpa Third, Sakura had been the first person to approach him willingly. Then there were Kiba, Choji, Shikamaru, Ino, Hinata...

"Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu!"

Bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang bang!!!

At this moment, Naruto fully displayed the immense Chakra the Uzumaki Clan was born with!

One hundred, two hundred, five hundred...

Over a thousand physical clones appeared in the forest!

Even though Sakura had already anticipated this, she still parted her lips slightly when she saw it.

Knowing was one thing; witnessing it with her own eyes was another.

She was so envious!

If she had Chakra on this level, she would have already awakened the Yin Seal!

It was not just Sakura. Even the other Anbu members present could not help stiffening at the sight.

Chakra of this level could never be cultivated through training alone. Only those blessed with extraordinary talent could possess such abundant Chakra.

"Teacher Mizuki, there are kind of a lot of people!"

Naruto glared viciously at the horrified Mizuki, who had even started backing away.

"You'd better hold on!"

As the words fell, Mizuki was instantly swallowed by Naruto's sea of clones.

Fists and feet were everywhere, and he had no ability to resist at all!

Mizuki's screams rang through the night sky!

When the dust settled, Mizuki had been beaten into a pig-headed mess by Naruto's thousand-plus shadow clones. He lay on the ground without the slightest ability to fight back.

If he had not still been breathing, Sakura might have thought he was already dead.

"Hehe, I think I overdid it."

Naruto scratched his head and looked at Sakura with a foolish grin.

"Naruto."

At that moment, a figure slowly limped into their view, dragging his heavily injured body.

He had seen everything that had just happened. He had intended to step out, but when he arrived and heard Sakura say, "Naruto inherited the Fourth Hokage's will," he chose not to reveal himself.

"Teacher Iruka!"

Seeing Iruka's severe injuries, Naruto hurried over to support him.

"Naruto."

Iruka looked at the youth before him with relief, a gentle smile appearing on his face.

Under everyone's gaze, Iruka removed his forehead protector and, as Naruto stared in a daze, tied it around his forehead.

"Congratulations. You've graduated."

At that moment, the morning sun rose, and the first ray of dawn shone upon Naruto...

Sakura walked over to Mizuki. Looking at his barely human appearance, a trace of disgust flashed through her eyes.

She lifted him with one hand and said to Iruka and Naruto beside her, "Naruto, take Teacher Iruka to the hospital first."

"I still need to bring this guy to the Hokage."

With that, she vanished alongside Mizuki and the other squad members.

Hiruzen Sarutobi watched everything unfold within the Crystal Ball and could not help smiling.

Everything he had done back then had finally borne fruit.

Sakura could keep Naruto in check very well.

But to Naruto, this girl seemed more like an older sister taking care of her younger brother, which gave Hiruzen Sarutobi quite a headache.

If Sakura wanted to become Hokage, then Naruto had to be tied to her side.

What was the most reliable relationship?

Of course, husband and wife.

But Sakura seemed to have no such intentions...

At that moment, the pink-haired girl had already brought the humanoid pig-head to the Hokage's Office.

"Hokage, the target has been captured."

With her face concealed by a mask, Sakura knelt on one knee before Hiruzen Sarutobi and reported.

Sakura still knew how to keep public and private matters separate.

Hiruzen Sarutobi waved his hand, and other Anbu immediately took Mizuki away.

What awaited him was Konoha's Torture Department, the place Sakura had once studied so hard to avoid ending up in.

Once the Anbu had left, the girl sprang to her feet, pulled off her mask, and said irritably:

"When are you going to improve this crappy mask? It's been four years, and this thing keeps squeezing my head until it hurts."

Hiruzen Sarutobi could not help but laugh at the girl before him.

"Sakura, you've been in the Anbu for four years now. You rose from an ordinary member to the position of division captain."

Sakura, seated on the sofa beside him, stirred at those words and asked curiously:

"Old Man, are you planning to make me the head of the Anbu?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi's mouth twitched. He then took out his pipe and was about to light it when he saw that Sakura had already opened every window in the office.

"The office is full of smoke. It reeks."

"If you want to live a few more years, smoke less."

Hearing the girl's complaining words, Hiruzen Sarutobi smiled.

He had practically raised this child himself and watched her grow up. Sometimes, she truly felt like his own granddaughter.

At the very least, she was far more well-behaved than Konohamaru.

"Not the head of the Anbu. Besides, you aren't suited for that position."

Hiruzen Sarutobi lit his pipe, took a satisfied puff, and exhaled a string of smoke rings.

"Captain of Anbu Seventh Division, Haruno Sakura."

Sakura looked at the old man before her in confusion.

"You're fired."

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Old Man, if you're having an episode, I can have Enma + Katsuyu treat you!

The next morning.

Ninja Academy.

Sakura sat alone on the Ninja Academy rooftop with a gloomy expression.

She had worked herself to the bone in the Anbu for four years and had finally clawed her way up to division captain.

And now she was being told she had been laid off?

Because the upcoming Chunin Exams were a major joint examination hosted by the Land of Wind, the Land of Earth, and Konoha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi needed someone to "hold down the fort," so he shamelessly had her, a Special Jonin, disguise herself as a Genin and graduate again to be assigned to a team.

He wanted everyone to see that even without Konoha's White Fang, with the Legendary Sannin having left and the Yellow Flash having died, Konoha was still the same Konoha!

The Konoha that intimidated the ninja world!

At the same time, she would also be responsible for the security of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

Of course, once the Chunin Exams were over, she could resume her position as a Special Jonin.

Meanwhile, Iruka had already begun assigning teams in the classroom below.

Sakura sensed the activity beneath her and could not help drifting off. Without her around this time, would Naruto and Sasuke, those two bickering rivals, still kiss...

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