Can I Trade It for Yours?

"Want me to show you?"

Naruto looked at Sakura Haruno with a serious expression.

Sakura Haruno was a little scared, but she really was curious!

So Naruto repeated what he had just done.

He walked into the mask shop.

Before long, curses came from inside.

"Damn monster! Don't come into my store!"

"Buying a mask? Didn't I already tell you?"

"Even if I starve to death or die in poverty, I'll never sell anything to you!"

Naruto walked out with his hands in his pockets, looking calm.

Seeing how accustomed he seemed to it, Sakura Haruno swallowed.

She frowned and said firmly, "I'll buy it for you! What kind do you want?"

"Anything." Naruto reached into his pocket, took out some silver from the System Space, and handed it to her.

After that.

Sakura Haruno entered the mask shop.

Before long, angry curses came from inside.

"Get lost! That monster was just here, and now you've come to buy a mask?"

"What girl likes tiger masks?!"

"Don't think I don't know you're buying it for that monster!"

"Wait... Yahmet! Nani? What exactly are you trying to do?!"

"Stop it! I'll report you!"

Under Naruto's gaze.

Sakura Haruno came darting out of the shop with a mask in hand, like a pink-skinned rat.

She ran toward Naruto and shouted, "Naruto, run!"

"What the hell?" Naruto asked in shock. "What did you do?"

Seeing the mask shop owner about to chase after them, Naruto could only run alongside Sakura Haruno.

The owner was fat and could not run very fast.

When Sakura Haruno saw that he could not catch up to them, she immediately laughed happily. "Hehe~ Chase us, then~ Hehehe!"

"If you catch me, I'll give the mask back!"

Naruto: "6"

Naruto had never expected this.

Was Sakura Haruno this wild as a child?

The two ran down the street.

After only a few hundred meters, the fat man behind them stopped chasing.

The fat shop owner was exhausted. He stopped where he was, bent over, and braced his hands on his knees.

Panting heavily, the owner cursed at Sakura Haruno, "You little brat! Just you wait!"

After cursing, he turned around and left.

He still had a store to look after.

How could he leave it unattended?

Naruto and Sakura Haruno stopped when they saw that.

Sakura Haruno took the tiger mask from her clothes and handed it to Naruto, saying smugly, "Well? Now we're even, right?"

"Sure." Naruto took the mask and found that it really was one size larger than his face.

But that meant it could easily cover his entire face, making it hard for others to recognize him.

Seeing Naruto so happy just to get a mask, Sakura Haruno felt awful inside.

She had never experienced Naruto's life, nor did she know why getting a mask made him so happy.

"Um... ahem." Sakura Haruno said to Naruto, "If anything like this happens in the future, I can help."

Sakura Haruno was actually this kind?

Naruto looked at the little girl before him, her face flushed pink from running, and was somewhat surprised.

"Really, Sakura?" Naruto asked uncertainly.

Because of the original story, Naruto was biased from the start. On top of that, Sakura Haruno had blabbed about Sasuke and him to Hinata.

So Naruto was not sure whether Sakura Haruno was truly that kindhearted.

Sure enough...

Sakura Haruno placed a hand on Naruto's shoulder, wore a lecherous grin, and whispered, "But I have a condition~"

There was no need to guess. This condition definitely had something to do with Sasuke.

Naruto said, "Go ahead."

Thinking about Sasuke and Naruto, Sakura Haruno said, "Aren't you and Sasuke really close? I want... one of his photos."

"Oh~ That's all?" Naruto smiled faintly. "Easy. There are some in my drawer at home."

The moment Sasuke was mentioned, Sakura Haruno was wide awake.

She followed Naruto back to his home.

For the moment, she even forgot the rumors that Naruto was a monster.

Soon, the two returned to Naruto's home.

Sakura Haruno looked around curiously, examining her surroundings.

Naruto lived alone, and he was a boy.

Yet his room was not as messy as she had imagined. Instead, it was quite tidy.

It seemed Naruto was a boy who liked cleanliness too~

No!

Sakura Haruno suddenly became alert.

Because she suddenly remembered a saying.

It went: a clean room with no strange smell means either a trap or gay!

So Naruto and Sasuke...

Thinking of that, Sakura Haruno immediately felt despair.

But Naruto quickly took a photo of Sasuke out of the drawer.

Sakura Haruno accepted the photo with a numb expression and glanced down at it.

Then she seemed to have been injected with chicken blood.

"Th-this... this!?"

Sakura Haruno stammered, "This is actually... This is..."

In the photo, Sasuke wore cute, pink women's clothing and struck a shameful pose.

His expression was shy, with a trace of anger...

"This is a priceless treasure!"

Holding the photo in her palms, Sakura Haruno asked Naruto, "Naruto, why does Sasuke have a photo like this?"

Today's experiences had truly shattered her worldview.

At school, Sasuke was an incredibly aloof presence.

It was precisely because of that that he had gained an extra air of mystery.

Those curious girls had fallen for his looks and mystery.

Sakura Haruno was naturally one of them.

But now, seeing Sasuke wearing women's clothing with a shy expression.

The contrast was nothing short of devastating to Sakura Haruno.

"Don't worry about that." Naruto said to Sakura Haruno, "Just tell me whether this photo meets your requirements."

Sakura Haruno nodded wildly. "It does, absolutely!"

And so, Naruto and Sakura Haruno reached an agreement.

Whenever Naruto wanted to buy something, Sakura Haruno would help him.

Afterward, Naruto would give Sakura Haruno a photo of Sasuke as payment.

After getting the photo, Sakura Haruno began running errands for Naruto.

She traveled all around Konoha and bought everything Naruto needed.

She probably would not have been able to carry that huge bag of daily necessities without the rush from that 'chicken blood.'

The days passed one by one.

The system never issued another mission.

Nor was Naruto worried in the slightest.

And as his looks continued to accumulate, Naruto only became more handsome.

Fourth Hokage Minato Namikaze, aside from being the fastest man, was also known as Konoha's most handsome man!

Back then.

Minato Namikaze had captured the hearts of countless girls in Konoha.

If Kushina had not made her move early, it was hard to say who Naruto's mother would have been!

Three months later.

The end of the year was approaching.

The Ninja Academy was about to begin winter break.

This was the final day of school that year.

Naruto stood at the school gate, waiting for someone.

Sakura Haruno walked over from afar, blushing as she handed Naruto a package of intimate clothing.

Naruto skillfully took a photo of Sasuke from his pocket and handed it over.

But this time, Sakura Haruno did not reach out to take it.

Naruto looked at Sakura Haruno in surprise.

Sakura Haruno stared at him with bright eyes and asked, "Can I trade it for yours?"

Naruto: "?"