A Long-Planned Fight: Sakura Haruno Always Ends Up at a Disadvantage

"I didn't go to the wrong door, did I?" Naruto kicked the liquor crates, somewhat speechless. "Who's so bored as to deliver liquor?"

"Mine!" Nine-Tails popped up from the other end of the sofa.

"Where did this wine come from?"

"Who gave it to her?" Nine-Tails- Tails stood on the sofa like Tom, gesturing for a long time before finally remembering the name. "That human seemed to say her name Sakura Haruno."

"Sakura?" Naruto remembered that he had asked Nine-Tails to check on Sakura, and he didn't dwell on the matter of the alcohol. "She was perfectly fine that day, wasn't she?"

"Hmm, I don't know. It looked like it was about to die, but somehow, after I transferred Chakra to it, it came back to life," Nine-Tails said vaguely.

It concealed the truth about having affairs with three men and attempted to gloss over the matter.

However, Naruto's focus didn't seem to be on that. After thinking for a while, he turned around and went into the bathroom, quickly washed up, and went back to his room to sleep.

The next morning.

After a rest, the fatigue from the journey of many days was swept away.

He washed up early, ate breakfast downstairs, and then slowly walked towards Konoha Hospital. He knew last night that Sakura was probably in trouble, but he didn't rush over immediately.

Firstly, it was late at night, Sakura was probably at home. Secondly, he was also very tired and had no clear thoughts, so there was no point in rushing over.

Since Sakura has been able to stay calm during this time, one more night won't make a difference. His starting point was very realistic, but it applied perfectly to Sakura, and he was also quite annoyed.

After waiting in the duty room for half an hour, Naruto finally saw Sakura.

"You're going to work even though you're having health problems?" Naruto wasn't in a hurry. He slowly sat down in his chair, took a sip of hot water, and said, "It's still you, Sakura Haruno."

Sakura rolled her eyes at him, snatched his water glass without any hesitation, and took a few sips. "What else am I supposed to do? Not go to work and find a grave to squat in?"

"That makes sense. One advantage of working at a hospital is that you can get immediate first aid if someone faints," he said.

"You came all this way just to talk about this?" Sakura asked, a little jealous.

"The burial site has been chosen, on the North Hillside behind the Hokage Rock. We'll go take a look sometime," Naruto sneered. "Anyway, there's no body, so we can just bury an empty box."

He was thin, and the annoying stubble on his face was long gone, seemingly along with his acne. He leaned back in his chair, wearing a black windproof jacket, without a hint of his usual joking laughter.

Instead, his expression slowly turned cold, and he squinted at her, like a terrifying black shadow.

Seeing this, Sakura immediately became much more obedient. She had almost never seen Naruto get angry, but now it seemed he was really furious, and if he said another hurtful thing, it would probably come out.

"I was wrong." She walked up to Naruto, bowed her head, and admitted her mistake.

"What did you do wrong? You're so amazing." Naruto glanced at her coldly, as if he were there to interrogate her. "You certainly have your own ideas. Keep hiding it."

"Sakura Haruno".

Hearing him call her by her full name, Sakura felt a chill run down her spine. She knew Naruto was truly angry, and probably quite angry at that.

Given his personality, he probably hurled a lot of sarcastic remarks during the half hour he waited. With nowhere to vent his anger, he waited for her there.

Sakura stood there stunned for a moment, actually quite touched. After all, she could genuinely feel that he cared about her. She had known this before, but she hadn't expected him to care so much.

The most urgent thing is to put out the fire, otherwise this matter will never end. It's not that she hasn't tried to coax people before, whether it's her parents or difficult patients; she's lied to them all.

Essentially, it's still just going through the motions, agreeing with the other party, and occasionally sticking to a firm stance. The approach is to break the floor first, then the window, and gradually compromise through a back-and-forth.

But she lost her composure when facing Naruto. Sakura knew his personality well and was smarter than her. When it came to being perfunctory, she had learned from him.

She crouched down to meet Naruto's gaze. He sat in his chair, hands on his knees, a nameless anger simmering in his eyes, his expression somewhat indifferent.

He just stared at Sakura indifferently, as if wanting to see what she was going to do. A faint, cold smile played on his lips, and he exuded an aura that told me I couldn't be taken lightly.

"I was wrong, I won't do it again next time." Sakura reached for his hand, lowered her voice, and called out, "Master."

Naruto shook off her hand and said impatiently, "Don't give me that. I've put up with you long enough. If you're going to die, just find a secluded place and disappear without a sound."

"Anyway, nobody remembers you except me, and the sun still rises. Nobody's missing out; you'll be fine without me. But what did you do back then?!"

With a bang, he swept the cup off the table, and it shattered on the floor with a crash. Glass shards flew everywhere, like needles piercing his heart.

"You insisted on telling me! You insisted on dragging me into this, you insisted on letting me know. Fine, now look what's happened. I've been worried sick about you, and you're lying to me and keeping it from me?"

"Sakura Haruno, are you having fun playing with me?"

Sakura was hurt by his words. Naruto was the only one who knew her secret, and every word he said was like stepping on her wounds. He was still as ruthless as before, showing no mercy whatsoever.

Her temper was ignited by Naruto's hurtful words, and she kicked away the shards of glass at her feet with a snap.

"Why would I play you! You know perfectly well that I'm already helpless, how can you blame me? So this is what you've always thought. Yes, nobody remembers me."

"What did you call me? Sakura Haruno? I don't even have my own name, I'm nothing! You can think I'm crazy, I'm going to disappear anyway!"

"Would you treat Ino and Hinata like this? You only get angry at me. Anyway, I don't have many days left to live. Naruto Uzumaki, I've had enough of you!"

"You think you're so great? So what if you know? I can tell whoever I want."

"Can't you just leave me to die alone? When have I ever been so humble to anyone? I'm about to die, can't you just give in to me this once?"

Sakura stood amidst the shards of glass, while Naruto looked up at her coldly. The shards of glass separated them, and neither spoke.

She finally understood what heartbreak felt like, and was too upset to speak. Her chest heaved several times, but she finally couldn't help but speak.

"I've run out of options. Even if you had been here, it wouldn't have changed anything. It's not like we haven't tried before, and we've all failed. You and Ino made a promise, and I don't want you to stay and do something meaningless."

Looking at the shards of glass scattered on the floor, she thought to herself how much he must hate her. He had to smash that water glass, even though he knew she had used it for a long time and couldn't bear to replace it.

In the past, when he came, she would deliberately collect all the cups in the duty room, leaving only one for herself. She was thinking of teasing him and getting him to kiss her indirectly.

Now the cup is shattered into pieces, broken into tiny fragments, which probably means this relationship has come to an end. He definitely did it on purpose; this man has always been ruthless.

He didn't need a third option or a backup plan. He only had eyes for Hinata and Ino, and didn't even want to look at himself.

Was I just a burden all along? I've held it in for so long; I'm sure I'll be happy to say it all now. That's great; I can finally get rid of myself.

Since the first personality is so sensible, they will definitely be the same in the future.

Looking down at herself, tears inexplicably welled up in her eyes, even though she didn't feel like crying. The tears just wouldn't stop, streaming down her face like a bursting dam.

This was the first time she had ever disliked Naruto so much, and she wanted to leave immediately.

"Oh, so you're finally telling the truth?" His eyes were somewhat indifferent as he looked Sakura up and down. "Don't try to be clever next time."

"If I can't do it, then nobody in the world can."

Naruto reverted to his arrogant demeanor, a smug smile spreading across his face as if to say, "Communicating with you is such a damn hassle."

The methods were somewhat crude, but the results were very good.

He now knows everything he wanted to know and everything he didn't want to know. It's a form of revenge, and also a trap; he really is as ruthless as Sakura said.

He wouldn't hesitate to say anything, whether it was something he could or couldn't, as long as it was to achieve his goal. Of course, this ruthlessness excluded Hinata and Ino.

"You tricked me too, now we're even," Sakura said coldly, her face still wet with tears.

"Well, we're even," he said somewhat nonchalantly.

"You did this on purpose!" She took a deep breath, stepped over the shards of glass on the ground with a whooshing sound, and walked up to him.

"I was wrong." His apology lacked any sincerity whatsoever. What was worse, he couldn't even be bothered to pretend. It was as if he wanted to blatantly tell everyone that he had no regrets whatsoever.

She gave Naruto a deep look, suppressing her anger, but then seemed to deflate in frustration.

"Fine, I'll let you off the hook."

"The cup is broken," Sakura said, staring at the broken cup on the ground.

"Oh, be careful next time, you even managed to break a cup," Naruto said shamelessly. "Then let's get you a new cup, I'll get you one when I have time."

Sakura rolled her eyes at him. "You said you had a plan? What plan?"

"It's probably about using special Chakra to strengthen the spiritual body," Naruto said. "It's just a concept, but it's highly likely to succeed."

"I did think about an unreliable one before, but while the soul is easy to detach from, the personality is not."

"Suppressing your Main Personality isn't a solution right now. It would be best to find a way for you to talk things out and allocate your time reasonably. That's better than a power struggle; at least it's a positive step."

"Is this the solution you were talking about?" Sakura sighed.

"What, you don't believe me?" He raised an eyebrow. "Will you lie to me again in the future?"

"No, I'm scared of you." Sakura sighed again. "I should have known better than to mess with you in the first place, but it's too late to regret it now."

"It's really late."

"But I have a question. Speaking of time allocation, you don't mean you want to experience two different things in one body, do you?"

"Nonsense!" Naruto retorted on the spot.

Too bad, not completed in one day, still one chapter short.