Did you know?
I once heard the Holy Lord say that Itachi Uchiha's favorite person was his younger brother!
Sasuke!"
"What!?"
Izumi was stunned. "There's such a thing?"
"Yeah, yeah!
The Holy Lord said that most of the men in the Uchiha clan liked men~
It's absolutely bursting with bromance!"
"Then Itachi should like Shisui, right?
They were really close back then!
After Shisui died, he completely changed!"
"Huh?
Really?
That does seem possible!
After all, Sasuke was his biological younger brother.
There's no way they could be together, right?
Shisui was different!
The two of them might have gotten together!"
At that moment, the two fujoshi felt their gossiping souls burn brightly.
They gossiped madly about Itachi Uchiha, the once-in-a-generation genius.
Bai Hao knew nothing about this gossip.
He also hadn't used Telescopic Jutsu to observe what they were doing.
Because the Chunin Ninja Exams had come to an end, many people had rushed into his bookstore...
Chapter 17: Teaching Team 7, the Third Hokage Comes to Visit [Second Update, Please Bookmark and Send Flowers]
The third-round preliminaries of the Chunin Ninja Exams ended after Lee's brutal battle with Gaara.
A total of twenty-six people had taken the exams.
After the matches, twelve remained.
The twelve drew lots, determining their opponents for the upcoming matches in advance.
Then the Third Hokage briefly explained the situation.
He also gave everyone a month to recuperate.
After that, he dismissed everyone.
But after being dismissed,
many people didn't go home. Instead, they hurried toward Bai Hao's bookstore.
"Bai Hao-kun used to spend all day with that Byakugan girl.
Now she's even the first to learn one of Bai Hao-kun's jutsu!
It's really enviable!"
"Exactly, exactly!"
"I wonder if Bai Hao-kun likes her?"
"Absolutely not!
How could Bai Hao-kun possibly like a clumsy, adorable girl like her?
If he's going to like someone, it'll only be a beautiful girl like me!"
"Bah!
You big forehead!"
"You ugly freak!"
"Big forehead!"
"Ugly freak!"
Sakura and Ino stopped at the same time.
They glared at each other with their eyes wide open.
At the point where their gazes met, sparks seemed to fly.
"Women are such a hassle."
Shikamaru glanced at the two girls and couldn't help sighing.
"Ino, Asuma-sensei is treating us to barbecue. Are you coming or not?"
"I'm coming!"
Ino glared fiercely at Sakura.
"Big forehead, I'll come settle accounts with you another day!"
"Nyah nyah nyah~"
Sakura tugged at the corners of her eyes, stuck out her tongue, and made a face.
With the departure of the Ino-Shika-Cho trio,
the people looking for Bai Hao were reduced to Naruto's team and the four Hinata had come to thank Bai Hao.
"Bai Hao! Bai Hao!
Where are you?
Where are you?"
The moment Naruto entered the bookstore, he began shouting noisily.
"I'm telling you~
A lot of interesting things happened during our Chunin Ninja Exams!
We even ran into a Black-Clad..."
"Wham!"
Naruto hadn't finished saying "Black-Clad Organization"
when Sakura punched the words right back down his throat.
"Sakura!"
"Naruto!
Have you forgotten what the Anbu told us!?"
"Uh..."
Seeing Sakura's furious expression, Naruto immediately wilted.
"Go!
Go clean up!"
"Okay... okay..."
Seeing Naruto go off dejectedly to clean up,
Sakura turned to look at Bai Hao.
She clasped her hands before her chest, and her eyes turned into hearts.
"Bai Hao-kun is really amazing!
You only had to give Hinata a little guidance, and she was able to defeat Neji!"
"Huh?"
Hinata was stunned when she heard that.
"I... I never said Bai Hao-kun taught me!"
"With a lie like that, who would actually be fooled?"
Sasuke kept his hands in his pockets and looked at Hinata helplessly.
"Huh!?"
Hinata's Byakugan instantly turned blank.
She stood there in a daze, confused and at a loss.
She had originally wanted to keep it a secret.
But things had ended up like this...
"Um..."
Sakura ignored the bewildered Hinata.
She went straight over to Bai Hao's side and asked shyly and awkwardly, "Um, Bai Hao-kun.
I... I want to become a little stronger too...
Could you...
Could you give me some personal guidance?"
Bai Hao glanced at Sakura.
Then he nodded slightly.
"Come tomorrow.
I'll teach you a fairly practical taijutsu technique."
"Yay!"
Sakura immediately became excited.
"Bai Hao-kun~
I'll help you clean up first~"
With that, she hummed a song and went off to clean.
[ Ding! Changed the plot and obtained 20,000 Plot Points! ]
Sasuke stood nearby, wanting to speak but hesitating.
He wanted to become stronger too.
But
he couldn't bring himself to say it.
He felt that asking Bai Hao how to become stronger was terribly embarrassing.
Bai Hao naturally saw what Sasuke was thinking.
He thought about it briefly.
Then he took the initiative to speak.
"Sasuke.
If you want to become stronger, ...
Before you continue