"Did you know?"
"I once heard the Holy Lord say that Itachi Uchiha's favorite person is his younger brother!"
"Sasuke!"
"What!?"
Izumi was stunned, "There's such a thing?"
"Yes, yes!"
"The Holy Lord said that most men of the Uchiha clan like men~"
"So much passion!"
"In that case, Itachi must like Shisui! Their relationship was quite good back then!"
"After Shisui died, he completely changed!"
"Huh?"
"Really?"
"That's possible! After all, Sasuke is his biological brother. They can't be together, right? Shisui is different! It's possible for them to be together!"
At this moment, the two fujoshi felt their gossip souls burning. They were frantically gossiping about Itachi Uchiha, the former genius.
Bai Hao, however, knew nothing about these rumors. He hadn't used Telescopic Jutsu to observe their actions either. This was because the Chunin Exams had come to an end, and many people had rushed into his bookstore...
Chapter 17: Teaching Team 7, Third Hokage's Visit [Second Update, seeking collections and flowers]
The third preliminary round of the Chunin Exams concluded after the fierce battle between Lee and Gaara.
A total of 26 people participated in the exams. After the matches, 12 people remained. The 12 participants drew lots, and their opponents for the next matches were decided in advance. Then, the Third Hokage briefly explained the situation and gave everyone a month to rest before letting them disperse freely.
After the dispersal, many people did not go home but headed towards Bai Hao's bookstore...
"Back then, Bai Hao-kun was always hanging out with that Byakugan girl. Now she's even learned Bai Hao-kun's Ninjutsu first! It's truly enviable!"
"Exactly!"
"I wonder if Bai Hao-kun likes her?"
"Absolutely not! How could Bai Hao-kun like a dorky girl like her? If he likes anyone, it would be a beautiful girl like me!"
"Pfft! You big forehead!"
"You ugly hag!"
"Big forehead!"
"Ugly hag!"
Sakura and Ino stopped at the same time, their eyes wide as they stared at each other.
Where their gazes met, it seemed like sparks were flying.
"Women are such a hassle."
Shikamaru glanced at the two girls and couldn't help but sigh.
"Ino, Asuma-sensei is treating us to yakiniku, are you coming or not?"
"I'm going!"
Ino shot Sakura a fierce glare.
"Big Forehead, I'll settle the score with you another day!"
"Nyah nyah nyah~"
Sakura pulled at the corners of her eyes and stuck out her tongue, making a face.
As the "Ino-Shika-Cho" trio left.
The only ones left looking for Bai Hao were Naruto's team and Hinata, who had come to thank Bai Hao.
"Bai Hao! Bai Hao!
Where is he?
Where is he?"
As soon as Naruto entered the bookstore, he started shouting.
"Let me tell you~
Lots of interesting things happened during the Chunin Exams!
We even met a guy in black..."
"Duang!"
Before Naruto could finish saying "guy in black organization."
Sakura punched him right back.
"Sakura!"
"Naruto!
Did you forget what the Anbu told us!?"
"Uh..."
Seeing Sakura's angry face, Naruto immediately cowered.
"Go!
Go clean up!"
"O-Okay..."
Seeing Naruto dejectedly go to clean.
Sakura turned her attention to Bai Hao.
She clasped her hands on her chest, her eyes turning into hearts.
"Bai Hao-kun is truly amazing!
He casually gave Hinata some pointers, and she was able to defeat Neji!"
"Huh?"
Hinata was startled by this.
"I... I didn't say Bai Hao-kun taught me!"
"With your way of lying, who would believe you?"
Sasuke put his hands in his pockets and gave Hinata a speechless look.
"Ah!?"
Hinata's Byakugan instantly turned blank.
She stood there, dazed and confused.
She had originally wanted to keep it a secret.
But this was the situation that unfolded...
"Um..."
Sakura ignored the bewildered Hinata.
She leaned closer to Bai Hao, shyly and awkwardly asking, "Um, Bai Hao-kun.
I... I want to get stronger too...
Could you...
Could you give me some pointers privately?"
Bai Hao glanced at Sakura.
Then he nodded slightly.
"Come over tomorrow.
I'll teach you a more practical taijutsu."
"Yay!"
Sakura immediately got excited.
"Bai Hao-kun~
I'll clean up for you first~"
Saying that, she started humming a tune and went off to clean.
[Ding! Plot changed, gained 20,000 Plot Points!]
Sasuke stood to the side, wanting to speak but hesitating.
He also wanted to become stronger.
But.
He couldn't bring himself to say it.
He felt that asking Bai Hao how to get stronger was an incredibly embarrassing thing.
Bai Hao naturally saw through Sasuke's thoughts.
He thought for a moment.
Then he proactively started speaking.
"Sasuke.
If you want to become stronger."
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