Somewhere in the stands.
Amid the surging crowd, Sakura, her pink hair falling around her shoulders, saw Sasuke step onto the stage, and her heart immediately clenched.
"Sasuke..."
They hadn't seen each other for several months, and Sakura thought Sasuke had become even more handsome and charming. In keeping with that, the gap between them had only grown wider!
Sakura had a feeling that unless she stumbled upon the legendary stroke of luck, she would never cross paths with Sasuke again in this lifetime!
But it wasn't as if you could just find a stroke of luck whenever you wanted.
A thread of despair welled up inside Sakura.
Beside the railing, Guy saw his prized student take the stage and couldn't help planting his hands on his hips and introducing him with a beaming grin. "This is my student, Rock Lee, a hard-working, diligent genius. Oh, his opponent is Sasuke Uchiha? Looks like this match will be an easy win."
"Guy-senpai, Sasuke is a genuine genius. He awakened his Sharingan to the Two-Tomoe level before even graduating. His strength is far beyond anyone's imagination!" Tenzo retorted indignantly.
"Then let's wait and see!"
Guy smiled confidently, then looked at Kakashi and said regretfully, "Kakashi, I was hoping that once you became a Jonin Instructor, my student could beat yours. But now..."
"No."
With one hand on his hip and the other resting on the railing, Kakashi replied lazily, "Sasuke is my student."
"What?!"
Guy hadn't even reacted before Tenzo, standing beside him, leaped over in exasperation. "Kakashi-senpai, how could Sasuke possibly be your student?"
He was clearly my beloved student!
"Well..."
Kakashi scratched his head and said in an infuriatingly casual tone, "Maybe he thought you couldn't teach him anything, so he became my student instead."
"..." Tenzo shuddered as