As for Sakura, she was getting familiar with the Hell Viewing Technique and Wild Water Wave—and picking fights with Karin!
That was right, Karin had not left.
Although Ryuzetsu had already returned to Inazuma, Karin stayed behind, single-mindedly determined to get close to Sasuke.
To that end, she had even offered her body to Sasuke—
Whenever Sasuke was exhausted from training but wanted to keep going, Karin would hold out her arm for him to bite.
At first, Sasuke refused. After all, he was a respectable person and had no interest in biting a girl's arm.
No matter what Karin said, Sasuke would not agree. Until one time, when she was pushed too far, Karin took the initiative to slash open her arm with a kunai and force it into Sasuke's mouth—
His fatigue vanished at once, his Chakra recovered in an instant, and he was brimming with energy from head to toe. He practically felt like he could keep going for another three hundred years.
So Sasuke wavered—
She was even more useful than Naruto Uzumaki. With her help, his training speed would surely rise to another level. Perhaps before long, he would be able to defeat Naruto Uzumaki, who was hopelessly lost in women.
But—
They were neither family nor friends. Why would she help him train?
Because of his looks, of course!
In short, after a battle between girls, Karin won the right to spend limited time getting close to Sasuke.
Sasuke silently accepted with a frown. For the sake of training, he would endure it for now.
Sakura shed helpless tears. Naruto Uzumaki, where are you? Hurry back and take her away.
That noon, in the small forest where Team 7 trained, Sasuke was practicing Lightning Style, electric arcs flickering around his arm.
Nearby, Sakura and