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[Sakura Haruno: Ino, don't get smug. You might not even make the beautiful women ranking!]
Naruto scratched his head beside her and muttered.
[Naruto Uzumaki: Sakura only placed thirtieth?]
Tenten, on the other hand, was quite content.
[Tenten: Sakura's ranking is pretty good. She's way above me! I only placed in the seventies!]
Before long, twenty-ninth place was revealed too.
[Beautiful women ranking, twenty-ninth place: Ino Yamanaka!]
Though Ino wasn't entirely satisfied, at least she had beaten Sakura.
[Ino Yamanaka: It's only twenty-ninth place, but that's one spot above Sakura, so I'm happy!]
Sakura stamped her feet in anger.
[Sakura Haruno: What? Ino, you actually ranked one spot above me? Why?]
Ino pointed at Sakura's forehead and gloated.
[Ino Yamanaka: Because I don't have a huge forehead, unlike you, forehead girl!]
[Sakura Haruno: I refuse to accept this!]
Asuma nodded approvingly nearby.
[Asuma Sarutobi: Well done, Ino. Twenty-ninth on the beautiful women ranking should earn you a pretty good reward!]
Tsunade chimed in too.
[Tsunade: Whatever your ranking is, you should be happy!]
Next, twenty-eighth place appeared.
[Beautiful women ranking, twenty-eighth place: Temari]
Temari was very pleased with that result.
Making the top thirty proved she was a serious contender.
On any other ranking, getting in would have been next to impossible.
Back then, she had gone to all that trouble to get her Three-Star Fan onto the weapons ranking, only for it to be pushed off in the end.
This time was different.
Twenty-eighth on the beautiful women ranking-her place was secure.
I'll have to take better care of myself from now on so I don't fall behind.
Temari pondered that to herself.
Seeing that number made Sakura feel even worse.
[Sakura Haruno: Even Temari ranked higher than me!]
Shikamaru rubbed salt in the wound from beside her.