Dawn broke the next day.
"Mmm..."
Luo Mang lay asleep in bed in the Pocket World, showing no sign of waking up.
The Chunin Ninja Exams were over, and now the higher-ups had their hands full with discussions, dividing up the benefits, merchants setting new quotas for Chunin, and investigations to prevent any unforeseen incidents during this interval.
Generally speaking, they were all very busy, so Luo Mang decided to sleep in today.
But sometimes, the very thing you wanted to avoid came knocking.
Knock, knock, knock!
Knock, knock, knock!
"Brother Mang!"
"Brother Mang, I'm here! The Chunin Ninja Exams are over. Let's go do some special training together!"
Outside, Naruto Uzumaki kept pounding on the door.
It had been too late yesterday, so they had gone their separate ways. Today, they had the whole day, and Naruto Uzumaki wanted to spar with Luo Mang and keep improving.
Of course, he wasn't alone. Sasuke Uchiha and Karin were there with him.
Only Sakura Haruno was missing.
With no response coming from behind the door, Sasuke Uchiha wanted to leave.
"He's probably still asleep. Why don't we come back this afternoon?"
Naruto Uzumaki merely spread his hands.
"If we don't find Brother Mang, there's no one else to train with us. Kakashi-sensei seems to be investigating something, and Pervy Sage apparently got called away by that old Hokage. Neither of them has time."
"Brother Mang's pretty much the only one we can ask. He can give us some pointers, and we can spar while we're at it. I want to see if I've closed the gap at all."
Crack!
Naruto Uzumaki's words struck Sasuke Uchiha right where it hurt.
Losing to Hinata Hyuga had been quite a blow. After all, she had barely stood out in class, and Sasuke Uchiha had