Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh-
The night breeze blew across all four of their faces.
Night had fallen, and Luo Mang leaned against a tree, gazing at the pale moon rising in the sky.
He turned to look at Sakura Haruno, who stood close beside him.
Her eyes brimmed with affection as she stared straight at him.
Kakashi had brought their boxed lunches at noon.
Sakura Haruno, who had woken up, had come along with him.
This time, Kakashi had not even stayed to teach her. He still needed to guard the bridge under construction in case bandits came to cause trouble.
Well, since he could not teach her himself, he could only choose someone else to do it, and the person he chose was Luo Mang.
Luo Mang was to teach Sakura the same training they had done that morning.
Luo Mang had no objections and explained it to her, but as he did, he recalled that Sakura Haruno had been the first among Naruto and Sasuke's group to master it, even climbing to the treetop. That proved just how precise her chakra control was.
Once she learned the Chakra Scalpel in the future, she was sure to become a medical ninja. There was nothing wrong with building a good relationship with her.
That was a perfectly normal line of thought. She could help him in the future, after all, so getting along with her made sense. Sakura Haruno also wanted to build a good relationship with him, but her understanding of that seemed to go beyond friendship.
"Mang."
This time, Sakura Haruno dropped the honorific and called him by that single syllable. It sounded a little more intimate.
"Yo!"
Before Luo Mang could answer, Kakashi suddenly appeared and waved at them!
"How's everyone's training going?"
"Pretty well. I'm already more