Naruto the Master Flirt and Tahm the Education Expert

Just as Tahm was mentally rehearsing his heroic intervention to rack up some favor, a scrawny orange-clad figure beat him to it, stepping in front of Sakura and leaving Tahm quite surprised.

Taking a closer look, who else could it be but our hot-blooded protagonist, Naruto?

"With me here, I won't let you bully Sakura!" Naruto wore a determined expression, conveniently ignoring Ino, who was also one of the targets.

Seeing Naruto standing firmly before her, Sakura couldn't help but feel moved. She suddenly developed a vague sense of affection for Naruto, whom she had previously only seen a few times as a mere passerby.

Faced with this unexpected scene, Tahm could only sigh: when it comes to playing the hero to win a girl's favor, Naruto really is the expert. Last time, his own appearance had disrupted the story between Naruto and Hinata, and he hadn't expected to stumble into this situation with Sakura by sheer coincidence.

"So it's the demon fox brat!" the ringleader retorted with a mocking smile. "An ugly freak paired with a demon fox—it's a perfect match!"

"You're the ugly one!" Naruto's retort was suddenly sharp and hit the mark. "Sakura is so pretty, I bet you're just jealous of her!" His words made Sakura blush with shyness, while the ringleader, having her true feelings exposed, turned a sickly shade of pale. Tahm couldn't help but give Naruto a mental thumbs-up; for a hot-blooded idiot, he was surprisingly adept at flirting without even realizing it. Truly impressive.

"What nonsense are you spouting!" The delinquent girl, now truly annoyed, swung her fist. "We're going to teach you a lesson today!" Seeing this, her few lackeys swarmed forward as well.

Naruto heroically put on a determined face and roared, "I won't let you bully Sakura!" With that, he charged straight at them, ignoring the fact that he was outnumbered.

Unfortunately, although his opponents were just a few girls, they had clearly been trained by their ninja elders, and their movements were methodical. Naruto, relying on his wild, unrefined brawling style, was soon beaten until his face was swollen, then kicked so hard he flew back, landing face-first in the dirt with a thud.

Sakura hurriedly stepped forward to help Naruto up, asking with concern, "Are you alright, Naruto?"

Naruto was thick-skinned and didn't seem to mind the pain. Feeling Sakura's concern, he just grinned foolishly, "I'm fine!" Watching this, Tahm, who was observing to learn some flirting techniques, was even more impressed.

The delinquent girls became even more arrogant. "That stinking fox is nothing special! Sakura, Ino, don't think you'll get away like last time!" As they spoke, the group stepped forward, forcing Sakura and Ino to tense up, feeling helpless. Naruto, meanwhile, gritted his teeth, leaning on Sakura while still waving his fists, ready to fight again.

"I say..." Tahm suddenly spoke up. "Do I really have zero intimidation factor?" As he spoke, Tahm stood up to his full height, his two-meter-plus frame blocking everyone's path and looming over the delinquent girls, filling their entire field of vision.

"What... what are you doing!" The ringleader, who had been so arrogant, finally panicked. "Summoned beasts aren't allowed to hurt people at will; that's a universal contract in the ninja world!"

"Oh? Is there such a rule? But I'm not using any 'universal ninja world' contract..." Tahm flashed a sinister smile and suddenly flicked out his long tongue. Using Tongue Lash, a flexible, snake-like tongue instantly coiled around the delinquent girls and hoisted them into the air.

"We're going to be eaten!" The lackeys suffered a mental breakdown and burst into tears.

The ringleader's face turned white with terror. Her body was tightly bound by the tongue, unable to move, yet she still tried to act tough. "You stinking toad! Do you really dare to eat people? Put us down right now!"

"Let me go! My dad is [XXX], if he finds out, he won't let you off!" Seeing that Tahm ignored her, she shrieked frantically.

So she's a second-generation ninja; no wonder she's so arrogant. But her upbringing is truly a failure. Look at my noble young lady Hinata—her personality is so good... It seems she needs a little lesson in love.

Thinking this, Tahm loosened his tongue and dumped them back onto the ground. The lackeys were already trembling, looking like survivors of a disaster. The ringleader, however, put on an exaggerated, smug smile and shouted, "Stinking toad, I knew you didn't have the guts! Just wait until I go back and find people to deal with you!"

Activate: Devour! Tahm had long since realized that the three stacks of his passive mark didn't necessarily require three hits; as long as his tongue made contact for a certain amount of time, he could fully stack the grim marks.

At that moment, the voice that had been echoing through the forest and piercing everyone's eardrums suddenly cut off. No, it was that annoying brat who had vanished into thin air right before everyone's eyes. Naruto and Sakura stared at each other in confusion, while the lackeys screamed in panic, "The boss is gone!"

Tahm, however, could clearly feel the ringleader struggling inside his internal dimension. Using this swallowing skill again, Tahm felt he had a strong grasp on the pocket dimension. He precisely controlled the corrosive fluids within to ensure they didn't harm her. After all, she was still just a child; there was no need to be too ruthless. But even so, being swallowed by Tahm was no pleasant experience. Being shrouded in darkness, trapped in a narrow, sweltering space, her sense of time and space was completely shattered.

Such an experience was clearly more than a spoiled delinquent girl could handle, and before long, she began to cry inside Tahm's dimension.

"Tahm?" Hinata asked, instinctively turning to the most reliable being she knew. "Where did that person go?"

"Right here!" Tahm made a show of it, leaving everyone bewildered.

Immediately following, a scene that terrified the young girls occurred. Tahm opened his massive mouth, and with a pop, a figure was spat out—it was none other than the ringleader who had just vanished!

"Do you still dare to bully others?" Tahm asked.

"No... I don't dare, I'll never dare again!" Slumped on the ground, her face covered in snot and tears, the ringleader could no longer act arrogant and answered with a stutter.

Sigh... seeing the delinquent girl submit, Tahm felt no sense of accomplishment. He suddenly realized that since coming to the ninja world, he seemed to have done nothing but educate problem children.

A brave lackey stepped forward, helped the still-wobbly-legged ringleader up, and they stumbled away into the distance.

Sakura and Ino had been stunned by the terrifying sight of Tahm spitting someone out, but seeing their "arch-rival" so defeated, they couldn't help but relax and burst into laughter.

"Wait! Don't be in such a hurry to leave!" Tahm suddenly spoke again.

The delinquent girls, terrified and trying to flee, shuddered and froze like wooden statues, not daring to move another inch.