"You jerk... get serious!" Sakura Haruno clenched a fist the size of a sandbag and threatened Naruto Uzumaki fiercely.
Naruto trembled in fright.
"All right, there's no need for that."
Only after Shihōin Naraku had finished enjoying the show did he wave a hand, stopping Sakura Haruno from giving Naruto any more grief.
"Naruto, you never used to be this sharp."
"Of course, you're very different in battle from how you are normally."
That was true. Naruto's intelligence in battle was outstanding.
His title as the number one unpredictable ninja was the strongest proof of that.
Once could be a fluke, but twice or three times was no longer one.
And that meant Naruto was very sharp in battle and knew how to adapt.
Even if his responses sometimes seemed unreasonable and left people speechless, they worked against his enemies.
That made the title well deserved!
Ignoring the smug look returning to Naruto's face, Naraku continued, "So, looking at it that way..."
"All that knowledge I arranged for you to master is still very useful."
"But... there's way too much of it," Naruto said miserably, even shuddering involuntarily.
This time, Sakura Haruno fell silent too.
Although she often bickered with Naruto and found all sorts of faults with him.
After everything they had been through, her opinion of Naruto had long since changed. Now, no matter how busy she was, she would visit him from time to time and check on how he was doing.
So she had personally witnessed Naruto being forced to sit and study in classrooms and other places.
Of course, even though Sakura was now Tsunade's apprentice and a fellow disciple of Shihōin Naraku.
That did not mean she was qualified to learn about the things Naruto had to master.
But even without reading the contents,