Chapter 131: Ino's Great Victory

A new day, Friday.

On the artificial lake of the Ninja Academy, a tense atmosphere permeated between Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno.

Kitazawa felt he could see the sparks generated by their colliding gazes.

"Sakura."

Ino Yamanaka put her hands on her hips and said confidently, "Your homework will be doubled tonight!"

"What nonsense are Itachi spouting?"

Sakura Haruno clenched her fists and said triumphantly, "Itachi haven't won against me even once!"

"I'll win against Itachi today!"

Ino Yamanaka extended her foot, stepped onto the water's surface, and said, "Come on!"

Sakura Haruno immediately took out a wooden kunai, her small face tightening, becoming very serious.

Ino Yamanaka walked toward the other side of the lake with a vigilant expression.

Suddenly, the sound of wind being broken rang out on her left side.

Ino Yamanaka didn't even look; she directly bent down, avoiding Sakura Haruno's wooden kunai.

She had been undergoing special training with Kitazawa's leaves during this period, and now it had finally yielded results.

"Just lucky, that's all."

Sakura Haruno's expression changed slightly, and she took out another wooden kunai.

After Ino Yamanaka stood up and walked two steps, she threw it fiercely at a tricky angle, aiming for her back.

"What?"

Sakura Haruno saw Ino Yamanaka dodge again and had a bad premonition.

If it were previous training, Ino Yamanaka would have forgotten to tread water because she was only focused on dodging the wooden kunai, and would have fallen in.

"I don't believe it!"

Seeing this, Sakura Haruno drew both hands and threw two wooden kunai.

Ino Yamanaka spun directly in the air, avoiding the wooden kunai while landing gracefully.

She brushed a strand of hair behind her ear and smiled at Sakura Haruno, a smile that was bright and charming.

"Damn it!"

Sakura Haruno felt only a wave of mockery.

She continued to throw kunai in silence.

But Ino Yamanaka's state was exceptionally good today; she hadn't been hit even once from start to finish.

"Yay!"

Ino Yamanaka reached the end, jumped to the shore, raised her hands, and shouted excitedly.

This was the victory of Young Lady Ino.

"..."

Sakura Haruno froze in place, holding the wooden kunai, feeling only a weight of a thousand jun.

"Now it's your turn, Sakura."

Ino Yamanaka walked in front of her and said, "As long as Itachi get hit by me once, your homework tonight will be doubled!"

"It won't be that easy!"

Sakura Haruno said through gritted teeth.

But things went against her wishes; the more she cared, the easier it was to make mistakes.

After the water-treading training ended, Sakura Haruno had been hit by the wooden kunai three times.

"I won!"

Ino Yamanaka jumped up and down on the spot as if she had won a great battle.

Sakura Haruno fell into silence.

She felt as if a lemon had been stuffed into her mouth, very bitter.

Kitazawa looked at Ino Yamanaka, who was like a blooming cosmos flower, and couldn't help but smile.

At the same time, text appeared before his eyes, representing the completion of Ino Yamanaka's mission.

[Current Mission: Help Ino Yamanaka defeat Sakura Haruno in water-treading training.]

[Mission Reward: Mastery-level chakra control ability.]

[Host has completed the mission, reward issued.]

After Kitazawa received a large amount of information, he felt a bit dazed.

Because the mastery-level chakra control ability exceeded his expectations.

He even felt that he could create a Rasengan.

Of course, the most important thing was that Kitazawa believed that with mastery-level chakra control, he could complete his plan.

He intended to get close to Tsunade, show his talent as a medical ninja, and then try to get her to take him as a student.

Although Kitazawa was relatively old, medical ninjas were difficult to train, and there was a possibility of being a late bloomer.

However, it was not easy to fake having talent as a medical ninja.

First, one must have the Yang nature.

Second, one must master quite a few medical ninjutsu through the system so that one could pretend to be a genius when learning medical ninjutsu.

Third, it was the mastery-level chakra control ability.

Thinking this, Kitazawa looked at Sakura Haruno.

His only medical ninjutsu, the Hemostasis Technique, came from her.

"Sakura."

Ino Yamanaka reached out her hand and asked with a smile, "Are Itachi going to admit defeat?"

"How is that possible?"

Sakura Haruno gripped her hand and asked, "Itachi've only won once, what are Itachi being smug about?"

"I have Teacher Kitazawa's special training!"

Ino Yamanaka emphasized.

"No wonder."

A look of realization appeared on Sakura Haruno's face, and she quickly shouted, "Teacher Kitazawa, I want special training too!"

[Current Mission: Help your classmate Sakura Haruno complete water-treading special training.]

[Mission Reward: Healing Technique.]

[Do Itachi accept?]

Kitazawa was stunned for a moment.

Well done, Ino!

It really is a case of getting exactly what is needed.

Healing Technique, C-rank learning difficulty, the effect is to make wounds heal quickly, a bit like a weakened version of the Mystical Palm Technique.

"No problem."

Kitazawa smiled and said, "Itachi can train together with Ino."

One more person or one less person made no difference to him.

The important thing was that Kitazawa saw the hope of learning multiple medical ninjutsu.

As long as Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno put on a show of plastic sisterhood, it would be fine.

"Thank Itachi, Teacher Kitazawa!"

Sakura Haruno looked at Ino Yamanaka, gave a light hum, and said, "Our competition has only just begun! Itachi just wait!"

"Alright."

Ino Yamanaka agreed immediately.

Actually, she did it on purpose.

Winning once with Kitazawa's help was enough; if she won every time, it wouldn't be fair to Sakura Haruno.

They were good sisters, so they had to share Kitazawa's special training fairly.

"I'll leave a Shadow Clone to help Itachi train."

After Kitazawa created a Shadow Clone, he went to the nearby training ground.

Sparks were flying; it was Sasuke Uchiha practicing the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique.

Judging by the momentum, he had already mastered it seven or eight tenths.

After all, both the Fire Style: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique and the Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique were C-rank in learning difficulty.

The class time ended quickly.

After school, Sasuke Uchiha returned home.