A month has passed, either slowly or quickly. After the hot spring peeping incident, more than half a month has passed since the trio's special training.

In these more than half a month, although nothing major happened, there were endless small things, such as the hot spring peeping tom incident. Due to the continuous investigation of Sakura and Ai Ye, Jiraiya, who felt that he was about to be exposed, began to Kakashi repeatedly harassed Kakashi, who was so annoyed that he had no choice but to pull a white-haired death row prisoner from Konoha Prison and handed him over to Sakura and Aino as the culprit of the hot spring peeping tom. , of course, this matter was approved by the Hokage.

Oh, by the way, Ju said that the death row prisoner was exempted from the death penalty after being dealt with by the duo. The specific reason seemed to be that this guy had some problem with his gender recognition.

Another example is that after more than half a month of special training, Sasuke has become more and more proficient in the basic sword skills he learned from Sakura. Although it is still a bit tender, there is still no problem with three or four swords in one breath. Of course, this is a bit tender, referring to From the perspective of cherry blossoms.

Sakura's growth is also extremely amazing. Ai Ye, who originally didn't want to teach Sakura attack spells, couldn't handle Sakura's infinite coquettishness. As a last resort, he could only teach her some simple attack spells, such as fireball and ice spear. Although they feel very ordinary, these simple spells do not require chanting after Ai Ye's improvement, and they consume very little energy in the body, that is, chakra in the world of Naruto, even if it is Sakura can also cast it instantly more than ten times.

The most troublesome thing is the child Naruto. In the past half month, there has been almost no growth in strength. There is no way. Ai Ye's spells require understanding and cannot be done with a single effort, and Ying Luo's sword The same is true for the technique. Although the requirements for understanding are not as high as those of Ai Ye, it is not something that Naruto can learn.

Regarding Naruto's situation, Sakura and Ai Ye talked at least two or three times throughout the night, and tried almost all possible methods, but there was nothing that Naruto could learn.

Naruto, who felt himself being pulled further and further away from Sasuke and Sakura, became increasingly frustrated. Even with a sunny personality like him, he subconsciously doubted himself. Sakura and Ai Ye, who noticed this, also felt guilty. After another long conversation all night, the two seemed to have reached an agreement. When they were about to say something to Naruto the next day, they saw Naruto excitedly telling them that he had found someone who could teach him. Master.

Naruto's words undoubtedly put a stop to their preparations, but they were not angry. Instead, they were a little worried that Naruto had been deceived by bad guys.

Two or three days later, Sakura, who was really worried about Naruto, gave Sasuke some simple instructions and ran alone to the place where Naruto practiced, which was near Konoha Falls.

Yingluo, who has a calm personality, hid in the surrounding forest and watched Jiraiya teach Naruto the psychic skills quietly. Although Naruto still seemed a little clumsy and would still make a fool of himself from time to time, Yingluo could tell that Naruto He seems to have some talent, but unfortunately, his talent is not suitable for his own training system.

Moreover, the white-haired man was really teaching Naruto attentively. Looking at Naruto's happy smiling face, Sakura smiled happily and then left the forest.

Time is back on track. The day before the Chunin Exam begins, the trio, who have finished their training for the day, stand in the Konoha training ground...

"Tomorrow is the Chuunin exam."

Yingluo glanced at the trio standing in front of herself and Ai Ye and said, "In the past month, Ai Ye and I have seen your growth, which is very good."

Ai Ye, who was standing next to Sakura, glanced at Sakura and nodded in agreement.

The trio who received the compliments from the two looked happy, but before they could be happy for a long time, Yingluo poured a basin of cold water on them, "But it's only very good, not excellent."

Speaking of this, Sakura pointed at Sasuke who had been practicing with her and said: "Sasuke, I remember I told you that the practice of drawing swords takes a long time, but you have been focusing on drawing swords these past few days. In practice, you have neglected basic sword skills. Although your drawing sword is quite powerful, the preparation time is too long and it will not be useful in actual combat. If a tall building rises from the ground, if you don't lay a good foundation, it will be useless. I want to learn high-level sword skills, but to be honest, I’m not very optimistic about you in this exam.”

After Sakura finished speaking, she didn't care what Sasuke's expression was, but turned her head and said to Naruto who was a little scared: "Although I didn't teach you anything, I think you should still be aware of your own shortcomings. Spiritual art is certainly a very good ninjutsu, but you should know the success rate of your release, as well as your style of dealing with things. Don't be reckless when encountering problems, and learn to think calmly. You are not as good as Sasuke in this regard. I hope you can win in the qualifiers. Sometimes, it can make me perform with admiration.”

After Sakura finished summarizing, she arrived at Ai Ye. She looked at Sakura who pursed her lips and did not dare to speak. She sighed and said, "I just hope you don't focus too much on the practice of offensive ninjutsu, Sasuke and Naruto." They are both better than you in this aspect, but neither of them have medical means, so I will say this, and you can think of the rest."

"That's all the two of us can say."

Seeing Ai Ye finish summing up, Sakura Luo looked at the somewhat frustrated trio in front of her with a serious expression, "During the qualifiers, Ai Ye and I will not hold back, or we will not hold hands on you. "

"Because in a sense, you are already half of our disciples. For others, we may relax our requirements more or less, but for you, our requirements will be extremely strict."

"Character, ability, perseverance!"

"A person's strength is nothing more than these three points. As I said before, I hope that during the qualifiers, the three of you can make Ai Ye and I shine, instead of making our eyes dark."

No matter how stupid the trio is, they all understand at this time that Sakura Luo and Ai Ye are full of expectations for them, and what they can do is very simple, just not to live up to their expectations of themselves.

After the trio looked at each other with firm eyes, they said to Sakura Luo and Ai Ye in unison: "I understand!"

After seeing the look in the trio's eyes, both of them smiled happily, then waved their hands and said, "That's it, disband!"

"Yes!"

As soon as the words fell, the trio disappeared in front of the two of them.

"They've all grown up."

Sakura said to Ai Ye with emotion: "Especially Sasuke, he should be the one who has changed the most."

"Although sometimes it's still cold."

Ai Ye thought about Sasuke for a while, then sighed and said, "Well, after what happened, I can understand why you care so much about Brother Xiaoku, Sakura-chan."

Sakura smiled slightly when she heard this and said: "Take your time, the child's knot has not been completely resolved, and I feel that the Uchiha clan's affairs... are not that simple."

Ai Ye, who nodded in agreement, sighed helplessly and said, "I don't know when Brother Xiaoku will be willing to take the initiative to talk to us about this matter."

"It's early."

Yingluo patted Ai Ye on the head and said, "At least it's not the time yet."

"That guy Kakashi is really..."

Ai Ye said a little angrily: "Isn't it just to be more curious about what happened to Uchiha back then? Isn't it like that?"

"Okay, don't blame Kakashi."

Sakura shook her head slightly and said, "This matter is an internal matter within Konoha after all. It's interesting enough that he is willing to tell us Sasuke's life experience."

"Then the attitude isn't so bad, right?"

Ai Ye, who became more and more angry as he thought about it, stamped his feet and said, "Go home! I don't want to think about it anymore!"

After saying that, she turned around and walked towards the rental house, while Sakura glanced at Ai Ye's back, smiled helplessly, and followed.

At the same time, in the Hokage's office, Jiraiya and Kakashi stood in front of the oversized desk, discussing something with the Hokage.

"What do you think of them, Jiraiya?"

The Hokage, who was holding a pipe, took a puff and asked Jiraiya who was standing in front of the table.

"At least it shouldn't be a member of Akatsuki."

Jiraiya thought for a while and responded: "I have been observing what they are doing for almost this month. There is nothing suspicious except that their ninjutsu is quite strange."

"And I've also checked Naruto's seal, and there's nothing wrong with it."

"Um……"

The Hokage nodded slightly when he heard this, and then asked: "What about the possibility of being a spy?"

"Yes, but not big."

Jiraiya crossed his arms and said with a smile: "I prefer the term 'hermit'. Although they do deliberately conceal their origins, I can feel that they are not actually hostile to Konoha."

"What about finding out about the Uchiha clan?"

Kakashi pulled on his mask and said, "There is also the matter of the more than 100 people in the Land of Waves. To be honest, I still think there is something wrong with the two of them..."

The Hokage did not nod or shake his head when he heard this, but moved his gaze to Jiraiya. He wanted to see how his apprentice would evaluate these two people.

"The Uchiha clan's affairs are actually easy to explain."

Jiraiya smiled and said to the two of them: "It should be just pure curiosity. After all, Kakashi, you said that the two of them don't even know the limits of blood succession. If they are not interested in Uchiha affairs, then I Instead, we have to doubt them.”

"As for the incident in the Country of Waves... the explanation I can think of is that they wanted to contact the old man as quickly as possible, and they had no choice but to do this. Their purpose should be to obtain information."

"Of course, Shikaku's speculation is not unreasonable. This is why I don't completely deny the spy theory."

Speaking of this, Jiraiya suddenly sighed and said: "These two people are difficult to deal with. If you want to say that they are spies, then their behavior is a bit too normal, but if you want to say that they are not spies, then the pair I really don’t know how to explain the fact that the ninja world knows nothing about it. If we want to fundamentally solve this problem, we must start with our origins.”

The Hokage frowned slightly when he heard this and said nothing, while Kakashi thought for a moment and asked with some confusion: "The purpose of the two of them you mentioned just now is to obtain information. Couldn't this be their purpose?" Is this evidence of a spy?"

"The information can be explained from two aspects."

Jiraiya shook his head slightly and said: "From the perspective of espionage theory, the action of the two of them was a perfect sneak operation. At least in your eyes, these two are a thorn in the eye. Not even if you don’t pull it out.”

"But if we look at it from the perspective of 'hermits', what they urgently needed most at that time was information about the ninja world, and contacting the top leaders of a country was the fastest way for them to obtain information about the ninja world, so they would do it in front of In front of you, I killed more than a hundred gangsters, and while testing your attitude, I also tested Konoha's attitude towards this kind of thing."

Kakashi frowned when he heard this, and asked in confusion: "Aren't they afraid that I will accept it falsely and then betray them the moment they step into Konoha?"

But Jiraiya did not answer Kakashi's question directly, but asked with a slight smile: "Do you know why they taught Naruto and the others?"

Kakashi listened to Jiraiya's rhetorical question and shook his head in confusion, but the Hokage who had been sitting aside reacted, "They are proving their worth."

"Yes."

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi, who was frowning and thinking, and then said: "Sakura's sword skills and Aino's medical ninjutsu are both unheard of and unseen things. The reason why they teach Naruto and the others is To let you know that they have something that others don’t have.”

"And the most important thing is that they knew that you and Zabuza were hostile, and the Kado who hired Zabuza happened to be a rich man with little wealth. When Zabuza failed in his mission, he led his people to surround him. Zabuza, even a fool can see the connection.”

"Killing a local rich man who was in a hostile relationship with the person he wanted to surrender to and more than a hundred of his subordinates were the initial pledge of surrender, and then he showed Konoha his value as a ninja."

"In other words, Kakashi, as long as you are a ninja of Konoha, there is no other option except accepting their request."

As Jiraiya's analysis ended, the silence in the Hokage's office could be heard.

I have to say that what Jiraiya said was very reasonable. Whether it was the spy theory or the hermit theory, he analyzed Sakura Luo and Ai Ye thoroughly.

But similarly, these words also have another meaning, that is, a big country is now being led by the nose by these two people. This is unacceptable to the Hokage.

"In other words, if we want to know the purpose of the two of them, there is no other way except to find out their origins, right?"

The Hokage was the first to speak, breaking the silence of the office.

"Actually, it doesn't have to be as complicated as you think."

Jiraiya, who thought for a moment, responded: "As I said before, the two of them don't seem to have any hostility towards Konoha. Since they are not enemies, there is no need for us to make the relationship so tense."

Kakashi was stunned when he heard this and asked subconsciously: "What do you mean?"

"Just follow Shikaku's plan."

Jiraiya glanced at Kakashi and then said to the frowning Hokage: "If the two of them are ruled out as spies in this plan, then the only option in front of us is to be a hermit."

After hearing this, Naruto's frown relaxed. He understood what Jiraiya wanted to say, but unfortunately, Kakashi, who was standing beside the two of them, didn't seem to understand.

"Since the two of them are using Konoha to obtain information."

Jiraiya smiled and explained to Kakashi who couldn't figure it out: "Then the other way around is also possible."

If Kakashi doesn't understand this, then he is a jounin for nothing.

"Do you mean to use their abilities to do something?"

Kakashi followed Jiraiya's words, but then he frowned and said a little worriedly: "Can they accept it?"

"What can't you do?"

Hokage got ahead of Jiraiya and said to Kakashi with a smile: "This is a win-win situation. They use our power to obtain information about the ninja world, and what we get is their unique ability. No one owes anything." who."

"...But all this must be based on the fact that they are not spies."

"So these arrangements all depend on the results of this Chunin Exam."

After Jiraiya patted Kakashi on the shoulder, he looked at Hokage and smiled...

"In short, whether they are spies or not, they will be beneficial to Konoha without any harm."

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