Hayate Gekko looked at the two girls in front of him and coughed lightly. "The fourth match, begin."
Sakura and Tengoku Natsume did not move, and merely sized each other up. After all, they were both girls, and at the same time, they were both Kiba ninjas, and thus, they were still considered to be very courteous towards each other.
"You go first, I can be considered as your senior." Natsume said magnanimously. "Oh right, do you know Tsuka Aoyama?"
Sakura blinked her eyes, this question is too illogical, and subconsciously replied, "I know him, we are in the same class in ninja school, we are in the same batch."
"In that case, let us have a serious fight." Natsume took on a defensive posture, seemingly determined to let Sakura attack first.
Looking at Natsume in confusion, Sakura really wanted to ridicule, just what is the meaning of that question just now? It is completely confusing, okay? However, no matter how much she wanted to ridicule, Sakura still endured it, right now, the most important thing is to defeat the opponent in front of her.
"Sakura …" On the viewing platform, Ino looked at Sakura very nervously, and his hands were tightly grabbing onto the railing, and the veins on the back of his hands could be seen.
Sakura quickly ran, and at the same time, her hands formed seals, and two clones appeared at the left and right side of her, rushing towards Natsume together.
"Shadow Clone Technique? When did Sakura learn it? "Naruto this idiot interrupted.
"Naruto, don't be noisy, Sakura is using the Shadow Clone Technique, not everyone is able to create so many shadow clones like you." Sasuke reprimanded, then his expression changed, the pain brought by the curse mark is really unbearable.
Sakura looked at Natsume, who was already in front of her. Chakra suddenly burst forth, and her speed suddenly increased. In an instant, she was in front of Natsume, and punched him.
Just as Sakura's fist came into contact with Natsume, she suddenly felt her vision blur. Natsume suddenly disappeared from her sight. Her punch had hit nothing, and the doppelganger that Sakura had created also disappeared.
"How is that possible? He actually dodged it? " Ino exclaimed, "Sakura suddenly accelerated just now. How did that girl named Natsume dodge?"
Ino turned to look at Asuma with a puzzled expression.
Asuma had a cigarette in his mouth, but he did not light it. When he heard Ino's question, he said in a deep voice, "That girl called Natsume is very powerful. She used Lightning Release Chakra to stimulate her legs to increase her movement speed. That's why she was able to dodge Sakura's attack."
"That's right. It's Lightning Release Chakra." Aoyama was lying down beside Shikamaru. It was a better position to watch the fight. "Also, Natsume's method of using it is very rough. She must have figured it out herself. She is a genius to be able to do this without any guidance."
Aoyama had noticed it when they first met. Tengu Natsume's running speed was very fast, but she was not like Xiao Li who was a Taijutsu expert. He had some guesses at that time, so he impulsively gave Natsume the Heavenly Scroll. Now, it seems like he was right.
Looking at Natsume who was standing still, Aoyama had an idea. If I can recruit this kind of genius under me and properly nurture him, he would definitely be very useful. If he wants to inherit [Roots], he would naturally need his own team. He cannot rely on Teacher Danzō's help. Otherwise, even if he becomes the leader of [Roots], he would still be Teacher Danzō's puppet, and that was not something that Aoyama wanted to see.
Thus, Aoyama first recruited Bai, and then coincidentally met Aromatic Phosphorus. Now, recruiting Natsume was not a difficult thing to do.
"Sakura is in a very dangerous situation. Natsume's speed is much faster than Sakura's. If there are no accidents, Natsume will definitely win." Aoyama looked at the situation and said faintly. At the same time, he was thinking about how to recruit Natsume.
"Sakura … do your best!" Seeing that Sakura nodded her head in agreement with Aoyama's judgement, Ino immediately looked at Sakura with a worried expression and cheered for her in a low voice.
"Can I call you Sakura?" Natsume dodged Sakura's attack and did not rush to counterattack. Instead, he chatted with Sakura casually.
"Sure." Sakura went into a daze for a moment and replied. Since Natsume did not rush to counterattack, she took the opportunity to observe how Natsume dodged her attack.
"Sakura, I am going to attack now, be careful." Natsume smiled happily. Then, a blue electric current flashed across his calf and he rushed towards Sakura at an extremely fast speed. Sakura did not even have time to react and was punched in her abdomen by Natsume, causing her to immediately fall onto the ground.
"Round 4, Heavenly Palace Natsume wins." Hayate Gekko took a look at Sakura who had fainted and announced the result.
"Sakura!" Naruto jumped down from the viewing platform. However, before he could rush over, Kakashi quickly appeared beside Sakura and brought Sakura back to the viewing platform.
"It's nothing serious, the other party knows how to control his strength. She will wake up after resting for a while, there is no need to call the medical team." Kakashi inspected Sakura and said softly.
Naruto immediately felt relieved. However, Sasuke's eyes flickered. Heavenly Palace Natsume's usage of Lightning Release Chakra made him feel a little tempted. However, he was unable to use his Sharingan to observe Natsume just now.
On the other side, Aoyama walked towards Heavenly Palace Natsume. Natsume's companions had already left, but her team leader was still here. He was a middle-aged ninja with glasses.
"Natsume, congratulations on advancing to the preliminaries." Aoyama walked towards Natsume. They came to the tower together with Natsume, so they knew each other.
"Haha, I was just lucky. If I met someone else, I wouldn't have been so lucky." Natsume laughed heartily. He was in a good mood.
"Have you ever thought about joining the Anbu department?" Aoyama didn't beat around the bush and asked directly.
"Anbu department?" Natsume looked at Aoyama in confusion. Even her team leader looked at Aoyama.
"Yes, if you become a Chunin, you will be qualified to join the Anbu department." Aoyama continued. "You are very talented, I feel that you are qualified to join the Anbu department. What do you think?"
"I … am also not very sure." Natsume revealed a puzzled expression. For a moment, he didn't know what to do.
"En, there is no need to be anxious about this matter. Take your time to think about it. It would be best if you can give me an answer when the preliminaries are over." Aoyama didn't continue to ask and instead looked at the screen. The 5th match was about to begin.
"Sasuke Uchiha VS Akimichi Dingji."
The corner of Aoyama's mouth couldn't help but curl up. Is this Team 7's 3 consecutive matches? First, it was Naruto, then it was Sakura, and finally, it was Sasuke's turn. This is really interesting. However, his opponent was Dingji. Aoyama couldn't help but shake her head. Even if his opponent was Sasuke who was affected by the curse seal, Dingji still wouldn't be able to win against him.
"Ah, ah, it's over. Dingji, you definitely won't be able to win against Sasuke. Why don't you just give up?" Ino looked at the name on the screen and sighed.
Asuma also revealed a bitter smile. Dingji indeed didn't have any chance of winning against Sasuke. Even Shikamaru sighed. However, Shikamaru actually cheered for Dingji, "Dingji, even if you can't win, you can't just give up, that would be too embarrassing."
"It's alright, Dingji, do your best and give it a try. As long as you fight seriously, no matter if you win or lose, I will treat you to roast meat." Asuma also encouraged Dingji, and even used roast meat to tempt Dingji.
"Roast meat, I understand." Dingji swallowed his saliva and walked towards the venue resolutely.
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