NOVEL NEXT Chapter 375: Eating Together Will Be Delicious
"Yes, I don't know ninjutsu; I can only rely on taijutsu."
Haruno Sakura nodded earnestly, looking at Iruka with determination in her eyes, but felt that facing him now was a bit too soon.
So, she chose another target instead.
Ino.
Ino stepped forward, charging at Sakura with a speed that even approached ten meters per second. Before Sakura could react, she was kicked in the stomach, causing her to tumble away.
"Uh······"
Ino is that powerful?
Sakura, feeling the pain in her stomach, looked up only to realize that Ino hadn't stopped her movements because of her thoughts, and kicked toward Sakura's face.
Three inches!
When Sakura reopened her eyes, she saw that Ino had stopped moving, and the black-bottomed shoe that had been kicked towards her was only three inches from her face.
Sakura didn't dare to imagine what would have happened if Ino's kick had connected—her face would definitely be disfigured.
"Do you understand the gap now?" Sun Wukong said, "Even your classmate far surpasses you in taijutsu; one could even say that the only differences between her and a real ninja are age, experience, and the amount of chakra."
"Is that so?"
Reflecting on the ninjas of Konoha Village, the most notable people that came to most villagers' minds were the Uchiha and Hyuga, followed by Ino, Shika, Cho, then the Yamanaka and Inuzuka.
As for the other ninjas, they were common but unremarkable.
At this moment, Sakura realized the weight of the major clans.
Their families were vast and possessed far superior resources compared to commoners. No matter how hard a common person tried, becoming a ninja or even achieving the role of Hokage wouldn't change much.
Like Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage.
His rise from a common ninja to the Hokage indeed inspired many common ninjas and was even an idol for Sakura until she was six years old; one could say she grew up on stories about the Fourth Hokage.
But Minato Namikaze hadn't changed much; the major families of Konoha remained the same.
Perhaps it was because Minato Namikaze died young, but the clever Sakura could guess that if the Fourth Hokage had lived, Konoha Village might just have seen the rise of the Minato Clan alone.
She didn't understand much about politics, but she could observe these apparent phenomena in Konoha.
That was the reality.
In the future, even if she became the Hokage, could she establish the Haruno Clan?
It wasn't possible.
Sakura negated the thought.
Because she was a girl.
This wasn't to say that a girl couldn't handle great responsibilities, but in the grand scheme of things, even if a girl could become the Hokage, she would inevitably have to change her surname upon marriage.
Even if she became the Hokage in the future, it would be no exception.
Because she wasn't a princess, nor was she a noble of the Land of Fire.
Unless she became the Hokage and never married, then no one would say anything, but then, how could she establish a family?
There were only her father and mother at home; asking them to have more children was out of the question.
As for finding someone to take her family name in the future...
Well—
Sakura didn't like that idea.
But then, what could she change about Konoha if she were to retire as the Hokage?
The powerful Konoha would still be dominated by just a few families.
Recalling the history lessons that Iruka had taught in class, about how the Senju Clan had created Konoha and allowed their people to give up the Senju surname to blend in with the commoners of Konoha······
Sakura hadn't experienced war, so she felt that only the Senju Clan truly embodied fairness.
It was precisely because of the integration of the Senju Clan that Konoha had more ninja and more geniuses than other ninja villages.
This point was mentioned by Iruka, and whether it was true or not, Sakura wasn't sure, as she had never visited any other ninja village and hadn't even left Konoha Village. ContentfirstreleasedonM_VLEM_PYR.
"Read thousands of books, travel thousands of miles." Sun Wukong, sensing Haruno Sakura's thoughts, "You cannot leave Konoha Village now, but Konoha Village is very large, with just the urban area being about 327,400 square kilometers. You probably haven't completely walked through it, have you?"
Sakura felt a bit ashamed.
Being from Konoha, she didn't even know how large the main city of Konoha was.
"In the future, after school, walk around more, and ask everyone in the village how their lives are," Sun Wukong had just finished speaking when he added, "Well, asking directly might not work, you could join them."
"Join them?" Sakura asked, puzzled.
"Ever heard of apprenticeships?" Sun Wukong inquired.
"I have a general understanding," Sakura nodded, then looked towards Ino again with a hint of determination in her eyes, "But for now, I still need to find a way to defeat Ino. I can't lag behind her too much."
"That's the spirit. Then I will pass onto you a ninjutsu technique I created. You can practice it outside without them noticing," Sun Wukong imparted the technique of the Nine Mystical Seals to Haruno Sakura.
"This Nine Mystical Seals consist of the Heavenly Seal, Earthly Seal, Human Seal, Star Seal, Mountain Seal, Water Seal, Fire Seal, Wind Seal, and Thunder Seal, each possessing incredible utility. I'm passing to you the Water, Fire, Wind, and Thunder Seals, which are not just techniques for practice but also for attack," Sun Wukong explained.
"Thunder Tempering the Body, Wind Piercing the Viscera, Fire Burning the Tendons, Water Spreading through the Body, through meditation and forming signs, train your body. When you achieve Great Achievement, the conjuration of water, fire, wind, and thunder will be effortless, as simple as plucking stars or seizing the moon."
"As for the remaining five seals, let's wait until you have mastered these four first," Sun Wukong concluded.
Filled with the details of the four techniques in her mind, Haruno Sakura could envision the future of these techniques; once she mastered them, water, fire, wind, and thunder would be at her fingertips.