Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Sorry, sorry, I wasn't paying attention just now."

Might Guy laughed heartily, performed a kip-up, and stood up. Aside from a bit more dust on his body, there were no marks of scrapes.

The ninja in front of him must have thicker skin than the average ninja.

Or perhaps, he was already accustomed to such minor injuries.

"Boys and girls, would you like to join me in dispersing the sweat of youth in Konoha?" Might Guy issued his invitation again, "It's a very passionate activity!"

Ino tugged at Sakura's sleeve, "Sakura, this guy looks weird, and that face of his, it's so greasy, just like some sleazy uncle."

"Sleazy... sleazy uncle!?"

Might Guy was petrified, standing frozen in place with a look of profound sorrow on his face.

Was he already at the age of an uncle?

And greasy, too?

"No! No! No!"

Might Guy quickly recovered and corrected Ino, "This is the sweat of youth, not greasiness!"

Ino, with a look of disgust, said, "With that expression, you look even more like a sleazy uncle."

"......"

Might Guy, covering his eyes, ran off shouting "youth." He couldn't win an argument with a little girl and didn't want to earn a reputation for quibbling with one.

This was the helplessness of an adult.

But he hadn't gone a few steps when he bumped into a silver-haired ninja wearing a mask.

Kakashi.

"I mean, what's with the panic? There's nothing behind that would...." As soon as he saw Haruno Sakura and Naruto, Kakashi's voice came to an abrupt halt.

"That girl... looks somewhat familiar?"

"No way, Kakashi, you're not falling for that little girl, are you? You absolutely cannot become a pervert, Kakashi!" Might Guy was shocked, grabbed Kakashi's arm, and started shaking it vigorously, "Come and take a mission outside the village with me instead, enjoy the competitive life!"

"Let go! I just feel she looks familiar, that's all. I think I saw her at a barbecue restaurant on Tea Street, but she wasn't this tall at the time, right? How much time has passed, and the youth these days are growing up so fast?" Kakashi was grabbing Might Guy's arm, removing it from his shoulder.

He walked over, approached Haruno Sakura and the others, but his gaze lingered more on Naruto.

Made some friends, huh?

That's nice.

"Hello there, kids," Kakashi tried to show a smile.

"Hey, you, what's with the mask?" Naruto asked bluntly, "Is it because you've got a face full of acne?"

Kakashi: "......"

Today's brats are really a bit annoying.

Haruno Sakura asked, "You're also a Jonin from Konoha, right? You must know Ninjutsu, can you teach us a few moves?"

"Sorry, you're still just students at the Ninja Academy, and I'm not your teacher. Both morally and logically, I won't teach you Ninjutsu," Kakashi said righteously.

"Stingy," Naruto turned his head away.

"Well, don't be like that. It will make me very sad." Despite his words, Kakashi looked as if he were troubled. "So then, come with me to the riverbank."

"You going to teach us Ninjutsu?"

"Not exactly, but this little trick is generally open knowledge to ninjas. Only kids from the Ninja Academy wouldn't know about it."

"What's that? You sound as smug as Sasuke," Naruto was getting annoyed with the masked, silver-haired ninja in front of him.

"Just follow me."

Kakashi turned and waved for them to follow.

Might Guy followed along as well.

When they arrived at the riverbank, Kakashi stepped out and walked on the flowing water as if on solid ground.

"This is the trick I'm going to teach you. The technique is to focus your Chakra in the soles of your feet, just like this." After he finished speaking, Kakashi hopped from the river to the bank and waved to Naruto and the others, "Try it out at your own pace, I'm off, bye."

"That's it?"

Watching Kakashi and Might Guy walk away, Naruto was stunned. Was this what they called teaching?

It was way too casual!

"Actually, it's quite simple. Just concentrate your Chakra in the soles of your feet, without using too much Chakra," Haruno Sakura jumped into the river, but she didn't sink down. Instead, she walked on the surface as if on land, "Since the water is flowing, you need to constantly control the vibration frequency of your Chakra to match the flow."

"It's also a way to practice your Chakra control."

Naruto had an epiphany: "So, that's how it is."

He focused his Chakra in the soles of his feet and stepped on the water surface, only to break the surface and create a pit, plunging into the river with a splash.

"Naruto, are you okay?"

Shikamaru stepped forward and pulled Naruto out of the water.

"I'm fine," Naruto shook his head but shivered. It was already autumn, the autumn wind was brisk and chilling. A slight breeze was enough to make one feel a hint of coldness...

...

"Kakashi, you're setting them up, aren't you?" Might Guy, who had walked a distance away, said, "They're not even Genin yet. While they have Chakra, it's not much, and they probably won't be able to try many times. Besides, shouldn't they start with tree climbing?"

Even tree climbing was a problem for kids at this stage, but at least if they fell, they wouldn't fall into a river.

Now it's autumn, they could catch a cold.

Kakashi chuckled, "They are all strong kids, there won't be any problems."

Splash!

Hearing the sound of someone falling into the water behind him, Kakashi narrowed his eyes with delight, "See, someone fell into the water."

However, when the two turned around, they found Sakura standing steadily on the water's surface, the smile gone from her eyes, replaced instead with a hint of curiosity, "That girl, she really is quite talented."

By then, Sakura had stepped off the water surface and helped Naruto up, using chakra to dry the water off his body.

"Thank you, Sakura."

"You're welcome."

Kakashi patted Might Guy next to him and asked, "Did you notice?"

"Wooh—I did. Their friendship is like the warm sun in winter, very warm, without a doubt, it's the embodiment of youth," Guy was moved by the scene of Sakura comforting Naruto.

"..."

After a moment of silence, Kakashi slowly said, "I was talking about chakra. That girl has even more massive chakra than we do."

"So what?" Guy didn't understand.

Kakashi vanished in an instant, "I'm going to check whether that girl has blood from the Uzumaki Clan, or perhaps the Senju Clan behind her."

"Really now, Kakashi, I still wanted to have a duel with you... But since he's got matters to attend to, let's wait for next time," though Guy seemed frivolous, he was insightful and understood the gravity of the situation.

That girl with the cherry blossom-colored hair was truly extraordinary.

"Let's go, we'll continue training. As for water treading, practicing it three or four times a day is enough, considering we have plenty of free time," Sakura thought that for Naruto and the rest, water treading wasn't very important, growing their bodies was the key.

"One, two, one!"

"One, two, one!"

The five of them started running again, warming up as they circled around Konoha.

"This is youth!" Guy was moved by himself, tears streaming down as he slowly joined in, "Are you guys running laps around Konoha? Let me join you!"

"No problem, Uncle!" Sakura said with a slight smile.

"It'd be better if you didn't call me Uncle," Guy made a face, but still took the lead in front of Haruno Sakura and the others, "Can you keep up with me?"

"Just watch us!" Haruno Sakura quickened her pace a bit.

"I can too!" Naruto shouted loudly.

"Do your best," Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji ended up falling behind.

"Yoosha! Let's pick up the pace for youth!" Guy sped up slightly, but not too far from Sakura and the others, wanting to give the young ones hope.

This scene of the group was seen by the villagers, and even reached the ears of the Hokage.

"Hizashi, we can't keep up this nonsense!" Danzo came to the Hokage's office once again, "Letting that Nine-Tails brat stay with that Might Guy, it will make him stupid!"

Sarutobi Hiruzen glanced at Danzo, smacked his lips, and exhaled a smoke ring, "Isn't it quite nice? Naruto is very energetic, and it's good for him to exercise his body."

"Moreover, Guy won't go overboard, not to mention the new generation of Ino-Shika-Cho is with them."

What does Sarutobi Hiruzen mean by that?

The Ino-Shika-Cho trio has always been a strong supporter of the Hokage. Could it be that Hiruzen wants to train Naruto to be the Hokage?

Maybe that Guy was sent by Hiruzen as well!

Damn it!

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"Since you won't give me the Nine-Tails, can you hand over Haruno Sakura to me?" Danzo took a deep breath, changing his target, "That girl is very talented, her control over chakra is not bad, and her performance in ninja physical techniques is already on par with an average Chunin."

"Don't even think about it." Sarutobi Hiruzen refused instantly, "She's only six years old, how could you be so heartless?"

Danzo fell silent, "Wasn't Uchiha Itachi also only six or seven when he graduated?"

"Haruno Sakura is different."

Hiruzen shook his head. Could the Uchiha Clan be the same as ordinary ninjas?

Once they awaken their eyes, there's always something off with their minds, the more tomoe in the Sharingan, the more serious the issues. Even Uchiha Itachi, who was resolute in the Will of Fire, gave him an odd feeling.

The Uchiha have always been single-minded. Once they set their mind on something, not even nine cows could pull them back.

Haruno Sakura is different!

She is a normal student!

"Normal?" Danzo laughed bitterly out of anger, "You're saying her six-year-old height of 1.5 meters, now almost 1.6 meters, is normal? A normal girl of that height is old enough to have children!"

"Danzo, mind your words, she's still a child!" Sarutobi Hiruzen pleaded earnestly, very firm on this point, "And it's not a time of war now, the Foundation doesn't need to recruit new blood."

Danzo's expression changed.

This was tantamount to depriving him of the right to recruit on his own!

"Sarutobi, you!"

"Danzo, please consider Konoha, we are at peace with the other four Great Ninja Villages. Don't think about unnecessary things. The things you do, though I have no evidence, finding some would be easy. Please don't force my hand."

In that moment, Danzo felt like he was facing the great ninja of the past and had no choice but to storm out, slamming the door behind him.

"You'll regret this, Hiruzen!"