Journey to the West: Life Simulation of Sun Wukong

"Combat practice!"

"Begin!"

Haruno Sakura and Naruto Uzumaki formed the sign of confrontation and then walked to the middle of the training ground, while Iruka made all the students immediately back away.

In reality, the students didn't need Iruka's reminder; they had already retreated far, only Shikamaru, Ino, and Choji stayed relatively close but still backed off nearly a hundred meters.

Clearly, this wasn't their first sparring session.

At the same time, on the roof of the Ninja Academy, atop the Hokage Rock, members of the Anbu, and even the Third Hokage, also revealed themselves, observing the sparring between the two, with plenty of cold sweat on their foreheads.

"I hope this time they don't smash the Hokage Rock," Sarutobi Hiruzen's body couldn't help but tremble; he still remembered, at the beginning of the third grade, how their sparring, with various self-created Ninjutsu, had turned the entire Ninja Academy's training ground into a complete mess, including a Rasengan that got loose and hit his Hokage Rock.

That was an unpleasant memory.

Beyond the Hokage, the upperclassmen also had no interest in their classes and were leaning against the windows.

The teachers had no choice but to watch along with them.

"Are they going to tear down the school again?"

"What do you think, can we get a few days off this time?"

"Three days maybe."

On the fourth floor, a Byakugan young man squinted his eyes, "Not born in a major clan yet possessing such talent and strength? I, Neji, must also become the strongest."

"Also, Naruto Uzumaki, I will definitely, as you said, break out of the cage and become a free bird soaring toward the sun!"

Neji Hyuga, branch family member.

His acquaintance with Naruto Uzumaki originated from an encounter, on that day when Naruto's clone arrived at the Hyuga Clan Main House to deliver Konoha's condolence, and he just happened to be there and invited Naruto Uzumaki to his home.

That day, Naruto Uzumaki talked a lot about strength, about being acknowledged by the villagers, about fate, and although he found Naruto Uzumaki's words naive, Neji didn't know why, but he felt happy.

"Are we friends then?" he had asked at the time. First seen on MV4LEMP|YR.

"Of course," Naruto Uzumaki had responded immediately, giving a thumbs up, "As long as we can talk, we can talk freely as friends!"

Naruto's innocence infected Neji, and ultimately he asked for a sparring session with Naruto, and then he lost miserably because Naruto didn't know his own strength when throwing punches.

But Neji was even happier.

"Naruto, I am a caged bird, the branch family status, the mark of the caged bird, confines me for a lifetime!"

As a branch family member, the existence of this 'caged bird' made Neji feel inferior and also resent this aspect of his family.

Even if he were blind, he couldn't escape the main house's control.

Byakugan, this bloodline trait, absolutely couldn't fall into the hands outside the clan.

Thus, he didn't even have the qualifications to pursue the girl he liked... Indeed, he didn't currently have any woman he liked, but the family wouldn't allow the purity of the Byakugan to diminish, so in the future, if he wanted to marry and have children, it was very likely to be some woman from a branch family.

"Believe in yourself, you can definitely break free!" Naruto encouraged, "I have a friend named Sakura, she is like a warm crimson sun... Although I know there's a long distance between her and me, I won't give up, I'll always pursue that sun that brings a stroke of light into my life."

Neji was shocked at the moment but could probably understand that Naruto's pursuit was not the same thing he had in mind, but in nature, both were seemingly unattainable.

Yet, Naruto had courage.

So—

"I too will definitely become a bird chasing the sun," Neji watched Naruto standing on the training ground, a slight smile appearing on his lips, "You are my sun, Naruto."

"What are you mumbling about? Neji," Lee came over, at this time he hadn't yet met Might Guy, but he had seen that green-suited ninja running around the village every day and thought he might join as well since his control of Ninjutsu was really poor, almost unable to use it.

So, taijutsu might also be an excellent choice.

"It's nothing," Neji turned his head away, his face slightly red, causing the nearby Tenten with a bun hairstyle to think that Neji was shy because of her.

At that moment, on the training ground.

Sakura and Naruto's Chakra surged out, bringing a strong momentum.

Although devoid of any killing intent, the clash of their momentum caused the air at the center to churn, like surging waves atop the sea, layer upon layer, making the hearts of those present somewhat oppressive.

"Damn it! Is this the gap between them and me? This Chakra!" Uchiha Sasuke gritted his teeth secretly, unable even to move in the colliding aura of their momentum.

If Haruno Sakura and Naruto Uzumaki were like ancient behemoths, then he was like a modern-day ant, simply not on the same scale.

No!

He couldn't retreat!

This was the pride of the Uchiha!

Uchiha Sasuke kept admonishing himself in his heart, as the proud Uchiha, he absolutely couldn't back down, even if it meant death!

But then—

"Sakura!"

Naruto shouted loudly, his lips parting, his feet stepping fast, charging toward Sakura with incredible speed, like yellow lightning, appearing before Sakura in the blink of an eye.

"Watch the punch!"

A punch was thrown, swift as a bolt of lightning, with red Chakra gathered on it, carrying a slightly ominous aura.

That was the Chakra of the Nine-Tails!

After the Nine-Tails stopped causing trouble, Sakura also frequently entered Naruto's sealing space at night, and she made sure Naruto's mind entered as well, allowing him to converse with the Nine-Tails.

Nowadays, the Nine-Tails had restrained its Chakra and could lend some to Naruto for his use.

"Not bad!"

The corners of Sakura's mouth slightly raised as she reached out and caught Naruto's fist.

Boom!

The collision between fist and palm created a fierce gale, the airflow forced the students to step back, and the playground at the center of the two sank into a web-shaped crater about ten meters wide.

After catching Naruto's punch, Sakura's other hand swung out abruptly, the intense wind pressure forced Naruto to jerk his head to the side, dodging the strike.

But before Naruto could rejoice, the swinging hand pressed down, landed on his shoulder, and then Sakura thrust her right leg forward, bent her left leg and, in an instant, her knee struck Naruto's chin.

Swish—

In an instant, Naruto, like an arrow off its bowstring, flew toward the Hokage Rock, specifically toward the Third Hokage's rock.

Perched on the cliff above the Hokage Rock, Sarutobi Hiruzen: "......"

Do you have something against his head?

Just as Sarutobi Hiruzen was pondering whether to catch Naruto Uzumaki, Naruto regained consciousness midway, his hands each forming a Rasengan, into which he infused wind-attribute Chakra, then he rolled both Rasengans onto his shoulders.

"Whoosh—"

The two Rasengans collided, and instead of exploding, they started rotating like positive and negative charges at his back, and with the spread of the Rasengan Chakra, they actually formed a pair of spiral-patterned energy wings that not only halted Naruto's momentum but also suspended him mid-air.

He actually flew up!

"Haha, Sakura, this is a new Ninjutsu I developed using the Rasengan—Rasengan Wings!"

Naruto, hands on his hips, laughed skyward, "With this Ninjutsu, I can fly, and your physical skills can't catch me! And—"

Before he could finish, the spiral energy behind Naruto suddenly intensified, pushing the wind backwards, and Naruto himself used this momentum, lunging toward Sakura.

Swift as lightning!

Fast as light!

At this moment, Naruto's speed was so extreme that those present could almost see only a yellow flash.

How was Sakura supposed to respond?

Just as the light was about to hit Sakura, she smilingly spun 90 degrees to the side, pivoting on her left foot.

Swish!

Naruto's figure flew past Sakura.

"Speed that's too fast is sometimes not a good thing," Sakura said lightly, "especially when, Naruto, your brain can't keep up."

"Ah? Help!"

Naruto realized the seriousness of the situation too late, being too close to the ground to react in time!

Bang!

Sizzle!

Naruto hit the ground, plowing a trench several tens of meters long with his face before stopping.

Logically, with such speed and face-first landing, he should have kept tumbling due to the friction, but Naruto used his Chakra in that instant to protect his face, and since the Rasengan Wings at his back hadn't dissipated yet, it led to such an exaggerated incident.

Naruto's hands braced against the ground beside his head, and with a hard push, he sprang up from the ground.

After patting the dirt off his face, Naruto chuckled, "True to form, Sakura, you realized the flaw in my Ninjutsu in an instant, right. The only problem with this technique is that I can't control my speed in this state, just like you said, my brain can't keep up."

However, this Ninjutsu also wasn't without its merits.

At least in terms of speed, it was faster than Sakura's flying Ninjutsu, and speed is strength. With such extreme speed, no ninja could respond in time.

Sakura Haruno excepted.

"Shadow Clone Skill!"

Naruto once again made the first move, his thousands of clones filled the entire playground, surrounding Sakura in the center.

"A war of attrition, huh?"

Sakura swept the hair from her forehead behind her ear, slightly bent her legs, and with a sudden leap, the invisible Wind Blade dispersed the approaching Naruto clones into smoke, then behind her, wings truly like those of a bird formed, wrapped in spiral energy, carrying Sakura freely soaring in the sky.

"Is that Haruno Sakura's self-developed flying Ninjutsu, Wings of Wind?" Kakashi arrived at the cliff above the Hokage Rock, walking over to Sarutobi Hiruzen, curiosity in his right eye.

"Yes, she has already reported it to me and even provided a detailed development process," Sarutobi Hiruzen said with a look of gratification in his eyes.

"She donated it without compensation?" Kakashi expressed surprise.

"She's still an eight-year-old child, innocent, naive, intelligent—don't attribute adult malice in your speculation, Kakashi," Sarutobi Hiruzen rebuked sharply. "Also, I'm the Hokage, how could I do such a thing? For every person who learns this Ninjutsu from me, Haruno Sakura receives a sizeable reward."

Kakashi nodded; this was the fortune Sakura deserved.

However, from his perspective, using this Ninjutsu, aside from needing strong control over Chakra, a substantial amount of Chakra was also required.

Among the ninjas of Konoha, only a few high-level ninjas could afford to squander Chakra to condense the Wings of Wind.

This meant that even if most high-level ninjas learned this Ninjutsu, they couldn't afford to use the Chakra to create the Wings of Wind.