"Aoba, I won, you know!", Just as she got off the field, Tenten sitting in front eagerly turned around to show off to Aoba.
"Not bad," Aoba rubbed her bun hairstyle.
"Hmph, if I could've used secret techniques, you would've lost already," Ino felt it was unfair.
"Even if you used secret techniques, you still couldn't beat me," Tenten was still confident.
"Impossible! As long as I use my Mind Body Switch Technique and control you, then walk out of the white circle, I win!", Ino was very confident in the secret technique she just learned.
"But as long as I dodge, I can do whatever I want to you," Tenten exposed the flaw of Ino's jutsu with one sentence.
"I…", Ino was speechless. The secret techniques of the Yamanaka Clan basically all had this weakness, which is why there was the Ino-Shika-Cho combination.
She couldn't refute this fact, so she could only sulk on her own.
"Ino, does it hurt where you got hit?", Aoba asked.
Just now, she was hit by so many kunai and shuriken. Even if they were made of wood, they could still leave bruises. He could help treat her.
"Hurt?", Still sulking, Ino paused, then her eyes spun with an idea.
Tenten already sensed something bad was coming, but before she could stop it—
Ino had already thrown herself into Aoba's arms and even shoved Sakura, who had been sticking close to him, aside.
"Ino!", Sakura looked unhappily at Ino who was now acting all cutesy.
Ino secretly gave Sakura a glance, 'I'll help you next time!'
Sakura's brain spun quickly and decided to move aside a little.
After all, she was also worried about her bestie's health.
"Aoba, my whole body hurts so bad right now," After settling Sakura, Ino put on a tearful expression.
Aoba almost couldn't keep it together, 'This pain didn't exist until I mentioned it, huh?'
'Could this be what they mean by: some things don't weigh even four ounces off the scale, but once on it, they become a thousand pounds?'
Tenten couldn't stand it anymore. She stepped up and grabbed Ino's hand, trying to pull her away.
"Ino, stop it. You were fine just now!"
But Ino was holding on to Aoba tightly, refusing to let go, even snuggling against him.
"I only forgot the pain just now because you made me so angry!"
"You!"
Tenten was almost laughing from anger, 'So you can even forget pain now?'
But she had no choice. Ino was holding on too tightly; she couldn't pull her off.
"Tenten, try tickling her?", Hinata gave a suggestion from the side.
For a moment, everyone's actions paused. They didn't expect quiet, non-confrontational Hinata to suddenly join the battlefield.
Hinata felt a bit embarrassed from all the attention, lowering her head, "Even I will get angry."
Ino immediately realized she had stirred up public anger and slowly let go.
Anyway, she had already profited.
"Aoba, it really does hurt," Ino rolled up her sleeves and pant legs, revealing her fair skin, and also large patches of bruises.
Seeing those bruises, Tenten's angry expression faded as well, and she muttered softly, "Who told you to keep refusing to surrender?"
"Ino, want to go to the infirmary?", Iruka walked over. These few had been making so much noise, it was hard not to notice.
Aoba looked at Ino's legs with some heartache, 'Such pretty legs. If not used to... anyway, covered in so many bruises, what a shame.'
"Iruka-sensei, I can handle it."
"You can?", Iruka was a little confused, then almost cursed out loud.
A green glow was already wrapped around Aoba's hands.
The bruises on Ino's arms and legs visibly faded.
Iruka finally remembered, 'Aoba did say at the start of school that he can use medical ninjutsu.'
With a face of despair, he went back to supervise the matches.
Sometimes, the gap between people is wider than between people and dogs.
"Aoba is seriously amazing~", Kiba looked worshipful.
"What a drag. Looks like I won't even have time to nap or zone out," Shikamaru withdrew his gaze and continued zoning out.
"Snap~ Snap~"
"Bugs are still better. Bugs don't argue."
———
"Next group, Uzumaki Naruto!"
"Vs. Uchiha Sasuke!"
As soon as this was announced, the crowd cheered again.
Most of them were girls, because Aoba had already been 'confirmed' to be a four-timer, so Sasuke still had his fan club.
"Finally our turn!", Naruto stood up with a whoosh, "Sasuke, let's go!"
Sasuke didn't follow. Instead, he looked at Iruka, "Sensei, can I change opponents?"
"Why?"
Iruka hadn't even spoken, but Naruto was already panicking. He didn't expect Sasuke to want to replace him.
"You're not my opponent right now," Sasuke looked away, "Fighting you now would just waste my time!"
"Damn it, Sasuke, don't underestimate me!", Naruto was about to charge.
"Enough!"
Iruka stopped the soon-to-explode Naruto and looked at Sasuke, "You cannot change opponents. But if you still have stamina after the fight, you can challenge someone freely."
"Of course, that's only if the other person agrees too."
"I understand," Sasuke nodded calmly.
"Sasuke, I'll show you my true youth!", Naruto's eyes looked like they were burning with fire.
Standing in the white circle, the two of them formed the sign of confrontation with one hand.
"Begin battle!"
Sasuke immediately activated his Sharingan. He wanted a swift victory.
However—
"Transformation Jutsu!"
———
[Half an Hour Later]
Sasuke's eyes were blood red, panting heavily like a bull, hands on his knees, even his back was bent.
He looked at Naruto lying not far away.
"Huff... this guy... huff... finally... down, huh?"
But just as he said that, Naruto, who had been lying down, suddenly kip-upped and stood up.
"Sasuke, my youth has no regrets!"
"You bastard!", Sasuke was actually a bit scared now.
"No, you've already lost!", Just as Naruto was about to charge again, Iruka, with a terrible expression, held him down.
This half hour almost gave him a heart attack.
"Iruka-sensei, I didn't lose!", Naruto struggled against Iruka's hold.
Iruka's face hardened, "Look where you're standing now."
Naruto froze, then finally realized. He was already standing outside the white circle.
"Aoba, can you help heal Naruto?", Iruka looked at Aoba.
"No problem," Aoba stepped up and helped carry Naruto off. Though Iruka was scared, Aoba was kind of used to it.
"Sasuke, do you want to challenge someone else?", Iruka asked with a bitter smile.
Sasuke shook his head grimly and stepped down. He didn't expect Naruto today to last this long, his chakra was completely empty.
"Naruto… really is a fool, huh…", Kiba stared blankly at pigheaded Naruto being healed by Aoba.
Everyone who heard him instinctively nodded.
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