Chapter 49: Konoha School Season [Part 1] (Patreon)

Chapter List: Naruto: Sakura Blizzard

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Spring and autumn have passed, and it has been a year since Sakura started living in the Naruto world. Looking back on the past year, she feels like she has been living in a dream. At first, she only wanted to survive and follow the original plot to the end. However, the unexpected "golden finger" has led her down a different path.

Despite this, Sakura feels a sense of accomplishment when she thinks about the changes she has caused in the past year. Hizashi Hyuga did not die, and he and Hiashi Hyuga worked hard to reform the Hyuga clan's rules and abolish the "caged bird" tradition. Neji is no longer obsessed with his fate and does not resent the main branch of the Hyuga clan because of his father's death. In fact, he has become a siscon and likes to follow Hinata around. He is even more obsessed with her than Sasuke is with Itachi.

Rock Lee became Guy's disciple early on and learned the Eight Gates and Taijutsu. Although he is still called the "loser" in school because he cannot use ninjutsu and genjutsu, he does not care about the taunts of others because he has Neji and Tenten as friends and Guy as his mentor.

At Sakura's suggestion, Tenten took the path of ninja tool assistance and, with the help of Itachi and Shisui Uchiha, developed her own "Tenten Flying Knives" technique based on the shuriken throwing skills of the Uchiha clan. Although she cannot match Neji in combat, she is the undisputed number one in ninja tool throwing among her peers.

Thanks to Neji's siscon tendencies, Hinata's personality has become more outgoing than in the original plot. She no longer blushes easily, but she still refuses to hurt others during training and always prefers to defend herself. This has caused a lot of headaches for Hiashi Hyuga.

Ino, Shikamaru, Choji, Kiba, and Shino have also started learning their respective clan's secret techniques early on and have made some progress.

The biggest change is probably Naruto himself. Unlike in the original plot, he is not alone and hated by everyone. He has Sakura and others by his side, as well as the care of Kakashi and Uncle Teuchi. Because Naruto no longer plays pranks to attract attention, but instead focuses on training with Guy, many people in Konoha are gradually forgetting about the "demon fox."

At first, Naruto wanted to learn ninjutsu with Kakashi, but the Nine-Tailed Fox did not cooperate, causing him to have major problems with chakra control. In the end, he had to follow Guy and Lee to learn Taijutsu.

As for Sasuke, although he has not yet awakened his Sharingan, he has worked hard to improve his skills under the influence of his peers. This makes Uchiha Fugaku happy, but also a little regretful. He had hoped that his youngest son could be ordinary so that they could experience the joy of being parents. However, Sasuke is also a genius, not much worse than Itachi.

Although Sasuke has made rapid progress in terms of strength, his resentment towards Sakura has not diminished. This is because of his older brother, Itachi. With the joint efforts of Sakura, Sasuke, and Uchiha Fugaku and Mikoto, Itachi and Izumi Uchiha finally got together. Although Itachi did not say anything romantic, everyone knew that they were a couple. The unintentional PDA between the two made a group of single people feel heartbroken, especially Kakashi, who Sakura called a "single dog."

However, Sasuke's resentment towards Itachi is not because he has a girlfriend, but because he still has no time to spend with him after finding a girlfriend. Even Tenten is busier than before.

Six months ago, Itachi joined ANBU. Uchiha Fugaku told Sakura privately that although the Uchiha clan had changed and their relationship with Konoha had improved, there were still some old and stubborn elders who wanted to cause trouble. These elders saw that their subordinates were leaning towards Uchiha Fugaku, so they wanted to force Itachi to join ANBU to gather intelligence and prepare for future rebellion.

Although the power of the elders' subordinates has been greatly reduced, they are still a considerable force when united. Uchiha Fugaku had no choice but to let Itachi join ANBU, but he did not ask him to gather information. Instead, he ordered Itachi to obey the Third Hokage's commands and not to worry about the Uchiha clan's problems.

Despite this, Itachi's six months in ANBU made him become silent. No one knows what kind of agreement Danzo and the Uchiha elders reached, but they have already cooperated secretly. Except for those involved, almost no one knows about this.

Sakura and the others cannot force Itachi to speak if he does not want to. They can only watch and keep a mental note of Danzo's actions. Recently, Shisui has become elusive and often disappears. His mood has also become depressed, which makes Sakura worry that he might be deceived and attacked by Danzo, just like in the original story, and eventually commit suicide.

"Uncle Kakashi, how is your Sharingan doing?"

Looking at Kakashi, who was sitting on a tree branch holding a small yellow book, Sakura felt a headache. Since he discovered that his Sharingan chakra consumption had decreased, Kakashi had quit his job at ANBU and immersed himself in training. With years of savings and the inheritance from the Hatake family, Kakashi was not worried about not having enough money to eat. After finishing his training every day, he would hide and read adult books. His demeanor had gradually become similar to the image of the decadent uncle in the original story.

"Well, thanks to Sakura, the Sharingan's chakra consumption has decreased a lot, and I can use it more skillfully now!"

Kakashi lifted his forehead protector, and after the three tomoe rotated once, they disappeared. His left eye instantly became no different from a normal eye, except that it did not last long, and the three tomoe reappeared.

"Now I can briefly deactivate the Sharingan, and I can feel that there is a hidden power in it, but I still can't use it!"

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