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On the screen, Sasuke is walking briskly down the streets of Konoha Village.
Although he had never been to Naruto's house in his dreams, he had roughly memorized Naruto's route when leaving home from watching Naruto's dreams several times before.
Moreover, apart from the Uchiha clan's territory and Naruto's house being located differently, the layout of most other areas in this dream world's Konoha Village is not much different from that in reality.
Therefore, Sasuke quickly figured out the exact location of Naruto's house.
The two companies are actually not that far apart.
Sasuke had a clear goal and headed straight for Naruto's house, ignoring the numerous and crowded stalls along the way and showing no intention of stopping.
Unexpectedly, just as he was about to reach a small alley near Naruto's house, a female ninja suddenly jumped out from the roadside and blocked his way.
It was a girl who looked to be about the same age as him, holding a huge iron fan, with light golden hair tied into four cute ponytails, and wearing a Sunagakure ninja headband around her neck. She was looking at Sasuke with great interest.
"Hey, you handsome guy over there!" The female ninja pointed at Sasuke with her fan. "You seem to be walking around all alone, are you bored? How about I accompany you for a stroll?"
Sasuke glanced at her coldly, recognizing her as a ninja from Sunagakure.
He shook his head expressionlessly, walked right past her, and didn't even bother to say a word.
"Tch, how boring." The ignored female ninja pouted and muttered something in dissatisfaction.
Sasuke snorted inwardly.
What a joke! He's not an idiot like Naruto. How could he waste his precious training time on something as boring as shopping with girls?
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
Soon, Sasuke arrived at Naruto's house.
He straightened his clothes and knocked on the door.
A moment later, the door opened, and Naruto's mother, Kushina Uzumaki, opened it.
Sasuke quickly bowed and greeted her politely, "Aunt Kushina, hello. Is Naruto home? I've come to see him about something."
When Kushina saw that it was Sasuke, her face immediately lit up with a warm smile: "It's Sasuke! Come in, come in! Naruto is home right now, I'll go get him!"
As she spoke, she turned and called into the house, "Naruto! Sasuke's here to see you!"
As soon as he finished speaking, a blond boy dressed in clean and tidy casual clothes, with a bright, sunny smile on his face, walked out of the house.
It was Naruto Uzumaki from the dream world.
He greeted Sasuke with a smile.
……
in the audience.
When Ino saw the smiling, gentle, and well-dressed blond boy on the screen, her eyes widened in surprise, and she exclaimed, "Naruto?! You...when did you get such a handsome older brother?!"
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Yamanaka Ino have been detected! Emotional value +300!]
Naruto, who had been sitting with his legs crossed, looking smug and ready to watch the show, almost fell off his chair when he heard Ino's words.
He jumped up suddenly, his face flushed red, and shouted, "What brother?! That's me! This guy looks exactly like me, he's not my brother at all!"
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
Seeing Naruto's exasperated expression, Sakura couldn't help but burst out laughing.
Even the usually composed Kakashi couldn't hold back his laughter, a slight smile playing on his lips.
The entire screening room was filled with a cheerful atmosphere.
[Ding! Sakura Haruno's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
[Ding! Kakashi Hatake's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
Ino still had a shocked expression on her face. She pointed at the screen and asked incredulously, "W-what? Sakura, you mean... that sunny, handsome guy with such neat clothes and hair... is Naruto?"
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Yamanaka Ino have been detected! Emotional value +300!]
Naruto crossed his arms, pouting, and said indignantly, "What the hell! Sakura too! Ino too! They look exactly the same, are they really that much more handsome than me?"
Upon hearing this, Sakura and Ino exchanged a glance, then nodded vigorously in unison, saying in unison, "Much more handsome!"
Naruto:"……"
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
……
on the screen.
Sasuke got straight to the point: "Naruto, the Chunin Exams are coming up soon, and I'd like to train with you to improve our strength."
Upon hearing this, Naruto in his dream world smiled gently and nodded readily, saying, "Alright, Sasuke-kun. That's exactly what I was thinking too."
Sasuke saw how readily he agreed and a confident smile appeared on his face.
He thought to himself, 'Hmph, this time is different from last time. I've mastered the secrets of illusion magic. Let's see how you'll beat me now!'
Naruto in the dream seemed to see through Sasuke's thoughts and jokingly said with a smile, "Hehe, Sasuke-kun looks very confident today."
Sasuke's lips curled into a slightly arrogant smile: "Of course! Just you wait and see, Naruto!"
Naruto in his dream nodded, his eyes becoming serious: "Hmm, it seems I'll have to use some of my trump cards today."
The two smiled at each other and walked together toward the training ground outside the village.
Soon, they arrived at the familiar third training ground.
After symbolically forming hand seals in opposition to each other, Sasuke didn't test the waters with shuriken as usual. Instead, he took a deep breath, his eyes flashed, and he activated his Sharingan!
"Art fire escape ho fireball!"
Without the slightest hesitation, Sasuke immediately unleashed a Fire Release technique.
A huge fireball, carrying intense heat, roared towards Naruto.
"Water Release: Iron Pao Jade!"
A highly compressed water bullet precisely met the massive fireball.
"boom--!"
Water and fire collided violently in mid-air, instantly creating a thick cloud of white steam that enveloped the two figures.
Sasuke stood there, his brows slightly furrowed.
'Water Release? When did Naruto learn Water Release? Then why did he use Wind Release to break my Fire Release last time?'
Before he could figure it out, the pervasive steam gradually dissipated.
Sasuke stared intently, only to be surprised to find that a palm-sized, orange toad was perched on Naruto's shoulder!
The toad puffed out its cheeks, looking quite indignant.
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
Seeing Sasuke's surprised expression, Naruto in the dream world explained, "Sasuke-kun, were you scared? This is my summoning beast, Gamakichi. It helped me with the Water Release technique just now. This is a method that Jiraiya-senpai taught me, specifically to counter the Sharingan."
"Summoning beast? It counters the Sharingan?" Sasuke's eyes flashed with surprise upon hearing this, but disbelief was more of a hint of disbelief.
He didn't believe that a mere toad could restrain the Uchiha clan's prized bloodline limit.
"Hmph, stop with the pretense!" Sasuke sneered, his Sharingan eyes spinning rapidly. "Let me see just how effective your little tricks really are!"
Before he finished speaking, his pupils focused their power, and he immediately activated an illusion!
"Magic: The Art of the Flail!"
An invisible spiritual force instantly attacked Naruto.
However, to Sasuke's great surprise, Naruto's body only paused slightly before returning to normal, as if he had not been affected by the genjutsu at all, and still looked at him with a relaxed expression.
The illusion...didn't work?!
[Ding! Emotional fluctuations from Uchiha Sasuke have been detected! Emotional value +400!]
Sasuke was shocked. His Sharingan genjutsu, which he was so proud of, was ineffective against Naruto.
how can that be!
Before he could recover from his shock, Naruto had already moved.
Naruto pushed off with his feet, and his figure vanished from the spot in an instant, like a ghost.
Sasuke felt a chill and quickly activated his Sharingan to capture Naruto's movements.
"Here it is!" Sasuke shouted, throwing a punch to his left.
"Oh!"
The fist struck Naruto's figure as expected.
But the next second, the figure turned into a wisp of white smoke and vanished.
"Shadow clone?!" Sasuke's pupils contracted.
"Too slow, Sasuke-kun." Naruto's amused voice suddenly rang out from behind him.
Sasuke was startled and hurriedly turned around to defend, only to see Naruto appear behind him at some point, a powerful whip kick sweeping towards his waist.
In his haste, Sasuke could only manage to raise his arm to block.
"boom!"
A heavy force struck, and Sasuke felt a numbness in his arm. He was kicked away uncontrollably, rolling several times on the ground before coming to a stop.
"hateful……"
Sasuke gritted his teeth and got up from the ground, his eyes filled with resentment.
Whether it was taijutsu, ninjutsu, or combat experience, the Naruto before him far exceeded his expectations.
He took a deep breath, formed hand seals again, and prepared to unleash an even stronger fire jutsu.
However, Naruto did not give him that chance.
"It's over, Sasuke-kun."
Naruto's voice rang out again, this time with a hint of authority.
Sasuke looked up abruptly and saw that Naruto had once again closed in on him, with a rapidly spinning blue chakra ball in his right palm, radiating a terrifying destructive power.