Chapter 488: Gap
Lolis have three good points: delicate body, soft waist, easy to push down.
Haruno Sakura was called Sakura-sama, at least a manly girl, or at worst a heroic girl, definitely not a loli. But Hinata charged with the ball and knocked her down, and she fell with the momentum.
Immersed in the surging waves!
"As a fan of balls... the happiest thing is to drown here!"
Sakura arched her face inside, revealing an infatuated smile, speaking foolishly.
"What silly things are you saying again!"
Hinata's eyes flowed, she glared at her, said grumpily, and pushed Sakura away from her.
"Look at you, looking silly."
Haruno Sakura smiled gracefully, lying down on Hinata's bed with the momentum, hands folded on her abdomen, closing her eyes lazily.
The mattress was very soft, carrying a faint fragrance, making one relaxed and happy.
Hinata also lay down, lying side by side close to Sakura's body, closing her eyes like her, hands folded on her navel.
The brocade-like black hair pressed on the other side's soft pink hair, intertwined.
The two girls rubbing ears and temples suddenly fell silent, and the room became quiet instantly.
Quiet enough to hear Haruno Sakura's subtle and long breathing.
As if smelling the looming gardenia fragrance on the pink-haired girl.
After a moment of silence, Hinata opened her eyes and turned to look at the girl beside her.
She seemed to be asleep. The girl's face was so quiet and beautiful at this moment: slender eyelashes trembling slightly, under the perky nose bridge, the wings of the nose moved lightly with breathing.
"You..."
Hinata spoke suddenly, breaking the tranquility.
"Hm?"
She opened her eyes and looked back at her friend.
"...You," under the gaze of those clear emerald eyes, Hinata changed her words for some reason, "Have you completed the development of the last part of Hokuto Shinken?"
Almost the same as the Eight Inner Gates, Hokuto Shinken is also a fist technique that opens the body's limits by stimulating acupuncture points, thereby generating massive chakra and multiplying speed and strength.
The difference lies in that the Eight Inner Gates is ferocious and vigorous, like rolling huge waves surging, more suitable for Strong Fist type taijutsu ninja; while Hokuto Shinken was developed by Haruno Sakura specifically for Hyuga's Gentle Fist type ninja, generating gentle and tough chakra, like trickling fine water flowing endlessly, more durable and easier for the user to control.
Since it is named Hokuto (Big Dipper), this secret technique naturally has seven levels, namely Dubhe, Merak, Phecda, Megrez, Alioth, Mizar, and Alkaid, a total of seven punches; the first five punches have been developed, while which acupuncture points to open for Mizar and Alkaid punches still need research.
Hokuto Shinken is very important to Hinata, but she never urges Haruno Sakura, and rarely even asks about the development progress.
Hinata would not take others' help for granted.
Although she has more confidence and strength than her in the original work, essentially the two are still the same person, with the same gentleness.
So as soon as these words were spoken, Haruno Sakura knew that what she wanted to ask was actually not this.
This dishonest personality, wonder who she learned it from?
"Stuck on the sixth punch. Recently spent all my time on my own cultivation, didn't develop this technique much, you won't blame me, right?" She smiled faintly and said softly.
"How could I! I just completed the cultivation of the fourth punch, no rush." Hinata quickly responded, half proping up her body with her elbows, her black hair falling on her collarbone, or cascading down the girl's elegant neck.
"So you actually didn't want to ask this, right?"
Haruno Sakura also propped herself up halfway, gazing over with a meaningful look.
"I... alright," Hinata lowered her eyelids, avoiding the girl's burning gaze, unable to stop laughing for some reason, saying while laughing, "I just, um, wanted to ask... it's the question from last night!"
Managing to stop laughing, she paused, considering her words.
"Where did you and Sasuke go a few days ago?"
The black-haired girl asked softly.
Warm breath exhaled onto Sakura's face.
Training Ground No. 44.
Kakashi's training went very smoothly.
It might be the first time in his life he felt such convenient and efficient cultivation. Every time he trained until exhausted and collapsed on the ground, as long as he received supply from Haruno Sakura's Yin Seal and proper massage, he could soon stand up vigorously again.
Not to mention there was a clone beside him who fully mastered the Mangekyo Sharingan, ready to give guidance at any time.
So in just a few days, Kakashi's mastery of the Mangekyo Sharingan jumped from not getting started to being able to perform Mangekyo secret techniques skillfully, even to the extent of using them in battle.
On the field.
Kakashi stood straight, right hand with fingers together in front of him, staring with a scarlet Mangekyo Sharingan, speaking lightly: "I'm ready, come on!"
Standing opposite him was Haruno Sakura's main body.
"Be careful!"
The girl said in a deep voice, chakra light flashing on her hand, suddenly several crystal ice shuriken appeared between her fingers. With a flick of her wrist, the ice shuriken turned into several cold stars, drawing several different arcs, shooting rapidly towards the young man opposite.
Kakashi held his breath and focused, staring fixedly at the incoming shuriken, pupil power condensing rapidly, the boomerang pattern in his eyes beginning to rotate frantically.
"Kamui!"
Kakashi shouted fiercely, pupil power pouring out from his eyes, turning into a cage of time and space, accurately capturing the high-speed flying shuriken.
Space was actually distorted under the effect of this pupil power. The ice shuriken, harder than steel, were torn apart by the distorted space without any room for resistance, disappearing into the air.
The first one disappeared smoothly, the second and third quickly followed suit.
Until the last ice shuriken, because the burden of the Mangekyo was too heavy, Kakashi's pupil power stagnated abruptly, and Kamui exerted force a beat late, landing behind the shuriken!
"Missed...!" Kakashi groaned.
Too late to use Kamui again.
He was startled in his heart, subconsciously wanting to jump away, but his body was stiff and unable to move, completely disobedient!
Cold sweat broke out instantly.
"Hmph!" He gritted his teeth, tried his best to drive his body to move a position barely, avoiding the shuriken, but Haruno Sakura's shuriken wasn't that simple—
Only heard a bang, the ice shuriken actually turned into a small bomb, exploding loudly beside the masked young man!
The violent explosion close at hand didn't hurt Kakashi.
When he opened his eyes panting heavily, he found himself held in Susanoo's hand, the light green huge palm blocking the damage of the shuriken explosion.
"At the moment deciding life and death, you still couldn't unlock the genetic constraint and stop the shuriken? Too lame, Kakashi-sensei."
Haruno Sakura stood inside the Susanoo giant, evaluating lightly.
"You are creating incomprehensible new terms again... I was exhausted just now, almost couldn't move." Kakashi rubbed his eye sockets, smiling bitterly, speaking with lingering fear.
"But I have improved a lot compared to before..."
He pulled down his forehead protector to cover the Sharingan, sat on the ground, his voice weak.
The girl's main body walked over.
"That's right, yesterday you were lying down immediately after one shot." She laughed, "Now you have adapted a little, at least can move your body."
"And your control over Kamui has also improved a lot now, the timing, position, and size of the space activated are starting to be controllable."
Kakashi nodded.
Without Sakura saying, he felt his own progress speed the deepest. The lethality of the Kamui secret technique is really amazing, so the difficulty is also extremely high. Cultivation going so smoothly was also beyond Kakashi's expectations.
"Rest for a while first." The masked young man squinted and smiled.
He raised his head, seeing Haruno Sakura looking thoughtful and distracted, he asked: "What's wrong?"
"Nothing." Haruno Sakura woke up from her thoughts, stunned, laughed, "I was just thinking about your Kamui..."
She always felt this move... looked familiar.
Inspiration flashed through her mind, interrupted by Kakashi, she could no longer catch it.
Kakashi was in a good mood, didn't mind Sakura's momentary distraction. He glanced at the Susanoo on the clone and asked curiously: "By the way, Sakura, to what extent have you developed the Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Judging from the completeness of that Susanoo, Haruno Sakura had mastered the ability of the Sharingan very well.
However, Kakashi with only a single Sharingan couldn't perform this technique, not even the less demanding Majestic Attire form.
So he didn't know what this level of Susanoo meant.
But Kakashi always felt that he had adapted to his Sharingan for more than ten years anyway, at least he wouldn't be pulled too far by Haruno Sakura who just got the Sharingan for a few months, right?
After all, he had mastered half of Kamui.
Clearly he was still her teacher, being left too far behind by the student would also be a bit face-losing, right?
Haruno Sakura smiled brightly, seeing through Kakashi's little thoughts.
"The abilities of the Mangekyo Sharingan are ever-changing. Itachi's Amaterasu and Tsukuyomi, Shisui's Kotoamatsukami, and your Kamui... are all different, each with its own characteristics. Unless they are abilities of the same type, it is difficult to compare the level of development."
She said slowly.
Sakura had read in the records of Sasuke's family that although the abilities of the Mangekyo vary, they are traceable.
Most are Fire Release type or Genjutsu type, and can be divided into special types with secret techniques like Amaterasu and Kotoamatsukami, and basic types that strengthen the power of elemental jutsu or Genjutsu, usually enhancing the owner's dominant elemental jutsu, or making up for the owner's fatal flaws.
Like Kamui, a Mangekyo involving space secret techniques, is actually quite rare...
She had only seen it once.
So... is this a coincidence?
Haruno Sakura thought silently in her heart, but said: "And I rarely use Kotoamatsukami. This technique doesn't suit me very well..."
"However, I can fully unleash Susanoo for you to see—"
Haruno Sakura said, the corner of her mouth curling up in a small arc.
She smiled mischievously, forming seals slowly with her hands.
Show you—
The gap between us.
Instantly, huge and solemn chakra soared into the sky!
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