After dinner, in the bathroom of Haruno Household.
Sakura looked at herself in the mirror.
"Feels like... not much has changed?"
[Notice, Giants have a lifespan more than three times that of humans, and their growth rate is half that of humans.]
'Oh!'
Sakura's eyes lit up, 'So that meant I had enough time to travel between the Ninja World and the high seas?'
[Notice, Time is sufficient, but sleep time is insufficient. Time until Ninja Academy's entrance: 6 hours, 35 minutes, 49 seconds → 48 seconds.]
"!!!"
In the mirror, Sakura's eyes widened instantly.
'Ninja Academy's entrance!'
Having spent two full years in the One Piece World, Sakura had completely forgotten that tomorrow was the day she was supposed to start attending the Ninja Academy.
'Waaaaah! Thanks, System!'
[Heh.]
The night passed without incident.
The next day, the sun streamed through the window into the room. The girl, now dressed, tied the hairband her friend had given her.
The energetic Sakura twirled in front of the full-length mirror in her room.
"Yosh! From today on, I'm a Ninja-in-training… Haruno Sakura!"
"Wow, our Sakura is so cute!"
The starfish-haired man hiding by the door covered his mouth, peeking at his daughter's narcissistic display.
"Ol... Old man!!??"
"Hmm?"
Haruno Kizashi frowned, sensing something was off.
"You always called me 'Dad' before. Why the sudden change? Could it be..."
"Has Dad's love energy output been insufficient these past few days?"
After telling himself a bad joke, Kizashi burst into laughter at his own humor.
"That's not it! Let's go, we'll be late for the entrance ceremony!"
Sakura grabbed the satchel on the table and pushed Kizashi out of the house.
Father and daughter walked down the crowded street. As it was the day for new Ninja Academy's students to enroll, many parents were bringing their children, causing congestion in this area.
"Are you tired, Sakura? Do you want to sit on Dad's shoulders?"
The tall Kizashi patted his own shoulders, flexing his not-so-impressive biceps.
"No!"
The pirate girl refused her father without a moment's hesitation.
"Eh, how can this be!"
Kizashi turned completely ashen. His words carried a tone of deep dejection.
Seeing her doting father like this, Sakura sighed softly and reached out to hold her father's broad hand.
"Mmm, Sakura is the best!"
Feeling his daughter's affection, starlight seemed to sparkle in Kizashi's eyes.
"Alright, there are so many people watching. Act a bit more like a father!"
"Yes!"
The two, with their roles completely reversed, squeezed into the school. A Ninja Academy's teacher maintaining order outside directed them towards the testing area.
Before enrollment, the Academy organized a Chakra Extraction Test for the students.
This served to assess the new students' aptitudes, helping the teachers understand them better.
On the other hand, it also gave some students a chance to reconsider, deciding whether to invest effort on the dangerous path of a Ninja based on their own situation.
A point relatively beneficial for civilians was that the Academy didn't interfere with the students' choices. Even if you couldn't extract Chakra, you could still attend.
"012607, Uzumaki Naruto!"
The teacher presiding over the test stepped forward, frowning slightly when calling this name.
A small figure walked out alone from the crowd. He had spiky blond hair, wore a black short-sleeved shirt, and had a red spiral pattern embroidered on the back.
"Look, it's that demon fox!"
"Ah, he's getting closer!"
"So disgusting. Why did Hokage-sama allow him to stay in the village?"
Thick, viscous malice flowed among the surrounding villagers. Anger and venom writhed like maggots in people's hearts, churning incessantly.
Resentment stained the villagers' bodies black. Sakura, who had been maintaining her Observation Haki's perception, was caught off guard by the hatred in the villagers' hearts.
After this intense stimulus, a new perspective suddenly opened in her Observation Haki, letting her caught the glimpse of the outline of the hell sketched by human evil.
"How disgusting!"
Sakura cursed under her breath.
"Sakura! What's wrong?"
Kizashi saw his daughter frowning deeply and reached out to smooth her brow.
"Sakura, don't get too close to that child later. He's dangerous."
"Dangerous? I don't think so. He looks about my age."
Sakura, her brows now relaxed, blinked her left eye, acting cute for her father.
If they were really talking about danger, an immature Jinchuriki might not be as dangerous as she, a pirate, was.
Furthermore, as a transmigrator, Sakura knew about the Fourth Hokage's family's sacrifice and naturally held no malice towards Naruto.
"Is that so? Sakura is such a gentle child."
Kizashi wanted to pick up his daughter for a piggyback ride but met with strong resistance from Sakura.
While the father and daughter were engrossed in their playful struggle, the blond boy who had walked out looked up and glanced at them.
Then, the blond boy was shoved by the Ninja calling the roll and led into the testing ground.
Since the test was a simple Chakra Extraction, it proceeded very quickly.
As the number of children around them dwindled, Kizashi's expression gradually shifted from calm to anxious.
Finally, the Ninja calling out numbers reached Sakura's name.
"102601, Haruno Sakura!"
Hearing the call, Kizashi made a fist towards his daughter, "Sakura, do your best!"
"Alright."
Waving her hand, Sakura ran forward and followed the Ninja into the testing ground.
Inside the grounds, Iruka, with a scar across his nose, stepped forward with a smile.
"Hello, Haruno Sakura-san. No need to be too nervous. Just follow our guidance to extract Chakra."
"First, let me explain. Chakra is energy extracted by combining the body's physical energy with spiritual energy..."
Iruka's teaching skills were on point. In a few words, he explained the mixing method and ratio.
"Come on, give it a try!"
Leaving the space to Sakura, Iruka stepped aside. He and the other Academy's teachers picked up their clipboards.
"Hmm, using hand seals to mobilize the two energies within the body?"
Sakura casually followed the instructions, bringing her hands together to form the Tiger Seal.
Zzzzzzt!
An ominous sound arose. She noticed the small stones around her beginning to tremble.
The powerful spirit tempered through two years of battle, combined with the Giant Royalty's physique from the system's gift pack made Sakura's own physical energy and spiritual energy unimaginably vast.
The Chakra mixed from the two quickly filled the girl's Chakra Pathway, and surged outward, forming a powerful pressure!
Boom!!!
'Not good!'
Sakura wanted to release the hand seal, but it was already too late.
The surging Chakra impacted the ground, causing spider-web cracks to spread chaotically across the testing ground. The colossal storm it raised roared, washing over the Chunin responsible for scoring the test.
"This Chakra…!"
Iruka applied Chakra to the soles of his feet, gripping the ground tightly to avoid being blown away.
His colleagues nearby couldn't react in time. When the first wave of pressure hit, they were already sent tumbling, lying haphazardly outside the field.
'This girl...'
Iruka calmed down and looked at the field covered in rubble and dust, secretly shocked.
In the center of the smoke, a pink-haired girl weakly raised her hand and asked, "Sensei… I don't have to pay for this, right?"
[Notice, Achievement Unlocked: I Want to Blow Up the School. 10 achievement points awarded.]
'System!'
[Notice, What is it?]
'Shut up!'