Chapter 333: Litmus Test
Chapter 333: Litmus Test
Purun.
Sakura halted mid-step and glanced down. Had her chest just jiggled?
"Oiiii, Sakura-chaaan!"
Looking up, Sakura saw Naruto bounding towards her, a puppy-dog look in his eyes. Judging by Kakashi and Yamato-sensei conferring in the background, Naruto hadn't begun his specialised training yet— which suited her just fine. It gave her the perfect opportunity to show off her new Kekkei Genkai!
"You cut your hair," said Naruto haltingly.
In the original timeline, Sakura had cut her long hair to free herself from Kin Tsuchi's grip, to protect the unconscious Naruto and Sasuke from Team Dosu. It had been a symbolic yet mostly hollow gesture; casting aside her feminine beauty to do whatever was necessary to defend her comrades.
"Yep," said Sakura with a strained smile. "A lot of it was burnt, anyway."oo— just run your chakra through the paper."
Sakura already knew exactly what those squares were— crafted from chakra paper, made from a rare tree that absorbed chakra as it grew. Depending on what happened when she ran her chakra through the paper, she would learn her primary chakra nature... though, thanks to her System, she didn't exactly need to.
"Whoa!" exclaimed Naruto, eyes wide as Sakura's paper burst into flames, quickly reduced to ashes. "Oh, mine split..." he said, disappointed. "What does that mean, exactly?"
Sakura felt a twinge of disappointment that the paper didn't trigger all the reactions, despite all her affinities being over 100%. It seemed her fire affinity was simply too overwhelmingly strong...
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