Sasuke Uchiha's face looked terrible, barely able to conceal the fury in his heart as he demanded, "Damn it, how did you do it? How did you suddenly become this strong?!"
Of course, unlike Naruto Uzumaki, Sasuke Uchiha had naturally noticed that something was off about Sakura Haruno.
But right now his mind was filled with nothing but anger. He had no energy left to think deeper about it. He only wanted to vent the fire raging inside him.
And Harry, naturally, had no intention of indulging some brat.
When Sasuke Uchiha charged at him, Harry did not even bother forming hand seals.
Instead, he directly relied on his powerful control over energy to materialize part of Sakura's chakra into flowing water, wrapping it around Sasuke Uchiha's legs and sending him crashing to the ground.
Seeing that Sasuke Uchiha was still furious, even glaring at him like he wanted to kill him, Harry arched a brow and released the killing intent of someone who had slaughtered countless demons, saying coldly, "Brat, if you keep looking at me like that, I may not kill you, but you can forget about keeping those eyes."
Harry obviously was not going to blind Sasuke Uchiha over something this minor. He was just scaring him.
But Sasuke Uchiha did not know that at all. He still wanted to awaken the Mangekyō Sharingan someday so he could get revenge on Itachi Uchiha. There was no way he would allow his eyes to be destroyed.
So he immediately lowered his head, not daring to look at Harry anymore.
Still, both of his fists remained clenched tightly. It was obvious he refused to accept it.
Seeing that, Harry still had no intention of letting him off, and mocked him instead. "When you can't beat someone, you need to learn how to control your emotions. If you can't even do that, then what good are you?"
When it came to that, Harry was an expert.
Back when he could not beat the Ancient One, he would plaster on the sweetest smile possible, all in the hope of getting less homework.
And after the Ancient One returned to Eternity, he went ahead and changed Kamar-Taj's Wi-Fi password to RIPAncientOneLOL.
As a person, you had to learn patience.
That was the only way to get revenge later.
Someone like Sasuke Uchiha, who wore all his emotions openly while pretending to endure things, could only be called childish.
At that moment, a figure appeared in a flash behind Sasuke Uchiha and Naruto Uzumaki, grabbed them by the backs of their clothes, and pulled them away from Harry.
Kakashi Hatake stepped in front of Naruto Uzumaki and Sasuke Uchiha, his face serious as he asked, "Who exactly are you? And why are you attacking my student?
If you can't give me a reasonable explanation, I'm afraid you won't be leaving this forest today."
Naruto Uzumaki stood there blankly, bits of grass still clinging to the tips of his blond hair.
His sapphire-blue eyes were wide open as he looked at Kakashi's tense posture, utterly confused.
Why had Kakashi-sensei suddenly pulled them back and started questioning who Sakura was?
Sakura was obviously Sakura, so who else could she be?
So he asked in confusion, "Hey, hey, Kakashi-sensei, are you under a genjutsu or something? Sakura's right there!
Sure, she suddenly got super strong just now, but she's definitely still Sakura! Don't tell me you can't even recognize your own student?"
No matter how angry Sasuke Uchiha was, he understood what was happening by now.
Hearing Naruto Uzumaki's words, he once again found that wonderful feeling of crushing someone intellectually, and immediately snapped, "What an idiot, dead last. Do you really think Sakura could use an Earth Release that powerful?
Look carefully at her eyes. She stopped being the Sakura we know a long time ago.
The Sakura in front of us is the enemy in disguise, and the real Sakura has disappeared somewhere. She might even have been killed already!"
"Huh? Ah!"
Naruto Uzumaki finally understood what was going on.
He glared at Harry in fury, and because of the violent surge of emotion, a powerful wave of chakra suddenly erupted from inside him.
At that moment, the whisker marks on his cheeks grew more obvious. His aura also became far more violent, and at some point his expression had subtly twisted as well.
He roared furiously, "You bastard, give me back my Sakura! If you really killed Sakura, I'll definitely avenge her!"
Beside him, Sasuke Uchiha and Kakashi Hatake could both clearly feel that Naruto now seemed like some kind of wild beast, radiating a huge threat.
Kakashi, at least, knew why this was happening, so he was not too worried.
Sasuke Uchiha, however, looked as miserable as if he had just swallowed something foul.
He had thought he was the best one, only to find out Sakura had surpassed him.
He had thought that, at the very least, he was stronger than Naruto, only for Naruto to suddenly explode like this. And in this state, Naruto seemed... maybe stronger than him?
No. Damn it. What was happening today?
Could everything happening right now actually be some kind of dream?
While Harry was controlling Sakura's body, Sakura herself could naturally see everything happening outside.
When she heard Sasuke Uchiha say she was dead without showing even the slightest concern, she felt awful.
And when she heard Naruto Uzumaki say he was ready to give everything to avenge her, she felt deeply moved.
Waaah... so someone did care about her after all.
Harry also picked up on Sakura's thoughts, and for once actually said something nice about Naruto Uzumaki. "Naruto Uzumaki is actually pretty great. He treats you way better than Sasuke Uchiha does. Are you really not going to consider him?"
Harry had assumed that by this point Sakura would have changed her tune.
After all, Sasuke and she were clearly a terrible match.
But to his surprise, even though Sakura was crying nonstop, she still answered without hesitation, "No. I still like Sasuke!"
"But he doesn't treat you well at all," Harry said in confusion.
"But he's handsome! Way more handsome than that grimy Naruto!" Sakura replied as if it were only natural.
Harry: "..."
Of course. Simps really never end well.
Ignoring Sakura as she fell headfirst for Sasuke all over again, Harry put on a bright smile and looked at Kakashi. "I am Sakura Haruno."
Before Kakashi could refute that, Sasuke Uchiha cut in immediately. "Stop pretending. That stupid woman Sakura isn't as strong as you."
Harry glanced at Sasuke Uchiha, ignored him completely, and turned back to Kakashi, calmly spinning his lie with a straight face. "I really am Sakura Haruno. Or rather, this is Sakura Haruno's body, and I'm the soul she summoned.
She seems to have awakened some special kekkei genkai that lets her summon her ancestors, and I'm the ancestor she called back from the Pure Land."
After hearing that, Sakura immediately complained in his mind, "I'm your ancestor! And who would believe a story like that?!"
But in the very next moment, Naruto Uzumaki suddenly slapped his hands together and said as if everything had become clear, "So that's how it is! Hello, Sakura's ancestor, I'm Naruto Uzumaki!"
Kakashi: "..."
Sasuke: "..."
Sakura: "..."
Tazuna: "..."
No way. Someone actually believed it.
Kakashi pulled Naruto Uzumaki behind him again and looked at Harry with full caution before probing carefully, "If that's true, then what proof do you have that you're Sakura's ancestor and not our enemy?"
Harry thought for a moment, then stomped his foot and summoned the giant stone construct over ten meters tall once more.
Then, under Kakashi and the others' wary gazes, he controlled the giant stone construct and smashed the ground with all its might.
In the next instant, hundreds of meters away, a massive forest of rocky spikes erupted from the earth, completely devastating that section of woods.
After doing all that, Harry stood atop the giant stone construct and looked down at Kakashi and the others. "Does that explanation work?
After all, I could wipe all of you out easily, but I haven't attacked. Instead, I've been talking to you calmly. Isn't that the best proof possible?"
Kakashi's face stiffened as he slowly turned to look at the ruined forest.
When he saw the miserable state of the countless shattered trees, he could not help drawing in a sharp breath and complaining inwardly, "So this counts as calm? Then Lady Tsunade must be the gentlest person alive."
It seemed he needed to redefine what calm meant.
Once he realized Harry could be reasoned with, Kakashi relaxed a little. And because of Harry's overwhelming strength, his tone became much gentler. "I see. But as her teacher, I have to take responsibility for my student, so I still have one question.
How is Sakura right now? Is she safe?"
Harry explained, "Relax. She's perfectly fine. I can give the body back to her at any time."
Kakashi narrowed his eyes, a sharp gleam flashing through them as he asked carefully, "Then could you let me speak with Sakura for a few moments? I'm worried about her."
Harry nodded without hesitation and agreed easily. "Sure. Of course."
In his mind, Sakura instantly got excited when she heard Harry agree, and said happily, "Wait, did I actually awaken some kind of kekkei genkai, and you really are my ancestor?"
But that happiness did not last long.
Because she watched Harry lower her body's head slightly, then immediately raise it again with a relieved smile on his face, perfectly imitating the way she usually looked.
And then she realized Harry had absolutely no intention of giving her body back at all. Instead, he shamelessly said, "Kakashi-sensei, Sasuke, and idiot Naruto, I'm back!"
Harry's acting was flawless.
Seeing that, Kakashi finally seemed to relax. He even patted Sakura on the head and said, "Very good. That's quite an impressive kekkei genkai. Maybe one day Sakura could even become Hokage."
The moment Naruto heard Sakura might become Hokage, he immediately became unhappy and protested, "No! Even if it's Sakura, I'm not giving up the Hokage seat to her!
I, Naruto Uzumaki, am the man who's going to become Hokage!"
Harry followed Sakura's usual habit and mocked him, "Idiot Naruto, you'll never become Hokage!"
Seeing her teammates getting along so well with this rotten liar, Sakura started screaming inside her own consciousness again.
"Aaaah, you disgusting liar! I'm never going to let you get away with this!"
Harry smiled, blocked Sakura's voice out of his mind, and started dealing with Kakashi's subtle attempts to test him.
And so, Team 7 continued onward at an easy pace. A few days later, they finally arrived at their destination, the Land of Waves.
That day, as the group walked through the forest, Harry suddenly looked toward a patch of brush off to the side.
Sure enough, how could a profession like ninja possibly go through a mission without something going wrong?
And right on cue, here it came.
Harry noticed a cold energy hidden in a tree, and his eyes filled with curiosity.
Such an unusual Ice Release. If he could fully understand it, that would be another powerful form of ice magic.
What puzzled Harry, though, was that the owner of that Ice Release had a rather unusual identity.
He seemed to be a... soft femboy?
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