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The time I agreed to meet Sasuke and Sakura has already passed!
He quickly got up and washed up.
After quickly tidying himself up, Kakashi hurried to open the door.
"Kakashi-sensei! You're finally out!"
As soon as the door opened, Sakura's puffed-up face came into view.
Sakura stood at the door with her hands on her hips. "We've been waiting for you at the training ground for ages! We agreed to meet first thing in the morning, but Kakashi-sensei, you overslept again!"
She pouted and complained.
Sasuke, standing beside him, stood with his arms crossed, saying nothing, but seemed somewhat absent-minded.
Faced with Sakura's complaint, Kakashi could only scratch the back of his head sheepishly and say apologetically, "Ahaha, I'm so sorry... I was indeed late today."
He laughed and joked, but his keen eyes noticed that Sasuke seemed to want to say something but hesitated.
The young man's brows furrowed slightly, and a hint of hesitation flashed in his dark eyes. He clearly had something on his mind but was hesitant to speak.
Kakashi asked, "Sasuke, what's wrong? Is there something you don't understand about the Chidori I've been teaching you these past few days?"
Sasuke shook his head upon hearing this, pursing his lips as if he were organizing his thoughts.
He hesitated for a moment before speaking, "It's not about cultivation."
A rare hint of unease crept into the boy's calm voice. "I want to ask Kakashi-sensei, last night... did you enter that dream world? I slept soundly until dawn yesterday, but I didn't enter the dream world, and I didn't even appear in the audience seats. I'm a little worried..."
At this point, Sasuke's voice softened, and he seemed embarrassed to stop talking, but he couldn't hide the worry on his face.
Kakashi was taken aback, but then he understood Sasuke's concerns.
"So that's what you were worried about." Kakashi reached out and patted Sasuke on the shoulder, reassuring him, "Don't worry, there shouldn't be any problems with the dream world."
“I went in yesterday.”
"That's it..."
Sasuke nodded thoughtfully, but the unease hadn't completely dissipated. "From the beginning until now, I've never been completely excluded, so I..."
“I understand, but you really don’t need to overthink it. I entered a dream yesterday, and the main character in last night’s dream was… cough, an old friend of mine, who has nothing to do with you, Sasuke.”
Kakashi patted Sasuke's head and told him a conclusion he had deduced: "It's possible that only those who have a certain friendly relationship with the protagonist of the dream will become the audience. For example, Iruka, Hinata, and Ino, they all have some connection with you."
"Friendly relations?"
Sasuke was slightly taken aback when he heard this, then suddenly realized that it was indeed true.
I never imagined that there would be such a pattern in that dream.
Fortunately, as long as the dream world is functioning properly, that's all that matters.
At this moment, Sakura blinked, tilted her head, and asked, "Kakashi-sensei, what you're saying seems a bit off."
"Huh?" Kakashi didn't react for a moment. "Is something wrong?"
Sasuke suddenly realized something, and he and Sakura exchanged a glance, their expressions turning strange.
Sasuke remained silent for a moment, then a deep chill and hatred flashed in his dark eyes. He raised his head and stared intently at Kakashi, saying in a low voice, "Kakashi-sensei, do you remember that masked guy from the dream?"
A guy wearing a mask?!
Kakashi's heart skipped a beat, and his relaxed expression suddenly froze.
He nodded slightly, his left eyebrow furrowing involuntarily, a strong sense of foreboding rising up his spine.
Of course he remembers.
The first time I entered the dream space, I had a brief fight with that mysterious masked man, which resulted in me losing an eye in the dream!
Kakashi's breath hitched, and his voice became hoarse: "Why did you suddenly bring this up...?"
Sasuke clenched his fists silently, his eyes filled with suppressed resentment and complex emotions.
He looked directly at Kakashi and said, word by word, "Kakashi-sensei, when you entered that dream... that guy came to the audience."
"what?!"
Kakashi's pupils constricted sharply, as if he had been struck by lightning!
When he entered, the masked man...
You were in the audience before?!
In that instant, Kakashi's mind went completely blank with a "buzz".
He swayed, staggered back half a step, and leaned heavily against the wall before barely managing to stand.
Kakashi Hatake, the elite Jonin of Konoha and the "Copy Ninja," felt dizzy the moment he heard the news.
Unsteady standing.
……
Meanwhile, in Kikyo Town near Konoha Village, Naruto was undergoing intense special training.
Naruto stood panting in the center of the field, covered in sweat but absent-minded.
He formed a hand seal and pressed it to the ground: "Spirit Summoning Technique!"
"Bang!"
However, when the white mist dissipated, there was nothing on the ground.
Clearly, this round of cultivation failed because of distraction.
On the sidelines, Jiraiya stood under the shade of a tree with his arms crossed, observing the scene. He frowned upon seeing this. "Hey, kid! What's wrong with you today?"
Jiraiya shouted, "I've been distracted ever since, and I keep making mistakes!"
Upon hearing this, Naruto wiped the sweat from his face and gave Jiraiya an awkward smile: "Ahaha... N-nothing! I'm just a little tired, I'll be fine after a rest!"
Karin, who was standing nearby, also stopped her training, pushed up her red-rimmed glasses, and walked over, slightly out of breath. She pursed her lips and asked, "Naruto, you don't look well. Are you feeling unwell?"
Naruto quickly waved his hand: "I'm really fine, Karin, I'm just..."
He scratched his messy blond hair, racking his brains for words, "Maybe I didn't sleep well last night."
And so, I drifted through the day in a daze.
As evening approached, Naruto finally finished his training.
Back at his lodgings, Naruto quickly washed up and went to bed early.
As dusk fell, the orange glow of the setting sun streamed into the room through the window.
Naruto lay on his back on the bed, his hands behind his head, staring blankly at the yellowish ceiling above him.
"What happened last night?"
His mind was in turmoil.
Filled with trepidation and unease, Naruto drifted off to sleep.
Chapter 112 Brother-in-law, I'm here too!
I might as well open my eyes this time—
What Naruto saw was not a hotel room, but a clean and comfortable bedroom.
There was also a family photo of the three of them on the bedside table.
Familiar bedding, familiar furnishings, familiar wooden door...
Naruto sprang up from the bed with a swift movement, looked around to make sure everything was alright.
He grinned widely, feeling a sense of relief that had kept him on edge all day. "Great! The dream world is fine!"
Naruto breathed a sigh of relief, and his azure eyes regained their sparkle of excitement.
[Ding! Naruto's emotional fluctuations have been detected! Emotional value +200!]
On the other side, in the audience seats.
Sasuke and Sakura appeared in a dark theater space.
The two opened their eyes almost simultaneously and found themselves sitting upright in their familiar audience chairs.
"Phew—here we go again."
Sakura stretched and leaned back in her chair, looking around. Her gaze then fell on something nearby. "Hey, Karin? You've arrived."
She greeted the slender red-haired figure with a smile.
Two rows away from them, a red-haired girl was sitting in a seat.
Karin pushed up her glasses, turned around at the sound, waved to Sakura, and gave her a shy yet warm smile: "Sakura, hello! Yes, I just arrived."
After spending time with Naruto, Karin has become much more cheerful than before. Her eyes crinkle when she speaks, and she is no longer as reserved as she used to be.
Sasuke nodded slightly in greeting, then looked around.
He noticed that the audience seemed a bit quieter than usual tonight, with a certain silver-haired, masked figure missing, which puzzled him.
However, before he could think about it, Sasuke felt a familiar spatial fluctuation and they both looked up at the same time.
Seeing this, Sakura instinctively raised her hand and smiled, "Kakashi-sensei, you're here!"
She thought it was Kakashi who had arrived late and was about to greet him warmly, but when she saw the scene in front of her clearly, Sakura froze on the spot.
It wasn't Kakashi who appeared at the entrance to the audience seating area.
Instead, a black-haired girl with flushed cheeks and a slightly flustered expression exclaimed: "Eh? Hinata?!"
"Huh? I... I'm here again?"
Hinata blinked and timidly looked around.
Hinata was seriously injured in her battle with Neji during the Chunin Exams preliminary rounds and has only just recovered and been discharged from the hospital today.
She never expected that the moment she stepped out of the Konoha Hospital and lay down to rest that night, she would find herself back in the dream world!
"call……"
Hinata let out a soft breath, trying to calm her suddenly racing heartbeat.
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