"Sasuke, are you awake already?"

When Sakura opened the door and came in, she saw that Sasuke was not lying on the hospital bed, but sitting there, waking up from his drowsiness.

Seeing Sakura coming in, Sasuke felt his whole body aching and his back ached, but he still nodded to reassure Sakura.

"Is the final over yet?"

"Yes, the finals are over."

Sakura hesitated for a moment and then said it.

Considering that Sasuke was not in good physical condition at this time, she still did not tell Naruto about entering the finals.

She vaguely felt that there was a fierce competition between Sasuke and Naruto.

If Sasuke learns that Naruto finally got better grades than him and he is arrogant, it will inevitably affect his mood.

Sakura thought it would be better to wait until Sasuke was discharged from the hospital before talking about this matter.

Fortunately, Sasuke just asked casually and did not delve deeper into the matter, which made Sakura sigh in relief.

"I didn't know why before, but suddenly I felt someone talking in my ear..."

Sasuke held his forehead, which was starting to hurt a little, with a look of confusion on his face.

"I guess he's the doctor here."

Sakura didn't pay attention and came over to comfort him.

Sasuke did not refute, but he had a vague feeling that the person who spoke in his ear just now did not look like a medical ninja who was treating his injuries.

However, Sasuke did not delve into this matter further. Although he now felt pain in his back, his body became lighter than before for some unknown reason.

Is it because of psychological effects?

Sasuke didn't understand what was going on, and he didn't pay too much attention to losing in the final.

It can only show that his strength is still insufficient at present and needs further polishing.

After all, he has been doing this for the past few years under Kakashi's guidance and has never won a head-on victory.

Such a failure is not enough to defeat his confidence.

"Sasuke, you should have a good rest. Kakashi-sensei will come over to see you later. I'm going to see Naruto first. His injury seems to be quite serious."

After Sakura and Sasuke talked for a while, considering that Naruto also seemed to need her care, she wanted to visit him.

"Well, go ahead. I also need some quiet rest."

Sasuke nodded, but frowned, thinking seriously about something, probably summarizing his shortcomings in the battle.

Sakura didn't say anything. After pouring a glass of hot water for Sasuke, she quickly left the ward and went to Naruto.

I don't know how long it took, but Sasuke kept sitting on the hospital bed. It wasn't until the pain in his body began to subside that he tried to get out of bed. But as soon as he moved his body, a heartbreaking pain suddenly poured into his mind, making him feel uncomfortable.

He gasped for air.

"I advise you not to get out of bed easily."

Kakashi's figure suddenly appeared from the window, and he didn't know when he appeared there. The window opened, and warm wind blew in from the outside.

"Have you been eavesdropping for a while?"

Sasuke snorted softly.

"Oh, did you see that?"

"No, I just judged it based on your habit of sneaking around."

Let's not talk about whether he could detect Kakashi's figure in his heyday, but Sasuke understands that just because of his poor condition now, he has no ability to detect Kakashi's traces.

But thinking about Kakashi's usual elusive behavior, Sasuke said this based on the most basic judgment. "...You are still so unreasonable and unforgiving."

Kakashi sighed helplessly.

"Naruto has reached the finals, right?"

Sasuke was silent for a moment and then asked suddenly.

"Why do you think so?"

"Because of Sakura's hesitant expression, she is taking care of my emotions. Moreover, her stay here is too short. Normally, she would definitely find ways to stay here, but she did not do so, but was avoiding it.

What, you just walked away when you saw that I was fine."

The light in Sasuke's eyes was very pure, as if he had seen through the essence of the matter.

Although he is not boasting, Sasuke knows how popular he is among girls of the same age.

Sakura has always made no secret of her admiration for her. Even a mentally retarded fool like Naruto can see this kind of thing, let alone him as the client.

It's just that he's not interested in things like love at all.

In other words, I don’t have the time or qualifications to be interested.

He has too many things on his back, so much that he is unwilling to waste his energy on such boring things as love.

Because it will not help his revenge, it will only become a drag on him.

Therefore, more than Sakura, he wanted to get close to Naruto who had been chasing him.

Only in this way can he become stronger and get closer to revenge.

"I told you, am I a little too self-righteous?"

Kakashi scratched his head.

"I just know what I am doing and what I am going to do in the future. So, what is the result?"

Sasuke looked directly into Kakashi's listless eyes.

"As you guessed, Naruto entered the finals, but lost to Chiba Sai from the Kingdom of Ghosts and missed the championship."

Kakashi is blunt.

Unlike Sakura, he will take care of Sasuke in another way and promote his growth.

"Really? It seems that the things in his body have given him a lot of help."

Sasuke seemed to be hinting at something.

"Can you see this already?"

Kakashi was slightly surprised.

"I know Naruto's foundation very well. If he wants to reach the finals, then he can only rely on that kind of thing. Because the players behind will only be stronger than the other. Just relying on real materials, the current

Naruto is still too young."

Sasuke acknowledged Naruto's usual hard work, but everything requires a step-by-step process.

As a teammate, he understood Naruto's strengths and weaknesses very well.

That's why he could see clearly where Naruto's strength lies.

Naruto's strength is only for those who have no means against him, but when faced with real monsters, his weaknesses will be infinitely magnified.

Moreover, the no-kill rule in this final gave ninjas like Naruto a lot of room for maneuver.

Kakashi was satisfied with Sasuke's analysis.

"It seems you don't need me to comfort you anymore."

"Although I feel a little unhappy in my heart, if you lose, you lose. There is nothing to say. So, what is the thing in Naruto's body? It is something more evil than Orochimaru's chakra."

Sasuke's expression became solemn, and he was not afraid to look at Kakashi, wanting to know the answer.

Kakashi and Sasuke looked at each other for about three seconds, then slowly said: "Tailed beast."

"Tailed beast? I remember that was..."

"There are nine tailed beasts in this world. Eight of them belong to the shinobi villages of the five great kingdoms of fire, wind, earth, water, and thunder. The last tailed beast belongs to the Takigakure village of the country of Taki. However,

I heard that the Takigakure Village lost their tailed beast during the Third Ninja War. The Kingdom of Demons did not allocate a tailed beast due to its late rise. The tailed beast in Naruto's body is the one from the first Hokage.

Since the beginning of the ruling period, it has always been the private property of Konoha and the contemporary Jinchuuriki.

"Is that so?"

Sasuke knew that tailed beasts were powerful creatures condensed with pure chakra, but he did not expect that his teammate would have such a sensitive identity.

Naruto is the important tailed beast weapon in the village.

It can be said to be a person, or it can be said to be a... weapon!

It is very consistent with the traditional definition of ninja as a tool.

"You should have heard of the tailed beast's name, it's called the Nine-Tailed Demon Fox. And Gaara, who fought Naruto before, was also a jinchūriki, and he had a sand-tailed Shukaku sealed in his body.

After hearing Kakashi's words, Sasuke opened his eyes wide.

Then he thought of Gaara's half-animal body that was also abnormal when he competed with Naruto, and his face became serious.

"The strength of a jinchuriki is difficult to judge with common sense. As their emotions fluctuate fiercely, they will release the tailed beast chakra in their bodies.
To be continued...