Chapter 192: Growing Children & Growing Mind

"Sensei, if I were the most useless student you have ever taught in your life, what would you do?"

"No need to think about it, I'm a teacher, I can teach you knowledge, I can also teach you how to fight the enemy, I can also teach you how to become a stronger person, everything I do is for you to become to be a better person, not the best."

This sentence might sound convoluted, but for Sakura, it could relieve her psychological pressure to the greatest extent.

She seemed to understand Satoru's meaning. She smiled slightly, and said, "Actually... I am very envious of the children in other squads, such as Guy-sensei, who could be with Lee every day and spend his "youth" wantonly with him , but I have no way to do that, you always have too many things to be busy, even if the three of us want to pester you, there is no chance…"

Satoru was already a mature adult, he could naturally hear the sadness in Sakura's words, but then again, he couldn't be like Guy.

Guy was born to be a teacher and to pass on his spirit. Lee was a good candidate to inherit Guy's spirit, but he was not the same.

Being a teacher was considered from more than one aspect, moreover it also depends whether the students could really be up to the mark to inherit their teacher's legacy.

Of course, it was impossible for Satoru to say these words to Sakura.

She was still just a little girl, it would be too cruel to tell her these words.

"Well... how should I put it, Sakura, do you want to become a better person, or the best person?"

"I want to be the better kind, at least...."

'This can leave more impression in sensei's heart.'

'If you can't be with sensei always, at least I must become the student who impresses him the most.'

In the blink of an eye, her thoughts have undergone earth-shaking changes.

From the beginning, she wanted to become a better person, and became someone who wanted to occupy a place in Satoru's heart but now it was different.

Sakura didn't know why she suddenly became so hungry, but she didn't want to show it in front of Satoru, so she stood up and joined the battle between Naruto and Sasuke.

The three of them were in a chaotic fight, each of them had different thoughts on their minds.

Finally, Satoru couldn't stand it anymore and clapped his hands.

After hearing the applause, the three people over there who were fighting stopped subconsciously and looked at Satoru.

"What's wrong, sensei?"

"You guys are fighting too chaotically, do you know why I have let the three of you fight hand-to-hand combat, but I didn't give you a specific criteria?"

"Why?" Sasuke sat down on the ground panting, and said, "If you hadn't intervened sensei, I could have beaten them both to the ground in three minutes, but you disturbed me, do you like them more individually?"

Sasuke's words left Satoru speechless.

Indeed, Sasuke's current strength was superior to Naruto and Sakura. Naruto and Sakura couldn't defeat the current Sasuke.

However, if one were to say that he preferred Sakura and Naruto over him that would be simply nonsense.

'The three of them have not yet realized what the problem is.'

"Brats, on the battlefield, anyone can be your enemy or your friend. You should also take the advantage of the enemy's attack, just like Naruto's Shadow Clone had surrounded Sasuke just now, but they were blown away by Sakura's attack, if Sasuke used Raikiri at that time, he could have defeated both Naruto and Sakura in only a matter of few seconds."

"But Sasuke, you only want to defeat them with your own strength, so you dodged the attackd again and again, and then counterattacked with stronger attacks. It was wrong to do so. It had no benefit other than wasting your own chakra and stamina. Do you know that combining this last time just now, you have wasted at least a dozen chances to knock down both of your opponents."

His words stunned all three of them.

Judging from Naruto's expression, he seemed to be a little dissatisfied, but Sakura and Sasuke were already getting annoyed, the thinking of the three of them was very different.

Sakura had a delicate mind, but sometimes she thinks too much.

Sasuke's thoughts are paranoid, and sometimes his thoughts will develop in a dangerous direction, whether it is for the enemy or his teammates.

As for Naruto... this guy has no brains at all and just wants to knock the enemy down with his inexhaustible chakra.

The three of them have their own strengths and weaknesses. Satoru hoped that they could learn about the skills of their teammates from the battle just now and use it to each other's advantages.

But obviously, they couldn't.

'Maybe this can't be done in a hurry.'

"Okay, it's noon, let's go and eat."

Satoru stretched himself and took them to the food street to eat.

Naruto seemed to only have Ichiraku ramen in his mind. Seeing the photos of that shop, he couldn't even walk straight. Sakura complained that his taste was always the same and boring. Sasuke still didn't say a word, and seemed to be thinking about something along the way.

In the end, it was Satoru who made up his mind.

He took his students into the tavern next to Ichiraku Ramen.

When the tavern owner saw Satoru coming in, he was ready to greet him with a smile, but he fell into a dilemma when he saw the three little kids following him.

"My lord, they are..."

"This is a lesson for them as ninjas, I want to make them strong ninjas, so alcohol must be used to hone their will!"

"Bah!" Naruto complained subconsciously: "Sensei, you just want to drink!"

Sakura also chimed in, "Bringing a thirteen year old children to drink, sensei, you really have a bad taste..."

Sasuke sat inside without saying a word.

His mentality was similar to that of an adult, even though he knew that his current age was not suitable for drinking, but Satoru had spoken, and so he won't refuse.

He's going to do whatever it takes...to get Satoru's approval.

The tavern owner finally served them wine, but it was plum wine with a very low alcohol content, which smelled like plums.

Although Sakura complained at first, but after she asked about the taste of the wine, she couldn't help being attracted.

"I like eating umeboshi chazuke very much, and I hope this plum wine tastes just as good."

(T.L Note: "Umeboshi Chazuke" contains real freeze-dried pickled plum, seaweed, and crispy rice cracker with green tea flavor! Its sharp taste will refresh you)

"I like to eat anything, how about you, Sasuke?"

Sasuke said coldly, "As long as I can eat enough to fill my stomach, it doesn't matter what I eat."

Hearing this, Naruto complained speechlessly, "You are really boring. I really don't know what the point of living like this is!"

Originally, it was just a sentence he had inadvertently said, but Sasuke seemed to have been stabbed in his weakness all at once.

Yes, it is meaningless for a person like him to live.

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