Chapter 97 Love Sakura's All

In order to tip them off, Shikamaru's team did their best to clear the way for Yamanaka Ino, allowing her to track down the escaping Sakon.

Yamanaka Ino originally wanted to control him with the mind turning technique, but unexpectedly, Sakon awakened Ukon behind him. It was a one-on-two situation and she was definitely no match for him. Yamanaka Ino quickly returned to her body and escaped.

The bad-tempered Sakon not only let her go, but also followed her slowly, like a cat playing with a mouse.

"As expected of Orochimaru's subordinate, he has the same bad personality as him."

In the morning, Haruko squatted on the ground helplessly, with Haruno Sakura and Yamanaka Ino, who had entered the base to inform them, on both sides.

Sakon knew that besides Yamanaka Ino, there were also her teammates who were searching for documents, so she directly attacked the base with her fists, causing the basement to shake. Many rocks fell down one by one, trapping the three of them in the room.

Then he hummed a song and patrolled the base slowly, as if he was playing hide-and-seek with them.

Judging from his actions, Orochimaru probably didn't want them to take them back for research, but to destroy them directly.

This is probably the enemy's evil taste, trapping them underground and leaving them to either starve to death or be found...

Yamanaka Ino sighed, "I never thought that I would die together with Sakura."

"I don't want to die with an ugly freak like you!" Haruno Sakura counterattacked.

Haruko Hayama, who was caught in the middle: Hey——

The enemy should still be wandering around outside, so they'd better stay here and not act rashly.

In order to ease the atmosphere, Haruko brought up the topic in the morning: "I heard that Sakura and Ino used to be good friends, why do you seem to be on bad terms now?"

"Huh? Who is friends with her!" Yamanaka Ino was very disdainful.

Haruno Sakura smiled wryly, "Being friends with her is simply my dark history."

Morning Haruko was helpless, "Is there anyone who can answer me seriously?"

Seeing that Yamanaka Ino turned her head away and didn't want to talk, Haruno Sakura had to take the initiative to recall, "When I was a child, they laughed at me because of my wide forehead, so I always felt inferior. At that time, Ino found me and gave me a ribbon so that I could show my forehead."

"After that, we often played together, but... we both fell in love with the same person, and we didn't want to lose to each other, so..."

Morning Haruko answered her: "So you two broke up?"

Yamanaka Ino snorted, "I shouldn't have looked for you out of pity. I should have let you continue to be weak and be laughed at to death."

Haruno Sakura's forehead was bulging with veins, "I'm so sorry for being so weak!"

Haruko thought about it carefully. Although she didn't know Haruno Sakura very well, based on Yamanaka Ino's attitude, she guessed, "Is the person you like Sasuke?"

Although it was true, both of them were inexplicably embarrassed to respond when they were stared at by Haruko Zaoma who looked at them with gossipy eyes.

"I see." Haruko's thoughts turned to another angle in the morning, "Is Sasuke so popular? But in terms of appearance, Shikamaru and Naruto are not inferior to him, right?"

"Ah???" x2

Yamanaka Ino was so shocked that she wanted to grab Haruko Hayama's shoulders and shake her, telling her not to have such a motherly filter!

And Haruno Sakura, who had no idea that Haruko was the aura of maternal love in the morning, twitched her lips and said, "Haruko's preferences are quite special."

Seeing their reactions, Haruko Zao reflected on herself for a rare moment, but no matter how she thought about it, the golden retriever and the lazy deer are just so cute!

"Then why do you like Sasuke?" Haruko Asahi turned herself over.

Yamanaka Ino boasted: "Is there any need to ask? Of course it's because Sasuke is handsome, has a cool personality, and is a genius boy of the Uchiha clan!"

Haruno Sakura also added: "And a lot of girls in school like him. I heard that he likes girls with long hair. Everyone is growing long hair."

"What a simple and unpretentious reason." Haruko Asagi sighed, "But, that's just admiration, right? It's not true love that wants to be with each other forever."

"Why did Haruko say that?" Yamanaka Ino looked at her in surprise.

"For example, I like Ino. I like Ino no matter whether she has long hair or short hair. I like your bright smile, I like the scene of you surrounded by flowers, I like you looking at me, I like you being my friend!"

Yamanaka Ino looked into Haruko Zaoma's dark eyes, and her cheeks gradually became hot as she spoke each word that sounded like a confession.

Moreover, when Haruko smiled at him after she finished speaking in the morning, he quickly lowered his head to prevent her from seeing how embarrassed he was at the moment.

In the morning, Haruko wondered: Is Ino feeling unwell?

Hearing that Haruko Zaoma liked Yamanaka Ino, Haruno Sakura looked at them in a daze, with unclear emotions rising in her heart.

She used to be such a good friend with Ino. She envied Ino's confidence and generosity, and felt that she was lucky to have such a friend.

But before I knew it, the person standing next to Ino was no longer me...

"I like Sakura, too!"

Haruko suddenly turned her head and looked at her in the morning, and Haruno Sakura paused when she heard her name.

"I noticed Sakura when I was a child. At that time, you had short cherry blossom-colored hair, just like a young cherry blossom bud about to bloom."

"But why should you change yourself for others? Someone who truly loves Sakura will like your short hair, your forehead, your determination, and everything about you."

"Sakura, you should pay more attention to yourself!"

Facing her gaze of fragmented light, Haruno Sakura couldn't help but be drawn in, looking straight at her.

The light around was dim, but she felt that Haruko's brilliance in the morning overshadowed everything.

Even Ino only showed her forehead to resist their ridicule, and it was Haruko who gave her a completely different meaning. Because Ino was around for comparison, she once felt that she could never compare to Ino.

It turns out that it wasn't that she wasn't dazzling enough, but that she had never been able to look at herself properly...

"Sakura-chan?!"

Haruko was at a loss in the morning. She didn't expect that after she finished speaking, Haruno Sakura's eyes gradually became moist, but she was still looking at her in a daze.

Amused by her panicked expression, Haruno Sakura wiped away her tears and smiled brightly at her.

"Thank you Haruko!"

Seeing that she was fine, Haruko breathed a sigh of relief, but she still couldn't understand how she had made her cry.

Yamanaka Ino suddenly raised her hands from beside her, put her arms around her neck, and pressed her towards herself.

"I'm telling you, I'm your best friend! But I'll be jealous!"

Although she said this, Yamanaka Ino's tone was joking. After receiving Haruko Hayama's beg for mercy, she looked through Haruko Hayama at Sakura Haruno who was behind them and had been watching them.

When their eyes met, Haruno Sakura paused.

Yamanaka Ino's eyes were both familiar and unfamiliar, the same encouraging look that saved her when she was a child, but also... a look that warned her.

Haruno Sakura was the first to look away. Did she think she was childish, or...

Guilty.