That she had played some video games, themselves the result of the occasional misfire from summonings, was not something she was proud of due to a perception that such was uncool and immature and therefore something to conceal from her crush. Nonetheless, she HAD and now could put that information to use.
Sakura therefore listened to the settings and had specific instructions for Naruto.
"Turn the 'hints' to 'on'," said Sakura. "Since it's weird just watching you do stuff to thin air - turn on physical interface."
"Okay," said Naruto.
"Is there a 'Save'?" asked Sakura.
"Uhm, yeah. Down at the bottom. 'Save Changes'?"
"Hit that." Sakura waited for Naruto to do so.
A box appeared on Naruto's belt.
"Ah HAH!" said Sakura, pouncing. Unfortunately her fingers went straight through it. "CRAP!"
"Eh?" asked Naruto, picking the box off his belt. "What's this?"
"A Wintendo DX Portable Gaming System," said Sakura. "There's only seven of them in Konoha. When they got these there are only six game chips they got at the same time. 'Sim-civilian', 'Monster Ranch Deuteronomy', 'FIPA Soccer', 'Call Of Honor', 'Angry Critters', and 'Mahjong Master.' There was a seventh, 'Duel Deck Deus' - but it was broken by one of the girls in the Academy."
"Huh," said Naruto, tapping on the controls.
"Hold it where I can read it," Sakura instructed Naruto. "Okay. I can't touch it - but I can read the screen."
What followed was Sakura rapidly giving Naruto commands to "open this" or "touch that" or "hit that arrow" or "bring this section down" or "see if that brings up a hint" or similar comments.
In the meantime, Rin took up a position near Tazuna and made several comments about his health and how he should get more exercise and drink less. Tazuna's responses were less than enthusiastic.
Kakashi listened but kept an eye on the surroundings, with Sasuke deciding to follow his sensei's lead.
"Okay, got the basics," said Sakura, stepping away from Naruto and the box, then going into quiet thinking for awhile as she figured out her report.
"Sakura?" prompted Kakashi.
"Okay," repeated Sakura finally. "The game that whatever-it-was put together is really complex. The centerpiece, main game, deals with Naruto having a sum-mon. This is a creature based partly on a creature type somewhere else in the multiverse and partly on someone that Naruto has either defeated or has assisted in the defeat of. Better chance of getting a sum-mon if he was the only one defeating the opponent."
"'Multiverse'?" asked Sasuke.
Sakura was clearly still distracted by her findings, as she wasn't paying attention to Sasuke and just answered off-handedly. "Multiple universes, parallel dimensions, alternate worlds. Anyway, the main game deals with Naruto doing that. There are several mini-games or side-games which can be accessed as well."
"Mini-games?" asked Kakashi.
"There's a 'dating-sim' sort of game that can be activated, and Naruto - DON'T," said Sakura, raising a fist to indicate that if she caught him doing so there would be immediate and violent results.
"Eh?" asked Naruto.
"There's also 'Clan Builder' - which is locked," continued Sakura. She hesitated on the next part, which caused some concern on Sasuke's part when he saw the furtive glance sent his way.
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