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When Hinata jogged over to him, Naruto stared into her white pupils and said, "Hinata, why are you running so fast?"
"I'm here to find Naruto-kun."
Hinata held onto the wall, breathing heavily, probably because she ran too fast just now: "Naruto-kun, are you okay?"
The cool evening breeze blew in, rustling in Hinata's ears and ruffling her hair.
"I am fine."
Naruto raised his hand to block the wind for her, "Are you alone?"
"Well, everyone else went to other places to look for Naruto-kun. I thought Naruto-kun might go to the place where I slept just now, so I came here." Hinata's voice gradually became smaller.
She was too shy, especially when she was with Naruto. She was always afraid to look Naruto in the eye. Whenever Naruto looked at her, she would lower her head and play with her fingers.
"Naruto-kun, Asuma-sensei doesn't talk well."
Hinata raised her eyes slightly and looked at Naruto's chin, looking at Naruto's Adam's apple which was only slightly shaped at the moment, and whispered: "But... everyone is worried about Naruto-kun now, let's go back."
I have to say, a well-behaved little girl like Hinata is really cute, making people want to touch her.
A smile flashed in Naruto's eyes, and he started to rub the hair on top of her head. It really felt like petting a small animal.
Hinata bent down in shame. Naruto had made her blush several times today. She didn't know how to describe the feeling in words.
"Naruto-kun." Hinata spoke as if she was drunk, swaying from side to side.
Naruto knew that he couldn't rub her any further. If he continued, the little girl would not be able to sleep when she went home.
He withdrew his hand and looked up at the big red sunset in the sky. The last few rays of sunlight before night poured down on the earth, making Naruto and Hinata's faces look red.
"Hinata, you have to get used to it."
"Habit. What?"
"How stupid! Of course you are used to me. Otherwise, what if you get shy every time I talk to you in the future?"
"Eh?" Hinata's face quickly turned to shame.
"See, you blush so much when I talk to you."
Naruto smiled with a hint of teasing in his tone, then turned around and waved: "You should go back early and pay attention to safety. I will go home and sleep. Bye!"
Watching Naruto's back getting farther and farther away, Hinata pursed her lips and ultimately decided not to chase after him.
He raised his little hand and said "bye" softly.
When Hinata returned to Barbecue Q, there were only three jounin left in the store, and the others were dispersed to find the members of Team who had been angered before.
"Hinata, didn't you find them?" Kurenai asked first.
"No."
Hinata replied sullenly that if Naruto didn't want to come, she didn't want to cause any trouble for him.
"Ugh!"
Xihihong sighed helplessly, glanced at Asuma not far away with an unhappy look, and said coldly: "Asuma, I don't want to say anything more about you. Really, I never thought that you would treat a child so badly."
"Hong, I'm just considering that you can't stay hungry forever." Asuma wanted to argue but was interrupted by Yuhi Hong.
"I'm such a grown-up, do I need you to consider eating? I'm not a fool."
Yuhi Hong frowned: "You made a mistake and you still put the responsibility on others. I'm really disappointed in you."
"." Being accused by the person he loves, Asuma felt a little depressed: "I'm sorry, it's my fault. I will find a chance to apologize to Naruto."
"Alas, poor Asuma, being played around by a woman."
Kakashi, who was hiding in the corner reading a pornographic book, shook his head and sighed, thinking that Naruto had gone too far in playing a prank on him this time.
After all, Kakashi had been with Naruto for a few months, and he felt that Naruto shouldn't be so easy to lose his temper. Most likely, he just happened to be unhappy and got caught by Asuma.
However, he did not intend to take care of this matter. It was because Asma was such a jerk that he didn't even invite him to dinner sincerely. At first, he said he was welcoming him, and after booking the seat, he said he would go and inform Hong.
That would have been fine, but after a while, Hong said she didn't want to come, and went to call the Genin she brought with her, saying that they should organize a class reunion for them.
It’s just that!
Knowing that he never takes off his mask in crowded places, he still insisted on calling so many people over to eat together.
Is this also called a treat?
It was obvious that he was just trying to use himself as a freelancer to bring him and Hong together.
"."
On the other side, Naruto, who had just reached the intersection on his way home after separating from Hinata, was stopped by someone.
The person blocking the road was slender and beautiful, with a pair of lake-green eyes under his long, silky blond hair that contained a bit of resentment.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you're a stingy bastard!"
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Chapter 31 Ino is about to leave the water
Hearing someone calling him a stingy person, Naruto looked up and his eyes met Ino's at the fork in the road.
Naruto thought that Asuma was good at leading the genin, so Asuma couldn't get off the stage. Not long after, Ino found him at the door of his house and blocked him, and started to accuse him of what he had just done.
But Naruto didn't even give face to Asuma, so how could he give face to the Genin he led? Naruto turned around and was about to walk around Ino and leave.
He didn't even spare a glance for Ino.
During this process, Ino's expression gradually became depressed.
Ever since Shikamaru woke her up on the day of graduation, Ino felt like she was possessed by a demon and knew that Naruto had been secretly in love with her.
She carefully recalled many things about Naruto, and deduced from the clues, Ino slowly came to a conclusion.
Naruto fell in love with her by some unremembered coincidence, perhaps it was an unintentional action, or perhaps it was love at first sight.
But Naruto has always kept this love hidden deep in his heart and never revealed it, he just wanted to watch her silently.
It wasn't until she had an argument with Sakura, and the argument became increasingly intense, that Naruto didn't want to see her sad, and even though he knew that she and Sakura were angry with each other because of Sasuke, he still decided to help her resolutely.
He deliberately pretended to be ugly and stupid to pursue Sakura, making Sakura a laughing stock among the girls.
It was not until graduation that Naruto realized that he would not be able to see her again soon. He finally made up his mind to tell her his true feelings, so he stopped acting ugly and stupid and started to show his strength.
He then defeated Kiba with one blow, just to prove to himself that he, Uzumaki Naruto, was definitely not the clown that everyone thought he was.
But at that time, I didn't know what Naruto was thinking, and my attitude towards Naruto was still bad. Not only did I block the road to challenge him, but I also cheered for Sasuke when Naruto and Sasuke were fighting.
Whenever Ino thought of Naruto's domineering attitude when he said he would not allow her to cheer for Sasuke that day, and Naruto's disappointment when she rejected him, she felt like something was blocking her chest.
After defeating her love rival, the secret crush she had been silently protecting was still impatient with her. After Ino sorted out her thoughts and put herself in his shoes, she felt extremely sad.
What’s more, this is Naruto who actually experienced all of this.
But it’s not all my fault!
It's you who likes me but keeps it to yourself. How would I know all your little thoughts? If you had told me everything clearly earlier, even if I didn't have any feelings for you, I wouldn't do anything or say anything to hurt you.
Finally, if Shikamaru hadn't reminded me, I would never have thought about it in this way in my life and would never have known what you were thinking.
You don't say anything, so how can you not know whether I will fall in love with you in the end?
When she thought of this, Ino couldn't help but want to find Naruto to explain everything, but they were all ninjas, and they were still Genin who had the most trivial tasks.
There aren't many opportunities to meet.
I finally met him today, but he didn't even want to say a word to me.
Ino stomped her feet, ran to Naruto and opened her arms to stop him, and shouted again.
"Uzumaki Naruto, you're a stingy guy."
"Yeah, I am a cheapskate, so can you just go away?"
Naruto had a cold face and looked away indifferently.
Hearing this, Ino couldn't hold back any longer. A thin layer of mist appeared in her eyes, and she gritted her teeth: "Aren't you going to explain everything clearly?"
"???" Naruto raised his eyebrows, speechless.
What do you want me to say, that I was teasing Asma on purpose?
Please, miss, stop being funny. No criminal would admit that he had made a mistake.
Naruto didn't want to pay attention to this stupid little girl. He yawned and wanted to avoid her again. But this time Ino was really stubborn. If he went to the left, Ino blocked him on the left. If he went to the right, Ino blocked him on the right.
"excuse me."
"No!"
"If you don't let me, I'll beat you."
"If you want to do it, go ahead and hit me."
Naruto silently took half a step back, wondering if Ino had prepared some killer move. He was knocked unconscious by one move last time, but she dared to jump like this so soon.
Something is wrong, very wrong!
Naruto smelled a conspiracy, and asked, "What exactly do you want to do?"
"I want you to explain everything clearly." Ino was very firm about this.
That is absolutely impossible. There is no way Naruto can go and clarify things for Asuma.
It seems that the only way out today is to knock Ino unconscious and throw her aside.
Shaking his head, just as Naruto was about to get into a fighting stance, the sound of the selector rang out.
[Passive selection trigger! 】
[When you were returning home in the evening, you were stopped by Ino. She persistently asked about your feelings and wanted to clear up the misunderstanding between you and her. What choice will you make?]
[Choice 1, Stay Friendly: Make up a false past according to Ino's thoughts to make her happy and reach a reconciliation with her. Completion Reward (Talent·Mouth Full of Lies)]
[Choice 2, treat it rationally: tell her not to come to you again, and then leave her range. Completion reward (5% control of the Nine-Tailed Fox)]
[Choice 3, act recklessly: invite her to your home to talk, then knock her out and tie her up when she's not prepared, and then complete the reward (15% control of the Nine-Tailed Fox)]
[Choice 1, ruthless: Kill her in public. Completion reward (Devil's Contract x)]