Not letting Naruto feel awkward for too long, Hinata took out her small purse and handed it to Naruto; she was also a little rich girl.
So, under the boss's meaningful gaze, Naruto paid the bill with Hinata's money and continued to stroll and snack with Hinata.
Not only was Naruto not embarrassed, but he felt great, casually feeding Hinata another piece of pastry, making all you losers jealous!
"Hinata, don't you think there are a lot more people on the street today?" According to the information sent by the Shadow Clones before, the traffic on this street wasn't this heavy before.
"It should be because the Chunin Exams are coming up." Hinata tapped her chin with her index finger, thoughtfully saying, "I heard that because the third exam will have the Fourth Kazekage's son and the Fourth Hokage's son fighting, many people have come from far away to watch."
"Huh?" Naruto tilted his head; he didn't know he had so many cloud fans. On closer thought, it seemed like wishful thinking; it was probably because his dad's reputation was too great.
Hinata turned her head to look at Naruto's profile, saying, "Everyone is looking forward to Naruto-kun's performance."
Naruto turned to look at her and asked, "Is Hinata too?"
"Yes." Hinata nodded; in her heart, Naruto-kun would definitely not lose.
Naruto prepared to trick Hinata, sighing, "Alas... but I'm not very confident myself."
Hinata was puzzled, asking, "Why? Naruto-kun is very strong."
"Because that Gaara isn't an ordinary ninja. Just looking at the Chakra, he's stronger than Kakashi-sensei." Naruto dared to swear he was telling the truth, definitely not deceiving Hinata.
"How could this be..." Hinata became worried. Stronger than Kakashi-sensei, wouldn't that mean Naruto-kun is in danger?
Naruto felt the groundwork was laid, saying, "I will try my best to beat him, but if Hinata can give me a little motivation, I'll be more confident."
"W-what do you want?" Hinata felt something was off.
"Let's make a promise. If I win..." Naruto revealed his true colors, leaning close to Hinata's ear and whispering something.
"Eh?" Hinata's face visibly reddened.
"Since Hinata doesn't object, it's settled then." Naruto smiled like a little fox who had stolen a chicken.
"Y-yes." Hinata lowered her head, answering softly.
Naruto happily bought a set of popsicles, broke one in half and handed it to Hinata to cool her down—using Hinata's money, of course.
Hinata enjoyed the feeling of sharing food with Naruto, eating the popsicle in small bites, temporarily putting her shyness behind her.
The two strolled until evening, and Naruto sent Hinata back to her doorstep, giving her a light hug before saying goodbye and leaving.
On the way, Naruto was already planning his tactics for fighting Gaara. Little brother, you're definitely getting a beating, Shukaku can't save you, I'm telling you.
"Big fox, what posture do you think I should use to beat Shukaku?" Naruto excitedly patted the fox's chin.
Nine Tails glanced at him disdainfully, saying, "You want to beat Shukaku just to coax a little girl?"
"Hey, don't say that. How can things between lovers be called coaxing?" Naruto casually retorted.
Nine Tails grinned, saying darkly, "Why don't you deal with it yourself? I suddenly don't want to help you."
"Don't be like that. It's normal for brothers to be wingmen. If you fancy some she-fox in the future, I can help you too."
"Scram."
"Okay." Naruto climbed onto the fox's back and comfortably rolled around, saying, "I'm done rolling. How about we practice our teamwork tomorrow?"
Answering him was a tail slamming down from above, Naruto flipped away, retorting, "Big fox, you're just like those oxen and horses swatting flies with their tails."
"How dare you call this old man an ox or horse?"
Then the nine tails danced wildly, and a Little Blondie fell from the sky.
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Let's rewind time a bit, to when Naruto and Hinata were strolling through the streets, somewhere in the Land of Wind's desert.
Orochimaru, Guren, and the Sound Ninja Four stood in a circle, with six people lying in the middle, one of whom was the Fourth Kazekage, Rasa.
Rasa was already on his last breath, lying on the sand, using his last strength to raise his head and ask, "Why?"
Orochimaru stuck out his tongue, which was impressive in both length and flexibility, to lick his face, and said in a hoarse voice:
"What I want is the Third Hokage's life, it has been so from beginning to end, and you just wanted to get a little bit of profit, our goals are different, but I need to borrow the power of the Sand Hidden Village, that's all.
Now the Sand Hidden has already sent out troops, next I just need to replace you, keeping you will only become an obstacle."
Rasa struggled to get up: "I will never let you succeed, no matter how much I suffer..."
A red crystal spike pierced through Rasa's heart, Guren said coldly: "No one can stop Orochimaru-sama from achieving his goals."
Guren, a female ninja with the Crystal Release Kekkei Genkai, can condense red crystals into weapon-like shapes, or crystallize people and then shatter them like glass.
She is one of Orochimaru's candidate vessels, and her greatest wish is to merge with Orochimaru-sama (what tiger and wolf words are these?). In short, she is one of the poor children abducted and brainwashed by Snake-Uncle.
If this were a game world, then there should be a system prompt at this time:
Congratulations to the Orochimaru team for achieving the achievement [Kill the Fourth Kazekage], unlocking [Orochimaru Fourth Kazekage Skin Limited Edition].
After Orochimaru took some hair and body tissue samples from Rasa, a strange white bird flew over the heads of several people, then circled a few times and swooped down.
Sai jumped off the back of the big bird, smiling and said: "Orochimaru-senpai, I brought Lord Danzo's letter."
Saying that, Sai took out a scroll and handed it over.
"Oh? Danzo's people?" Orochimaru, this psychopath, still had a smile on his face as he spoke, but threw a Kunai in his hand and hit the boy in front of him.
Sai turned into a pool of ink, and the scroll in his hand fell to the ground.
Guren carefully picked up the scroll, checked it up and down several times, and made sure there were no traps before handing it to Orochimaru with both hands.
Orochimaru took the scroll, turned his head to look in a certain direction, and said, "It's not very polite to talk to people with a Shadow Clone."
Sai crawled out of a hidden sand pit, still with a smile on his face: "Facing the legendary Orochimaru-senpai, I have to be careful."
"Put away your disgusting fake smile." Orochimaru opened the scroll and looked at it, then his smile gradually became presumptuous, "Interesting, to be able to optimize the barrier to this extent, as expected of that Uzumaki Clan.
And not only Jiraiya, but even Tsunade has returned to the village, it's been a long time."
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