“…ah? That’s it?”

After being silent for a long time, seeing that Naruto had no more words after introducing himself, Shikamaru gradually came back to his senses. But he still had a sense of unreality in his heart, and he couldn't help but subconsciously asked.

"Hmm? Of course...or what do you think I'm going to do? Because those previous jokes will eliminate you?"

Seeing the person in front of him dizzy and confused, half-doubted, the smile in Naruto's eyes became more and more intense. Then, while scratching his head with his idle right hand, he looked up and down with his idiot-like disgusting eyes.

"It's hard...hehe! I mean, that's right, hahahahaha..."

Hearing Naruto's retort, Shikamaru almost blurted out the words "Isn't it?". Fortunately, the gradual recovery of reason made Shikamaru instinctively burst into an extremely strong desire to survive. Thus, he changed his mouth in time like a cliff stop, and hurriedly covered it up as a mistake, successfully avoiding the situation of dying and dying again.

"But think about it, as the chief examiner... then naturally, there are a lot of adults, so how can you see the same knowledge as us children?"

After pausing for a little, Shikamaru's eyes rolled around, then he touched the tip of his nose awkwardly, and slapped Naruto's flattery.

"Haha, it's really hard for you to say this... Well, if you think about it, it seems like a good idea to eliminate you three directly..."

He pouted a little and blinked his eyes, deliberately making an innocent look, and he quipped with a lengthened tone.

"If you really want me to do this, then I don't mind trying to scoop all of you..."

"No, no, no, don't want to, we don't want to be eliminated at all! Please don't eliminate us, please!"

At this moment, I was so frightened that I subconsciously raised my hand to cover my ears until I felt that there was no malicious aura against me around me from beginning to end. I tried to put my hands down tremblingly, but by chance I heard the second half of Naruto's words used to tease Shikamaru. Because of this, Ino, who was panicked again, immediately took the joke Naruto said casually, and interrupted without thinking too much.

"Uh...why are you looking at me like this..."

Until the words at his mouth were completely blurted out in a complete and complete manner, Ino came to his senses little by little. Then, under the two strange gazes projected around him, he slowly raised his head while twitching his lips, looking at the distorted faces on Naruto and Shikamaru's faces that seemed to be trying to hold back their smiles. While scratching his face with his hands in embarrassment and embarrassed, he continued to speak hesitantly.

"I...did I miss something important just now?"

"Well, in a sense, I can say that."

At this time, Shikamaru, who had really confirmed that the person in front of him had no malice towards him, couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief. While the tense nerves on his body gradually relaxed, he looked like he couldn't help laughing in the shock and wailing begging for mercy.

"So, it should be our turn now."

After a little pause, Shikamaru once again focused her eyes on Naruto who was smiling in front of her, and while trying to nod her head slightly in response, she introduced herself.

"My name is Nara Shikamaru, and I belong to the Nara clan. This one is Yamanaka Ino, who belongs to the Yamanaka clan. And..."

As he spoke, Shikamaru seemed to remember something, and he couldn't help but pause. Then he turned around and looked around regardless of Naruto's situation in front of him. Soon, he saw a little guy sitting on the ground and sulking.

At the same time, as if there was something between them, the little guy who had forgotten his presence by Shikamaru and Ino and had been sulking with his arms and arms folded and his head lowered, then he bulged his cheeks and gradually raised his head. This also made the food residue stuck to the corners of his mouth appear, proving that when the little guy was forgotten, he knew that Shikamaru and others were doing serious things and had no time to care about them, so he did not interrupt the conversation between the people, but he also felt a little sadness of being isolated and chose to use overeating to vent his dissatisfaction.

And this little guy's identity is naturally about to emerge - it was the lowest sense of existence since the two sides contacted each other, so that Akido Dingji, who was once forgotten.

"Can you finally remember me now?"

After smearing the greasy residue at the corner of his mouth, Ding Ci raised his head and poured all the last bite of snacks in his hand into his mouth. While lowering his head again, he chewed hard with gritted teeth, and continued in a cold voice.

"I'm not angry at all...not at all!"

Facing the "sad" gaze projected by Ding Ji, even Naruto was sad and unable to bear to look at him, let alone Shikamaru, who was one of the parties involved who ignored him?

"Yah... Sorry, sorry, Ding Ci, this is wrong with me."

As he spoke, Shikamaru, who dared to look at Naruto without giving in from beginning to end, seemed a little unbearable in the face of the silent accusation of aggrieved eyes projected by his teammates. He quickly turned his eyes away and responded with guilt, and continued to introduce it to Naruto, hoping to use this to stagger the topic.

"Ahem... OK, let's continue with the previous topic. The one over there is Akido Dingji from the Akido clan. Although he looks a little...uh...strong, he is an absolute strongman."

As he spoke, he seemed to be afraid that the people behind him would not be relieved enough. Shikamaru racked his brains and thought hard, and he obviously treated him with special advantages, adding an advantage.

The child's temper comes and goes quickly. In addition, Ding Ci is a good-looking person. After hearing Shikamaru mentioned his advantages, he dissipated a lot of resentment while overeating, and was immediately thrown away by Ding Ci.

"Hmph, this is almost the same..."

After curling his lips, Dingji slowly stood up from the ground again. After patting the dust on his butt, he looked at Naruto and Hinata for a while while secretly distressing something and seemed hesitant.

"Since it's not an enemy, it can be considered a friend..."

After a while of silence, Ding Ji gritted his teeth as if he was determined. While muttering to himself, he slowly walked to Naruto and Hinata. Then he reached into his arms and reluctantly took out two packs of brand new potato chips and handed them to Naruto and Hinata.

"Dad once said that if it's a friend... then... then you should share the good stuff together... this is my favorite potato chips, so I'll give them to you."

"Oh? Potato chips? What is that?"

Almost the moment Dingji took out the potato chips, Hinata's curiosity was deeply attracted by the strange thing in front of her. After being puzzled and whispered in a low voice, she couldn't help but subconsciously turned her head and asked Naruto for the answer with anticipation.

"Do you know? Naruto-kun?"

It’s not that Hinata makes a big fuss or deliberately pretends not to know to tease Ding Ci...but that he was regarded as the heir of the clan family by his father since childhood, and thus formulates a series of practice plans and strictly trained them. From the beginning of memory, Hinata has lived a lifestyle of living in a simple way like a lady from a family.

It is also because of this that, let alone going out to play, even Hinata, a popular ramen that is widely circulated in Konoha Ninja Village, has rarely eaten a few times, not to mention the potato chips in front of me that look pretty beautiful but have never been exposed to.

"Of course, this potato chip is a very delicious snack~ Well, if you have time in the future, I will take you to taste the village's B-level [cheap, delicious and affordable civilian-level food] delicious food."

He lowered his head as soon as he heard the sound. Until Wen Yan whispered and responded to the question of the person in his arms, Naruto slowly raised his head again. While staring at the potato chips handed by Ding Ji, the corners of his mouth slightly raised, and he asked softly with a smile in his eyes.

"Give it to us? Are you sure? Or... are you really willing to bear it?"

Compared to Hinata who didn't know the truth in her arms, Naruto knew how powerful the foodie attributes of the little guy in front of him were...

Ding Ji, who was so concerned about food that even if he accidentally took away his last bite of food, could lead him to a thrill, was willing to share his food with others... Just by virtue of this obvious and huge contrast, Naruto could see how deeply Ding Ji recognized Naruto and Hinata. After all, it was possible for a veteran foodie to give up and share his favorite food with others... It was not something a stranger who had a relationship that could stop at a chance.

Because of this, Naruto, who had already known the meaning behind this action, had a smile flowing in his eyes and became more gentle and friendly.

“…Well, of course!”

Ding Ji, who had originally felt a little regretful, felt warm in his heart when he saw that Naruto did not take away the snacks from his hands, but instead cared about his emotions and smiled and asked with a warm voice. It was even more so that Naruto's unintentional praise for potato chips, and he became more determined to make friends with him.

This is one of the advantages of children... There are not as many intrigues and disputes over interests among adults. As long as you have the same hobbies, you are very likely to get together and become friends who trust each other very well.

"Hehe, I'll buy it again..."

While the regret in his heart instantly dissipated invisible, Ding Ji, driven by instinct, curled his eyes and smiled again with a happy old man's smile. Then he took the initiative to reach out and stuffed the potato chips into Naruto's hand, and continued solemnly, word by word.

"But a real friend can't buy it no matter how much money he has!"
Chapter completed!