Just as Shikamaru and Ino burst out their potential and "raise and catch up"... even Naruto was deeply shocked and puzzled by the excellent strength they showed in person, let alone Hinata, who was originally in a young and curious state because of the child's nature.

Although Naruto was too intimate before, it could be regarded as a stimulus of the unexpected act of declaring sovereignty in public, Hinata was so red that it could not speak. As white smoke rose above his head, he completely transformed into a steam girl, and quietly hugged Naruto... But because in this exam, Naruto would tease Hinata in various ways every now and then, Hinata gradually became adaptable to the more obvious close-range intimate contact with Naruto as Naruto expected.

Of course, it is not that Hinata has completely overcome the shy girl's heart that is shy and unspeakable when facing Naruto's eyes, but when Hinata faces Naruto's several teasings, it has gradually changed from the initial normal of incoherent and frequent fainting to the present day, although it still feels at a loss and cannot resist, it has almost never fainted again. Even the time it takes Hinata to restore rationality from a shy state to "reduce fever" is getting shorter and shorter. In addition, Naruto's intentional arrangement, his brief reunion with the three-person team of Pig Deer Butterfly made Hinata's contact with strangers, which was difficult to speak out due to his shy introverted nature.

Invisibly, even Hinata, the person involved, did not appear. In these subtle changes that were difficult to detect, her long-lost confidence in herself is slowly recovering little by little... And this is obviously the direction that Naruto is most willing to see.

It was precisely because of this subtle transformation that quietly emerged. Hinata still had a hint of blush on her face. Her shy and introverted appearance had not yet completely faded away, but she still could not resist the full curiosity and the worries that were born in the instinctive state. After hesitating for a moment, she mustered up the courage to raise her head from Naruto's warm embrace.

"Arnold...Naruto-kun?"

While speaking, Hinata subconsciously moved a little so that she could find a more comfortable position in Naruto's arms and leaned against him. While there was no one around, she was extremely brave and held out her hand with great courage. She blushed and hugged Naruto's neck, allowing herself to hang herself intimately on Naruto. After a little pause, she forced herself to resist the violent heartbeat that seemed to be leaping up to her throat. She met the gentle gaze projected by Naruto subconsciously lowering her head, and continued to ask intermittently but clearly.

"That...that...you just said that the one who ran over was..."

"Oh, you asked this?"

After hearing the subtle and invisible stuttering call from the person in his arms, Naruto summoned all his consciousness into his body. He shook his head a little and threw away the doubts in his mind. While looking down at Hinata, he subconsciously responded to the person in his arms, while silently pampering and indulging intimacy like a coquettish act.

"Those two people are Shikamaru and Ino... It seems that if you swing your strength with all your strength, the strength of them cannot be underestimated."

"Oh?! Shikamaru Kan and Ino?! No..."

Even though he had expected the answer, after hearing Naruto recite the names of the two of them with his own ears and confirming them, Hinata still couldn't help but cover her mouth and exclaimed in surprise.

This is not surprising. After all, during the brief time we got along, Ino and Shikamaru's first impressions in Hinata's heart were the quiet and gentle lady, and the little lazy bugs full of energy and laziness that were full of no energy and laziness... Now that we have only been apart for less than a few minutes, the amazingness shown by the two completely subverted the girl's first impression! In the huge contrast between heaven and earth, how could we not be surprised and exclaimed?

"Well, although it's a bit incredible, the two of them just ran over are indeed correct."

Seeing that the person in his arms and he first knew the answer, his almost identical reaction made Naruto's eyes become more and more intense. He paused a little randomly and tried to suppress his smile, so as not to laugh out loud on the spot. At the same time, Naruto shrugged his shoulders while naturally responding subconsciously.

"However, the two of them will suddenly run forward regardless of their physical energy consumption... It is probably because Shikamaru said something wrong inadvertently, which will lead to the complete offense and anger Ino."

"Oh? Is that true..."

After responding in a daze, Hinata lowered her head a little, muttered softly for a while as if she was thinking, and then continued to ask as usual.

"But... they've run far away and can't see it. Should we... also... we have to speed up and keep up?"

"Well, don't worry, don't worry, do you remember the load-bearing equipment that everyone had to receive when we left school at the beginning?"

Although he more or less noticed something was wrong with the person in his arms, Naruto just thought that Hinata was amazed by Shikamaru and Ino's performance, and did not think too much. Instead, he gave him a reply as soon as Hinata's words fell behind.

"That explosive state of improvement cannot last for a long time. With the burden of load-bearing equipment, the two of them will at most compete with each other to the next fork, and they will never be able to walk again due to their complete exhaustion of physical strength... Well, but in this way, we can speed up a little bit before the end of this straight road, so we can rest assuredly speed up a little without worrying that they can't keep up. In a sense, it has accelerated a lot of exam progress, which is a good thing."

"Well...so that's it..."

Facing Naruto's patient explanations one by one, Hinata nodded slightly out of absolute trust in the person in front of her. But then she seemed to remember something, and the blush on her face deepened again, she blinked curiously and began to look at Naruto up and down without saying a word.

For some reason, Naruto stared at Hinata's clear and moist eyes full of curiosity and no malice. Invisibly, it seemed that someone had seen through some little secret, and he felt guilty for no reason...

"…uh…Hita? What's wrong?"

"Well... nothing, I just kept thinking... Whether it's reunion with me or meeting Shikamaru and the others... Naruto-kun, you don't seem to be surprised by this at all? And, I always feel..."

As if he was speculating whether his next words would make people feel dissatisfied and angry, Naruto's brows were rarely frowning. After hesitating for a while, he closed some snow-white arms and firmly hugged Naruto's neck, while plucking up his courage to raise his head, and stared at Naruto's blue eyes as if they were gems. With his breasts, he continued to speak seriously word by word.

"Naruto-kun knows each of us, whether it is physical condition or emotional changes..."

"From the feeling, it's like... Naruto-kun has known us for a long time."
Chapter completed!