The light in the tent was too dark to see clearly. Naruto could only see a rough outline of Hinata, and he could feel that she seemed a little uneasy at the moment.

Hinata's mind is already playing a self-defeat, all of which are similar to the plot of "I can't secretly hold hands with you behind my partner's back", so shy that she is about to explode.

Just when she was confused and uneasy, a rustling sound came from her ears, and a hand was placed on her forehead. As if to comfort her, she touched it twice gently.

"Hmm"

Hinata, whose shoulders were shaking slightly, calmed down instantly, her eyes filled with mist.

The next day, it was still dark.

Hinata opened her eyes and saw that Naruto's bed was empty. Her eyes were empty for a moment and then she suddenly came back to reality. She seemed to have fainted last night.

She shrank her body and carefully held her blushing face, as if she wanted to hide her little self.

The mist in the forest has not yet cleared, and the group is on the road again.

Out of fear of Naruto's fox dog, Aburame Shino and Inuzuka Kiba walked together, separated by a large distance from Hinata and Naruto.

Looking at the distance between the two people in front of them, Hinata and Naruto smiled at each other.

"We should be able to reach our destination today." Hinata whispered.

"Well, do you still need to practice today?" Naruto asked about Hinata's need to spend extra time practicing every day. Yesterday, she also came back very late from practicing.

Hinata nodded and said: "If you can't keep up with Ya and the others, it will cause trouble for everyone."

She looked at Naruto, who seemed to have completely forgotten what happened yesterday, and seemed to have no intention of mentioning it. She couldn't help but pursed her lips, and her thoughts were complicated.

Sure enough, when the group set up camp again, Hinata still left silently alone.

Since this place is deep into the forest of the Country of Fire and is surrounded by towering trees, sleeping in the trees will be safer than setting up a tent. Lighting a fire in the old forest is not a good option, so the four of them can only make do with dry food.

"We should be able to arrive at noon tomorrow, there's no need to rush." ​​Shino said, taking the lead in shrinking into the sleeping bag.

At this time, the black was not completely black, and the teeth had also penetrated into the sleeping bags. From a distance, the sleeping bags of him and Aburame Shino looked like two bugs firmly attached to the tree trunk, arranged neatly together.

Naruto was not sleepy, so he carried Kyuubi's neck and went to find Hinata. Anyway, if they stayed here, Akamaru and the bad bug would basically be restless all night.

In the woods.

Hinata waved her palm sharply, creating strong wind, and fine blue chakra enveloped her palm.

The ninjas of the Hyuga clan use one hand to be invincible in close combat and mid-range attacks. Chakra turns into fine needles and shoots at the enemy. Just like Hinata now practices empty palms and works hard to practice basic skills.

"Hinata." Naruto, who was holding the Nine Tails, landed in the forest and walked to Hinata in a few steps.

"Naruto-kun, why are you here?"

Hinata closed her empty palm, and instantly realized that she was only wearing quick-drying fishnet training clothes for the convenience of training, and she suddenly felt like she didn't know where to put her hands.

Looking at Hinata with her arms crossed, Naruto looked away and said with some embarrassment.

"I'll come over and take a look."

"Okay." Hinata lowered her head and said no more.

"I'm very free anyway, how about I practice with you?"

"Ah, is it okay?" Hinata did not refuse. She always remembered not to be shy and asked in a tone that she thought was as calm as possible.

"Of course, I'm actually happy to stay with Hinata."

"Eh?" Hinata panicked again, waved her hands in a panic and said, "No way, people like me will only cause trouble to others."

"To be honest, I really want to be troubled by Hinata."

"That kind of thing." Hinata blushed even more, "I would feel useless."

"No." Naruto denied, "Working hard is a good thing, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Hinata is actually very strong, but she just lacks a chance to show it."

"But." Hinata pursed her lips and did not dare to raise her head.

"In short, becoming stronger is a long process and does not happen overnight." Naruto said seriously, and the person who should be the last to say this said it without changing his expression.

A certain slacker with a system, brazenly stretched out his hand, and patted Hinata on the head with satisfaction, taking advantage of his rapid increase in height over the past few months.

A few months ago, when he was at the lowest altitude, he had an almost pathological jealousy towards everyone who was higher than him. Now, his mentality has finally stabilized and he has gained a sense of shameless satisfaction.

Naruto squinted his eyes and smiled, "Before Hinata becomes stronger, I also want to try what it feels like to be relied on by you."

Hearing this, Hinata's brain went blank for a moment.

When she was a child, her father commented on her that she was too weak to be useful, as long as she didn't cause trouble to others. So she became more and more cowardly and afraid of fighting with others.

She is even more trembling with fear towards the person she likes, as if she is facing an abyss all the time, and does not dare to make any move to get close. This is because she is afraid of causing trouble to others and does not know how to face trouble.

Even if the people around her are nice and tell her over and over again that they are not afraid of being troubled by her, it is different. The more this happens, the more she wants to prove herself.

But the person she liked suddenly told her that she wanted to try the feeling of being relied on by her.

Although I feel embarrassed, but.

"Ah"

Hinata unexpectedly didn't blush. She pursed her lips and smiled, but she couldn't stop her tears. They were fluttering like fallen leaves in autumn and could not be taken back.

"Are you crying?" Naruto ruined the atmosphere with one sentence.

Fortunately, Hinata had calmed down by this time. At this moment, his words made her face turn red again, and she covered her hot cheeks with her hands.

"Ah! I didn't, I just."

"Then I'll give you a gift. It'll be considered an apology." Naruto said suddenly. Hinata couldn't keep up with his train of thought, and before she could react, she had an extra kunai in her hand.

It was an ordinary kunai, but there was a special charm on the handle, which seemed to have been temporarily carved not long ago.

"This is?"

"A mediocre kunai." Naruto explained, "The one at the end is for decoration, so you should keep it first."

He was helpless. The system only gave him one kunai of the Flying Thunder God. If he wanted a second one, he had to make it himself. But he was not good at this kind of thing, so he could only imitate it when he had time.

It works, but I don’t know how many times it can be used.

"Okay, thank you, Naruto-kun." Hinata carefully collected the kunai and put it into the innermost compartment of the ninja bag.

"That." Hinata seemed to have remembered something and hesitated to speak.

"What you just said means it." He said, "Don't cry anymore."

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