In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Out of fear of the foxhound raised by Naruto, Aburame Shino walked with Inuzuka Kiba, keeping a long distance from Hinata and Naruto.

Looking at the distance between the two people in front and 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 extra time for practice every day. She also practiced until very late yesterday.

Hinata nodded and said, "If we can't keep up with Kiba and the others, we'll cause trouble for everyone."

She looked at Naruto, who seemed to have completely forgotten what happened yesterday and didn't seem to want to mention it. She couldn't help but pursed her lips, her thoughts full of complicated thoughts.

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

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

"We should be there by noon tomorrow, no need to rush." ​​Shino said, and curled up in the sleeping bag first.

At this time, Hei was not completely black yet, and Ya also crawled into the sleeping bag. From a distance, his and Aburame Shino's sleeping bags looked like two insects firmly attached to the trunk of a tree, neatly arranged together.

Naruto couldn't sleep, so he went to find Hinata, holding the Nine-Tails by the neck. If they stayed here anyway, Akamaru and Yashiro would be restless all night.

In the woods.

Hinata swung her palm fiercely, sending out a strong wind, and dense blue chakra wrapped around her palm.

The Hyuga clan's ninjas specialize in close combat invincibility and mid-range attacks, using chakra to transform into fine needles and shoot at the enemy. Just like Hinata is currently practicing the empty palm technique, diligently practicing basic skills.

"Hinata." Naruto, holding the Nine-Tails, landed in the woods and walked to Hinata in three or two steps.

"Naruto-kun, why are you here?"

Hinata retracted her empty palm, and instantly realized that she was only wearing a quick-drying fishing net training suit to facilitate training, and suddenly she felt like she didn't know where to put her hands.

Looking at Hinata who was hugging her chest, Naruto looked away and said awkwardly.

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

"Okay." Hinata lowered her head and said nothing more.

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

"Oh, 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'd actually love to stay with Hinata."

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

"Honestly, I'd really like to be bothered by Hinata."

"That...that kind of thing..." Hinata's face turned even redder, "I would feel so useless."

"No," Naruto denied. "It's good to work hard, but don't put too much pressure on yourself. Hinata, you're actually very strong too. You just lack an opportunity to show it."

"But..." Hinata pursed her lips and didn't dare to look up.

"In short, becoming stronger is a long process and it doesn't happen overnight." Naruto said this earnestly, and the person who should not have said this said it without changing his expression.

A lazy guy who possessed a system shamelessly stretched out his hand and, relying on the advantage of his height that had skyrocketed in the past few months, patted Hinata on the head with satisfaction.

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

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

Upon hearing this, Hinata's brain went blank.

When she was little, her father's assessment of her was that she was weak and useless, and that she just needed to be someone who didn't cause trouble for others. As a result, she became increasingly cowardly and afraid of fighting.

She is even more timid towards the person she likes, always feeling as if she is on the edge of an abyss, and dares not even move close to him or her because she is afraid of causing trouble to others and does not know how to deal with trouble.

Even if the people around her were very kind and told her over and over again that they were not afraid of being bothered by her, it was still different. The more this happened, the more she wanted to prove herself.

But...the person she likes suddenly tells her that he wants to experience the feeling of being relied on by her.

Even though it feels embarrassing, but...

"what......."

Hinata surprisingly didn't blush, and smiled with her lips pursed, but her tears couldn't stop falling. They fluttered down like autumn leaves, impossible to retrieve.

......

"Are you crying?" Naruto's words ruined the atmosphere.

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

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

"Then I'll give you a gift as an apology." Naruto suddenly said. Hinata couldn't keep up with his thoughts at all. Before she could react, a kunai appeared in her hand.

It was an ordinary kunai, but there was a special talisman on the handle, as if it had been temporarily carved not long ago.

"This is?"

"It's just an ordinary kunai," Naruto explained, "the one at the tail is for decoration. Anyway, keep it for now."

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

It can be used, but I'm not sure how many times it can be used.

"Okay,...thank you, Naruto-kun." Hinata carefully put away the kunai and placed it in the innermost layer of the ninja tool bag.

"That..." Hinata seemed to have remembered something and looked as if she wanted to say something but hesitated.

"What I just said counts," he said. "Don't cry anymore."

Chapter 134 Sun Zei, you are really good at playing

"Why are those two little brats over there crying and laughing instead of looking for the fragrant insects?"

A voice sounded in the darkness, and three ninjas, two men and one woman, took off their disguises in front of the tree trunk. The female ninja Quefeng frowned and looked at Hinata and Naruto not far away.

There was a male ninja named Difeng with long golden hair, who adjusted his glasses. He had a face that looked like a scumbag and grinned.

"Probably playing ninja house."

Another dark-skinned ninja, Black Front, clenched his fists and said, "Why don't we tie up those two losers and let the remaining two go find the Micro-Fragrance Bug?"

"There's no rush to wait. The micro-fragrant insect is the key to the revitalization of our Shangshuiliu. It must not fall into the hands of those Konoha brats." said the female ninja Quefeng.

"Also, one of the other two brats seems to be from the Aburame clan."

"The Aburame Clan!" the big black man gritted his teeth and said, "If it weren't for them, our Shangshuiliu Clan wouldn't have weakened to this point."

The pretty-faced ground bee said, "That's why we can't let them go. They're just a bunch of Genin. It won't be too late to torture them slowly after they find the Micro-Fragrance Bug."

"However, you still have to be careful. The closer you get to them, the more uneasy the summoned bees will become," the female ninja added.

"Hehe, that means Ding just needs to keep an eye on that brat from the Aburame clan." said the pretty boy ninja.

......

The next day.

Naruto and Team 8 arrived at the valley where the micro-fragrant insects were located. It was a circular sunken basin. From above, it looked like the most primitive dense jungle.

Looking out, it was a lush forest, with vines and trees covering the sky. At first glance, it looked like a huge, sunken natural insect habitat, with dazzling green everywhere.

Naruto stood on the cliff at the edge of the basin, shielding his head from the scorching sun with his hands and squinting his eyes to look into the distance.

The sun shone on the center of the basin, and it seemed as if wisps of dust could be seen rising from it. Many of the trees were so dense and eerie, like green ghosts growing wildly everywhere.

"Where exactly are these fragrant insects?" he complained. "If we look for them one by one, how long will it take to find them?"

"It's right down there." Shino said, standing on the edge of the cliff.

"Then what are you waiting for? Let's go down now." Inuzuka Kiba said, "The sooner we find it, the sooner we can go back. There are still a few people following us."

Several people had already discovered the three Iwagakure ninjas with poor hiding skills, but in order not to disturb the habitat of the already endangered micro-fragrant insects, they decided to catch the insects first and then deal with the few tails behind them.

"Naruto, don't go down yet." Aburame Shino suddenly said.

"Ah?" This time it was Hinata who spoke first.

"The micro-fragrant insects are right down there. They'll be scared away by Naruto's foxhound." Shino explained, pointing to the circular basin below. "Naruto, stay here while we go down and search for a while."

"If the three of us fail to find it, then Naruto will come down with the foxhound to drive out all the bugs hiding in the dark, and then we can finish it together."

What Shino meant by finishing off the group was dealing with the ninjas who followed them. Four people against three, the advantage was on the four of them.

"I don't care. I'll wait for you here." Naruto said without comment.

Seeing the three people slowly climbing down the cliff, Naruto took out his sleeping bag and found a shady place to crawl into without saying a word.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was very anxious outside, even more anxious than King Ghidorah.

"Hey kid, take out the wine before you go to sleep! I'm craving for alcohol! Hurry!"

"Tsk." Naruto glanced at the Nine-Tails and said disdainfully, "If someone didn't know, they would think you had a venereal disease. There's no alcohol in this season. Working and completing missions must be so hard."

"I don't look like I'm rich at all. I still owe tens of millions of taels of foreign debt."

"Let that woman pay back her debt!" Kyuubi said without hesitation, "Get some money to buy some wine!"

"A gigolo?" Naruto, curled up in his blue sleeping bag like a wriggling worm, stuck his head out and looked at the Nine-Tails and shouted excitedly.

"What! What do you think I am? A shameless person?"

"......Isn't it?" Kyuubi said hesitantly, "Your moral bottom line is the most..." I have seen in the past hundred years.

"Enough! Shut up! Don't say anymore!" Naruto interrupted the spell.

"So you promised to give me some wine?"

"No, I just don't want to listen anymore. Go and scold me somewhere else." Naruto turned over. "Anyway, I work very hard every day. You should also take on the responsibility of supporting the family occasionally!"

"Go to hell, little brat!" Nine-Tailed Fox rushed over and lashed out with a claw.

"Kurouma, you are rebelling!" Naruto rolled suddenly to avoid the Nine-Tailed Fox's claws, jumped out of the sleeping bag, and pulled out the Kusanagi sword!

"I've disliked you for a long time, little brat!" The Nine-Tailed Fox bared its teeth, revealing its fangs. "Today, I must show you what a tailed beast is!"

As he spoke, he tilted his neck back, and a small tailed beast ball appeared directly in the throat of the Nine-Tails!

In an instant, sand and rocks flew above the cliff, half of the cliff became dim, and an absolutely terrifying aura suddenly appeared between heaven and earth.

At the foot of the cliff, the three members of Team 8 and the three Iwagakure ninjas that followed them all looked up in one direction of the cliff above.

"Naruto, he's still up there." Hinata subconsciously turned around, her feet already dozens of meters away, but she still resisted the urge to turn her head and look at the team leader Shino.

"Let's go and take a look!" Shino made the decision almost instantly.

But the next second, everything was calm, as if nothing had happened.

"What's going on?" Inuzuka Kiba frowned deeply and was about to say something when he was stopped by Shino.

"Ya, don't move! The micro-fragrant insect is right at your feet!"

All three of them froze, the situation on the cliff unknown; it seemed like an accident. But Wei Xiang Chong was also startled out by the commotion, and now faced a dilemma.

Hinata was the one closest to the cliff, and Shino immediately said, "Hinata, go find Naruto, Kiba and I are here."

"it is good!"

On the cliff, Naruto snapped his fingers, and the Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball disappeared, and the Nine-Tails instantly became weak. He lazily picked up the Nine-Tails and rubbed its fur back and forth with the Kusanagi sword.

"What did I just say? I told you to behave yourself! Behave yourself!" Naruto instantly put away the Kusanagi sword and started a fierce fight with two fierce opponents.

The Nine-Tailed Fox was completely exhausted and was held in Naruto's hand like a dead dog, his eyes full of despair.

"I was wondering why you suddenly became an alcoholic. Turns out you were drinking to regain your strength. Sun Ze, you're quite the maniac."

Naruto carried the bag along the way and moved towards the other side of the cliff. He wanted to see if anyone came up to check the situation. When he looked out, he happened to see Hinata rushing towards him.

He was about to wave to indicate that he was okay, but he suddenly froze... Hinata was followed by a swarm of bees.

Chapter 135 The white eyes are pretty

Hinata kept running, jumping over the bushes and turning to lie on the ground to slow down, trying to use the terrain to shake off the pursuing swarm of bees.

The Iwagakure ninja behind kept chasing, using tree trunks as fulcrums to rush down from a high place towards Hinata, leaving her no chance to breathe.

"Catch her!" the female ninja Quefeng shouted, "It's too late to grab the Micro Fragrance Bug. Take her in exchange!"

"She can't run away!" The pretty boy with glasses suddenly sped up, and his figure suddenly disappeared from the spot. The next second, he jumped in front of Hinata and adjusted his glasses with a ferocious look on his face.