Hokage: I really don't want to work hard!Kakashi

"Okay, since you are so unwilling, then I will help you, but why don't you go to Brother Kakashi for this kind of thing? After all, he is the teacher."

It would have been nice not to mention Kakashi, but when Kakashi was mentioned, Sakura's face immediately showed dissatisfaction.

"Kakashi-sensei came to see me when I was in the infirmary. I asked him to teach me, but he said that your Taijutsu was stronger and asked me to come to you. He only knows swordsmanship."

"What! Damn it! Am I stronger in physical skills? Isn't this fucking nonsense? I..."

Naruto was about to yell, but he quickly realized that this was not the place, and his voice was too loud just now.

"Forget it, since Kakashi left the stall to me, it means that he will definitely not do it. I haven't practiced Taijutsu properly, but I can find you a partner."

"Sparring partner? Who is it?"

"We will know when the time comes. Now let's just watch the game seriously and be done with it."

Naruto changed the topic as if perfunctory, but Sakura didn't say much, since her goal had been achieved anyway.

Hinata's battle went more smoothly than expected. At first, she was a little passive when facing the water escape used by the opponent. However, after the Konoha ninja used water escape, he took the initiative to approach Hinata and wanted to fight Hinata in close combat. As a result, Hinata was easily beaten. He fell to the ground. Although he was not seriously injured, every blow of Rou Fist was a real blow. He fell to the ground and couldn't even move.

"Phew! I'm sorry, but I have a reason why I have to win!"

Hinata apologized to her opponent who fell to the ground, and the referee immediately announced the winner. Hinata went to the audience, and Naruto immediately greeted her.

"Hinata, you played well! How about it? Do you want me to reward you?"

"Naruto-kun, I, that... um..."

Hinata lowered her head in shame, her cheeks were red, her hands were tangled together, and she was at a loss. Sakura beside her couldn't stand it anymore and slapped Naruto on the back of the head.

"That's enough for you! Can't you tell the difference between occasions?"

Naruto staggered forward a few steps due to the slap. Hinata was startled and quickly caught it, protecting Naruto from Sakura's attack.

"Sakura, you, don't be like this, yes, it's me..."

"Forget it, I don't care."

Sakura couldn't stand the two of them, so she ran back to accompany Sasuke.

Hinata breathed a sigh of relief. Only then did she realize that Naruto was still attached to her, so she patted him gently.

"Naruto-kun, it's alright, Sakura has left."

"Ah, huh~~ No, Hinata, I'm a little overwhelmed. Sakura's slap just now made me a little dizzy, and now I can't even stand still."

"Oh! How could it be? You, are you okay? Come on, I, I will help you to rest."

Hinata helped Naruto and was about to find a place to rest when Hinata's teammates Kiba and Shino came over.

Shino is aloof and doesn't like to talk, but Kiba has a carefree personality, and he doesn't hesitate to praise Hinata.

"Hinata, you did so well just now!"

"Well, thank you."

"Haha, what's the matter? We are teammates, but what's wrong with Naruto?"

Only then did Kiba notice the "dizzy" Naruto and couldn't help but ask. Hinata glanced at Naruto with some worry on her face.

"Sakura just slapped Naruto-kun on the head, which seemed a bit heavy and knocked him unconscious."

"Did you faint after taking a few pats?"

Kiba suddenly looked weird, and just as he was about to say something, Hinata had already helped Naruto walk away.

"I'm going to help Naruto-kun to rest first, you guys have to work hard too!"

"Hey! Hinata! You... forget it."

Hinata found a deserted corner and carefully helped Naruto sit down. Naruto put his head on Hinata's shoulder, his eyes were clear and he couldn't tell where he was dizzy.

"Have you recovered? Naruto-kun."

Whether it was because she was shy or because she was more concerned about the competition, Hinata sat upright, her eyes always on the field.

Naruto smiled, sat up straight, and patted Hinata on the head.

"Don't you doubt that I was acting just now?"

Hinata withdrew her gaze, glanced at Naruto, nodded and then looked towards the arena.

"There's no need to doubt that kind of thing. I already know how resistant Naruto-kun is to being beaten. It's impossible for him to be knocked unconscious by Sakura, but what does it matter? Isn't it good to be like this now?"

"That's right, so what does it matter? I'm overthinking it, but how do you know I'm resistant to beatings? You haven't beaten me before."

"My father told me."

"Uh……"

Naruto was speechless for a moment and didn't want to continue talking, so he simply watched the game seriously.

Hinata, who was originally watching the game seriously, was not so serious at this time. From time to time, she would turn her head to look at Naruto, and even showed some entanglement, as if he was hesitating about something. This made Naruto a little strange, but whenever When Naruto took advantage of Hinata's turning to look at him and wanted to ask what was wrong, Hinata would quickly turn her head away as if she had done something wrong.

"Hinata, hey! Hinata!"

Naruto called Hinata twice before she responded, and before responding, her whole body trembled as if she was frightened.

"Ah! Ah? What, what's wrong?"

"It's nothing serious. I just feel like you're a little strange today. You seem to be different from usual."

"Ah? Yes, yes? No, I, I'm normal."

"Really? Why do I feel that you are not normal? Is there something wrong?"

"Huh? Ah! Look! It's Brother Neji who's coming on stage!"

Hinata suddenly changed the topic and pointed to the competition field. The last game had just ended and a new one had begun. It was Hyuga Neji who played, and his opponent was a sound ninja.

"Naruto-kun, brother Neji is very powerful. He is recognized as a genius by the clan. I often competed with him when I was a child, and..."

Hinata suddenly began to introduce Ningci to Naruto. Although Naruto was not interested in Ningci, he was also curious about what kind of medicine Hinata was selling in his gourd, so he listened carefully.

Just listening to it, he felt that something was wrong, because the topic changed from talking about Neji at the beginning to talking about Hinata herself, and then changed to Hanabi again, and the more he spoke, the more he spoke fluently. , seems to have run out of words, but in order to continue talking, he has to rack his brains to think of the content, but the content that can be compiled is limited after all.

Hinata's speech gradually became stuttering, then her voice became softer and quieter, her head lowered lower and lower, and finally her voice was completely lost.

Naruto tilted his head and looked at Hinata for a long time, feeling increasingly cute. He lifted her chin with his fingers and forced her to raise her head.

"Just say what you want to say directly, why do you go around in such a big circle?"

Hinata bit her lips tightly, as if she was having a huge psychological struggle, and then her body suddenly leaned forward, her lips brushing against Naruto's face.

"I, I'm leaving first!"

Hinata immediately stood up and turned around to run, but before she could take a few steps, she bumped into Yuhi Kurenai who was walking this way.