In Konoha, Naruto lies down

Hearing this, although Ino was unhappy, she didn't say anything else.

As Naruto passed Hinata, he suddenly felt his clothes being pulled. Turning back, he saw Hinata looking at him with a blushing face, breathing softly and looking very cute. She said.

"Let me explain the rules of this exercise to you, Naruto-kun. You were too far away to hear."

"He must have heard everything, right?" Ino came closer, giving you a warning look. "Actually, I can briefly describe the rules to you."

"Naruto-kun, he..." Hinata finally showed her strength, but she backed off before she could finish her words.

"No need, Iruka-sensei was shouting so loudly, I heard it." Naruto chose the safest approach and answered carefully.

Even when facing Uchiha Itachi, he had never been so panicked. A trace of cold sweat oozed from his forehead. His eyes wandered back and forth between the two women, observing their reactions.

Ino finally softened her heart when she looked at Hinata. After glaring at Naruto fiercely, she turned and left.

"Well... okay, Naruto-kun, go back quickly, the exercise is about to begin." Hinata seemed a little nervous, her voice was a little stiff, and she also returned to the team.

Shikamaru also noticed the movement over there, called Iruka and pointed at Naruto from a distance, laughing and saying something, looking a little proud and a little emotional.

"Ino, you're the one who's really useful. That guy's coming!"

"It has nothing to do with me!" Ino was annoyed and embarrassed. She was so angry that she didn't know where to vent it. She could only squint her eyes and look over there again.

Hinata slowly returned to the team. No one knew what Inuzuka Kiba said to the three children behind her. Suddenly, she was teased and her face immediately turned red.

Naruto himself avoided the Shura Field and yawned as he walked to the front of the team he was leading. Although it was called a team, it was actually just three children, Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon.

The three of them looked at Naruto, who was wearing a loose white short-sleeved shirt, khaki shorts, no forehead protector, and slippers. He looked like he had just woken up, and they were speechless.

Tsunade was already satisfied with being able to pull Naruto out of his vacation to carry out the training mission, and she didn't bother to pay attention to the details. Iruka, due to time constraints, was already satisfied with being able to keep Naruto from causing trouble.

"What's wrong with you?" Konohamaru jumped out and pointed at Naruto and complained.

"Ok?"

Naruto glanced at Konohamaru and then remembered that he seemed to have not cared about the kid since he beat Konoha up. Now it seems that he was too gentle.

As soon as he raised his hand, Konohamaru suddenly shrank behind Moegi.

"You little brat, you have no respect for your age." Naruto rubbed his left leg against his right leg, glanced at the three people and said, "Anyway, unfortunately, I am your leader now."

"As for strength, it's naturally the strongest. So there's no need for a roadmap or anything like that. All I need to do is hold on to the belief that I'm heading towards the finish line from the start."

"Brother Naruto, what you said is totally unreliable!" Konohamaru cautiously poked his head out from behind Moegi and said, "It's easy to get lost!"

"Superficial, there are no roads in this world. When more people walk on it, it becomes a road." Naruto crumpled the route map into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket, saying lazily.

"Anyway, you little brats, just follow me. I used to be known as..."

Deep in the forest.

Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon stood back to back, dumbfounded as they looked at Naruto fiddling with the route map.

"We're completely lost!" Konohamaru yelled, "Brother, you don't even know how to read a map. What should we do now? We're completely lost!"

"Stop talking nonsense!" Naruto took advantage of his height advantage and lifted Konohamaru up. He looked at the route map with one hand and taught the child, "Silence is a noble quality of a ninja."

"If you make any more noise, I'll seal your mouth."

"Konohamaru!" Moegi looked at Konohamaru who was struggling in Naruto's hands with some concern.

"Ah, got it!" Naruto put Konohamaru down.

"Have you found the direction?" Udon and Moegi came over to look at the blueprint, leaving Konohamaru aside. "Let me see, which route is it?"

"No line," Naruto said, rubbing his chin.

Moegi and Udon fell over, saying dejectedly, "What's the point? We're not going to be trapped here forever, are we?"

"No!" Naruto picked up the three of them as if they were carrots and made them stand straight. "Now there is a better way. There are nine teams this time. We can just crash into other teams' routes."

"Find someone and follow them."

Konohamaru: "......"

Menghuang: "..."

Udon: "......"

Naruto's unwavering confidence and shameless thinking completely shocked the young trio. How could this chaotic thinking, even with a hint of déjà vu, be so powerful?

"gone!"

Naruto threw the route map aside and started to run around with the three Konohamaru.

However, he actually ran into two teams, one in front and one behind.

Ino, who was not far away, looked at the four people who emerged from the forest like wild monkeys, with a complicated expression. Hinata was looking for herbs with three young ninjas when they accidentally ran into the two teams led by Ino and Naruto.

Three teams from three directions miraculously met each other because of the outrageous operation of a certain yellow-haired man.

"Brother Naruto, we've encountered an enemy! Do you want to take action?" Konohamaru asked loudly, his hand already taking out a shuriken from his ninja tool bag.

As soon as these words were spoken, the six children from the two opposing teams became nervous and prepared to fight back.

Hinata let out a sigh and wanted to explain but was a little conflicted. According to the requirements of the exercise, the current situation seemed to require either avoidance or fighting.

But as for fighting...that kind of thing is not allowed. It's just an ordinary exercise.

Furthermore, each team has been assigned a route, so there should be a time and space difference, so they should definitely not collide. So, should we avoid it?

Hinata looked at Ino and Naruto, pursed her lips slightly, and for the first time, she felt a little jealous.

There is one thing...I don't want to avoid.

Ino's eyes were filled with complexities, and she clearly realized that there were only two options left. Therefore, whoever gave way first would only have the other two left.

To give in or not to give in?

Chapter 151 This is called strategy

"What nonsense!" Naruto picked up Konohamaru and threw him back to Moegi and Udon. "This is a mountain climbing exercise, no fighting required."

"Oh." Konohamaru was depressed and put away the shuriken dejectedly.

"Oh my god!" Naruto glanced at him and raised his hand. Konohamaru skillfully hid behind Moegi.

Udon stood there confused, turned to look at Konohamaru and asked.

"Konohamaru, why aren't you hiding behind me? You've been hiding with Moegi the whole time?"

"You're stupid!" Konohamaru stuck half of his head out from behind Moegi, with a look of disappointment on his face, "If I were hiding with you, we'd both get beaten up!"

"It seems so." Udon touched his head and said.

Seeing Konohamaru shrink back, the other six ninja school kids breathed a sigh of relief. At least there wouldn't be a fight. In fact, they hadn't experienced a formal battle yet.

After throwing away Konohamaru, the brat who couldn't read the atmosphere, the scene suddenly became much more harmonious.

Hinata secretly breathed a sigh of relief. She didn't want to see anyone get hurt, and a warm smile appeared on her face. She looked up at the sky and mustered up the courage to speak up.

"It's going to rain soon, let's find a place to set up tent in advance to avoid the rain."

Hinata felt her cheeks getting hot after saying this, but luckily, she didn't blush. She looked up cautiously and found Naruto looking at her.

"It's really going to rain." Naruto walked forward and stopped between the two women. He looked up at the dark clouds above his head and said, "This place is full of mountains and forests. Let's find a place with higher ground."

"Isn't it the same as not saying anything?" Ino glanced at Naruto, her eyes moving slightly, "There's no way three teams can squeeze into one tent, right?"

"Strictly speaking, only one or two teams can hide in a tent to avoid the rain. If a third team shows up, someone is bound to get wet."

I could already hear the rumble of thunder overhead, though it wasn't particularly clear, but it meant a rainstorm was coming. The surrounding forests weren't very dense, so if it rained, there was no suitable place to hide except the tent.

Hinata had clearly come prepared, having brought a small tent with her storage scroll. But as Ino had said, there were three teams here, and a choice had to be made.

It was impossible for three teams to squeeze into one tent, so either two teams stayed and squeezed together while the other team left. Or two teams left and one team temporarily set up a tent to avoid the rain.

Ino was silent. The light in the forest was dim. The moment her eyes swept across the two of them, her heart was slightly pricked, and her gaze retracted as if she had been electrocuted.

The scene of the fireworks display that night flashed through his mind, and Naruto subconsciously blocking Hinata's attack. If it were him, would he have blocked it?

Thoughts are like autumn leaves, swaying in the wind as the heavy rain is about to come.

At that moment, she realized that she was not so generous or understanding, and there were some things she didn't want to give up.

"Is the tent too small?" Naruto turned and looked at the group. "I have a tent too... I originally planned to use it for missions, and now it seems to be useful."

"Let's go together and head towards the top of the mountain. If it's going to rain, we can set up the tent."

"Let's go together?" Ino's expression was somewhat complicated. "Each team has a separate route, right?"

"We're lost." Konohamaru stepped out from behind Moegi and interrupted, "Brother Naruto said that if we find a team to follow, we can reach the top of the mountain."

"You bastard..." Ino showed a look of contempt when she heard that. She walked up to Naruto and pinched him hard on the waist. "You didn't even hear the rules that Teacher Iruka read out!"

"Ah!! Ino, are you going to kill me?"

"That's how you treat scum."

"I just didn't understand the rules of the exercise, is that serious?" Naruto gasped, "Besides, I was on vacation..."

"Why are you so reluctant?" Ino snorted coldly.

"I didn't want to come to this lousy place in the first place. I should be lying in bed right now, not standing in the middle of nowhere in my slippers."

"No one is forcing you to come if you don't want to. Go back now! I'll take Konohamaru and the other three with me."

"Can one person carry six people?" Naruto was slightly stunned. "Besides, I'm lost too. If you're willing to take care of three people, then you should take me out as well."

"No, find your own way!" Ino snorted and glanced at him coldly.

"Then why don't I just follow behind?" Naruto felt a little funny and said with his hands spread out in a very rogue manner, "You can't find it anyway."

"you!!"

Hinata looked from left to right at Naruto and then at Ino, and suddenly she was a little flustered, as if the two were arguing. But the girl's innate intuition told her that the two had a good relationship.

Better than her.

"Then I'll follow Hinata." Naruto suddenly said.

"Eh." Hinata's pupils dilated slightly.

"no!"

Ino suddenly walked over, grabbed Hinata's hand and pulled her across to her camp. Hinata was confused, but still let Ino hold her hand.

"I can't watch Hinata being deceived by you!"

Seeing this, Naruto's smile froze, and he thought to himself, at least leave one for me.

Ino on the opposite side looked at Naruto's dejected expression, and the corners of her mouth couldn't help but raise a curve, as if she had won, and cleared her throat and said.

"Anyway, you have to figure it out on your own. We can't possibly control you."

"Right, Hinata?"

Hinata blinked, facing Ino's gaze head-on, her face showing hesitation and struggle. She lowered her head, opened her mouth, and whispered.

"Ah."

......

Ino and Hinata each led their own teams towards the top of the mountain, while Naruto followed behind with Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon.

Thunder rumbled overhead and the air was unusually humid.

"Brother Naruto, why can't we just follow them?" Konohamaru complained, "I want to follow that sister, she looks more reliable."

"Shut up, I'm the most reliable." Naruto curled his lips and said, "What do you know? This is called strategy. If it rains heavily later, they will still have to ask me for help."

"How can eight people fit in such a small tent?"

"really?"

"Of course it's true." Naruto vowed.

With a crackling sound, the sky suddenly darkened, as if the lights above the clouds had been turned off. Silvery white lightning streaked across the sky, foreshadowing the coming of a rainstorm.

Hinata's and Ino's teams have already chosen a place to set up their tents. The six kids from the ninja school don't take up any space at all, so it's not too crowded for them to hide in together.

Instead, something went wrong on Naruto's side.

"Brother Naruto! Where's the tent we promised you?"