Hinata stared fixedly, her eyes as fierce as a tiger, with an intent to devour the Jonin of Kusagakure Village alive.
Hinata thought to herself: Anyone who goes against Naruto-kun will be killed without mercy!
After making up her mind and setting her bottom line, Hinata suddenly increased her Chakra output. She channeled more Chakra into her palms and struck with the techniques of the Gentle Fist.
At this moment, Naruto was stunned. It was the first time he had seen Hinata wanting to kill someone.
"Whoosh—" Hinata let out a long breath and delivered a final palm strike directly at the Jonin of Kusagakure Village's heart.
Naruto thought: The power of Hinata's Ninjutsu seems to have gone up. She must have improved her control of Chakra...
Watching the Jonin of Kusagakure Village turn into a corpse, Naruto ran over with a beaming smile and said, "Hinata-chan, you did an amazing job!"
"Every strike of your Gentle Fist felt like a hit on my heart, making me like you even more."
Hinata's eyes widened as if inspired. Then she suddenly lowered her head and turned away, thinking: So Naruto-kun likes this...
At this moment, Hinata's cheeks blushed.
Naruto circled Hinata, constantly clapping, cheering, and shouting words of encouragement for her.
However, Naruto noticed a problem. Hinata's Gentle Fist was still lacking something compared to Neji's.
Both Hinata's and Neji's palm techniques were from the same school, but there were subtle differences.
Whether it was the power or the speed of the Gentle Fist, Hinata was getting very close to Neji, but something still felt off.
Naruto kept getting closer to Hinata until they were almost standing face to face.
Hinata instantly held her breath, not daring to breathe out hard for fear of scaring Naruto away.
Since Naruto was standing so close, Hinata took a step back.
Suddenly, Hinata saw another Naruto standing behind her.
Now, Hinata was caught between two Narutos.
Hinata's blushing face was as bright as blooming spring flowers, the most beautiful in the world.
Caught between two Narutos, Hinata was at a loss. Should she run away or just let Naruto do as he pleased?
Hinata let out a deep breath, and her breath smelled as sweet as an orchid. Since they were so close, Naruto smelled it and was lost in it.
Hinata asked cautiously, "Naruto-kun, why did you surround me with Shadow Clones?"
"Because I don't want you to back away," Naruto said domineeringly. "I'm in front of you, and I'm also behind you."
Hearing these words that didn't make sense to her, Hinata was momentarily dazed and couldn't tell which way was up.
"Tell me, Hinata-chan," Naruto said. "Don't you like the Gentle Fist of the Hyuga clan?"
Hearing this, Hinata suddenly looked up, her eyes wide open, and her flowing short hair fluttered slightly.
"Naruto-kun, how did you know?"
"I've seen you use the Gentle Fist, and I've also seen Neji use it. Yours always lacks a certain sense of ease compared to his."
"Ease?" Hinata was confused.
"If you truly love the Gentle Fist, you'll wholeheartedly embrace it without any resistance. When performing the Gentle Fist, you'll enjoy it." Naruto interpreted, "When Neji uses the Gentle Fist, he looks so cool."
"Hinata - chan, when you use the Gentle Fist, you lack a sense of freedom and have too many constraints."
Hinata turned her head away. She herself wasn't sure. Since she was very young, she had been practicing the Gentle Fist day and night and training in the secret techniques of the Hyuga clan.
Her father, Hiashi Hyuga, had never asked Hinata if she liked it.
And no one would care whether Hinata liked the Gentle Fist or not.
Whether Hinata liked the Gentle Fist or not, she had no choice but to train in it.
Even Hinata herself had never considered this question. Her father told her to train, so she just trained. She had never thought about whether she liked it or not.
Seeing Hinata's embarrassed look, Naruto more or less guessed something and comforted her, "Hinata, your Byakugan is my precious gem. One day, it will emit a dazzling light, the light of the Tenseigan."
"The Tenseigan?"
"Hehe." Naruto gave a mischievous smile and said, "Sorry, Hinata - chan, for making you suffer."
"I should have guessed earlier that the way of the Gentle Fist is more suitable for boys, not for you girls."
"But the Byakugan has the potential to turn into the Tenseigan. You have to accept the Byakugan, believe in it, and embrace all of its aspects."
"What is the Tenseigan?" Hinata asked.
"Um..." Naruto thought hard for a while and said, "It's a Dojutsu that can fight side by side with me."
"No matter where I go and who I fight against, you with the Tenseigan can stand beside me."
"Gotta awaken the Tenseigan!" Hinata made up her mind and immediately asked, "What do I need to do to awaken the Tenseigan?"
"Embrace all aspects of the Byakugan." Naruto only said a simple sentence.
This inexplicable sentence really puzzled Hinata.
Naruto thought to himself: "It ain't easy to awaken the Tenseigan. Gotta fool Hinata a bit till I figure it out... However... Being so close to Hinata, she's really cute..."
On the surface, Naruto was caring about Hinata, concerned about her training, and even depicting another future for her.
In fact, Naruto was just taking the opportunity to get close to Hinata.
At this time, Jiraiya found them. Seeing two Narutos sandwiching Hinata in the middle, he immediately spat out.
"Naruto! Hinata! What are you doing!" Jiraiya thought: "Damn Naruto... I was so worried about you and searched everywhere for you, but I didn't expect you to be doing this... Unforgivable... Totally unforgivable..."
"Tsk, you came so fast." Naruto felt disappointed, dispelled his Shadow Clone, and reluctantly separated from Hinata.
After a simple adjustment, Jiraiya, Naruto, and Hinata went to the lodging town near Konoha Village.
On the way, Jiraiya always saw Naruto and Hinata being affectionate with each other, and the desire in Jiraiya's heart had already been aroused.
"I have some urgent business and need to leave for a while. You two can just stroll around." Jiraiya said, "I'll come back to find you later."
"Tsk."
Naruto said, "What urgent business do you have? I bet you're off to find some cute girls."
"Naruto!" Jiraiya scolded. "My urgent matter is of great importance. It concerns the survival of the ninja world and can't be delayed. I'm leaving all my luggage in your care."
After Jiraiya finished speaking, he really threw all his luggage at Naruto and then scurried off.
"This Lustful Sage. Does he really think I don't know what he's going to do?" Naruto saw there was too much luggage and couldn't go shopping with Hinata. So he had to say, "Hinata, let's go find a place to stay first."
"Okay," Hinata replied, seeming a bit eager with anticipation.
Naruto randomly found an inn, got a room, dumped all the luggage in it, and then took Hinata out to go shopping and have fun.
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