It's better to be a rebel ninja than to be a Hokage

Judging from Ino's current reaction, it seems that she has remembered what Naruto did to her.

Naruto also remembered this vividly.

Naruto, who had just traveled through time, needed an opportunity to "change" his attitude towards the village, and Yamanaka Ino happened to run into the gun.

Sakura was also the cause of the conflict between Naruto and Ino at that time.

At that time, Sakura confessed to Sasuke again, and the ending was of course the same as her first confession when she was seven or eight years old, ending in failure.

As luck would have it, Naruto became an eyewitness again at that time.

This time there was one more witness, that was Yamanaka Ino.

But Yamanaka Ino didn't understand the whole story and just thought that it was Naruto who made Sakura cry.

Although the two of them had become rivals in love because they both liked Sasuke and had not been friends for a long time.

But both Yamanaka Ino and Sakura knew that the friendship between them was not so easy to give up.

Therefore, Yamanaka Ino angrily went to Naruto and spoke harshly to him.

At that time, Naruto thought hard but could not find a way to reasonably change the higher-ups' views of him.

Yamanaka Ino was a huge help to Naruto for being so emotional.

It was because of her that Naruto was able to change his bad attitude towards the village to become "indifferent" and "confused" - and then gradually became what he is now.

As for what Naruto did to her...

He didn't do anything except slap Ino who was acting unreasonable at the time.

The slap mark on the face made Ino's father, Yamanaka Kaiichi, come to school the next day.

For this reason, Mizuki, the class teacher, specially found Sakura and let everyone know the truth of the matter.

Perhaps because she didn't want to be slapped in vain, Ino started to pester Naruto again, relying on her father's support...

Then Naruto slapped Ino again in front of Yamanaka Inoichi.

The second slap was of course intentional as well.

Naruto didn't expect Yamanaka Ino to come to school, so he slapped Ino again in front of him.

——It is a rare "coincidence" to come into contact with the Konoha high-level officials. Naruto must reveal his desire to "turn over a new leaf" with the emotions of "seeing through" and "letting go".

The unexpected contact between Naruto and Yamanaka Inoichi was because his daughter was "bullied" by Naruto, and Naruto repeated it in front of Yamanaka Inoichi -

——However, Yamanaka Inoichi still has excellent magnanimity. It was through that conversation with Yamanaka Inoichi that Naruto made the Third Hokage begin to change his attitude towards him.

If you think about it carefully, Naruto was able to get the vague support of the Third Hokage in the beginning to limit Danzo from harming him again.

Yamanaka Ino has made an indelible contribution.

From this point of view, he should actually thank Yamanaka Ino.

Naruto pulled back his thoughts and glanced at Ino's current expression.

Just scare her.

Naruto was just about to settle the matter peacefully and was about to leave after calling Sakura.

However, Ino still suppressed her inner fear of Naruto and spoke harshly.

With the Chunin Exam approaching, Naruto actually doesn't have much energy to pay attention to Ino.

The little girl's harsh words had no effect on Naruto at all.

Naruto had to avoid all complications, just as he had considered before - all possible unexpected situations should be eliminated before the Chunin Exam officially began.

But as luck would have it, Ino's harsh words made it impossible for Naruto to ignore them.

——"I really don't understand how you, who didn't even master the Three Body Technique, could suddenly become a Genin. If a guy like you becomes a ninja, he will only be a rebel one day!"

Ino's words did not mean that she had any considerations when she said this, or that she really thought so.

She simply felt that if she wanted to say something harsh, she had to say it harshly enough.

So she would say whatever harsh words would make the matter the most serious.

Isn't this the unexpected situation?

Naruto, who was about to leave, walked straight to Ino with an expressionless face.

Looking at Naruto's face that was so close to him, and that expression that he had seen before and would never forget in his life.

Ino's courage collapsed in an instant.

She was trembling all over, and rarely let go of her strong demeanor, and looked weak, not knowing what to do.

"Naruto!"

Shikamaru spoke up at this point, frowning at Naruto.

Naruto ignored Shikamaru and raised his hand towards Ino.

Noticing Naruto's identical movements, Ino forgot that even if she didn't dare to resist Naruto, she still had the option of running away...

...Ino immediately closed her eyes in fear and instinctively chose to endure what Naruto was going to do to her next.

However, the expected pain did not come from my face.

Naruto's hand touched Ino's left cheek. Ino's body was cold due to fear, and her cold cheek could feel the heat from Naruto's palm on her face.

Ino then tentatively opened her eyes, and as soon as she opened her eyes, her eyes met Naruto's.

Naruto still had that cold expression.

Ino didn't even dare to move her face away, and just let Naruto touch her.

"Hey, Ino. I have a question. I hope you can tell me honestly, what are you and your team 10 going to do now?"

There was no threat or desire in Naruto's inquiry.

The indifferent tone made Ino answer without reservation: "Originally, Asuma-sensei said he would take us to eat barbecue, but he suddenly said he had something urgent to do and left. Now we are preparing to go to the barbecue by ourselves."

"That's such a coincidence. Sakura and I were just discussing what to eat for lunch."

Naruto looked at Choji who was eating potato chips at the side, "Can you take me and Sakura with you? I'll pay for the barbecue, and Choji can eat as much as he wants."

"Really! That's great!"

As long as there is food as bait, there is no way that Shikamaru will refuse.

"What do you say Shikamaru?"

Naruto asked for Shikamaru's opinion again.

"Hey, hey, hey, Choji, can't you see the current situation?..."

Shikamaru first expressed his dissatisfaction with Choji being so easily bribed.

But perhaps because it was too troublesome, Choji probably didn't even notice the tension between Ino and Naruto.

Shikamaru didn't express his dissatisfaction in the end.

Then Shikamaru looked at Ino who was being held tightly by Naruto with his weak eyes, and then looked at Naruto: "Naruto, Ino has no ill intentions."

"I do not have either."

Just as Naruto said, he had no ill will towards Ino, and what he was doing now was simply to scare Ino.

As for the good intention of treating Team 10 to a barbecue, it was also to spend more time intimidating Ino so that she would not mention her previous statement that "Naruto is a traitor" to anyone else.

At least not before the Chunin Exams begin.

"…It's really troublesome. If I had known it would be so troublesome, I shouldn't have complained about it and should have stopped Ino from talking nonsense."

"So, Shikamaru, what do you think..."

"I have no objection. Anyway, it was Ino who spoke nonsense this time and was at fault first. It would be better to let this guy remember why you made him cry before. We are all Genin now, and we are no longer the brats who can speak whatever they want in the ninja school."

Shikamaru also chose to agree.

Finally, Naruto fixed his attention on Ino.