Naruto: Changing Fate

Not long after Naruto untied the estrangement that gradually accumulated in Hinata's heart and relaxed after the sense of crisis was lifted, he noticed the aura of a third person besides himself and Hinata in the subconscious perception that spread again.

Although I didn't detect any malice from this third person, and even felt a sense of familiarity from it, the resilience that was cultivated and implanted into Naruto's bones intentionally or unintentionally in the past few years still made Naruto's The body acted first before the mind could fully react.

Um?who!

While frowning and whispering a warning, Naruto drew his arms together, almost out of complete instinct, to firmly protect Hinata's entire body in his arms, which was already curled up due to shyness.While maintaining a back-to-back posture, using his body as a human shield to block all possible attacks for the person in his arms, he turned his head slightly and turned his gaze, looking in the direction of the aura he sensed to find out. .

Ah?Choji?

After seeing the owner of the aura clearly and confirming that he was just a false alarm, Naruto relaxed again. Then he subconsciously made a sound of surprise and directly called out the name of the little guy who was silently eating dog food at the side.

What are you doing standing still there?

Um?Oh...Naruto...no...nothing...

After hearing Naruto's call, Choji, who was in a daze not far away, fell silent for a moment, then forced out a smile, raised his hands and waved in response to Naruto and weakly greeted them.

Looks like you've got it figured out?So, let's go... catch up with Shikamaru and the others.

As soon as he finished speaking, Choji shuffled forward.After gradually getting closer, Naruto and the two of them appeared in front of them, with eyes that were not even focused on picking up the potato chips that fell from their hands, which immediately made Naruto feel an inexplicable feeling of guilt.But after thinking about it, Naruto really couldn't remember what kind of prank he had done to make the snack in front of him, who regarded snacks as a treasure, behave so abnormally.Puzzled for a moment, as Choji gradually approached, Naruto had no choice but to turn sideways and make way for him amid the inexplicable guilt in his heart.

What on earth did this guy...just go through...

After watching Choji's figure gradually disappear, Naruto murmured to himself, lowered his head, looked at each other with Hinata who was also confused in his arms, and then curiously asked each other in unison.

Done... What does that mean, Hinata, do you know?

Done... What does that mean, Naruto-kun, do you know?

However, while the two were distracted in their conversation, Naruto did not notice...

The tacit understanding that he and the person in his arms showed unintentionally could be regarded as a ruthless replenishment for Choji, who had just left not far away and had a full meal of dog food.So at the moment when he finished speaking, Choci seemed to have stepped on some stumbling block, his whole body shook unnaturally and staggered, and he almost fell to the ground...

Of course, if Naruto knew...well, he would probably still do it.

After all, in the heart of this wife-loving maniac...the world is big and the wife is the biggest.

At the same time, after joining Choji, the remaining members of the two teams who were at the rear were gathered together.

Faced with the prerequisite that two members already took the lead, they volunteered to take the lead.Naruto didn't need to wait any longer. While holding Hinata firmly in his arms with a normal expression, he followed the guidance of the straight path under his feet and began to gradually increase his forward speed.

At the same time, after joining together, Choji seemed to have changed.No matter how Naruto tried to ask aloud, he just gave a vague answer on the grounds that he was fine and didn't need to worry... As the culprit who made Choji become what he is now, Naruto had no idea about the reason for Choji's change. I still don't know anything about it.So much so that for a while, even with Naruto's ability to discern people's hearts honed through his rich experience, he was unable to tell what Choji was thinking right now.

But fortunately, at least there is no harm in this state now. After becoming like this, Choji has never complained about being tired.Even after that, Naruto continued to increase and adjust his forward speed in order to catch up with Shikamaru and Ino as soon as possible.Without saying a word, he silently quickened his pace and followed closely.Coupled with Shikamaru and Ino who had escaped from afar earlier, the overall forward speed had made a qualitative leap invisibly.

……

Can you still hold on?

From the slow and leisurely pace of walking at the beginning, to the current rapid and steady forward speed, Naruto murmured in a low voice and at the same time used his own perception to check whether there was any abnormality in Choji not far behind him.

It seems that it is similar to what I thought before. It is just that I am afraid of hardship and fatigue, and I don't think much about it... Judging from the current performance, it is indeed a good seedling with excellent potential and worth cultivating.

After confirming that although it was a little difficult, it was still following closely and there was no sign of lagging behind.With the smile in his eyes even brighter, Naruto couldn't help but nodded slightly with satisfaction.

but……

But soon, the smile on Naruto's face dissipated and faded, and he raised his eyebrows and muttered to himself, replaced by an overflowing curiosity.

Why did Choci suddenly realize that he should work harder?Could it be said that this is also one of Shikamaru's 'great achievements'?

Of course, what Naruto didn't know even more was that... although it was indeed Ino who caused Choji to change...

But if you think about it carefully, whether it was the motivation that made Ino uncontrollably ravage potato chips to vent, or the culprit of Choji's luck in unlocking a certain achievement.The root cause seems to be that Naruto teased Hinata unscrupulously in public, which made people very irritated.

In a sense... this can be regarded as an unexpected gain obtained by Naruto without even being aware of it.

Well, although I don’t understand what Choji went through to become so motivated... but considering the current situation, this can be considered a good thing.

Many possibilities emerged in his mind, and after being overthrown one by one by his own hands, Naruto, who was puzzled, had to temporarily give up his useless efforts to speculate on the reasons for Choji's transformation.Instead, with his perception extended to [-]%, and stimulated by the scent of the detected groups of other examiners who were getting closer and closer, he secretly quickened his pace again, while raising the corners of his mouth, showing a slightly mischievous smile. At the same time, he whispered jokingly to himself.

Oh, oh, oh, those unlucky ones who have taken the wrong path are catching up so soon... It seems that they need to move a little faster.

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