Naruto didn't expect Ino to still want to investigate the truth of Sakura's death, and judging by her appearance, she seemed to want to find Sasuke for a face-to-face confrontation.
And Hinata...
Naruto didn't know how to respond to Hinata's feelings.
He didn't dislike Hinata, and even liked her more, but was this like between a man and a woman? Or was it just because of the original story that he liked Hinata?
Naruto was troubled.
He felt that he seemed to be the same as the original Naruto, not sure if he liked Hinata.
People always say that Naruto's luckiest thing was that when he found out he liked Hinata, Hinata still liked him.
But he had let Hinata down for too many years after all!
He didn't like a girl who silently watched him, worked hard to become better for him, and was willing to sacrifice her life for him,
Instead, he liked Sakura, who made fun of him for not having parents and caused so much trouble...
Would he also let Hinata down?
Naruto thought in his heart. He couldn't give himself a good answer, nor could he give Hinata a good answer.
He wasn't good at dating, nor was he good at responding to other people's feelings, and he couldn't be sure of his own feelings.
When it came to love and like, he was confused.
"Naruto? Naruto? What's wrong?"
Ino and Hinata were a little confused after seeing Naruto silent for so long, and called out to him twice.
"It's nothing, just thinking about something." Naruto came back to his senses, glanced at Hinata, and said.
Hinata, who had been glanced at, was a little nervous. She wrung her fingers, worried that she had brought trouble to Naruto.
Ino was carefree and didn't care why Naruto was silent at all. "Captain Naruto, for the sake of our sincerity, can you take on some missions in the future? Don't let Team Seven disband!"
"No."
Naruto wouldn't change his decision because of the two's thoughts. "As for Team Seven's organization, if you don't want to leave Team Seven, I can ask Tsunade to preserve Team Seven's organization, and then let you two usually carry out missions with other teams."
Hinata was quite satisfied with this compromise, but Ino wasn't satisfied.
"You're too lazy! What's the point of a team that doesn't do missions? What's the point of a ninja that doesn't do missions?" Ino stood up and asked loudly.
"Konoha won't be affected by having one more team like us, and it won't matter if I, a ninja, don't do missions." Naruto picked up the tea that had already cooled down and took a sip, and said flatly, "It's better not to take yourself too seriously."
Ino was speechless.
She really wanted to argue that she could actually bring a lot of benefits to Konoha, but she couldn't convince herself.
If she, Ino, wasn't there for a mission, wouldn't other ninjas do it?
Would Konoha collapse if she, Ino, was gone?
Obviously not...
"If every Konoha ninja had this idea, then there would be no ninjas in Konoha." Ino thought for a long time and found an appropriate angle to retort.
"Are they as rich as me?" Naruto pretended to be surprised, but was actually refuting Ino's idea.
You have to have the money to chill out!
Not every ninja has earned enough money to spend for a lifetime.
What's more, they have their own families!
"Being a ninja isn't for money! It's to protect Konoha and everyone's home!" Ino continued to retort.
"As long as I still want to live in Konoha, Konoha won't be in chaos." Naruto said.
"You...I..."
Ino was speechless again.
Although Naruto's words were very arrogant, he did have the capital to say them!
From their only mission together, Ino had already realized how exaggerated Naruto's current strength was!
It wouldn't be an exaggeration to say that he alone could destroy a country!
"I can't win against him, Hinata, you say something!"
"Huh? Me?"
Hinata had already accepted Naruto's method and just wanted to quietly wait for Ino to finish speaking and then leave, but she didn't expect Ino to suddenly pass the buck to her!
She had already defected, how could she go against Naruto now!
"This...I...I think what Naruto-kun said makes a lot of sense~" Hinata said in a low voice.
Ino: "..."
One team, three people wearing the same pants, what else could she do?
She could only compromise helplessly.
However, a team that only existed in name made Ino unsure if she should stay here.
Karin saw Hinata and Ino off and came back with two letters.
"Lord Naruto, there are two letters from the Land of Snow." Karin said.
"What do they say?" Naruto asked.
Karin understood and opened the two letters, looked at them, and said, "One is from Lady Koyuki. She said she misses you very much and asked when you will go to the Land of Snow again. Also, her new movie 'The Adventure of the Snow Country King: The Golden Bell of the Sky Island' has been filmed. She hopes you have time to go to the cinema to watch it and give her feedback."
"Sky Island Arc?"
Naruto became a little interested. "Later, go to the cinema and see if Konoha is showing this movie."
"Yes, Lord Naruto!"
Karin agreed. "The other letter is from Yukina. It records the current development of Yukigakure Village. In the end, she also seems to hope that you can return to the Land of Snow."
"I'm not going back for now. Let's go see the movie first." Naruto fiddled with the tic-tac-toe game in front of him, using Shadow Clone to split out another himself and play against himself.
The current Land of Snow didn't have much meaning for him anymore, so Naruto didn't care too much about the development of the Land of Snow and Yukigakure Village.
As for Koyuki, he would just go see her when he wanted to go back to the Land of Snow.
His feelings for Koyuki were clearer than those for Hinata. He had always treated Koyuki as his tool or friend.
As for like, he could confirm that it was the like of a friend.
One was an uncertain like, and the other was a certain 'like'.
Two attitudes, Naruto didn't know which one was more cruel, but he knew that neither was a good thing for Hinata and Koyuki.
But he didn't want to be troubled by love, especially since neither Koyuki nor Hinata had confessed to him.
What was the point of him imagining things?
That night,
Naruto went to the cinema with Karin to watch Koyuki's new movie.
The movie started with Koyuki playing the captain of the Snowstorm Navigation Team, who led her crew to Mock Town and was humiliated by a pirate named Bellamy. But, perhaps to pay tribute to the person who had influenced her life, or to prove her magnanimity, Koyuki and her crew didn't resist when faced with the humiliation.
With gloomy faces, they endured everything, being hit with bottles and mocked, without saying a word. Until they walked out of the tavern, they actually smiled at each other!
This scene confused many people. Karin directly asked Naruto, "Lord Naruto, why didn't Koyuki and the others resist?"