Watching the simple and pitiful Hinata, who had been deceived by Neji, Naruto lowered his voice.
"Hey, Hinata! Why did you show me your test paper?"
Naruto narrowed his eyes, trying to discern something from the other person's gaze.
Unfortunately, apart from a blank expanse, he could see nothing.
"Evil Byakugan! The eyes are the windows to the soul, but their Byakugan don't even have windows leading to the soul!!"
Hearing Naruto's question, Hinata's hands began sweating profusely. She didn't even dare glance in his direction from the corner of her eyes.
"Because... because..."
Hinata's face was already hot enough to boil a kettle of water.
"I... I didn't want you to be eliminated here..."
Naruto was delighted when he heard this.
What a guy! She's actually worried about me!
My variant really is rather useless, but he isn't completely hopeless! At least there's a girl who cares about him!
Hinata turned her head slightly, and when she noticed Naruto's teasing gaze, her face and neck instantly flushed red.
"That... I was mainly thinking that we're all in the same class, and only nine people from it are taking the exams this time. It's inevitable that we might need to help one another in the future..."
Hearing this, Naruto's guard immediately relaxed.
A girl's blush couldn't be faked!
Neji probably wasn't so deranged that he would send his own younger sister to win Naruto over for the Hyuga Clan, right?
Naruto thought this as he turned his gaze toward Neji.
At this moment, Neji was glaring at him with eyes wide with fury.
"Evil sister-obsessed freak!"
Naruto swept Neji a disdainful glance.
Just as Naruto turned his head, a Kunai grazed his chin and flew into the test paper of a Hidden Leaf Village shinobi behind him.
"You're eliminated! Five