Yield or Not Yield

Fortunately, no one's attention was drawn to this, as the group of young ninjas from the Ninja Academy were still listening intently to Iruka explaining the rules of the exercise.

Hinata was startled, but returned to normal when she saw it was Ino.

"Okay, I'll be right there." Naruto was the first to realize that something was off and quickly agreed.

Upon hearing this, Ino was displeased, but she didn't say anything more.

Just as Naruto passed Hinata, he suddenly felt his clothes being tugged. Turning around, he saw Hinata looking at him with a flushed face, breathing softly and appearing very cute, and saying...

"Let me explain the rules of this exercise to Naruto. You're too far away to hear me."

"He must have heard everything, right?" Ino leaned in, giving her a warning look. "Actually, I can give you a simple explanation of the rules."

"Naruto, he..." Hinata finally managed to be assertive for once, but before she could finish speaking, she shrank back.

"No need, I heard Iruka-sensei shouting so loudly." Naruto chose the safest approach and answered cautiously.

Even when facing Itachi Uchiha, he had never been so panicked; a bead of cold sweat appeared on his forehead. His gaze darted back and forth between the two women, observing their reactions.

Ino looked at Hinata and finally softened, giving Naruto a fierce glare before turning and leaving.

"Alright then, Naruto, hurry back, the exercise is about to begin." Hinata seemed a little nervous, her voice was stiff, and she also returned to the group.

Shikamaru also noticed the commotion over there. He called out to Iruka and pointed towards Naruto, laughing and saying something with a mix of pride and wistfulness.

"Ino, you're the only one who can help! That guy's coming!"

"It has nothing to do with me!" Ino was both annoyed and embarrassed, and didn't know where to vent her anger, so she could only squint and glance in that direction again.

Hinata slowly returned to the group. No one knew what Kiba Inuzuka said to the three children behind her, but suddenly they were teased, and Hinata immediately blushed.

Naruto himself escaped the chaotic scene and walked to the front of his group, yawning. The group was really just three kids: Konohamaru, Moegi, and Udon.

The three of them stared at Naruto, who was dressed in a loose white short-sleeved shirt, khaki shorts, no Forehead Protector, and slippers. He looked like he had just woken up, and they were speechless.

Tsunade was already quite satisfied with getting him out of his vacation to carry out the exercise mission, and couldn't be bothered with the details. Iruka, on the other hand, was just happy that Naruto wouldn't cause trouble due to time constraints.

"What's wrong with you, huh?" Konohamaru jumped out and pointed at Naruto, complaining.

"Um?"

Naruto glanced at Konohamaru, then realized that he hadn't paid any attention to the brat after beating up Konohagakure. It seemed he hadn't gone too far.

As soon as he raised his hand, Konohamaru shrank back behind Moegi.

"You brat, you have no manners." Naruto rubbed his left leg against his right leg, glanced at the three of them, and said, "Anyway, I'm sorry to say, I'm now your leader."

"As for strength, it is naturally the strongest. So there is no need for a roadmap. Just start with the belief that we are heading towards the finish line."

"Naruto- nii, what you're saying is completely unreliable!" Konohamaru cautiously peeked out from behind Moegi and said, "It's easy to get lost there!"

"Superficial. There were no roads in this world to begin with, but as more people walk on them, they become roads." Naruto crumpled the route map into a ball and stuffed it into his pocket, saying lazily.

"Anyway, you kids just need to follow me. I used to be known as..."

Deep in the forest.

Konohamaru, Moegi, Udon stood back to back, dumbfounded as they stared at Naruto fiddling with the route map.

"We're completely lost!" Konohamaru yelled. "Big brother, you have no idea how to read a map! What are we going to do now? We're totally lost!"

"Shut up!" Naruto, taking advantage of his height, lifted Konohamaru up, looking at the route map with one hand while lecturing the brat, "Quietness is a noble quality of a ninja."

"If you keep making a scene, I'll shut you up."

"Konohamaru!" Moegi looked at Konohamaru, who was struggling in Naruto's hands, with some concern.

"Ah, I've got it!" Naruto put Konohamaru down.

"Have you found the direction yet?" Udon and Moegi crowded around to look at the blueprints, leaving Konohamaru aside. "Let me see, which route is it?"

"No line," Naruto said, rubbing his chin.

Moegi and Udon collapsed, saying dejectedly, "What's the use? Are we going to be trapped here forever?"

"No!" Naruto lifted the three of them up like radishes and made them stand properly. "There's an even better way now. There are nine teams this time. We can just crash into their lines."

"Find someone and go with them."

Konohamaru: "."

Moegi: "."

Udon: "."

Naruto's unwavering, inexplicable confidence and shameless thinking completely stunned the young trio. How come this chaotic thought process also carried a strangely powerful sense of déjà vu?

"Let's go!"

Naruto casually tossed the map aside and began leading the three Konohamaru kids on a wild adventure.

However, he did indeed run into two teams, one in front and one behind.

Ino, standing not far away, watched the group of four, who resembled wild monkeys emerging from the forest, her expression extremely complicated. Hinata, leading three young ninjas in a search for herbs, inadvertently ran into the two groups led by Ino and Naruto.

Three teams from three different directions miraculously met due to the outrageous actions of a certain blond-haired guy.

"Naruto, we've encountered an enemy! Should we fight?" Konohamaru shouted, already pulling Shuriken from his ninja tool pouch.

Upon hearing this, the six children from the two opposing teams tensed up and immediately assumed a fighting stance.

Hinata responded with a sound of surprise, wanting to explain but also feeling conflicted. According to the requirements of the exercise, the current situation seemed to require either avoidance or combat.

But in terms of combat, that won't do; it's just a regular exercise.

Furthermore, each team has been assigned a route, and theoretically, there should be time and spatial differences, so they should never collide. So, should we avoid them?

Hinata looked at Ino and Naruto, pursed her lips slightly, and felt a slight pang of jealousy for the first time.

There's one thing I don't want to avoid.

Ino's gaze was complex; she clearly realized that only two paths remained. Therefore, whoever yielded first would leave only the other two people behind.

To give way or not to give way?