The Fight Has Already Begun

The next day, at the Chunin exam venue.

Hinata's cheeks were still a little warm.

When she woke up that morning, she discovered that she had fallen asleep sprawled on top of Feng An. In other words, the two of them had spent the entire night sleeping while hugging each other.

Her heart had been pounding wildly since morning.

It was even harder to suppress than the nervousness brought on by the exam.

Especially when she remembered that she seemed to have dreamed of eating rice dumplings that night...

Thinking about it now, she had apparently been nibbling on Feng An's cheek.

"Should be starting soon, right?"

Feng An took Hinata's little hand and led her into the hallway.

Hinata, whose hand was being held, asked with a flushed face, "Feng An, what is it?"

Feng An leaned close to her ear and whispered, "There'll be a confession scene here in a moment."

A confession?

Hinata's breathing quickened, and her eyes widened.

She murmured softly, "N-no, you can't... There are so many people here. You can't confess here..."

Just then, the surroundings grew noisy.

A youthful young man in a green jumpsuit stood before pink-haired Sakura Haruno, flashing his white teeth and wearing his most confident smile.

"My name is Rock Lee! Please go out with me!"

Sakura Haruno's face darkened.

"Absolutely not! Your eyebrows are too thick!"

"No!"

Rock Lee, dressed in his green jumpsuit, wore a pained expression. He braced himself against the wall, supporting his body as though he were about to collapse.

"So it wasn't Feng An who was going to confess..."

Hinata realized she had misunderstood, and her face turned even redder.

She covered her cheeks and did not dare raise her head to look at Feng An.

Just then, a man and a woman approached from afar.

They were Neji Hyuga and Tenten, members of Might Guy's Team Three.

Seeing Rock Lee looking like his body had been completely drained, Tenten asked curiously, "Lee, what are you doing?"

"I..."

Before Rock Lee could cry out any grievances.

Neji Hyuga's question from the side drew both his and Tenten's attention.

"Hey, what's your name?"

Uchiha Sasuke slowly walked up to him with his hands in his pockets.

He said coldly, "Before asking someone else's name, shouldn't you introduce yourself first?"

The two exchanged a glance before leaving in different directions.

Feng An rubbed Hinata's head.

"Let's go. The confession's already over."

"Mm."

Hinata nodded and followed behind Feng An.

As she left with her head lowered, Neji Hyuga noticed her from the side.

Lord Hinata?

But he did not go over to greet Hinata.

Following his gaze, Tenten noticed Hinata's retreating figure.

"She's the little sister Hinata you told me about, right?"

Neji Hyuga did not answer Tenten's question. He merely said flatly, "Let's go."

Before long, Feng An saw Brother Long Kabuto Yakushi in the classroom again.

Seeing Kabuto Yakushi selling intelligence with that harmless appearance, Feng An could only shake his head.

He was too good at hiding.

If Feng An had not read the script, he never would have guessed that Kabuto Yakushi was a subordinate planted here by Orochimaru.

As Feng An stared at him, Kabuto Yakushi noticed him as well.

Kabuto Yakushi walked over to Feng An.

With a smile, he asked, "Hello, do you need to buy intelligence?"

Feng An also gave him a friendly smile. "No need. I don't have any money."

"I see. What a pity."

Kabuto Yakushi put on a regretful expression before leaving.

"Feng An, Hinata."

Kiba Inuzuka, Shino Aburame, Yudzuki, and Fūka also arrived together at Classroom 301.

Seeing Feng An and Hinata holding hands, Fūka rolled her eyes at them.

"Careful, or your sweaty hands might be contagious."

Feng An chuckled. "Someone's jealous, but I won't say who."

"Hmph, I'm jealous?"

Fūka's eyes shifted, and she grinned wickedly as she grabbed the two soft mounds on Yudzuki's chest.

Although Yudzuki's softness was not particularly large, it still caused everyone present to turn and look.

"Who's envious now is hard to say."

Yudzuki let out a delicate cry at the sudden move, then immediately grabbed Fūka's ear in embarrassment and anger.

"Having fun at your sister's expense, are you?"

Fūka hurriedly begged for mercy. "It hurts! I know I was wrong, Sister."

Hinata also noticed Feng An's widened eyes.

She looked at Yudzuki, then lowered her head and looked at herself.

Her gaze dimmed as she muttered, "Does Feng An like them smaller...?"

Although her voice was very soft, Feng An was standing very close to Hinata.

Every word she said reached his ears clearly.

He immediately sensed that something was wrong.

If he did not clarify this, she might end up going down the path of being completely flat in the future.

He could not let Hinata hold such dangerous thoughts.

He hurriedly leaned close to Hinata's ear and whispered, "I like them big. Whatever you do, don't follow Sakura down the path of being completely flat."

Hinata hurriedly covered her reddened face and nodded rapidly like a pecking chick.

Waaah, he heard that.

At that moment, she was both happy and ashamed.

Seeing Hinata nod, Feng An felt much more at ease.

He then glared fiercely at Fūka.

It was all her fault. She had nearly cost him half of his happiness for the rest of his life.

Just then, a ninja who had been watching from the side walked up to Yudzuki.

With a lewd grin, he said, "Little sister, want to work with your big brother? Big brother will take you flying!"

"Fly by yourself!"

Fūka kicked him in the butt from the side.

The ninja who had been kicked did not get angry.

He chuckled. "I almost forgot there's another little sister."

"How about this? You two can work with me together. Us big brothers will take both of you flying in the team competition!"

Fūka angrily kicked at him again.

This time, however, he saw through it and grabbed the leg she had kicked out.

"Let go."

Yudzuki swiftly pulled out a kunai and stabbed at the ninja.

The kunai shot straight toward his vital point. He immediately released Fūka and stepped back to dodge the attack.

Just then, he suddenly felt a sharp pain in his butt.

Grimacing, he reached behind himself.

Only after grabbing it did he realize that a white dog had bitten his butt.

That dog was Akamaru.

He immediately flew into a rage, grabbing Akamaru by the neck and lifting him high as he demanded, "Whose dog is this?!"

"Akamaru, catch!"

Kiba Inuzuka threw a Military Rations Pill toward Akamaru.

After swallowing it in one bite, Akamaru's body instantly grew several times larger, and his white fur turned red.

Akamaru viciously turned his head and lunged at the ninja like a ferocious beast.

The ninja was no longer as calm as before. Just as Akamaru was about to bite him,

he shouted in panic, "Big Brother, Second Brother, save me!"

In an instant, two men holding kunai jumped over from the back row.

"Don't be afraid, Third Brother! Your brothers will protect you!"

The two men who suddenly appeared caught Akamaru off guard, and they stabbed him.

"Akamaru!"

Kiba Inuzuka flew into a rage and used Beast Mimicry Ninjutsu: Four Legs Technique, charging at the two men with the intent to tear them apart.

Seeing Kiba Inuzuka rush over, the three men seemed to have expected it.

"You're the third teammate working with them, right? Once we cripple you, they'll naturally have no choice but to work with us! Hahaha!"

The three immediately threw kunai at Kiba Inuzuka at the same time. Explosive Tags were clearly tied to the tails of the kunai!

And Kiba Inuzuka was in midair. There was no way he could dodge.

Fūka and the others shouted, "Kiba!"

The people who had been watching coldly from the side merely shook their heads.

"This kid is too young. Doesn't he know that fighting at a time like this already counts as the beginning?"

"He'll become the first person to die."