Hinata's face instantly turned as red as a monkey's bottom. The blush slowly spread from her cheekbones to her ears, and she dared not look at Liao Wu.
"Get lost!"
Kiba smacked Liao Wu over the head with Icha Icha Paradise. "You're a monster of a pervert like Lord Jiraiya now. We wouldn't dare leave Hinata alone with you."
"Look at how clueless she is. You'd eat her alive!"
Shino nodded. "Kiba's right, Naruto. You've changed. You're so repressed now. Did something happen in Rōran?"
Liao Wu said, "It wasn't Rōran that changed me. I recently uncovered some information about ninja clans."
"Apparently, the Uzumaki Clan was also a great ninja clan, on par with the Uchiha Clan."
"The Uzumaki Clan?!"
Kiba curled his lip in disdain. "Keep bragging! I've never even heard of any Uzumaki Clan! Stop trying to make yourself look good!"
Nearly thirty years had passed since the Uzumaki Clan's destruction, and stories about them had gradually faded away.
When Kushina was still alive, the Leaf Village probably hadn't publicized the Uzumaki Clan much in order to keep information about its jinchuriki under wraps. She had only been known by her given name, without her surname.
Otherwise, plenty of observant people would have guessed the connection between Naruto and Kushina upon hearing his surname, Uzumaki.
Too much time had passed. Now, Naruto was the only person in the world who bore the surname Uzumaki.
Nagato and Karin both went by their given names alone.
Shino adjusted his glasses, somewhat skeptical of Naruto's claim.
Liao Wu stroked Akamaru's head and said to Kiba, "I'm not lying to you. Hinata, you're from the Hyuga Clan. Your father must know about the Uzumaki Clan."
"Ask him when you get home!"
"O... okay, Naruto."
Seeing how certain Liao Wu was, Kiba