Firefly pursed her lips. "I don't think so. A title with absolutely no meaning? I don't want it."
"Inazuma's ninja, cough cough—welcome to Konoha for the Chunin Exams, cough cough—follow me now, cough cough—I'll take you to where you'll be staying, cough cough cough—"
Hayate Gekko appeared at Konoha's gates, coughing incessantly and making everyone worry.
Was this guy going to cough himself to death?
Fu Hua gestured for the girls to follow, while Naruto Uzumaki strode over to Hayate Gekko and asked, "Is your girlfriend in the Anbu codenamed Moon?"
"Cough cough—you mean Yugao?"
Hayate Gekko froze, never expecting Naruto Uzumaki to suddenly ask such a question.
"Unless you have a second girlfriend."
"Don't talk nonsense! Cough cough—I'm wholeheartedly devoted to Yugao! Cough cough—"
Seeing how anxious Hayate Gekko was to state his position, Naruto Uzumaki gave him a strange look. He had never expected this thick-browed, big-eyed guy to be henpecked.
Unable to bear Naruto Uzumaki's gaze, Hayate Gekko urged him to get to the point.
"It's nothing. I just want to give you a piece of advice for Uzuki Yugao's sake."
Back when cloud ninja Takayama had kidnapped Hinata, Uzuki Yugao had been seriously injured while protecting Naruto Uzumaki.
Though that had been Uzuki Yugao's duty, Naruto Uzumaki had always remembered it.
Now that he had the chance, he wanted to repay the favor.
Naruto Uzumaki warned, "During the Chunin Exams, don't wander around alone. Keep your teammates beside you when you patrol, and it's best not to go near the area where the sand ninja are staying—"
Hokage Building.
"—That's what he said, cough cough—Lord Hokage, Advisors, cough cough—"
Hayate Gekko relayed every word Naruto Uzumaki had said to the Third Hokage and the two advisors.
Mitokado Homura narrowed his eyes. "Just as expected—Sunagakure has