The Land of Bears, Hoshigakure: The End (Continued)

Hinata: (???) Yao (???)...

She said nothing. At a time like this, it was better to say less. It would be bad if she accidentally revealed something else.

Though nothing had been exposed so far, Naruto had still begun to suspect something.

But Sakura shouted, "Naruto, what nonsense are you talking about?! Where have you ever seen someone this powerful who was also familiar?"

"You idiot, get back here, now!"

Hinata silently gave Sakura a thumbs-up, thinking, Sakura, nicely done. Though this sudden assist was completely unexpected...

Still, Hinata felt she ought to return the favor.

Sure enough, just as Hinata had expected, Naruto's stubborn streak kicked in. Once that happened, no one could stop him.

Naruto stubbornly insisted, "That's not it, Sakura. Believe me."

At this point, it seemed the tone of the scene was gradually starting to fall apart.

Especially Naruto's unusually resolute gaze—it made even Hinata feel a little flustered.

However, as a veteran actress of the ninja world who was only one step away from becoming Best Actor, Hinata could still handle a scene like this.

Then, seeming very serious, she said, "Interesting! Little ones, let me remind you: I'm definitely someone you know."

"Perhaps we even had a very good relationship in the past. Maybe we were the kind of close friends who could talk about anything."

"Think carefully. You'll definitely remember who I am."

Was there anything wrong with what Hinata said? It seemed there wasn't. But saying it in a situation like this—

Other than Naruto, who still looked utterly convinced, Sakura and Neji were beginning to get angry.

They felt that she was making fools of them. Normally, that would not have mattered much to ninjas; after all, they were very patient.

But the one thing they truly could not accept was