Inside the classroom.
"Xuanyu... are you confident about this exam?"
Hinata looked at Xuanyu and spoke with a serious expression. Though her tone was still somewhat timid, she was no longer as meek and submissive as before.
The missions she had carried out with Xuanyu these past few days, along with the improvement of her Byakugan, had boosted Hinata's confidence. Of course, there was another reason: she no longer suffered Hyuga Hiashi's suppression!
A few days ago, when she sparred with her father, Hinata defeated him for the first time without using her Byakugan's abilities.
It was also the first time her father had looked at her with new eyes.
Of course,
this was inseparable from the Lotus Seal absorbing natural Chakra and feeding it back into her body. Even her Doujutsu Power had been nourishing her body in return.
That time, Hinata heard her father say for the first time, "You've grown up."
Of course, Hinata had not forgotten that she owed everything she had become to Xuanyu.
Thinking of this, Hinata spoke again in a voice as soft as a mosquito's buzz. "I-I can help you cheat!"
She thought Xuanyu skipped class all the time. Though he was strong, he probably was not very good at academic knowledge... She wanted to help him.
This was Hinata's first time doing something bad. She felt shy, her face flushed, and she did not even dare look at Xuanyu, afraid that he would think she was a bad person.
"Knowledge? That shouldn't be a problem..." Xuanyu smiled and nodded. Not to mention that Konoha had arranged ninjas around them who knew the answers, even if he did not know them, Xuanyu had nothing to fear.
In the entire classroom—no, in every exam hall—if Xuanyu wanted to see someone's answers, his Double