Chapter 221: Sorry, Teacher Kakashi!

"Could it be..."

"Another female character like Kazahana Koyuki, who appeared in the Original Story but barely had any scenes?"

Naruto Uzumaki muttered to himself.

Just then,

the woman cried out and scrambled to snatch a Ninja Forehead Protector off the ground, stuffing it into a pocket she carried with her.

She looked so flustered she might as well have had "I'm hiding something" written across her face.

I remember now!

The Forehead Protector she had dropped, along with the distinctive beauty mark at the corner of her right eye, finally told Naruto Uzumaki who she was.

Huā Líng, a ninja from Dingqian Village in Lock Country!

The woman who had taken Kakashi Hatake's Screen First Kiss in the Original Story.

He had never expected

to run into her here.

What was more,

judging by what he had just seen, she had deliberately approached him and dropped her Ninja Forehead Protector on purpose.

A mischievous idea sprang to Naruto Uzumaki's mind.

He knew

Huā Líng had the unusual ability to form Hand Seals with her eyes.

In the Original Story,

Huā Líng had deliberately exposed herself as a spy, then successfully extracted information about Konoha from Inoichi Yamanaka's mind.

Presumably,

she was planning to do the same thing this time.

But that acting...

Naruto Uzumaki really could not praise it.

"Um... you didn't see anything just now, did you?"

Huā Líng asked Naruto Uzumaki.

"Nope, nothing."

"If there's nothing else, I'll be going."

Naruto Uzumaki smiled and waved.

Huā Líng froze at his response.

Wait, what?

I made it so obvious, and you're not even a little suspicious?

After receiving her assignment from the village, Huā Líng had gone out of her way to gather plenty of information on Naruto Uzumaki.

Yet somehow,

he was nothing like the sharp, formidable