Leaving the clan grounds, Hinata walked towards the Hokage Building with a clear goal in mind.
To Hinata, the arrival of Ōtsutsuki Toneri was nothing more than an interlude.
Although it seemed that with Ōtsutsuki Toneri around, all future enemies could be hacked to death by this guy directly activating Lightning Reed Mode.
But that would be based on the premise that her sister Hyuga Hanabi’s eyes were taken by this guy.
How could Hinata stand by and watch her own sister lose the light that belonged to her?
What trash is Ōtsutsuki Toneri?
He’s not even half as good as my super-duper, universe-level cute little sister.
“Little girl?”
“Do you need something?”
Hinata, whose target was the Hokage Building, stood before a small steamed bun stall on the streets of Konoha.
“This, this, and this!”
Hinata’s finger landed on three items: a Fish Mint-filled bun, a mooncake-filled bun, and a bun-filled bullfrog.
“Oh? You want these three flavors?”
“Coming right up!”
Seeing that his three original delicious bun creations had finally welcomed their first customer, the bun stall owner couldn’t help but burst into tears.
He prepared to pick the biggest and best ones for Hinata, including the largest bullfrog.
“No, these three flavors are too perverted, I don’t want them.”
“Give me two of each of the other twenty-eight flavors, plus a bucket of milk.”
Hinata spoke expressionlessly to the excited bun stall owner.
…
*Burp~~*
With fifty-six buns in her stomach, Hinata finally patted her flat belly with satisfaction.
Well, including the breakfast she just ate, she was about eighty percent full—not bad.
At this moment, Hyuga Tokuma, who was secretly protecting Hinata, touched his thin Lucky Cat wallet and sighed silently.
Bodyguard?
That thing didn’t exist.
To Hinata, a so-called bodyguard was just someone who should step forward to pay the bill when it was time for her to buy something.
Anyway, her old man would reimburse it.
By the time Hinata leisurely walked to the Hokage Building, she had almost finished digesting her food.
“Hello, I’m here to see Hokage-sama.”
“There should be an appointment scheduled in advance.”
Hinata arrived at the entrance of the Hokage Building and spoke to the Ninja guarding the door.
Seeing a little girl approaching him, the guard Ninja couldn’t help but smile, squatting down to ask kindly, “Little girl, do you have some business with Hokage-sama?”
“It’s Hokage-sama who wants to see me.”
Hinata corrected him.
Because of the two S-rank techniques, Hiruzen Sarutobi—the Third Hokage—wanted to meet Hinata.
The guard Ninja was stunned and asked in a gentle voice.
“Shouldn’t you go ask Hokage-sama that?”
“Why are you asking me?”
Hinata tilted her head and asked back.
The guard Ninja was stumped by Hinata’s question, unable to react for a moment.
However, the guard Ninja’s companion nearby couldn’t help but laugh and came to his friend’s rescue:
“In that case, little girl, go inside and sit for a while. I’ll go see if Hokage-sama is available.”
Hearing this, Hinata nodded and said:
“Okay, big brother, you’re much smarter than this person.”
Guard Ninja: (๑ŏ﹏ŏ๑)
Seeking help online: what to do when a little girl thinks I’m an idiot?
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*Knock, knock, knock~~*
“Enter.”
As the door to the Hokage Office was knocked, Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was handling official business, spoke without raising his head.
“Grandpa Hokage.”
Hinata called out in a crisp voice as soon as she entered.
This made Hiruzen Sarutobi look up at Hinata.
Last time they met, he had told Hinata to call him Grandpa in front of Hiashi Hyuga, and Hinata had immediately taken the opportunity to change how she addressed him.
He didn’t expect Hinata to still remember it today.
This was completely different from the rigid and rule-bound Hyuga Clan in his memory.
“Little Hinata, wait for Grandpa for just a moment. Grandpa still has a bit of business to handle.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi said with a chuckle on his old face.
“Okay.”
Hinata nodded, sat on the sofa to the side, and looked around.
She hadn’t looked closely last time, but now that she was free, she noticed that the entire Hokage Building looked dilapidated and in need of repair everywhere.
There were even cracks on the hallway walls, and the Hokage Office was the same.
Wouldn’t it leak on rainy days like this?
Hiruzen Sarutobi didn’t make Hinata wait long; in just five minutes, he handled a report from his subordinates about a waterlogging issue on the road at the East End of the Village that prevented villagers from passing normally.
“Little Hinata, let’s go take a look at the back mountain first.”
“The scenery there is quite nice.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi walked forward with a kind smile unique to the elderly and patted Hinata’s head.
Asking Hinata in the office why she wanted to obtain the Flying Thunder God Technique and the Mutual Multiplication Explosive Tags felt too serious and lacked a personal touch, which might scare the child.
So, he planned to ask while walking in the back mountain.
???
Isn’t the office fine?
What are you taking me to the back mountain for?
Pah, you’re not a damn lolicon too, are you?
Hmm?
Why did I add the word ‘too’?
Hinata’s small arms and legs couldn’t win against Hiruzen Sarutobi’s old arms and legs, so she could only obediently follow Hiruzen Sarutobi toward the back mountain.
The Hokage Building was only separated from the back mountain Hiruzen Sarutobi mentioned by the Hokage Rock.
A path had been cleared between the two, making it quite convenient to get there.
Walking through that narrow passage, the view ahead seemed to suddenly open up.
A lake lay quietly in front of them, surrounded by green grass and woods.
On the cliff of the Hokage Rock was a pavilion complex full of ancient style.
Hinata recognized it; in the Limited Tsukuyomi Movie, that was the training ground Minato Namikaze once used to practice his reflex god-skills, filled with omnipresent mechanisms.
She didn’t expect such a place to really exist in the real world.
“This is a nice place, isn’t it?”
A breeze brushed against her face, carrying the earthy scent of nature.
Hiruzen Sarutobi’s slightly smiling voice reached Hinata’s ears.
“Mhm, I didn’t think there was such a place in the Village.”
Hinata spoke from the heart as she looked around.
“It’s good that little Hinata likes it.”
Hiruzen Sarutobi responded with a chuckle, thinking of taking out a match to light a smoke, but his hand paused just as it reached his pocket.
There’s still a child here.
“Little Hinata, I heard from your father that you’re very interested in the Second Hokage, Nidaime(2nd)-sama, Senju Tobirama?”
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the little girl beside him with a smile and asked.
Here it comes.
Hinata thought to herself, and after a moment’s reflection, she answered:
“Yes, that’s right!”
“Nidaime(2nd)-sama is so amazing!”
Hinata’s answer was within Hiruzen Sarutobi’s expectations.
After all, Senju Tobirama was his teacher; he knew better than anyone how amazing the man was.
“To be able to make Konoha thrive under someone like Shodai(1st)-sama, who had nothing but power and no brains…”
“Such a person is just too amazing!”
???
Wait, little Hinata, I won’t argue with you saying Nidaime(2nd)-sama is amazing.
But why are you putting one down to lift the other up?