“Really?!”
“Then I declare, Hinata, from today onwards you are my, Big Sister Ino’s, best friend!”
Hearing Hinata’s words, Ino patted her flat chest vigorously as a guarantee.
The young Ino didn’t have the long beige ponytail she would have in the future; instead, she had short hair and looked a bit tomboyish, truly having the air of a ‘Big Sister Boss.’
But one indisputable fact was that Ino had been good-looking since she was a child.
“Eh?”
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“So Ino didn’t consider me a best friend before?”
“I thought Ino was very cute from the first moment I saw her.”
Hinata put on a feigned look of sadness on her face.
“Ah, no… it’s not like that…”
“I… I… I didn’t…”
Seeing this, Ino hurriedly tried to explain, but the young Ino simply didn’t know how to express her thoughts.
She looked completely flustered and was almost on the verge of tears by the end.
“Ino really is cute, but it’s okay.”
“I won’t mind. After all, who gives all their trust to someone the first time they meet?”
Seeing this, Hinata stopped teasing Ino and spoke comfortingly.
“Re-really?”
Hearing Hinata say this, the expression on Ino’s face that looked like she was about to cry softened slightly, though she still looked aggrieved.
“Mhm, that’s right.”
Hinata smiled and nodded, reaching out to brush a stray lock of hair from Ino’s forehead behind her ear.
“Hehe~~”
Feeling Hinata’s fingers gently slide from her forehead to behind her ear, a strange feeling inexplicably arose in Ino’s heart.
Sasuke, whom she had just been thinking about, suddenly didn’t seem quite so handsome anymore…
And even though Hinata looked super cute, she usually acted so fierce toward the boys in class…
Hinata like this feels even cuter!
After bidding farewell to Ino, Hinata headed home.
She hadn’t lied to Ino; she really did need to go back and cultivate.
Furthermore, Hinata truly had no intention of fighting Ino for Sasuke.
As for Sasuke or whatever, let Naruto go after him.
Besides, the so-called fact that Sasuke liked her, as Ino put it, was in Hinata’s view just a hazy, ignorant crush of a young boy who understood nothing.
Once she gave him two solid punches and gave him panda eyes, she guaranteed the ‘illness’ would be cured by her fists.
“You’re back?”
“How did it go?”
Just as she returned to the Hyuga Clan Compound, Hinata saw Hyuga Hiashi standing at the main gate of the clan residence. This story is hosted at g.com.
From the look of it, he must have been waiting here since the moment Hinata left the house.
“No problem!”
“My dear father, you should have more confidence in your daughter!”
Facing her old father’s lack of trust, Hinata curled her lip.
“…”
Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata, a subtle expression inevitably appearing on his face.
Did he not understand what kind of character Hinata had?
“Tell me in detail.”
As the father and daughter walked along the clan’s paths, Hyuga Hiashi was still somewhat uneasy.
“It’s no big deal, I just mentioned a few times that Shodai-sama had power but no brains.”
Hinata waved her hand dismissively, not caring at all.
???
Upon hearing this, Hyuga Hiashi’s body stiffened and he stopped in his tracks, causing Hinata to look back at her old father with some confusion.
“You said those words… in front of the Third Hokage?”
Hyuga Hiashi was on the verge of a breakdown.
No, my daughter!
How can you just blurt out anything!
He began to wonder if he should remarry and have a son for the clan instead.
“Yeah.”
Hinata didn’t think much of it.
She spoke human words to humans, ghost words to ghosts, and the truth to her old father.
To anyone other than her old father, she had a very good grasp of the proper boundaries!
“…Never mind.”
Hyuga Hiashi let out a long sigh toward the sky, feeling that the future was completely dark and bleak.
Father, I have failed you…
I failed to teach Hinata well…
This is all my fault…
Hinata looked at her old father in confusion, not understanding why his whole body had turned gray and white as if he were petrified.
But whatever, as long as she was around, her dear father would surely live to be a hundred!
“Perfect timing, my dear father. I’ve already beaten Neji to tears several times.”
“This time, you be my opponent.”
Thinking of her cultivation, Hinata grabbed Hyuga Hiashi’s arm and dragged him toward the Training Ground.
Hmm?
Hinata wants me to be her opponent?
Hyuga Hiashi’s spirit jolted, and a fierce light suddenly flashed in his eyes.
All along, he had adhered to the Hyuga Clan’s rule of not casually raising a hand against one’s children, and he had never struck Hinata.
So he had allowed Hinata to practically ride over his head and act willfully, only trying to earnestly educate her on normal days to correct her bad habits and make her a well-behaved, polite Hyuga. This chapter was taken from g.com without permission.
Now…
Finally!
I’ve caught an opportunity!
“Actually, never mind. I’ll go find that Toneri guy and see how strong he is.”
As if sensing a massive threat, Hinata’s alertness instantly maxed out, and she let go of her father’s arm, running straight toward the Training Ground.
Watching his daughter’s rapidly disappearing back, Hyuga Hiashi felt the breath he had just drawn in get stuck in his throat.
Medic!
Where is the medic!
I need my heart treated!
Neji’s mood wasn’t exactly good right now.
He thought he would be happy that his younger cousin wasn’t looking for him to be her cultivation partner.
But…
Where did this guy standing opposite his cute yet brutal sister come from?!
In the Training Ground, Hinata and Toneri stood facing each other, one in black and one in white.
Neji’s eyes glared intensely at Toneri, who was wearing a white training suit.
He didn’t know when such a guy had joined the clan.
But that wasn’t important!
The person standing in that spot opposite Hinata used to be him!
It was him!
It was him!!
“Hinata, please forgive me.”
“I will not hold back.”
Toneri assumed a stance that resembled the Gentle Fist yet was not quite it, his expression gentle but firm.
For him, since his father had left him with this distant relative’s family on Earth, he had to do his duty.
Besides not causing trouble for his distant relatives, he would try his best to agree to the requests of Uncle Hiashi and Sister Hinata, provided they weren’t excessive.
And Hinata’s request for him to be her training partner was naturally extremely reasonable.
And to ensure Hinata received an adequate training experience—
He, Ōtsutsuki Toneri, would absolutely not show mercy!
“That’s just fine.”
Hinata’s eyes flashed with a fierce light as she took the starting stance of the Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm.
Regarding this’simp’ of hers, Hinata couldn’t say she had any particular liking for him.
Of course, if she could crush his little thoughts in the bud with a single battle, that would be for the best!
“In that case, I won’t be polite.”
Sensing Hinata’s fighting intent, Toneri, who had been strictly taught by his father since childhood, turned slightly solemn.
From the Chakra radiating from Hinata, he could clearly perceive that this girl of the same age…
Was not weaker than him!