With Uchiha Itachi’s graduation, Chiya’s life returned to peace.
When he wasn’t training, he would often go out shopping with Uchiha Izumi, and they would exchange gifts.
Of course, in the vast majority of cases, it was Izumi who gave gifts to Chiya—for instance, his clothes were almost entirely bought by her.
It couldn’t be helped; Chiya was “broke.” He lived day-to-day on the meager subsidy provided by Konoha, which was just enough to keep him alive but not enough to actually fill his stomach.
If not for the support of Izumi, this “little rich girl,” his home would have run out of food a long time ago.
As time passed, their relationship grew closer.
Chiya could clearly feel Izumi developing strange, new feelings for him.
He didn’t dislike it; with a “go with the flow” mentality, he thought that living like this in the future wouldn’t be bad, and he lived his life in contentment.
Before he knew it, Fujiwara Chiya was already 11 years old, nearing the age of graduation from the Ninja Academy.
He had grown quite tall, and his cultivation technique had advanced to the fourth level.
The Tiangang Art could be considered mastered, and his body was now capable of storing a massive amount of Sage Chakra.
In other aspects, he had also made significant progress.
During his five years at the Academy, he had used the Shadow Clone Technique to fully master the various martial arts moves recorded in the Tiangang Art.
He had also gone to a ninja tool shop to buy chakra testing paper, discovering that he possessed both Fire and Lightning affinity.
Through constant pestering, he managed to get various ninjutsu collections from Izumi’s home.
As he put it: “What’s mine is yours, what’s yours is mine.
At the very least, until I’m of legal age, I just won’t use the unique ninjutsu of the Uchiha clan.” This startled Izumi so much that she ran off with a blushing face.
But the very next day, she returned, carrying a small bag containing the ninjutsu scrolls for Chiya.
The only pity was that her family’s collection only included Fire Release jutsu, notes on training Fire nature transformation, and some illusions and summoning techniques that required the Sharingan—there was no Lightning Release.
Having no choice, Chiya had to follow the notes Izumi provided to practice Fire nature transformation first.
Along the way, he refined his Body Flicker Technique, perfectly combining it with the “Flash” skill inherent to the Tiangang Art to create a brand-new version of the technique.
But fortunately, the heavens never close all doors.
When he was nine, Chiya encountered a little girl and, through a system-issued task, learned the perfect Lightning nature transformation.
It was a silver, snow-covered winter day.
The freezing weather and swirling snow left the streets completely empty.
At that time, Chiya had just finished celebrating the New Year with Izumi.
After walking her home, he was on his way back through a snowy corner of Konoha when he encountered a beautiful girl with pure white eyes.
She was wearing a black garment, stumbling through the snow while sobbing.
She fell to the ground, her face full of fear and helplessness, eventually huddling in the snow, trembling and weeping behind her hands.
Chiya didn’t think much of it at the time and carried her home.
It wasn’t until he saw the large characters “Hyuga” on the gate that he learned the little girl was Hinata Hyuga.
He also realized that this day was the funeral of her uncle, Hizashi Hyuga—the anniversary of Neji Hyuga’s father’s death.
In a trance, Chiya recalled the peace treaty signed between Konoha and the Cloud Ninja some time ago.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the person promoting the contract, had even specially held a grand welcome ceremony.
The whole village was bustling, but unfortunately, his actions were seen as a sign of weakness by the Cloud Ninja.
That night, they went to the Hyuga compound and kidnapped the three-year-old Hinata, attempting to steal the Hyuga clan’s Kekkei Genkai—the Byakugan.
The result was self-evident: the infiltrators were killed by the clan head, Hiashi Hyuga.
Although they failed, the facts were exactly as the Cloud Ninja had anticipated: Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed a weak man.
Facing the Cloud Ninja, who not only refused to admit to the kidnapping but instead accused Konoha of killing their people and used the threat of war to demand the surrender of Hiashi Hyuga to continue their pursuit of the Byakugan, the Third Hokage—who was always weak externally and aggressive internally—compromised again.
In the end, it led to the tragic death of Hizashi Hyuga, who sacrificed himself in his brother’s place.
Today was another cold, snowy winter day.
The endless snow drifted down, flickering with a chilly, cold intent, draping Konoha in a thick layer of cotton.
By now, it was almost dark.
Chiya, having finished a full day of training, had taken a bath and changed into clean, neat clothes.
He was prepared to go find Izumi to celebrate the New Year, as he did every year.
However, as he passed a snowy corner of the village, a sudden situation made him stop in his tracks.
Not far ahead, three “bratty kids”—two boys and a girl—were bullying a little girl about five or six years old.
“I heard you’re the daughter of the Hyuga family.
Why don’t you show us your Byakugan?” “If you don’t want to, then don’t look this way!” “Such eerie eyes.
You’re actually a monster, aren’t you?
You Byakugan monster.” The girl had pale purple, chin-length hair, pure white eyes, and a delicate appearance.
The taunts and mockery of the three brats made her big eyes fill with tears, and she wept, covering her face.
“Hinata…” Chiya murmured as he looked at the little girl’s familiar face.
Just then, a long-lost system notification sounded in his mind: [Ding!
As the strongest protagonist, how can you just sit by and watch a little girl being hurt?
Go help her.] [1.
Step forward and help her so she is no longer bullied by her peers.
Reward: Earth nature chakra transformation.] [2.
Leave it alone.
Reward: Danzo’s favor.] “It’s that ‘Danzo’ crap again.
Just how much do you like Danzo?” Chiya was speechless.
He chose option 1 without hesitation.
As the saying goes, a skill is never a burden.
Even though he didn’t have any Earth Release ninjutsu to learn yet, he would eventually.
However, since he wanted to solve the bullying problem, simply walking up there definitely wouldn’t work.
For no other reason than that Chiya was much older than them.
If he stepped in today, they might run away out of fear, but they would continue to bully her next time.
Moreover, that would only treat the symptoms, not the root cause.
The key was to let Hinata learn to resist.
Thinking of this, Chiya formed a seal with his right hand.
Transformation Technique activated.
With a poof, the smoke dispersed.
Chiya had transformed into his six-year-old self.
“Hey…
is bullying others fun for you guys?” The three brats, used to being arrogant, felt very annoyed when they heard this.
Seeing Chiya walk over, and noticing he wasn’t very tall, they all burst into laughter.
“Where did this bean sprout come from?
Is this a hero saving a beauty?” “Haha, the bean sprout monster actually wants to save the Byakugan monster.” “Well, they’re both monsters, so it’s normal for a bean sprout monster to save a Byakugan monster…” After finishing his sentence, the leader of the group stepped forward, intending to punch Chiya.
The other two brats watched with wicked smiles and amusement.
They weren’t children from ordinary families; their parents were ninjas.
Although they hadn’t started school yet, they had already begun receiving ninja training.
Naturally, their fighting skills were far superior to those of an ordinary civilian child.
But very quickly, they stopped laughing.
Facing the leader’s attack, Chiya slowly raised his right hand, blocked it easily, and threw a straight punch in return, hitting the brat right in the face.
Before the other two could even react, he lunged forward, throwing punches with both hands simultaneously.
The three brats slowly crouched down, clutching their bleeding noses, and began to cry out loud.
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