Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 16 Hatake Kakashi

The battle lasted for more than three minutes.

Hyuga Hiashi easily resisted Hyuga Yuzuru's "all-out" attack, and from time to time, he praised his gentle fists.

"As expected of you, Hizashi's son. When I was five, my chakra was probably less than half of yours."

"Excellent sixty-four palms! Even if Xin Yin has been promoted to Jonin, his sixty-four palms are not as good as yours!"

"Huitian. The timing of release is very good!"

"Oh? This is, the Kunai Throwing Technique? Not bad! Even the people of the Uchiha clan may not have such skilled throwing skills as you!"

"Strength, speed, stamina. You already have the ability to be an excellent Chunin! If it weren't for the chakra and age limiting you, with your skills, you would be able to become a competent Jonin!"

While Hiashi was gracefully dealing with Hinata Yuzuru's attacks, he praised him with words and was impressed by Hinata Yuzuru's terrifying speed of progress.

In just one year, Hyuga Yuzuru has already acquired such strength. If it were during wartime, he would be able to be promoted to a jonin despite his age!

Is this what is called genius?
As long as he grows to about twelve years old, perhaps even his own strength will be equal to his, right?
Hinata Yuzuru panted heavily, standing there weakly, his fingers trembling slightly as he pushed towards the frame: "As expected of Master Hiashi, this strength cannot be matched even by my father."

"No, maybe Hizashi is just afraid of hurting you." Hyuga Hiashi gave Hyuga Hizashi some face. He smiled and turned to look at the Hyuga Elder with a happy mood.

Elder Hyuga nodded, expressing his satisfaction with Hyuga Yuzuru's performance. He put his hands behind his back and said, "He has mastered his abilities well enough. I will teach him well in the next year."

"Then I'll leave it to Elder Hui."

Hinata Hiashi still behaved very respectfully.

When he was young, Hinata Hizu's teacher was also Hyuga Teru. In terms of family status alone, he was qualified to gain the respect of the clan leader.

Hinata Teru just gently stroked his white beard, smiling with emotion: "I never thought that I would have the opportunity to teach the younger generation in my lifetime. Don't worry, Hiashi, I will do my best to make him an excellent Hyuga ninja."

Hinata Hiashi smiled with satisfaction and nodded: "I have never doubted this."

For a moment, the three of them looked happy with each other. Even if they told uninformed outsiders that they were a family of three, some would believe them.

Soon, Hinata Hiashi left on the pretext of being busy, leaving only Hinata Teru to teach Hinata Yuzuru.

Hinata Teru's energy is limited. Even if he wants to teach Hinata Yuzuru, he only lets him train for two hours every day. The rest of the time, Hinata Yuzuru can practice freely.

Free practice?

Continue to practice Rouquan, Huitian, and Sixty-Four Palms? Or should you listen to Ri Xianghui's talk about the so-called 'ninja fighting skills'?
He promised to do his best to cultivate him, but he didn't even hand over the Bagua empty palm. Do you really think that Hinata Yuzuru is a fool?
Smaller.

The container is too small.

But Hinata Yuzuru didn't care either.

For him, this amount of training is tantamount to a vacation. Today is a vacation, and he doesn't even have to go to the Ninja Academy. This rare vacation allowed Hinata Yuzuru, who had been working hard for a whole year, to make a decision.

Today! Rest!
After returning to his room, Hinata Yuzuru suddenly got upset.

He had been working like a tight spring, but now he suddenly had nothing to do and didn't know what to do.

Itachi suddenly refused his invitation to morning exercise half a month ago. It was said that Uchiha Fugaku intended to train him seriously and also did not allow him to go out casually.

And even though the little girl Izumi trained very hard when she was 'playing games', playing ninja games with her was not a break for Hinata Yuzuru.

Zhishui is naturally a busy man, so he doesn't have time to just say "meetings".

"Do I have too few friends?"

Hyuga Yuzuru fell into deep thought, as if apart from competing with Hizashi in a battle of wits and courage, he didn't even have any means of entertainment and leisure.

“Nini!!”

"Yuzuru! Nini!"

Suddenly, a childish cry was heard outside the window.

Hinata Yuzuru walked out of the room in two or three steps, and saw a cute little boy who looked like a piece of jade sculpture, running in the corridor, shaking his head. When he saw him, he smiled and showed a mouthful of half-grown teeth.

"Slow down, Neji, don't fall!" His mother followed closely behind him.

Hinata Yuzuru smiled and squatted down. The little guy ran in front of him with great effort and almost fell to the ground with shame. Fortunately, he was quick-witted and hugged Neji in his arms.

"Let me take a good look at our little genius of the Hyuga family." He stood up holding Neji and looked at his little face carefully. Neji only knew to stretch out his hand and babbled "Nini".

Nini is a simple name for brother.

Hinata Yuzuru, who was busy with training, would only hold the little guy and play with him at mealtimes. In the blink of an eye, he couldn't even tell when he would run, when he would say how many words, but he could already call "nini, nini".

"Well, you are worthy of being my younger brother. You look as cute as I did when I was a child."

He held Neji up high, and Neji smiled and reached out his hands to his face, touching him all over.

The mother smiled softly and looked at her two children happily.

"Mom, I want to go out for a walk." Hinata Yuzuru walked towards her mother and handed Neji to her mother.

The Nine-Tails Rebellion is probably only a month or two away at most.

Konoha will face a reconstruction after destruction. Perhaps many familiar shops, streets, and even people will disappear.

He has never had a good look around Konoha yet.

"Aren't you going to train?" My mother was a little surprised, but then she smiled and said, "It's okay to take a day off."

Mother knelt down and arranged Neji's clothes, while also gently adjusting Hinata Yuzuru's clothes.

Hinata Yuzuru said nonchalantly: "Well, let's take a day off. It's been a long time since I went out for a relaxing walk."

The mother gently took Neji and stroked his cheek with her other hand: "Mom won't accompany you. I feel a little unwell recently." Hinata Yuzuru was silent for a moment, and then said: "Is it really okay?"

"Yeah." The mother kissed him lightly on the forehead, then stood up. Seeing that he looked a little uncomfortable, she covered her mouth and chuckled: "Come back early. Will you eat at home at noon?"

"No, I'll just eat something outside."

Hinata Yuzuru pinched Neji's face gently and turned away.

His mother watched him walk away, and then took Neji, who was still calling "Nini, Nini", back to the room.

After leaving the Hyuga family, Hinata Yuzuru wandered aimlessly on the street.

Finally, his footsteps suddenly stopped at the door of a store. Looking at the sign of Ichiraku Ramen on it, Hinata Yuzuru realized that in the past five years, he had never even eaten the famous Ichiraku Ramen.

He only had to lower his head to get through the half-closed curtain at the store door, and Hinata Yuzuru paused.

His eyes fell on a silver-haired young ninja. At this time, he was sitting at a long table like a bar with an expressionless face. He was wearing a mask and could not see his expression clearly. He was also looking at him with only one dead fish eye exposed. .

It was Kakashi Hatake who, by virtue of being born early, snatched away the achievement of the youngest student of Hyuga Yuzuru.

Now fourteen years old, Kakashi is already a Jonin of the Anbu. His complicated life experience has also made him mature early. Faced with the curious look of a five-year-old child, he naturally doesn't care much.

But when he took a closer look at Hinata Yuzuru's appearance, some of the information stored in his mind gradually overlapped with the little boy in front of him.

Hinata Yuzuru, the super genius of the Hyuga family. At least, that's what the information says.

Kakashi was still a little bit curious about this Konoha supernova who was called by the Hyuga family to be comparable to Shisui Uchiha, and Kakashi Hatake, who was in fifth grade at the Ninja School at the age of four.

What surprised him even more was that this talented young man was not at all reserved. Even though many seats around him were still empty, he moved closer to him in a very familiar manner.

The store manager only noticed Hinata Yuzuru's presence at this moment.

"Oh! This is the first time I meet you, little kid. What would you like to eat?"

Hands smiled heartily.

Hinata Yuzuru looked up at the menu: "Large portion of pork ramen."

"Our ramen is very big!"

He exhorted with good intentions.

Hinata Yuzuru smiled slightly: "I can eat a lot."

"I know, please wait!"

Hands continue to work.

Only then did Hyuga Yuzuru turn his head and look at Hatake Kakashi, who was wearing a mask, had a cold temperament and looked like he didn't want anyone to approach him.

"Good afternoon, Hatake-senpai."

"Oh, good afternoon." No matter how aloof Kakashi Hatake was, he would never give a cold shoulder to a child.

He greeted her somewhat awkwardly, as he was not used to interacting with children.

Hinata Yuzuru said very familiarly and kindly: "I didn't expect that I just wanted to explore the store, but unexpectedly I met senior. Do you have a day off today?"

"Well, vacation." Hatake Kakashi put his hands on the table unnaturally, not knowing what attitude to use to deal with the boy in front of him.

Hinata Yuzuru smiled and said, "I asked Shisui-senpai before, what kind of person Hatake-senpai is. Now it seems that what Hatake-senpai and Shisui-senpai said are completely different."

Uchiha Shisui?
What did that guy say about himself?
Hatake Kakashi was a little curious, but found that Hinata Yuzuru had no intention of explaining at all.

This little brat, Hatake Kakashi, saw a hint of smile in his seemingly harmless and pure eyes behind his black-framed glasses.

Are all the children in Konoha so precocious nowadays?
He shook his head and asked casually, "Really? What's the difference?"

"He said Hatake-senpai is an excellent ninja who is cold on the outside and hot on the inside, but in my opinion, Hatake-senpai is gentle even on the outside." Hinata Yuzuru's words of praise made Hatake Kakashi quite happy Not adaptable.

No, I just showed one eye, how could you see that I am gentle?
But in the face of the children's praise, even Kakashi Hatake could not act coldly, and looked away embarrassedly: "Really? Thank you."

The ramen was brought to the table, and Kakashi Hatake took off his mask. His handsome and resolute face showed no need to wear a mask at all.

And Kakashi Hatake doesn't have the slightest intention of not wanting to be seen - at least for now.

"Hatake-senpai, do you have anything to do in the afternoon?" Hinata Yuzuru seemed to ask casually.

Hatake Kakashi untied his chopsticks and turned his head, somewhat puzzled: "It should be nothing, so, is there something wrong?"

"I want to go fishing, but it seems a bit boring to go alone, so, do you want to join us? My grilling skills are great!"

ha?
Children, even if they are geniuses, are really troublesome.
How can I refuse so that he won't be too sad?
"By the way, Hatake-senpai, I heard that someone recently lost a copy of Love in Heaven over there. It's a forbidden book by Jiraiya-sama. You'd be lucky if you could find it."

"Makeout Heaven? Do you know what book that is?"

"I don't know, but since it was written by Jiraiya-sama, it must be very exciting."

Hatake Kakashi fell into thought.

This kind of book is not suitable for children, right?

No, rather, even he himself was unable to buy it because he was not old enough.

Don't ask him how he knew that. He was just curious because the author was Jiraiya. But he was told that he was not old enough to read or buy the book. He didn't understand the content and wasn't curious about it!
so
Sure enough, it would be too dangerous for such a child to go fishing alone, right?
Hey.

Kakashi Hatake is indeed a gentle person.

PS: I heard that those who collect and vote will be able to pick up this book!
(End of this chapter)