Konoha: Start by unlocking the caged bird

Chapter 22 The plan begins

Uchiha Shisui noticed that the subtle aura between the two seemed unfriendly.

"That's settled then!" Uchiha Shisui did not give Kakashi a chance to refuse and took the initiative to try to get Kakashi to stay.

He felt that there might be some misunderstanding between the two, and he wanted to try to see if he could put aside their grudges and become friends.

For geniuses, the age gap does not affect each other's becoming friends, just like Hinata Yuzuru - how does he look like a child?
Kakashi Hatake didn't want to disrupt Hinata Yuzuru's birthday. Even though he didn't have a good impression of Hinata Yuzuru, as a senior, it was not right for him to just walk away.

"Happy birthday." Hatake Kakashi hesitated for a moment, fumbled around and couldn't find anything that could be used as a birthday gift, so he had to whisper: "I will make up for the gift next time we meet."

"Just a happy birthday is enough." Hinata Yuzuru smiled and looked at the hand.

Shouda also heard the conversation between the few people, and laughed loudly in the kitchen: "Happy birthday, Yuzuru, let me treat you to ramen today."

"No, if you want to wish me a happy birthday, please add more pieces of meat to me." Hinata Yuzuru declined and ordered ramen according to everyone's taste, and the group filled the ramen shop.

Before waiting for the ramen to be served, Hinata Yuzuru looked at Itachi Uchiha: "If this is correct, is Aunt Mikoto about to give birth?"

"Well, a ninja from the Hyuga family has seen it, it's a boy." Uchiha Itachi smiled. For him recently, nothing could be more wonderful than the birth of his younger brother.

"Congratulations." Hinata Yuzuru smiled, but suddenly took out something in his hand.

It is an object also wrapped in a gift box.

"Tomorrow is Itachi's birthday, right? As an older brother, I won't forget that I originally planned to ask someone to deliver it in the evening." He said jokingly and handed the gift to Itachi.

Uchiha Itachi seemed to have not experienced the feeling of being teased by Hyuga Yuzuru for a long time. He felt nostalgic for a moment, but he still said: "If you are just one day old, wouldn't it be inappropriate to call yourself brother?"

"Then, let's calculate based on strength. Is this more acceptable to you?" Hinata Yuzuru's words made Uchiha Itachi fall into silence.

He glared and said angrily: "I am different now than I was before."

"Oh~ I'm looking forward to it." Hinata Yuzuru was not afraid of him at all. The biggest cheat of the Uchiha clan was the Sharingan. Once the eyes were opened, every breakthrough of the Sharingan would bring a leap in strength, but before that...
How can you possibly beat me when you're always thinking about 'life and death', 'village and family' all day long?

But soon, Hinata Yuzuru straightened his expression and said seriously: "Please open this gift for you at your birthday dinner."

Even though Hinata Yuzuru's request was a bit strange, Itachi still nodded without interest: "I understand."

He hasn't yet digested the blow dealt by Hinata Yuzuru.

Uchiha Shisui chuckled a few times, touched Itachi's head, and then asked curiously: "By the way, Yuzuru, I never had time to ask before - why did you join the ninja school so early?"

If there is no special reason, even if you enroll, you will probably only start from the first or second grade.

It is very rare to go straight to fifth grade.

If nothing else goes wrong, he will be promoted to sixth grade this year and graduate directly next year. From this point of view, six-year-old Hinata Yuzuru will receive his own genin forehead protector. Just to become a genin, it is necessary to make such a big move. Trouble?

"I want to become colleagues with Shisui-senpai and Kakashi-senpai." Hinata Yuzuru said with a smile, pretending to be full of energy: "Kakashi-senpai became a Chunin at the age of six. I still have a long way to go to catch up with the seniors."

Kakashi Hatake pulled down his mask and was now staring intently at his ramen. He placed the order earlier and the noodles arrived earlier, but he couldn't pick up his chopsticks before Hinata Yuzuru, so he could only pray that his ramen wouldn't clot too quickly.

When he heard what Hinata Yuzuru said, he didn't believe even a single punctuation mark.

Even though this brat senior is shouting for affection, it's hard to say what he is thinking.

But since he said that he would graduate and join ANBU next year, Hatake Kakashi still couldn't hold it back and worked a little harder behind his back - he couldn't really be surpassed by this annoying little guy so quickly, right? ?
A few people were laughing and chatting, and time passed quickly.

After dinner, Kakashi Hatake was the first to find an excuse to leave, and everyone parted ways.

Back home, Hinata Kaoru, who had always remained quiet during the party, solemnly wished him a happy birthday.

At night, Hinata Yuzuru belongs to his family, so she naturally won't disturb him.

With the blessings of his mother and father, Hinata Yuzuru spent his fifth birthday, and perhaps his last, such a warm and reunited birthday.

Back in the room, Hinata Yuzuru started to open the presents. According to the custom here, perhaps the presents should be opened in front of the other party and then expressed satisfaction, but Hinata Yuzuru didn't like to do that, so he took it home and looked at it when he was alone.

The gift sent by Uchiha Itachi is very interesting. It is a biographical novel that records the journey of an ordinary person who changed his destiny before the ninja era, or in the early days, from a nobody to a family general, and from a family slave to the chief samurai of the master of the family.

Although the warrior class is still a tool for the family owner, from the perspective of the status of a domestic slave, it has already completed a jump in status and class.

Hinata Yuzuru put down the book after reading it which was full of feudal characteristics. Perhaps Itachi wanted to encourage him with it, but he didn't understand that Hinata Yuzuru's ambition was much greater than he imagined.

The katana presented by Shisui is a product of the Uchiha clan. It looks a bit old, but it is still sharp and strong. It is even an excellent ninja tool and has the characteristics of conducting chakra. In terms of price alone, it can It's said to be extremely precious.

But in comparison, Yuzuru Hinata's favorite is still the gifts from Hinata Kaoru and Izumi.

Quan gave her a kunai, on which she had carved some crooked small words using some unknown method.

[I hope Yuzuru can be happy forever—Izumi. 】

Hyuga Yuzuru solemnly put the kunai into the last slot of the ninja bag. The price of a kunai was not a small figure for ordinary ninjas. It can be said that she has tried her best.

Hinata Kaoru's gift was very interesting, it was a diary.

Hinata Yuzuru pondered for a moment, but finally couldn't hold back his curiosity. He picked up the diary and started reading it quietly.

The records in this diary probably start from when Hinata Kaoru was three years old and end to today.

While reading the diary, he was sometimes in deep thought, sometimes smiling, and sometimes shaking his head helplessly.

But in the end, I solemnly put the diary away and locked it in the drawer.

Looking out the window, Hinata Yuzuru put his hands behind his back and thought for a long time. In the end, he just sighed quietly.

There is no need to dwell too much on Hinata Kaoru's sad past and poor childhood. The sad facts she suffered during the Hinata separation are still happening over and over again.

She was lucky enough to find the light she could chase before she collapsed.

But there are still more birds dying silently in dark cages.

It seems that it is almost time to prepare to implement the plan.

Moreover, if nothing unexpected happens, starting from next year, I won’t have much time to practice leisurely at home.

After the death of the Fourth Hokage, the Hidden Cloud Village will seize this opportunity, begin a tentative survey, and then launch another war. Although during this period perhaps only the Iwagakure Village will have the spare energy to get involved, and the intensity and strength of the war will be far less than the Ninja World War, but war is war, and Hyuga Yuzuru, who has decided to step into the battlefield, cannot stay out of it.

Wait until the day the war ends.
Perhaps, this is the day I should put my plan into practice.

Time waits for me.

Hyuga Yuzuru sighed, but made up his mind to do his best to preserve the Hyuga clan's vitality in this war.

It is obviously impossible for Hizashi to stay out of it, but Xun has a chance. Perhaps, he should try to reveal part of the plan to her, allowing her to develop subordinates during the war while the internal supervision of the family is weak.

Working together internally and externally, taking advantage of the gap during the war to bring most of the Hyuga clan members to the same front is the basis for the execution of the plan.

For this reason, a group of escort forces must be provided for Xun first. If there are any flaws in the plan, even if several ninjas from different families die during the war, it can still be operated.

"Two months."

Hyuga Yuzuru set a deadline for his first step plan, determined to get a good start before the Nine-Tails Rebellion breaks out.

He has never been a procrastinating person. Once he feels the time is right, he will no longer hesitate.

So, starting from the next day, with the cooperation of Hinata Hizashi, he began to screen the first batch of candidates to receive the Asuka Seal.

Finally, after careful judgment and needs, the number of people in the first batch to receive the Asuka Seal was limited to six, neither too many nor too few.

(End of this chapter)