Konoha: I, Ninja War Sakura, rely entirely on skills!

Chapter 234 Hinata's Feelings

After Heitu finished speaking, the entire conference room fell silent, but Huangtu immediately tried to smooth things over for his daughter.

But Heitu didn't seem to appreciate it at all.

"You, challenge me?"

Sakura pointed at Kurotsuchi and then at herself to make sure she heard correctly.

"Ridiculous, Lord Huangtu, take care of your people."

A look of unhappiness appeared on Utane Koharu's face. Such a thing actually happened in such an occasion.

If the pink-haired girl agreed, it would be a degradation of her status.

"Correct!"

It seemed as if Kurotsuchi didn't hear what Utane Koharu said at all, and he nodded very seriously.

"Not interested in."

Although Sakura also wants to complete the grand slam of killing the Fourth Tsuchikage, Kurotsuchi is not the Fourth Tsuchikage yet, and it is still a long way for her to become the Fourth Tsuchikage.

Moreover, according to the current situation, as long as Deidara does not cause any trouble, it is estimated that it will not be Kurotsuchi's turn to take the position of the Fourth Tsuchikage.

Just as Utatane Koharu thought, Kurotsuchi is now neither capable nor qualified to challenge Sakura.

If she wanted to fight Sakura, it could only be done under one condition.

That is war.

The war between Iwagakure and Konoha.

"you!"

Heitu was furious when he saw this, and Huangtu spoke in a stern voice:
"That's enough! No more nonsense!"

Seeing this, Heitu couldn't help biting his lips tightly, and said unwillingly:

"……Yes."

"Please forgive me, Lord Hokage. My daughter is ignorant. I apologize to you on her behalf."

After saying that, Huang Tu bent his tall and strong body directly towards Xiaoying.

Looking at this man, tears welled up in Kurotsuchi's eyes.

Why? Why?

Why do they have to be so servile in front of Konoha? They captured their own people and asked them to pay money and use secret techniques to exchange them?
Why did my father, who was usually so powerful, have to bend down in front of this Hokage who was younger than him...

unfair!
"fine."

The Hokage spoke calmly as he looked at the muscular man.

When Huang Tu stood up again, the Hokage had already left the meeting room, leaving only his back.

"I'm sorry to have made Elder Xiaochun laugh."

Huang Tu looked at Koharu Utane with a bad expression and spoke with an apologetic look on his face.

"Instead of apologizing, it would be better for you to teach the younger generation."

After seeing this farce, Koharu Utatane felt a little annoyed.

"Yes, yes. We will present the Light and Heavy Rocks and Heavy Rocks Techniques to you in the next two days. As for the 200 million, I guess we will have to wait until we return to deliver it."

"Ah."

After giving a bland response, Koharu Tsuchiya got up and left.

Behind her, Kurama Asuna stayed where she was, stretched out her hand expressionlessly and said:
"Everyone, please go ahead. I will take you to your residence."

"Yes, please help Miss Asuna."

-

When Sakura left the Hokage building, it was already completely dark.

Sakura looked back at the brightly lit Hokage Building and then left.

At this time on normal days, Sakura would have already finished get off work, but today she had to work overtime because of the matters concerning the Iwagakure Village.

At this time, Mom and Dad should have already had dinner...

When Sakura thought of this, she couldn't help but walk towards the snack street.

She had already told her mother that if she was not home by six o'clock she would not have to cook for her.

Walking on the bustling snack street, there was a constant stream of villagers around, and many of them greeted Sakura enthusiastically, and Sakura responded one by one.

Before she knew it, Sakura had arrived in front of a store.

Ichiraku Ramen.

Looking at this iconic store, Sakura thought for a moment and then walked in.

"welcome!"

"Ah~ It's Hokage~~~"

Acorus, who was in charge of the reception, was as enthusiastic as ever.

Sakura glanced at the menu on the wall and said, "Long time no see. Give me a bowl of char siu ramen."

"Okay, Hokage-sama, please wait a moment!"

The friendly-looking guy immediately went to cook noodles for Sakura.

"By the way, I haven't seen Hokage-sama for a long time. Do you think our food doesn't taste good?"

Ayame placed the cutlery in front of Sakura and spoke teasingly.

"Forehead?"

"That's not the case. The ramen tastes very good."

Sakura was a little surprised that Ayame would ask that.

"Then why does Hokage-sama so seldom come to visit?"

“Is it because you’re too busy?”

Acorus asked curiously. She had no other intentions, she was simply asking the customers about their feelings about her cooking.

The man cooking noodles on the other side couldn't help but prick up his ears.

In response to Ayame's question, Sakura thought for a moment and then answered seriously:

"If you eat a food every day just because it tastes good, you'll get tired of it."

“You may miss out on other delicious foods, but if you come back after a while, you can enjoy the taste of ramen again.”

Listening to Sakura's serious answer, Ayame scratched her head as if in distress, and chuckled as she spoke:
"It seems to make sense. Hokage-sama and Naruto-kun have completely different personalities~~"

Naruto is the type of person who thinks something is delicious, so he eats it every day and never gets tired of it.

"Naruto always comes to Ichiraku Ramen, not just because it's delicious..."

Sakura chuckled, and at this time her char siu ramen was already made and delivered to Sakura.

"Thank you."

Sakura nodded slightly and prepared to eat.

At this moment, another guest came.

"Welcome~~"

Acorus then greeted the guests warmly.

"Hello, one serving of tonkotsu ramen."

The person's voice was very soft, and it sounded very familiar to Sakura.

Sakura slurped up the noodles on the chopsticks and looked back at the person who came.

"Hinata?"

"S-Sakura?"

Hinata looked at the pink-haired girl who was sitting aside eating noodles with a look of surprise.

"Long time no see, Hinata, sit here."

Sakura patted the seat next to her.

"Well, okay, okay."

Hinata sat down next to Sakura somewhat nervously.

Sakura was no longer surprised by Hinata's restrained nature.

"No, I didn't expect that Sakura would come to Ichiraku Ramen as well."

Hinata cautiously looked at the ponytail girl who was eating noodles beside her, and a hint of envy unconsciously flashed in her eyes.

"This is normal. Come and eat when you are hungry."

After taking a sip of the noodle soup, Sakura spoke while trying to eat:

"By the way, I haven't seen Hinata for a long time. What has Hinata been doing recently?"

Hinata did not participate in the Ninja World War three years ago because of her status as the heir of the Hyuga family. During these three years, Sakura also assigned her to Sasuke's team.

Perform missions together with Karin.

But it seems like Hinata just can't get along with Karin and Sasuke.

The Byakugan's perception ability is not as good as Kagura's Heart's Eye. Although its gentle fist is good, it cannot compare to the dynamic vision of the Sharingan in close combat.

Moreover, Hinata is too soft-hearted, and the thrilling close combat technique like Gentle Fist is not suitable for her at all.

Even if he practices medical ninjutsu, he cannot compare to the gifted Karin...

As for illusion, there is a kaleidoscope in the team...sealing technique...

Karin's Diamond Seal is there...

Being inferior to her teammates in every aspect, Hinata seems to be becoming more and more taciturn...

Sakura couldn't help but feel a headache when she thought of this.

She wanted to give Hinata a chance to train, but it seems she messed it up.

But only by contacting Sasuke and Karin, the two of his own shadow guards, can he make use of their relationship to start contact with Naruto...

"I've been practicing soft fist in my clan recently..."

Hinata looked carefully at the pink girl beside her, and at this moment her tonkotsu ramen had been served.

"Other than that?"

Sakura put the char siu in the bowl into her mouth and chewed it carefully.

"Also, there are flower arrangements..."

The girl with the white eyes answered Sakura's question.

"I see, flower arrangement is pretty good."

Sakura was speechless.

To be honest, if the current situation continues as planned, Hinata will have a chance to contact Naruto.

"Uh-huh……"

Hinata ate her food slowly.

Sakura finished the last mouthful of noodle soup and showed no intention of leaving, but waited for Hinata to finish eating.

She wanted to try and talk to Hinata.

This won't do, my baby. You need to work harder and be stronger. You need to be stronger!

Learn from your future daughter!
Knock Naruto and Nine-Tails out with just one finger!
Time passed by minute by minute, and Hinata finished the last noodle in the bowl in small bites.

To be honest, she didn't really like eating ramen.

But she only frequents Ichiraku Ramen because a certain yellow-haired guy likes it.

"Hinata, shall we go out for a walk?"

Sakura smiled and held out her hand to Hinata.

In response to Sakura's invitation, Hinata shrank back like a frightened rabbit, then slowly placed her hand on Sakura's hand.

"Uh-huh……"

After paying the bill, Sakura and Hinata walked around Konoha.

Finally we arrived at a sparsely populated lake.

At this moment, the moon is bright and the stars are sparse. The calm lake reflects the bright moon in the sky. The surrounding big trees make rustling sounds in the gentle night breeze.

Sakura saw a stone by the lake and looked surprised.

"Eh?"

“I didn’t expect it to still be here?”

After saying that, he pulled Hinata to sit on the stone without saying anything.

"Sakura?"

Hinata felt a little strange and didn't understand what was so surprising about a piece of stone.

"This is because Naruto often came here to fish when he was a child because he spent money recklessly and did not have enough living expenses."

"Naruto's favorite place is to sit on this rock and fish."

Hinata looked understanding as she listened to Sakura's words.

Is this...the place Naruto-kun often visited when he was a child?

"But then again, I wonder what that kid Naruto is doing now?"

This was a lie. Although Tobirama Senju was busy in the Scientific Research Bureau at the moment, when faced with the task of teaching Naruto, he still threw out the method of practicing wind-style chakra changes.

Tell him to use chakra to cut off the leaves and then come find him.

Naruto is probably in some corner right now, desperately using his shadow clones to cut the leaves.

Tenzo, who goes by the alias Yamato, was rarely pulled out of the comfortable scientific research bureau by Sakura. He was responsible for supervising Naruto's training and preventing Naruto from causing the Nine-Tails to go berserk due to his own lack of chakra.

Sakura knew Naruto's whereabouts very clearly.

As for why they chose the lake where Naruto often fished when he was a child, it was to bring up Naruto in a natural way.

"Naruto……"

When Hinata saw Sakura mention Naruto, a look of loneliness appeared on her face, and her two tender white hands were unconsciously entangled together.

"Hinata likes Naruto, right?"

Seeing the girl next to her looking so weak, Sakura immediately showed a mischievous smile and looked at Hinata carefully.

It’s not that Sakura doesn’t want to proceed step by step, but she really can’t wait any longer.

If we have to wait for Hinata to confess when Pain attacks Konoha, then there's probably no hope.

Today's Konoha can allow Pain to come in vertically and leave horizontally.

Besides, it is impossible for Sakura to let Pain launch a Super Shinra Tensei on the village just to let Hinata confess her love.

"Ugh?!"

When Hinata heard Sakura say this, she was startled, her face instantly turned red, and she stammered and was unable to speak.

Seeing Hinata like this, Sakura reached out her hand and gently stroked her forehead in Hinata's somewhat panicked look.

It's quite warm...

It should be good as a hand warmer in winter.

Sakura's thoughts wander as usual.

"Xiao...Xiaoying...please stop..."

Hinata cringed as she looked at the girl in front of her who seemed to have some bad taste in her eyes.

"Hi hi hi~~~"

Sakura didn't tease the soft girl in front of her for too long. If she made her faint, it would go against the original purpose.

"But it will be difficult for Hinata to catch up with Naruto in this state."

Sakura's words were too direct, which made it impossible for Hinata to respond normally.

"…But Naruto doesn't like it."

"Naruto-kun doesn't like me..."

"What he likes is..."

Having said that, Hinata glanced at Sakura dimly, with a somewhat aggrieved look on her face.

"I rejected Naruto a long time ago, but Hinata also knows that guy's character."

At this point, Sakura couldn't help but sigh.

"..."

"Don't you think that's too much, Sakura?"

Suddenly, Hinata spoke.

This surprised Sakura.

"Others desperately wanted to get it, but Sakura got it easily and effortlessly."

“I even feel distressed by it.”

Hinata's words gradually became fluent under Sakura's surprised look.

"Is this the winner showing off to the loser?"

Hinata's words were tinged with excitement, and it was obvious how much mental struggle she had gone through to say these words.

Sakura was not annoyed at Hinata's excitement at all. Instead, she tilted her head and spoke with a puzzled look:
"But where was Hinata when Naruto was bullied before?"

"If we fight hard, Hinata should be able to help Naruto a lot, right?"

"And at that time, I had not yet been accepted as a disciple by the old man."

"When I was still an ordinary student, I helped Naruto fight off the naughty kids who bullied him."

Hinata's courage, which she had just mustered up, was completely drained away by Sakura's words. She looked at the pink girl in front of her with a dazed mind, feeling a little ashamed.

"I'm sorry, Sakura..."

Hinata's words were tinged with panic.

She never understood why Naruto liked the girl in front of him so much.

But now she understood, that was when Naruto needed light the most, the girl in front of him brought light to illuminate his world.

What were you doing at that time?
He just watched Naruto being bullied in the corner. He didn't dare to do it and he was afraid. He just watched Naruto being bullied.

Even though he likes Naruto, he doesn't dare to step forward to help him. He just watches silently in the corner.

What's the difference between me and those villagers who treat Naruto coldly?
And she actually took out her preference for Naruto's love for Sakura on Sakura who helped Naruto...

I... am such a failure...

(End of this chapter)