Naruto: I, who fooled the ninja world, was hailed as a savior.

Chapter 12 I can't do something like deceiving women (serious face)
The time came to noon.

Hyuga Kumokawa walked back to the Hyuga clan's territory from Konoha Hospital, glancing down at his hand bound in bandages.

Thanks to the body's increasingly powerful self-healing ability, the wound on his hand had actually healed completely on the way to the hospital.

However, to avoid attracting unnecessary attention, he cut another wound on his palm.

Even so, the medical ninjas at the hospital were still amazed, as such a strong self-healing ability was rare.

Of course, there were other reasons why Hinata Kumokawa did this.

"..."

While he was thinking, Hinata Kumokawa had already walked to the outside of a training field. Looking up, he saw the figure being respectfully surrounded by several people.

Hyuga Aoi is the daughter of a senior elder of the Hyuga clan.

Her long black hair seemed to flow in the sunlight, and the sixteen-year-old girl's healthy rosy cheeks still had baby fat, but her white eyes were like icy blades.

"Go away!"

She kicked away the branch family member kneeling in front of her without any mercy. The branch family member could only grunt in pain, not daring to show any dissatisfaction.

"waste."

Hinata Aoi glared at him with disgust, then glanced at the other branch family members, her tone irritated: "You're all useless! Not one of you dares to make a move. Father actually sent you trash to protect me?"

The surrounding members of the branch family lowered their heads, their attitude respectful and humble, daring not to utter any rebuttal or overstep their bounds.

Because that clan elder only had this one daughter, he spoiled her from a young age, which led to her being arrogant, pampered, and willful.

If that were all, it wouldn't be a big deal; many children from the main family are like that.

However, she was brave and fierce, always wanting to leave the village and go to the battlefield to kill the enemy.

This time, he was in a bad mood because his father refused his request to leave the village again, so he took it out on his relatives and insisted that they use all their strength to spar with him.

Leaving aside the possibility of accidentally injuring him during a full-force sparring match, any transgression will result in suffering the torment of the cursed seal.

Let alone being insulted or beaten in a mild and painless way now, as long as they don't have to endure that kind of pain that comes from the depths of their souls and is worse than death, if Hinata Aoi wanted to, they would even kneel down and bark like dogs.

"Wait a minute." Seemingly noticing something, Hinata Aoi frowned and asked, "Are we short one person?"

Upon hearing this, several members of the branch family raised their heads slightly, their eyes briefly meeting, and they all noticed who was absent.

"Lord Aoi."

After a moment of silence, the Hyuga clansman who had stopped Hyuga Kumokawa during his morning duty spoke first, respectfully saying, "Yes..."

"Lord Aoi, I'm here."

Before he could finish speaking, a familiar voice came, making his body tremble involuntarily, and he felt his purplish abdomen begin to ache again.

Hinata Aoi frowned and turned to look, seeing Hinata Kumokawa walking towards her. She said coldly, "So it was you, you piece of trash, that we were asking who was missing."

Hyuga Kumokawa ignored Hyuga Aoi's sarcasm, simply raising his bandaged hand and bowing slightly, saying, "I'm sorry, Aoi-sama, my hand is injured, I might not be able to today..."

hum!
The whistling sound of something cutting through the air suddenly reached his ears. He instinctively turned his head to dodge, and a fist grazed his earlobe, the wind from the punch lifting the black hair tied behind his head.

Hinata Kumokawa calmly raised his lowered eyebrows and met a pair of emotionless white eyes.

"Enough with the nonsense," Hinata Aoi said coldly. "Let me see if you, this piece of trash, have improved at all."

As soon as he finished speaking, Hinata Aoi withdrew his fist, turned it into a palm, and pushed it towards Hinata Kumokawa's chest.

But in the next moment, the figure in front of him dodged the palm strike with an almost "floating" gait, like a leaf falling in the wind.

A look of surprise flashed across Hinata Aoi's eyes, and bulging veins appeared around her eyes as she assumed the true starting stance of Gentle Fist.

The next moment, her right hand became a blur, and her three fingers together were about to touch Yun Chuan's left shoulder.

"..." Seeing this, Hinata Kumokawa sighed inwardly, "How troublesome."

Although I don't want to show my talent so early, it's impossible for me to obediently kneel down and act like a dog.

After all, he endured for three years to get a chance to change his fate. If he continues to kneel and act like a dog, wouldn't all those three years of endurance have been for nothing?

So, do you want to stand tall, or do you want to make "money"?

"I just want to stand up and still make money." That's the case.

Hinata Kumokawa slowly closed his eyes.

Sure enough, he once again entered that state of total concentration, where all his senses—sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch—were completely shut down, except for his mental perception.

Bang!
His figure suddenly spun and leaned back, Hyuga Aoi's fingertips brushing past his nose, leaving a palm print about an inch deep on the wooden stake behind him. Wood chips fluttered down and landed on his eyelashes, carrying the bitter scent of pine resin.

Hinata Aoi's punches and palms came one after another with great speed, but Hinata Kumokawa perceived them as incredibly slow.

The boiling blood within him surged like a tidal wave, the burning sensation like magma, allowing his body to keep pace with his thoughts.

He was like the only being at normal speed in a slow-motion film, freely roaming through an extremely long timeline.

"what happened?"

Seeing that all his moves had been dodged by Hyuga Kumokawa with his eyes closed, Hyuga Aoi's pupils narrowed and his expression became excited, but his movements gradually became more impatient.

Hinata Kumokawa could "see" that her seemingly fierce attacks actually revealed an opening under her ribs with each turn.

In the next second, seizing the moment of her mistake, Hinata Kumokawa's raised hand deftly darted across his chest like a fish, grabbing Hinata Aoi's wrist, while his other arm braced against hers, a force twisting through her muscles and bones...

Snap! Snap!

In a brief moment, Hyuga Aoi's arm cracked twice.

One sound indicates a misaligned bone, the other indicates a settling of the bone.

The movements were so skillful and fluid that they didn't even give her a chance to cry out in pain, leaving only a momentary sting.

Before she could recover from her shock, Hinata Kumokawa's body moved again.

His body seemed to tremble slightly, almost imperceptibly, and a powerful force instantly traveled from his spine through his muscles to his arm, whipping him like a whip towards Hyuga Aoi beside him.

boom!
It sounded like a bamboo shoot being bent to its limit and then suddenly released, cracking in the air, and you could even see a wisp of white mist exploding in the air.

The blow struck Hinata Aoi's arm, which she was using to block, causing her to stagger back several steps as if hit by a hammer, on the verge of falling to the ground in a disheveled state...

If things get too messy, it will be difficult to handle.

Hinata Kumokawa sighed, reached out and grabbed Hinata Aoi's collar, and yanked it forcefully without any decorum.

"Have you had enough fun, Aoi-sama?"

Hinata Kumokawa opened his eyes, looked into Hinata Aoi's trembling eyes, and said in a low voice with a hint of sarcasm, "If you really want to go to the battlefield, you should at least understand..."

"You are able to live on this blood-soaked land, in this cruel family, because many lives have been sacrificed."

"Those who are alive must be worthy of such sacrifice."

"Unfortunately, in my opinion, you are not worthy."

After saying that, he raised his head, released Hinata Aoi's hand, and pushed her away.

Ignoring the astonished, fearful, or shocked gazes around him, Hinata Kumokawa gave Hinata Aoi a slight bow before turning and leaving.

With his back to Hinata Aoi's gaze, Hinata Kumokawa's expression remained calm as he walked slowly away.

But the moment he stepped off the training field, the notification sound he was waiting for echoed in his mind.

【Ding! 】

[Your lie has been judged as [hypocritical] and [attractive to others]. Hinata Aoi experiences strong emotional fluctuations, reaching the level of [self-doubt], and gains 300 truth points...]

"...Tsk, that's slander."

Hinata Kumokawa's smile vanished instantly, and he said in a low voice, "I can't do things that involve deceiving women."

After making a joke, he caught a glimpse of a familiar figure out of the corner of his eye. The young face was filled with resentment as it ran out of another courtyard.

That's... Hyuga Neji.

"Oh, look." Hinata Kumokawa squinted and smiled, "My protagonist has appeared."

(End of this chapter)