Hinata: I'm in charge of Konoha.

Chapter 109 Shared Goals

Kakashi is arguably the person, besides Orochimaru, who has the most direct understanding of Hinata's strength.

Not only the Fourth Hokage's Flying Thunder God Technique, but even the fleeting yet incredibly stunning Instant Punch was witnessed by Kakashi.

Naruto wants to have the strength to defeat Hinata within a month.

This kind of thing—

Even if Minato Namikaze were to be resurrected and personally teach Naruto, it would still be impossible.

"Even you, Kakashi-sensei, think so?"

Naruto lay on the ground, his azure eyes staring blankly at the sky.

Why did you defeat Hinata?

"Is it because Hinata has been bullying you all this time?"

Kakashi didn't answer Naruto's question. Instead, he brought up Hinata's past actions towards Naruto.

"----no."

"Hinata always bullies me, but she bullies other people too."

"Those who bully others have all been taught a lesson by her."

"Otherwise, Sakura wouldn't like Hinata so much."

Naruto fell silent for a moment, and his words made Kakashi glance at him sideways.

He had assumed Naruto would have a strong prejudice against Hinata, but he never expected him to think that way.

But Naruto immediately continued, "But I absolutely disagree with Hinata's condescending attitude!"

Neji is her brother, but because of his birth, their fate was sealed from the beginning.

"Yet Hinata accepted all of this without a second thought!"

"This isn't fair!"

"That's absolutely unfair to Neji!"

"Why should this kind of fate, this kind of injustice, exist?!"

Naruto kept talking, his emotions growing more and more agitated.

"So what do you think Hinata should do?"

Kakashi couldn't help but speak up after hearing Naruto's words.

"Of course, we should resist!"

"Neji is so talented and works so hard, why should he have to endure this unfairness!"

"Hinata is so amazing, she should stand up and fight for fairness for a genius like Neji!"

Naruto blurted out, sprang to his feet, and declared righteously.

Faced with Naruto's naive remarks, Kakashi was momentarily speechless.

However, he could barely understand Naruto's thoughts.

After all, they are children who grew up in peacetime.

"Naruto, spend the next couple of days wandering around the village's bathhouse area."

Kakashi sighed.

He came here specifically to arrange for Naruto to meet Jiraiya, who had recently returned to the village. Given the relationship between Jiraiya and his teacher, Jiraiya wouldn't ignore Naruto.

This month would be perfect for Jiraiya to teach Naruto.

Kakashi didn't believe that even if Jiraiya taught Naruto, he could defeat Hinata.

Hinata's talent surpasses even Jiraiya's.

The Hyuga clan said, "You'll be staying here from now on. If you'd like, you can apply to become a Konoha ninja."

"Of course, it's fine if you don't want to."

"Anyway, Hinata doesn't need your chopsticks."

In a small courtyard on the Hyuga clan's land, Hinata, accompanied by a somewhat uneasy Karin, pointed to the house in front of them and began to speak.

"Me? Me?"

Even now, Karin still feels like she's dreaming.

She couldn't believe that she had left Kusagakure so easily.

"right."

Hinata nodded in agreement.

Why?

"Why are you doing this to me, Hinata?"

Hinata's kindness to her was so sudden that Karin was caught off guard.

"Didn't I already say that?"

"From now on, you'll be my team's cook?"

"Of course, it's fine if Karin doesn't want to."

Hinata shook her head.

She understood Karin's anxious expression. After all, living in such a difficult environment for so long, it would feel unreal to anyone to suddenly have someone rescue her from it.

"I do!"

As soon as Hinata finished speaking, Karin blurted out almost reflexively.

"Oh, that's wonderful."

"If I'm on a mission in the future, I won't have to go hungry with Karin by my side."

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Hinata smiled and reached out to touch Karin's red hair.

"Um--"

Feeling the gentle caress on her head, Karin nodded softly.

At this moment, Karin's feelings were less about trusting Hinata and more about proving her own worth.

After all, no one will be kind to another for no reason.

Only by being useful can you gain the recognition of others.

Hinata understood this, but she didn't intend to say anything more; time would slowly change everything.

"Someone will take you to the reporting event tomorrow, so Karin should rest well today."

"If you need anything, just tell Xia, she'll help you."

Hinata gave a few words of advice, then said goodbye and left.

Hiruzen Sarutobi also knew about Karin's situation; it could be said that Konoha would accept her if Karin were willing.

Hinata looked up at the sky after leaving Karin's residence.

There is only one month left until the final Chunin Exams.

Hinata never took the Chunin Exams seriously from the beginning.

But the situation is now completely different from the original story.

The addition of Kirigakure means that Obito Uchiha was involved in the Konoha Crush plan.

Meanwhile, the war of words between Kumogakure and Konoha became known throughout the ninja world. Kumogakure's behavior was completely different from before, and everyone knew what Kumogakure was brewing.

Sunagakure, Kirigakure (which was controlled by Obito Uchiha), and Orochimaru.

With the addition of Kirigakure, Orochimaru will not easily turn against his so-called allies.

Kazekage Rasa has an extremely high survival rate.

In addition to the Mizukage Yagura, who was controlled by Obito Uchiha, Orochimaru himself, and Obito Uchiha, who might appear.

If they don't survive this wave, Konoha is basically finished.

Fortunately, Gaara was killed by me beforehand, so losing that one of my combatants reduced the pressure somewhat.

As long as Jiraiya doesn't slack off, Konoha should be able to hold on.

It's not that Hinata particularly approves of Konoha, but rather that Hinata is bound to Hyuga, and Hyuga is bound to Konoha.

In a sense, Hinata and Hiruzen Sarutobi share the same goal.

However, Hiruzen Sarutobi's personality was so indecisive that he was overly cautious and hesitant.

If the current Hokage were Tobirama Senju, Hinata would simply be eating and drinking as usual, not bothering to worry about anything at all.

but----

Hinata couldn't help but feel a little strange thinking about Hiruzen Sarutobi's sudden change in attitude towards her a few days ago.

You should know that although the old man didn't say it before, he was always wary of me.

What caused him to change so much?

Has the old man finally figured it out?

Hinata doesn't care about any of that. All she needs to do is improve her strength, become the strongest, and have a clear conscience.

I'm too lazy to think about anything else.

Thinking of this, Hinata decided to return to her courtyard and ask Hyuga Tokuma to help her move the explosive tags from the warehouse so that she could carve more of the multiplicative explosive tags' marks.

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