Hinata: I'm in charge of Konoha.

Hokage Building

Hokage's Office

Ah this...

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was watching Naruto's first day of school, felt a little tense as he looked at the scene in the crystal ball.

Didn't Hinata Hyuga apologize to Naruto just yesterday after bullying him?

With this child's intelligence, there's no reason he wouldn't have figured out the relationship between Naruto and himself.

After all, if you bully a child, your father will catch you and make you apologize to the Hokage.

To put it dramatically, Hinata Hyuga even guessed that she and Naruto were grandfather and granddaughter, which didn't surprise Hiruzen Sarutobi at all.

This child seems quite intelligent...

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After bullying the three idiots and Naruto, Hinata snorted, flicked her sleeves, and turned to leave.

After all, she still needed to go and report to her teacher.

Only the four of them – Ah Da, Ah Er, Ah San, and Naruto – were left, beaten to a pulp.

"Waaaaah, boss, we lost..."

Ah Er and Ah San rubbed their faces and said aggrievedly.

"What's the big deal? There are four of us!"

"She's all alone!"

"If we work hard to get stronger, we'll definitely win!"

Naruto stared resentfully in the direction Hinata had left, gritting his teeth as he spoke.

"What are you saying?!"

Ah Er and Ah San expressed their dissatisfaction upon seeing this.

"That's right, that guy's right!"

"She's just a girl!"

"What's the big deal!"

As the saying goes, male friendships are always built on some very strange things.

"Naruto, right? From now on, you're fourth!"

Ada rubbed his face, which was swollen from the punch, and patted Naruto's shoulder as he spoke.

"what?"

"Um!"

"From now on, I'm the fourth one!"

Naruto was stunned for a moment, then looked at Ada with a look of surprise.

Boys need to fight together and climb walls together to be able to play together.

Currently, because Hinata doesn't want the mugwort, these three idiots have inexplicably ended up hanging out with Naruto.

"Hmph, we four brothers will defeat the Great Demon Lord Hyuga one day!"

Upon seeing this, Naruto immediately shouted with joy.

"right!"

"Let's show that Hyuga demon a thing or two about our passionate, unwavering bond!"

-

Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help but laugh when he saw this scene through the crystal ball.

Naruto was never accepted by others because he was the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki.

He also tried to get ordinary villagers to accept Naruto, but most of his efforts were in vain.

Unexpectedly, just by fighting with Hinata Hyuga, Naruto gained three friends.

It seems that Naruto's two beatings weren't for nothing.

Ok?

Hiruzen Sarutobi was stunned.

Hinata is the young lady of the Hyuga clan. Judging from her behavior when she met me yesterday, she doesn't seem like the kind of brainless brute.

Moreover, given the Hyuga family's upbringing, the heir would never be so stubborn.

Could this be something Hinata Hyuga did on purpose?!

Considering his relationship with Naruto, and also because the Hyuga clan, being a powerful clan, shouldn't have too much contact with the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki.

So, taking advantage of the three kids who bullied him yesterday, he'll beat them up together with Naruto. According to a child's simple thinking...

We all got beaten up by her, so naturally we should beat her up back together!

Over time, the bullied person and the bully became friends!

Let's turn hostility into friendship!

This... is simply genius!

As expected of the Hinata clan's successor!

He not only found friends for Naruto, but also distanced the Hyuga clan from the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, and left a good impression on the Hokage!

Get it in one fell swoop!

Hiashi Hyuga gave birth to a wonderful daughter!

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Naruto rubbed his bruised face, but returned to the classroom with a happy expression, having made three new friends.

He couldn't be happy.

The violent bastard who just beat him up is now sitting next to Sakura, whom he's been longing for!

And his hand was on Sakura's shoulder!

"Girl, has anyone ever told you that your forehead is beautiful?"

Hinata looked at Sakura Haruno beside her with a teasing expression.

"Oh, is that so?"

"Hinata, you're the second person to say my forehead is pretty..."

Sakura, with her pink hair, looked shy after being praised.

"Is that so?"

"Who was the first person to praise you?"

Hinata's eyes sparkled with curiosity.

"It's Ino."

Sakura answered.

"Then forget about her starting today. I'm the first person to praise you."

"Hinata, you're so domineering~"

Sakura blushed deeply as Hinata teased her.

"Hey, hey, hey, I can't pretend I didn't hear that!"

A voice came from behind, and a girl with an angry look on her face walked forward.

"So this beautiful lady is Ino that Sakura was talking about. No wonder she has the same good taste as me."

"My name is Hinata Hyuga."

Ino, who had just been furious that Hinata had made Sakura forget about her, immediately felt her displeasure vanish when Hinata praised her beauty.

"Hehe, no, it's just average-looking."

Ino laughed and quickly waved her hand, indicating that Hinata was exaggerating.

"They look like they're from the Yamanaka family. We can exchange ideas more often in the future."

Hinata instinctively wrapped her arms around Ino's waist, leaned close to her, and chuckled softly as she spoke.

"Sure, Dad wants me to make lots of friends at school!"

Ino didn't care at all about Hinata's actions, and instead held Hinata's hand.

Looking at the shrewd and charming Hinata, Naruto felt a surge of anger rising to his head.

This violent woman can't possibly be this polite!

Deceiving Ino is one thing!

They even deceived Sakura!

No, I have to let my classmates know the true face of this violent girl!

As if sensing Naruto's gaze, Hinata greeted him with a smile:

"Hey, long time no see."

As for why he didn't reach out?

Because one arm was around Sakura's shoulder and the other around Ino's waist, there was no free hand.

haven't seen you for a long time?!

Didn't we just meet?!

And how on earth do you manage to greet yourself like nothing happened right after you beat yourself up?!

and also!

You bastard!

Get your claws off Sakura right now!

"You bastard!"

Naruto couldn't hide his feelings, and his anger towards Hinata was almost always written on his face.

"Naruto, what are you doing?"

"Don't be so mean to Hinata."

Seeing Naruto talking to Hinata like that, Sakura instinctively spoke up.

"..."

Seeing Sakura's strong support for Hinata, Naruto seemed to have something stuck in his throat and couldn't say a word.

He could only watch helplessly as Hinata smiled and joked with Sakura, saying it was nothing.

What on earth is going on here?!

Hinata Hyuga, that violent woman, actually tricked Sakura into misunderstanding her like this!

That's absolutely outrageous!

"Alright, class is about to start. Naruto, don't stand at the door."

"Go back to your seat. By the way, Hinata couldn't make it to class on time because of something, so you don't know each other."

"Hinata-kun, please come up here and introduce yourself."

At that moment, the homeroom teacher, Iruka, arrived in the classroom, interrupting the scene.