XX-level Hokage

The woman before him smiled slightly, her long black hair blowing in the wind, faintly radiating a silvery-white glow in the setting sun.

Her skirt fluttered, and the girl reached out to press it down, a hint of shyness on her cheeks, but her milky white eyes were incredibly calm, faintly emitting a blue light.

Mysterious and beautiful.

In an instant, Heitu's heart started pounding; it was a feeling she had never experienced before.

All his strength seemed to have vanished, as if he were drowning. [Kuroto's Favorability +20]

With the reminder, Mashiro was slightly startled, not expecting it to have such a strong effect. It seems that, to some extent, Kurotsuchi is still as innocent as a young girl.

Generally speaking, the affection level will only increase by 20 when facing a young girl.

For characters like Hinata and Koro, it's very difficult to increase their affection level; an increase of 5 is already considered good.

As the breeze stopped, Kurotsuchi snapped back to reality, though her face flushed slightly. "Kurotsuchi, do you... like me?" Mashiro walked up to Kurotsuchi and whispered in her ear. Her breath was soft and light, brushing against Kurotsuchi's earlobe.

"What nonsense are you talking about? Alright, I'm going back." Kurotsuchi hurriedly got up and distanced herself from Mashiro. "So I'm really annoying, huh?" Mashiro said smugly.

Upon hearing this, Kurotsuchi stopped and turned to look at Mashiro. After hesitating for a moment, she said, "No, I just remembered that I still have official business to attend to, so..."

"Do you know why I'm telling you all this? Because I like you a lot." At that moment, Mami suddenly said.

In an instant, Heitu froze. She didn't know how to react, and even doubted whether she had misheard. But more than anything, she felt a deep sense of panic.

"Are you nervous because of what I said?" Mashiro asked softly as she walked behind Kurotsuchi and gently hugged her.

“No one has ever said anything like that to me before,” Kurotsuchi said, her eyes slightly unfocused. “Want to try dating?” Mashiro whispered in Kurotsuchi’s ear. Kurotsuchi didn’t answer.

[Kurozu's favorability +10, reward: New Bloodline Limit]

As the affection level increased, Kurotsuchi's character panel reappeared. [Name: Kurotsuchi]

Gender: Female Age: 33 Affection Level: 40 Relationship: Ambiguous

Affection Reward (50): Newborn Bloodline Limit (Already Obtained) Affection Reward (90): Newborn Bloodline Elimination

After a moment of silence, Heitu spoke: "This is our second meeting today. You've gone from a 12-year-old brat to a 19-year-old young man in front of me."

Woman, I know nothing about you, and I'm not young anymore.

I cannot agree to this, neither emotionally nor logically.

However, I seem to be a little sick, and I'm having trouble controlling my emotions, so perhaps we can give it a try.

“Then, please take care of me.” Mashiro said softly, her hand slowly moving downwards. Kurotsuchi seemed to sense something, her face flushed, but she did not stop her.

That night, the two returned to the village and found an inn. (Author's note)

Small horse pulling a big cart*、（°）kill

Chapter 251: Sarutobi Mirai

A few days later, after dealing with the commotion caused by Momoshiki and Kinshiki, Naruto announced the official results of the Chunin Exams.

Including Mashiro, Shinki, and Shikadai, a total of six ninjas became Jonin. During these past few days, Mashiro has mostly been dating Kurotsuchi and Tenten.

She wasn't in a hurry about the mission, after all, she had already roughly figured out the strength of the ordinary members of the Otsutsuki clan. Finding the Ten-Tails' larva was only a matter of time.

After breakfast at the Uzumaki residence, Himawari and Boruto went out one after the other.

Himawari is still attending the Ninja Academy, while Boruto needs to go on a mission with Team 7. At this time, only Hinata and Mashiro are left at home.

After the two finished cleaning up the dishes together, Mashiro sat down on the sofa in the living room and started watching TV.

"New game release! Ninja Heroes, featuring brand-new 3D technology for an extraordinary experience. Purchase the game and receive a free VR headset. Order now at [address]!"

The television is showing an advertisement.

After hesitating for a moment, Hinata also sat down on the sofa, her white eyes gazing at Mashiro with a mixture of curiosity and complexity.

"What's wrong? Why are you looking at me like that?" Noticing Yu's gaze, Mashiro turned her head and smiled, saying, "Nothing." Yu ultimately didn't voice the question that was on her mind.

"Are you trying to ask about my true identity?" Mashiro asked softly. Hinata avoided Mashiro's gaze and nodded slightly.

From the moment she first met Mashiro, she sensed something was amiss. She could always feel a strange sense of familiarity and peace of mind with Mashiro, but she kept deceiving herself and attributing it to their shared clan.

Until a few days before, in the hospital, she saw Makoto's eyes. She knew that I had never truly understood her.

My name is Hyuga Mashiro. Regarding my identity, I can only say that I am indeed a member of the Hyuga clan, but not as I said before. Rather, I am a member of the Hyuga clan originating from Konoha.

"Our relationship isn't exactly unfamiliar. I know you, but you don't know me, and that's about it." Mashiro said softly. "Did you use genjutsu on me?" Hinata asked after a moment of silence.

"Naruto already told you about that, didn't he? Well, that makes sense. For Konoha, I am indeed too dangerous. I do possess an incredibly powerful eye technique, but I haven't used it on you. That's all I have to say." Mashiro said, getting up and leaving.

After Mashiro left, Hinata silently watched TV.

In Mashiro's view, she is bound to change the future, so everything in this future will cease to exist, and therefore she has no intention of developing any feelings for the people in this future.

In the afternoon, Mashiro found Naruto and asked to leave the village.

Naruto couldn't refuse her genuine request, and quickly processed her exit permit.

"By the way, do you need a ninja to accompany you? After all, you're not very familiar with the ninja world yet," Naruto said after handing the certificate to Mashiro.

After thinking for a moment, Mashiro nodded slightly and smiled, "Then I'll trouble you."

Naruto nodded slightly, searched around for a while, found more than a dozen file sheets, and handed them to Mashiro.

“They are all Chunin and Special Jonin who are not on missions recently. You can see which one you'd like to accompany you,” Naruto asked.

Looking at the new faces in the files, the men were the first to be eliminated.

Those whose appearance didn't appeal to me were passed over. In the end, only three files remained.

[Name: Nori Roll Huifang]

Gender: Female Age: 15

Ninja Rank: Chunin

Chakra nature: Wind, Water. Favorite ninjutsu: Water-based.

Personality: Courageous but often indecisive. Assessment: Needs more solo missions! [Name: Sasaki Saori]

Gender: Female Age: 14

Ninja Rank: Chunin

Chakra nature: Fire, Lightning, Earth. Specialized ninjutsu: Scorching Technique, Genjutsu.

Personality: Solitary and unable to get along with teammates

Evaluation: More team-based tasks need to be assigned. [Name: Sarutobi Mirai]

Gender: Female Age: 15

Ninja Rank: Chunin

Chakra nature: Wind, Fire

Skilled in: Fire Release, Wind Release, Genjutsu, and Swordsmanship

Personality: Lively and cheerful, kind-hearted, but somewhat impatient.

Evaluation: Extremely talented, but needs more time to hone his skills at the grassroots level. Looking at the incredibly detailed information in the report, Mashiro chuckled.

As expected of Naruto, he not only gave special evaluations to all the new generation of ninjas, but also made them unique. After hesitating for a moment, Mashiro still focused his attention on the third report, Sarutobi Mirai.

Sarutobi Mirai, she should be Asuma and Kurenai's child, although I don't know why she looks a bit like Shisui in the photos.

"The future? I understand. I'll inform her. She'll be waiting for you at the gates of Konoha tomorrow." Naruto took back the file and said softly. Hearing this, Mashiro nodded slightly, then turned and left the Hokage's office.

"Shikaku, assign the mission to Mirai, and don't forget to remind her to be wary of genjutsu," Naruto said to Shikamaru, who had been silent the whole time. Shikamaru nodded solemnly.

The day after Naruto returned, he told Shikamaru everything that had happened in the space.

Therefore, Shikamaru is currently the only person among all the high-ranking officials in Konoha who knows Mashiro's true identity, besides Naruto and Sasuke.

For this reason, Shikamaru will not easily have any form of contact with Mashiro, including conversation. He is the brain of Konoha and is someone who absolutely cannot be controlled by genjutsu.

At this moment, in a small villa in the Sarutobi tribe's territory, Mirai was lying bored on the corridor in the yard.

She hasn't had any tasks lately and is in a relaxed state. Mentioning this makes her seem somewhat self-pitying.

Despite her talent and ability, all the missions assigned to her are B-rank and C-rank ninjutsu, or she is left idle at home. She has been a Chunin for two years and has not participated in a single A-rank mission.

She even consulted Shikamaru and Miyamaru about this, but both of them told her to be more patient.

As a teenage girl, especially one with a tomboyish personality, her future inner world is active, impatient, and immature.

She couldn't understand what Shikamaru and Konohamaru meant, and felt neglected. Looking at the drifting clouds in the sky, Mirai sighed softly.

Just then, Kurenai's voice came from the living room. "Mirai, come here quickly, your Shikamaru brother is looking for you." Hearing this, Mirai quickly got up and went to the living room.

"Long time no see, Shikamaru-nii-san. Has the Hokage finally decided to entrust me with some important mission?" Mirai said with a smile.

Looking at the future before him, Shikamaru reached out and gently patted her head, saying with a hint of helplessness, "Although I don't want to say this, you guessed right. There's an S-rank mission you need to carry out, and you'll be doing it all by yourself."

Hearing Shikamaru's words, Mirai was instantly stunned. She hadn't expected that she had guessed correctly; there really was an important mission assigned to her. "Yes!"

The future instantly became exciting.

"Are you sure it's an S-rank mission? Sending a Chunin to carry it out? Are you sure there's no mistake?" Kurenai asked, both surprised and worried, her eyes full of doubt and disbelief.

"Don't worry, Ms. Kurenai. Although it's an S-rank mission, there's basically no danger throughout. The reason it's classified as an S-rank mission is purely because of the participants' identities," Shikamaru explained.

Hearing this, Kurenai felt slightly relieved; she didn't believe Shikamaru would deceive her.

"Hey, Shikamaru-nii, who exactly is this person? Do I need to prepare anything in advance?" Mirai asked excitedly.

"An escort mission: take a noble person out of Konoha and bring her back. As for preparations, just bring a detailed map," Shikamaru said softly.

"An escort mission." Future's expression turned slightly disappointed, but she was still incredibly excited. After all, this was her first S-rank mission.

"I've already arranged your pick-up and departure from the village. Just wait at the main gate at eight o'clock tomorrow morning," Shikamaru said with a smile.

Then he looked at Hong and said softly, "Teacher Hong, this should be Future's first escort mission and first time leaving the village. Please tell Future what precautions to take."

Hong smiled and nodded.

Immediately afterward, Shikamaru hurriedly left.

Chapter 252: Shame

The next day, early in the morning.

Because they were so excited, they arrived at the gate very early to wait.