Uchiha Izuna: Hahaha~! As expected of my good adopted daughter!
Uchiha Izuna: That kid will definitely be provoked by you!
Uchiha Izuna: Nara kid, if you 'accidentally' climb a tree in front of that arrogant kid, he'll definitely come running over to you, then put on a straight face, wanting to join you.
Nara Shikamaru: "Lord Izuna... that's me in the black frame world."
Ino Yamanaka: "I think Shikamaru in the black frame world would do the same."
Akimichi Choji: "Agreed."
Temari: "Agreed."
...The rookies immediately started playing word association.
Shikamaru rubbed his forehead helplessly, looked up at the large black-framed screen, and after seeing his own expression, he knew that his black frame world self would indeed do that.
"Sigh~ So troublesome."
Bang—
Sasuke's pretty face flushed slightly, and he slammed his fist on the table.
"How could I fall for such a simple trick?"
"Reverse psychology won't work on me!"
This winter was nearing its end, but snow still fell over Konoha.
Little Naruto went downstairs after getting dressed.
The 'neighbors' had all moved out.
Little Naruto didn't think the Old Thing would be so at ease with him.
It was very likely that they had been sent to the vicinity of the Uchiha Clan's new compound.
During this time, Little Naruto had also seen members of the Konoha Military Police Force on the streets, but their enforcement seemed even more brutal and direct than before.
Because the Konoha Military Police Force, which was the Uchiha Clan, was 'drawing fire'.
Now, when Little Naruto went out, as long as he didn't deliberately shout or do anything to attract the attention of those idiots, almost no one would notice him.
Perhaps, in their eyes, that little fox demon hadn't been out 'doing evil' for so long, and might have died in some corner this winter.
Little Naruto's purpose for coming out this time was to go to Ichiraku Ramen.
He hadn't been there for some time.
It was also a good opportunity to ask Sister Ayame to buy vegetable seeds so he could plant them as soon as spring arrived next year.
"Hey, hey, hey!"
"You're not a daughter of the Hyuga Clan, are you?!"
"If you are, then show us your Byakugan!"
The once lush trees were now bare.
Snow absorbs sound, so logically, people on the street shouldn't have heard it, but Little Naruto heard it well enough, coupled with his perception abilities far exceeding those of his peers.
Originally, he didn't plan to bother with it.
But, when he sensed some familiar Chakra and then heard the words 'Hyuga', his footsteps stopped.
"Hinata?"
He glanced from afar and saw three older children confronting a small girl with short black hair.
"Chakra... Hmm?!"
Little Naruto suddenly froze.
Hinata felt very strong to him!
'Is it because of the Hyuga's unique nature?'
'Hinata's Chakra is even greater than Choji's!'
Thinking this, Little Naruto walked towards them.
"If you don't want to use your Byakugan, then don't look our way!"
"Those eyes are so eerie!"
"How are they any different from a monster?"
"Byakugan monster!"
Uzumaki Kushina: "That's too much!!"
Uzumaki Kushina: "How dare they bully my Hinata, Naruto! Go! Beat up those awful kids!"
Ino blinked.
"Hinata, why does it seem like every time you appear, Black-Framed Naruto has to rescue you like a hero?"
Hinata's pretty face turned crimson.
"No... I don't know... but, I don't seem to have any memory of that..."
"Really?" Sakura also looked at Hinata suspiciously.
Hinata simply covered her face and stopped answering.
The more she said, the more likely she was to reveal a flaw.
"Those hateful guys, big sister, quickly teach them a lesson!"
"How dare they call big sister a Byakugan monster!"
Little Hanabi angrily waved her small fists.
Tenten: "I'm so envious~ When will I appear?"
Inuzuka Kiba: "Yeah, I really want to be in the frame too!"
Shino Aburame: "I..."
Shino said a lot, but no one paid attention to him.
Rock Lee: "At this time, I must have already met Might Guy!"
Might Guy: "Lee!!!"
Rock Lee: "Teacher Guy!"
Inuzuka Kiba: "I request that those two be muted for an hour!"
Beep—
Inuzuka Kiba muted for one hour.
Rock Lee muted for one hour.
Might Guy muted for one hour.
"Byakugan monster, Byakugan monster~"
Three older children surrounded Hinata, repeatedly chanting 'Byakugan monster'.
Hmm~
Hinata bit her lower lip lightly.
Finally, she couldn't hold it in anymore.
Her small nose sniffled, and her lips began to tremble.
Her large, purplish-white eyes filled with mist.
"Ugh~!"
Amidst the chants of 'Byakugan monster', Hinata covered her face and squatted on the ground, sobbing softly.
"Hahahaha~!"
The three older children burst into laughter as they watched Hinata squatting on the ground and crying.
Hinata cried incessantly, feeling extremely wronged.
Suddenly, a somewhat familiar voice rang in her ears.
"Why are you here?"
"Did you get lost again?"
She didn't dare to look up, afraid of being called a Byakugan monster by those three older children again.
But, upon hearing 'got lost again', she couldn't help but look up, peeking.
Then, she saw a small blonde boy, whose height was not inferior to the three older children, looking at her.
He even had a faint, reassuring smile on his lips.
'Naruto... Naruto-kun...'
The small blonde boy in front of her gradually overlapped with the figure of that special small blonde boy in Hinata's memory.
"Hey! Who are you?!"
"Wait, isn't this the fox demon my mom and dad talked about?!"
"Damn fox demon, you made my parents so sad!"
"The fox demon seems to know the Byakugan monster too?"
"Well, that's perfect, let's go to hell together!"
"Fox demon~! Fox demon~!"
"Byakugan monster~ Byakugan monster~!"
These three older children started 'singing' again.
Little Naruto glanced indifferently at the fattest older child who was leading them.
"Oh?"
"You want to fight, huh?!"
The other two immediately rushed forward, trying to grab Little Naruto.
Bang!
To their surprise, Little Naruto wasn't scared away; instead, he advanced, stepping past them and punching the leader in the nose.
Pfft—
"Who do you think you're facing?"
"I am the future Hokage."
Little Naruto turned his head and smiled slightly at the two older children who were stunned.
He said that on purpose.
Even if the Old Thing found out later, he would have a reason.
Moreover, he believed that if the Old Thing knew he said that while fighting them, he might even be overjoyed.
"Mon... Monster!"
One of the older children was so scared that he kept backing away.
One punch had knocked their leader down.
Blood kept gushing from his nose, and if one looked closely, they could even see their leader's knocked-out front tooth in the snow.
Bang—
There was no surprise.
Little Naruto went up and gave each of them a punch.
Both of them were also knocked to the ground.
Blood kept gushing from their noses.
"Don't play dead, or you'll freeze to death in the snow."
"Ah~!!!" x3
Each of the three older children was kicked by Little Naruto and quickly got up and ran away.
"Wait a minute." As the fat older child was about to bypass Little Naruto, Little Naruto stopped him.
"You... what do you want to do..." The fat older child trembled with fear.
However, Little Naruto just grabbed him and wiped the blood from his hand onto his clothes.
"Get lost."
The fat older child breathed a sigh of relief, covered his still bleeding nose, and ran.
Knocking them down took only a few breaths.
Little Naruto didn't feel proud of this, because he knew that this level of strength was not enough to get revenge on this Village.
"Haven't cried enough yet?" Little Naruto extended his hand.
Hinata froze in place.
These familiar words, this familiar scene...
"Mm!"
Little Hinata nodded heavily.
"Waaahhh~"
She grabbed Little Naruto's hand and stood up.
Looking at that increasingly familiar smile, Little Hinata felt a little choked up.
Then she burst into loud sobs.
Little Naruto: "..."
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