Hokage, no one knows better than me how to cultivate talent.

Chapter 100 Hinata's Hidden Mission

Upon hearing this, Takeshi Gouda subconsciously glanced around, making sure Neji hadn't suddenly appeared nearby, before secretly letting out a sigh of relief and saying, "Who would know that cold-blooded guy!"

"Well... if there's nothing else, could I go first?" Hinata said softly.

"I think you don't understand the current situation." Gouda Takeshi felt ignored, and his expression suddenly darkened.

Hinata was at a loss, her fingers nervously twisting the hem of her clothes, unsure of what to do.

"Monsters like you shouldn't stay in the village," Gouda Takeshi said with undisguised disgust. "You're disgusting to look at."

"I'm...I'm sorry..." Hinata lowered her head and said softly.

She didn't know why she was apologizing; her body simply reacted faster than her mind.

It's a habit ingrained in my bones over the years: bowing my head first when faced with criticism, and retreating first when faced with oppression.

Seeing this, Takeshi Gouda's face grew even more smug, and he raised his hand to slap Hinata.

Hinata felt a burning pain on her face.

The conditioned reflexes she developed from sparring with Naruto and the others during this time made her almost instinctively raise her hand to counterattack, pushing a palm towards Takeshi Gouda.

Takeshi Gouda was surprised that Hinata dared to fight back, and even more surprised by her strength. He staggered back a few steps and fell to the ground with a thud.

"You idiot, how dare you fight back?" Takeshi Gouda felt he had lost face, his face flushed red, and he quickly got up from the ground angrily.

He rolled up his sleeves, ready to teach Hinata a lesson, when a voice devoid of any emotion suddenly rang out from behind him.

"Who are you calling a monster with white eyes?"

When Gouda Takeshi and the others heard that familiar voice, their necks turned mechanically like rusted gears. It was Hyuga Neji.

He had appeared at the alley entrance at some point, his white eyes coldly fixed on this side.

"Consider yourself lucky." Takeshi Gouda's face turned pale and then red, and he gritted his teeth as he said to Hinata, "Class is about to start, so I'll let you off the hook today."

He turned around and fled with his two companions.

"Neji-nii-nii, thank you," Hinata said softly.

Neji Hyuga did not respond; he simply glanced at Hinata expressionlessly before turning and leaving.

Hinata stood there, watching Neji's retreating figure, her eyes instantly dimming.

She lowered her head, gently rubbed her still-burning cheeks, took a deep breath, then slung her backpack over her shoulder and jogged towards the school.

Hidden Mission: Hinata Hyuga's Confidence

[Mission Details: Hinata Hyuga had a traumatic childhood experience that left her with indelible psychological scars. This morning, those scars have returned to haunt her.]

[Mission Requirements: Help Hinata Hyuga defeat the three people who are bullying her and regain her confidence]

【Mission duration: three months】

[Task Rewards: Awarded based on a comprehensive evaluation of task completion]

In the office, Qiu Shui held a teacup, looking at the few lines of information that popped up in front of her, her brows furrowing slightly.

He knew about Hinata being bullied when she was a child from watching anime.

He found it absurd at the time that a few children from ordinary backgrounds would dare to bully the daughter of the head of the Hyuga clan, one of the top clans in Konoha.

If this were the place where he lived in his previous life, let alone whether ordinary people could come into contact with people of this level, even if they did, very few people would have the guts to take action.

Those who truly stand at the top of power have methods far beyond what ordinary people can imagine. They can make a person disappear from this world silently, be planted in the ground like ginseng, or use a thousand methods to leave you with no chance to regret it.

The local weapons and cannons are not just empty words.

But in the Naruto world, this kind of thing really happens all the time, and no one cares. Moreover, bullying doesn't discriminate against anyone, and it doesn't matter how strong you are. It's just about bullying whoever you don't like.

Let alone Hinata, a noble lady, even powerful figures like Sakumo Hatake, Kakashi, Obito Uchiha, Kushina Uzumaki, Might Dai, and Might Guy couldn't escape being bullied.

Choji Akimichi was ridiculed for being fat, and Sakura Haruno was mocked for having a wide forehead.

As for Naruto, there's no need to mention him.

He was bullied in every way from beginning to end, until he stood up and saved the entire village after Pain carried a bag of rice up several floors to Konoha to pacify the village. Only then did he finally escape this predicament.

What made Qiu Shui even more distressed was that, in the end, it was precisely these people who had been bullied who used their lives to protect those who had hurt them.

This can only be described as a manifestation of the Will of Fire's overwhelming success.

However, when he saw the words "Hinata was bullied this morning" in the mission description, he was a little worried. With her current strength, there shouldn't be many people in the whole school who could bully her.

"Could these guys who bullied Hinata be genin who have already graduated?" Akisui couldn't help but wonder.

The school bell rang, Qiu Shui picked up her textbook, left the office, and headed towards the classroom.

He planned to find an opportunity to ask Hinata during training this afternoon to see what exactly happened.

Inside the classroom of Class 1, Grade 4.

"Hinata, what happened to your face?" As soon as Naruto saw Hinata walk into the classroom, he immediately noticed the strangeness on her cheek. As her friend who spent every day with her, he almost reflexively jumped up from his seat, ran to her, and asked with a worried look.

"No...it's nothing. I just tripped and fell when I went out this morning." Hinata lowered her head, nervously twisting the hem of her clothes.

"How could you fall to the ground and get a handprint on your face?" Naruto's eyes widened. He wasn't a three-year-old child; who was he trying to fool with that kind of talk?

Naruto's voice wasn't quiet, and the other students in the classroom all turned to look, their gazes falling on Hinata in unison.

Ino Yamanaka and Sakura Haruno exchanged a glance, put down what they were holding, and quickly walked over.

"Who hit her so hard?" Ino had always regarded Hinata as a source of pride for girls, but upon seeing the swollen handprint on Hinata's face, she said with a mixture of anger and heartache.

"That's too much! How could you hit someone!" Sakura Haruno clenched her fists, her face flushed red, and indignantly echoed.

Sasuke also got up and walked over.

He and Hinata don't talk much, but they train together every day. In his mind, Hinata is already one of his own.

"Um... thank you everyone for your concern." Hinata was surrounded by people, feeling both warm and flustered, her eyes slightly red. "I'm really fine... class is about to start, you should all go back to your seats."

In her mind, Gouda Takeshi and his two companions were too strong; Naruto, Ino, and Sakura couldn't afford to mess with them, and she didn't want to implicate them.

"Shusui-sensei, come quick! Hinata's been beaten up!" Naruto saw Shusui walk into the classroom and immediately felt like he'd found his pillar of support.

Upon hearing this, the other students immediately made way and all turned to look at the doorway.

When Qiushui walked up to Hinata, he saw that her right cheek was shockingly swollen, with several crisscrossing finger marks on her fair skin, and a small crack at the corner of her mouth from which a faint trace of blood seeped out.

He was seething with anger inside, but he didn't show it on his face.

"Shusui... teacher." Hinata raised her head, trying to force a smile, as if nothing was wrong.

She didn't want Teacher Qiushui to worry, but her smile aggravated the wound on the corner of her mouth, causing her eyes to squint sharply and her smile to freeze on her face before it could fully open.

Qiu Shui didn't speak, but reached out and gently placed her hand on her injured cheek, activating the power of the Healing Fruit.

Hinata felt a warm and cool sensation on her face, and the burning pain gradually disappeared.

"Alright," Qiu Shui said calmly, withdrawing her hand.

"Thank you, Akisui-sensei," Hinata said, touching her perfectly healed cheek.

"Alright." Qiu Shui glanced around at the students gathered around her. "I'll handle this. Go back to your seats and get ready to start class."

The students exchanged glances. Although they still had many questions in their minds, they obediently dispersed and returned to their seats.

[Talent training completed]

Overall Rating: A

[Received Training Reward - Lightning Release: False Darkness (Intermediate)]

Qiu Shui's eyes lit up when he saw this ninjutsu.

While Lightning Release: False Darkness is not as powerful as Kakashi's Lightning Blade, it can still be considered a highly representative Lightning Release ninjutsu with high attack power and high penetration.

From the perspective of the user of this technique, a large amount of lightning chakra is highly concentrated and condensed into an extremely sharp and huge lightning spear, which is spat out from the mouth.

Although it is a single-target thrust attack, due to the large size of the gun and its extremely long range, it has a certain linear killing ability and can penetrate multiple enemies in a line with one shot.

Qiu Shui quickly assessed in his mind that this should be the ninjutsu with the highest explosive power and lethality among all the ninjutsu he currently possessed.