Konoha: Intentionally losing to Hinata at the start

The four men threatened Yu Ming.

However, Yu Ming remained expressionless, secretly despising the four of them.

"You're just four thugs. Even if you become ninjas in the future, you'll still be nothing but trash."

"Although I don't want to have anything to do with you four pieces of trash, your existence is a big threat to me."

Yu Ming's words enraged the four of them.

"You bastard, you brat, you actually called us trash? You're just a little kid in the lower grades, you don't know your place. Looks like I'll show you the difference between us. Older students are a complete crusher to younger students."

"All of you, get him! Beat him to a pulp, as long as you don't kill him."

Of the four, the one who gave the order sent his three underlings forward, while he himself crossed his arms and looked at Yu Ming with disdain.

In his eyes, three older students completely outclassed a younger student.

Hinata was worried about Yu Ming and wanted to rush over to help him.

"Yu Mingjun~".

The boy who had just spoken turned around and kicked Hinata.

"Get back here!"

Hinata got angry when he kicked her.

"Eye roll~".

He slapped the boy who was kicking him back.

The boy was stunned, completely unable to believe that the girl he remembered as timid would actually dare to resist, and that her strength was actually on par with his own.

But thinking of this, he became even angrier. "Damn it, how dare you resist? How dare you resist?"

Enraged, he grabbed a brick from the side and charged at Hinata.

Yu Ming watched as three boys rushed towards him.

"idiot".

After saying just one sentence, Yu Ming rushed towards the three of them.

"Bang, bang, bang~".

"Uh~".

Yu Ming transformed into a blur and instantly appeared in front of them, kicking them in the stomach.

The intense pain caused the three men to clutch their stomachs and lie on the ground, their faces contorted in agony. "Ouch, it hurts so much!"

In that instant, they had already realized the difference between themselves and Yu Ming, but now their stomachs were in too much pain to run away, and they could only lie on the ground.

Meanwhile, Nankai, who was fighting Hinata, was holding a brick and was throwing it at Hinata.

Just as the brick was about to hit Hinata.

Yu Ming frowned slightly.

He flashed and appeared in front of Hinata.

"Bang~".

Yu Ming caught the brick in mid-air and squeezed it with his hand.

The brick instantly turned into dust.

The boy who was rushing towards them was stunned by Yu Ming's move.

"Damn it, how can this guy be so strong?"

Hinata saw Yu Ming standing in front of her and whispered, "Yu Ming-kun".

Her face then flushed slightly.

For some reason, ever since she found out that Yu Ming had deliberately lost to her and said those things to her, Yu Ming's image kept appearing in her mind.

At first, she tried to convince herself that Naruto was the most important person to her.

At first, she would only steal glances at Yu Ming from time to time, but she spent more time looking at Naruto.

But a week later, she seemed to have forgotten Naruto and couldn't help but look in Yu Ming's direction.

She even went so far as to stalk Yu Ming.

Yu Ming didn't answer Hinata, but looked at the boy in front of him who was braking.

"If I don't teach you a lesson, you'll think I'm easy to bully."

As soon as Yu Ming finished speaking, he turned into a blur and kicked the boy in the stomach.

The immense force sent him flying.

"Bang~".

He lay on the ground, in unbearable pain, and almost cried.

Yu Ming looked at the four boys lying on the ground and frowned. "This is really childish. I originally thought you were just kids, but what you did disgusted me."

After saying that, Yu Ming turned to look at Hinata.

Hinata lowered her head, not daring to look up at Yu Ming, her face slightly flushed.

"Yu, Yu Mingjun, thank you for saving me."

Chapter 16

Yu Ming sighed. "Don't thank me. Even if I hadn't intervened today, you would have just gotten a beating. They wouldn't have dared to hurt you. But have you considered that you have the ability to escape?"

"Is it really a good idea to surrender?"

"You can't always wait for someone to come and rescue you, can you?"

"Think it over carefully yourself. I have to go now."

The next moment, Yu Ming disappeared into the alley.

Hinata looked at the four fallen boys, her adorable brows furrowing as she recalled what Yu Ming had just said.

"Yu Mingjun hates me, but how can I become stronger?"

Hinata still lacks some self-confidence.

In fact, she is quite talented.

It's just that she's too kind-hearted.

Getting her to teach these four people a lesson is still quite difficult.

However, she didn't know that at that moment, in a flower shop across the street, Ino, who was returning from the ninja academy, witnessed everything that had just happened.

She was completely stunned. "I didn't expect Yu Ming to be so strong? Those four were senior students, and he beat them up in an instant."

"Then why did he lose to Hinata in the last practical assessment?"

As Hinata slowly walked out of the alley, Ino thought for a moment and called out to her, "Hinata, come and sit for a while."

Hinata, who had been thinking about Yu Ming's words, looked up and saw Ino.

"Ah, Ino, you, how did you get here?"

Hinata walked toward Ino.

Sitting in the Ino family's flower shop, even though she is only six years old, Ino has already started helping her family run the flower shop.

Ino poured Hinata a glass of water, sat down next to her, and said with a smile, "I saw what happened just now, Hinata. Are you dating Yu Ming?"

Ino's words made Hinata blush.

"Ino, what nonsense are you talking about?"

Because people in this world mature earlier, they already understand these things at the age of six.

Of course, their understanding is rather superficial.

Ino looked at Hinata and laughed, "Still pretending? Still pretending with me? I saw it all just now. How could someone with Yu Ming's strength possibly lose to you? He clearly did it on purpose."

"And that was quite a heroic rescue, I almost fell for him."

“I was just about to rush out to save you, but Yu Mingjun suddenly appeared. I was so worried for him at that moment.”

"But his performance afterwards stunned me; I didn't realize he was so amazing."

"His strength is clearly beyond the level of a ninja academy student. I think he could even apply for graduation."

Ino looked extremely excited.

Because she had just discovered Yu Ming's secret.

Hinata, however, was somewhat worried. "Ino, don't talk nonsense. There's nothing between me and Yu Mingjun. Besides, Yu Mingjun doesn't want his affairs to be spread. He doesn't like it, so please don't tell anyone, okay?"

Ino chuckled and patted Hinata on the shoulder. "You two have nothing going on. Why would he deliberately lose to you? Why would he appear here to save you? Why are you so concerned about whether I'll tell anyone about his affairs?"

Hinata was speechless when Ino asked her a question, and didn't know how to defend herself. "Ino, don't tell anyone."

Hinata blushed slightly, but mustered up her courage to look up at Ino, her expression serious for the first time.

Ino was also taken aback by Hinata's attitude.

"Hinata, you were really scary just now."

Hinata grabbed Ino's small hand and said very seriously, "Ino, please promise me."

Ino thought for a moment and said, "I can keep it from you, but you have to tell me later whether you like him or not."

"Or rather, does he like you?"

Ino's question caused Hinata's face to flush red again. "You, what nonsense are you talking about? I already said that there's really nothing between me and Yu Ming-kun."

Seeing Hinata's expression, Ino knew what was going on. "Oh, I see, you have a crush on her?"

Hinata gripped Ino's hand even tighter. "You, you're talking nonsense."

Ino fully understood Hinata's meaning. Judging from how decisively Yu Ming left just now, she knew that he definitely didn't like Hinata.

It now appears that Hinata has a crush on Yuu.

Ino smiled and said, "Alright, I won't tell anyone. This is our secret."