In Konoha, Naruto lies down

"Where did you go?"

"I didn't go anywhere, just wandering around." Kyuubi walked slowly towards the room with Tom steps, slammed the door shut, and didn't dare to talk to Naruto at all.

"This silly dog...hasn't been acting right lately." Naruto muttered to himself, scratching his face.

Chapter 315: Only a prisoner bird imprisoned by thoughts, Miss Hinata wants to be the clan leader

There had been too many things going on lately, and Naruto hadn't figured it out for a while, and he didn't bother to bother with that silly dog ​​anymore. Just let it go, it wouldn't cause any trouble anyway.

He's almost replaced Kabuto Yakushi's dream-making master persona lately, tossing around everywhere. It seems like everyone else has big goals, while he's the only one who's been idle.

But he was not impatient. Hinata wanted to become a Jonin by relying on her own strength, which was the result of the influence he gave her bit by bit.

Geniuses don't necessarily solve all problems. Even Hyuga Neji has his weaknesses. Naruto said this to Hinata, encouraging her to be herself.

Under his influence, the destinies of those around him shifted slightly, like a butterfly flapping its wings years ago, stirring up a storm years later.

At night, Naruto didn't go to visit Sakura. He had just quarreled with her yesterday, and he wanted to teach her a lesson so she wouldn't hide things from him again.

In his mind, Hei Ying was something he had picked up. It was semi-private property, which was also the downside of sharing a secret. In short, she had kept her illness a secret, which made him extremely angry.

So he turned around and went to find some friends to drink and eat meat. Inuzuka Kiba was not there. Ningji, Shikamaru, Chouji, and Rock Lee were all there.

A gathering of four jonin and one chunin... Damn! How awkward.

At Naruto's suggestion, none of the four wore the green vests of the Jonin, and Naruto naturally would not take the initiative to wear the green vest of the Chunin.

The Chunin vest had only two characteristics compared to the Jonin vest: it was made of inferior material, and secondly, it was greener, greener than the green prairie.

"Hey, the Chunin is here?" Shikamaru was sharp-eyed and saw Naruto walking towards his seat from the door from afar, and greeted him lazily.

".......If you can't speak, just rent your mouth to a mute. What's wrong with Chunin?" Naruto was speechless. "Chunin eats your rice? Huh?"

The four of them sat in a square with two barbecue grills on the table. A wide variety of ingredients were laid out on the table, along with a few bottles of wine.

He was as proud as a hero returning home, not taking Shikamaru's words about being a Chunin to heart. He opened a bottle of wine in a rather chivalrous manner and toasted the four people.

"haven't seen you for a long time."

".......Can you drink your own wine?" Shikamaru looked helpless, thinking that this person is still so narrow-minded, and the older he gets, the more cunning he becomes.

"What have you been busy with lately?" As soon as Shikamaru opened his mouth, he sounded like an experienced person, but unfortunately, his silly face made it seem like he was asking for gossip.

"She was busy having children. She couldn't let go of Konoha and went out to enjoy her youth." Naruto smiled and joked, not intending to tell the truth.

Boys don’t care about this. It’s useless to know that you are awesome. At most, they will admire you and say, “You bastard, you are secretly fighting among us while we are not paying attention, right?”

"Several hundred million, enough for you to spend?" Shikamaru, who was always casual about the topic, responded with a casual remark, and the atmosphere at the table immediately exploded.

Neji was very serious and didn't tell any dirty jokes, but Lee understood and seemed a little embarrassed. Shikamaru and Chouji were chatting away, words pouring out one after another.

What do eighteen-year-old boys like? Pretty girls.

When Shikamaru was young, he looked like a sage, but as an adult, he couldn't help himself. He and Choji both knew girls, but they hadn't reached that stage yet.

Without exception, the priority was always to match someone of equal status, such as the daughters of other large families in Konoha or families with potential. Everyone contacted each other and gradually became familiar with each other.

Shikamaru and Choji were trained as the family's successors from a young age, so naturally they wouldn't look for civilian ninjas. They didn't see any problem with it and weren't that opposed to the family's arrangement.

Every year during the New Year Festival, large families of similar size would visit each other. In fact, by that time, many things were already clearly priced.

After two or three hours of eating and drinking, it was late at night and everyone at the table was quite drunk. Xiao Li got drunk and acted crazy, and Shikamaru had to restrain him with a shadow binding technique.

Otherwise, by the time he finished his set of punches, the barbecue restaurant might have been completely demolished by Xiao Li. This prevented the young boss from becoming a demolition thief unexpectedly.

Later, Shikamaru and Choji also fell down.

The barbecue stove was turned off, and only Naruto and Neji remained sober at the table. Naruto even unbuttoned his shirt, stood up and opened the window to dissipate the smell of alcohol.

Although he wasn't drunk, his neck was still a little red, as if it had been dipped in dye. Neji, who was sitting across from him, was completely fine. Apart from the smell of alcohol, not even his face was red.

"Should we wake them up?" Neji asked.

"No, let's wait for them to wake up slowly." Naruto waved his hand and said, "They often come to this store. It won't be a problem if they just say hello. They can even just drop them off here."

"This..." Neji hesitated.

"I was just making an analogy. I won't really abandon the three of them." He quickly explained.

"Yeah." Neji nodded.

The relationship between the two of them is pretty good. To be more precise, Naruto has a good relationship with the three members of Team 3 and they worked together for a while.

Under Naruto's influence, Neji's personality also changed slightly. He became more ruthless in handling tasks and was not as stubborn as before.

The two exchanged glances, then raised their glasses in unison and clinked them together. Under the influence of alcohol, Neji had clearly relaxed a bit.

"I heard your opinion about the caged bird seal from Hinata," Neji said. "Hinata took it to heart and has been brooding over it ever since."

"She probably wants to be the clan leader, right?" Naruto asked with a smile after taking a sip of wine.

"Yeah, I guess so." Neji nodded. "I did care about my father's death and hated the main family before, but now I've thought it through."

"Think clearly about what?"

"There is no destiny that cannot be changed, only a caged bird imprisoned by thoughts." Hyuga Neji's eyes were firm and clear, shining brightly under the light.

"This is my own destiny, and I can change it myself."

"So you think Hinata is working so hard because she owes someone something?" He put down his wine glass.

"I'm not entirely sure, but as Hinata's relative, I want her to live for the things she loves." Neji said without hesitation, "The clan leader is not suitable for her."

"I don't know either." Naruto waved his hand and said, "Let her make her own decision. Whether she does it out of guilt or for other reasons, she can do it."

Neji thought about it for a while, and finally nodded.

The next day.

Naruto met up with Hinata in front of the main gate of the Hyuga base, but before he even arrived he saw a figure standing there in the distance, looking a bit dazed.

"Why did you come out so early? How long have you been waiting?" he asked.

"No... not long, I just stood there for a while." Hinata lowered her head, still unable to see her toes, and spoke softly.

Now he finally understood why Neji said that Hinata was not suitable to be the clan leader. It was probably because he felt that Hinata's personality made it almost impossible for her to be the clan leader.

In terms of ability, Hanabi is not very good and her strength is quite weak.

Hinata, on the other hand, seems to have developed her Byakugan, but I don't know how well it's done. I briefly asked about it before, and the answer I got was that it's pretty good, which means there's some progress.

"Okay, let's go to training ground number five." Naruto said, scratching his head.

"...Okay." Hinata responded and followed him obediently.

Chapter 316: I asked you to practice the white eyes, what did you find?

"Ningji said you wanted to snatch the position of clan leader from your father?" On the way, Naruto said something shocking and betrayed the unsuspecting Neji completely.

(Ningji: “…”)

"No!!" Hinata didn't stutter this time and denied it directly, her face flushed and she pinched her fingers, "I...I didn't say that!"

She might not have said anything like that, and Neji didn't either, but he just liked teasing her like that. The meaning was pretty much the same; wouldn't being the clan leader mean taking her father's place?

"If there is no, there is no. Actually, you don't have to shout so loudly." He said seriously.

Hinata's face turned even redder, and she was at a loss as to what to do. She pursed her lips and lowered her head. She was a gentle person and she wouldn't curse. If it were Ino, she would have taken action long ago.

There are still big differences between people, and everyone's ideas are very different.

He didn't know what Hinata really wanted, nor would he plan a life for her. Even though he could foresee many things, he still wouldn't criticize her choices under the pretext of doing it for her own good.

"I didn't...I didn't think about it." Hinata walked halfway and whispered to herself to defend herself.

"Yes it doesn't matter, Hinata belongs to your family. The issues with the main and branch families are a mess, someone has to sort it out." Naruto said, grabbing Hinata's hand.

Hinata stiffened for a moment, but quickly returned to normal. Aside from her face turning slightly red and her voice trembling, nothing seemed out of the ordinary.

"Father...can't solve the problem. I'm weak no matter what I do. I...don't know?" Hinata silently continued the previous topic.

Her ears felt slightly hot, and she could clearly hear the sound of her heart beating like a drum.

I've been held hands and touched before, and it wasn't the first time. But... I always felt that this time was different. It was clearly a hand touch, but...

It felt like she had no clothes on. Where did this strange feeling come from? Hinata didn't understand, she just felt hot all over.

It was just a simple hand holding, why... Just as she was hesitating whether to break free, Naruto spoke back.

"Just because your father can't do it doesn't mean you can't do it either. Since you have this idea, Hinata, why not give it a try? Whether it succeeds or not is one thing, but you won't regret it anyway."

"Although Hyuga has complex internal conflicts, if there are major changes in the future, perhaps many problems will be solved. So, there is still a chance."

Hinata was slightly startled, not because of his words of advice, but because Naruto had already put his hand on her waist. His fingers were a little restless, wandering around her waist.

"That..." Hinata's voice trembled.

"Why? Does what I said make sense?"

"Yeah." Hinata swallowed back what she was about to say, looked up at him pitifully, but was ignored by Naruto.

She didn't know if it made sense, but she knew his hand was already on her waist. Her body felt strange, she had no strength, and she couldn't speak.

It's a bit... embarrassing. That kind of thing seems to go beyond the scope of friendship.

Fortunately, Naruto didn't overstep the line. He touched her slender waist for a while before retracting his hand. He coughed and continued asking as if nothing had happened.

"You want to become a jonin first and see how things go?"

"Huh?" Hinata was shocked. How could he know? Was she being too obvious? She had even managed to hide it from Neji.

"Guessed it?" He laughed.

"Father values ​​Hanabi more. Her temperament is more suitable for being the clan leader. I... I just want to improve my strength first. If possible... Hanabi might..."

Hanabi? That useless sister-in-law?

Listening to Hinata's hesitant words, Naruto couldn't help but feel a headache. The Hyuga clan's plug-and-play USB Byakugan was really not something Hanabi could solve.

The two sisters together can only be used as decoration.

There are only two ways out for the Hyuga. Either destroy the caged bird and set a universal forbidden spell that cannot be used by people other than those of the Hyuga bloodline. Or directly transform into the next Uchiha and kill the entire clan of anyone who shows a white eye, even chopping off the dog.

Naruto leaned more towards the latter, as this world was one where violence reigned supreme. Hashirama YYDs, suppressing all evil and spreading the holy light of peace.

But there is no doubt that the abolition of caged birds is imperative.

"Hanabi isn't necessarily more courageous than you. Regardless, the caged bird system must be abolished." Naruto said nonchalantly, "This isn't a wartime era. Aside from ninjas, the Hyuga clan's civilians won't open their eyes."

"If we continue to rely on that method, Hyuga will be in chaos before the enemy even appears. The main family relies too much on the caged bird, and its strength is declining. The branch family is oppressed by the caged bird, and it is extremely difficult for a genius to appear. Even if one does appear, I am afraid the main Hyuga family will be finished."

He spoke casually, speaking whatever came to his mind.

"If a genius like Neji wasn't your cousin, he might have become the next Orochimaru." Naruto said, "This is his luck, but also his misfortune."

Hinata was shocked by what she heard. They walked slowly to the fifth training ground, but Hinata still looked a little absent-minded.

"what happened to you?"

"Ah? I...I want to free myself from the cage." Hinata firmly expressed her thoughts for the first time, even with Naruto analyzing her thoughts.

"If you want to, then do it." He said this, standing one meter away from Hinata and zipping up his windbreaker.

There were only two people in the huge training ground, and the spring breeze was ruffling their hair.

He was deliberately guiding Hinata to build confidence and focus on her own strength, believing that being a housewife was not the only career path for her in the future.

If you work so hard to prove your strength when you are young, and then become a housewife when you grow up, what is the point of working so hard?

Anyway, I am just a vase that can't change anything, so it is better to do nothing from the beginning. If I don't do anything, I won't be wrong. Isn't it good to be a pure cute big bear girl?

"Well...become a Jonin first, and then..." Hinata sorted out her thoughts and nodded.

In fact, Hinata also has her own ideas, but her self-esteem has been eroded by the high-pressure family. Unlike the original Naruto, he hopes to guide Hinata to stick to her own ideas.

You don’t need to borrow other people’s light to be your own sun.

He also doesn't like to shoulder all the responsibilities by himself, like a superhero saving the world. Instead, he likes to shoulder the responsibility together, dragging everyone into the water, and then hiding behind himself.

"Let's work hard towards becoming a jonin first. Hiashi-sama will probably be shocked." Naruto picked up on her and continued, "Let's start training soon."

"Ah."

Training Ground No. 5 wasn't too big, so Naruto pulled his windbreaker tighter, ready for it. He wasn't really taking it too seriously, thinking Hinata's attack wouldn't be too...