Chapter 7: Hinata's Inescapable Fate
After Uchiha Itachi graduated, Chiye-kun's life returned to peace.
When not cultivating, he often went shopping with Uchiha Izumi, and they would exchange gifts.
Of course, in most cases, it was Uchiha Izumi who gave Chiye-kun gifts; for example, all his clothes were from Izumi.
There was nothing he could do; Chiye-kun was poor. He relied on the meager allowance from Konoha that kept him from starving but not full. If it weren't for Izumi, the little rich girl, his family would have been too poor to even put food on the table.
As time passed, their relationship grew closer.
Chiye-kun clearly felt that Izumi was gradually developing a different kind of affection for him, and he didn't dislike it. He lived peacefully, thinking that perhaps it wouldn't be bad to continue living like this in the future, embracing a 'go with the flow' mindset.
Unbeknownst to him, Fujiwara Chiye-kun was already 11 years old.
He was nearing the age to graduate from the Ninja Academy.
He had grown much taller, and his cultivation technique had advanced to the fourth layer.
His Tiangang skill was showing results; he could now store an extremely large amount of Immortal Chakra within his body.
Other aspects had also made significant progress.
During his five years at the Ninja Academy, he utilized the Shadow Clone Jutsu to fully integrate all the martial arts techniques recorded in the Tiangang skill.
He also bought Chakra paper from a Ninja tool shop and discovered that he possessed Fire and Lightning Release Chakra.
After much persistence, he managed to obtain various Ninjutsu collections from Uchiha Izumi's home.
As he put it, 'What's mine is yours, and what's yours is mine. I just won't use the Uchiha Clan's unique Ninjutsu until I'm of legal age.'
This statement startled Uchiha Izumi quite a bit, and she ran off with a blushing face.
But the next day, she brought the Ninjutsu scrolls to Chiye-kun in a small bag.
The only regrettable thing was that her family's collection only contained a few Fire Release Ninjutsu, notes on cultivating Fire Release Chakra nature transformation, and some Genjutsu and Summoning Jutsu that required the Sharingan to use. There was no Lightning Release.
In his helplessness, Chiye-kun could only begin by studying the Fire Release Chakra nature transformation based on the notes Uchiha Izumi provided.
He also refined the Body Flicker Jutsu, perfectly combining it with the flash skill inherent in the Tiangang skill to create a brand new Body Flicker.
But fortunately, there's always a way out.
When he was nine, Chiye-kun met a little loli, and the system issued a mission, allowing him to learn perfect Lightning Release Chakra nature transformation.
It was a winter day, covered in silver, with a cold, stormy wind that left the streets empty.
At that time, Chiye-kun had just finished celebrating the New Year with Izumi at home. After seeing Izumi home, on his way back, he passed a snow-covered corner of Konoha and encountered a beautiful girl with pure white eyes.
She wore black clothes, crying as she stumbled and ran through the snow, falling to the ground, her face full of fear and apprehension. Finally, she crouched in the snow, shivering and sobbing, covering her face.
At the time, Chiye-kun didn't think much of it. He carried her on his back and took her home.
It wasn't until he saw the two large characters 'Hyuga' on the gate that he realized this little loli was Hyuga Hinata.
He also learned that this day was the funeral of her uncle, Hyuga Hizashi, the anniversary of Hyuga Neji's father's death.
In a daze, Chiye-kun recalled the peace treaty Konoha had signed with the Cloud Ninja a while ago.
Hiruzen Sarutobi, as the one who facilitated this agreement, even specially arranged a warm welcome ceremony.
The entire Village was bustling, but unfortunately, his actions were seen as weakness by the Cloud Ninja.
That very night, they went to the Hyuga Clan and kidnapped the then three-year-old Hinata, attempting to steal the Hyuga Clan's bloodline limit, the Byakugan.
The result was self-evident: the person sent was killed by the Hyuga Clan's leader, Hyuga Hiashi.
Despite the failure.
The facts were just as the Cloud Ninja expected: Hiruzen Sarutobi was indeed a weak person.
Facing the Cloud Ninja, he not only refused to admit to the Byakugan theft but also, unwilling to give up, turned around and accused Konoha of killing a Cloud Ninja. They threatened war, demanding Konoha hand over the culprit, Hyuga Hiashi, attempting to continue their covetousness of the Byakugan.
The Third, who had always been weak externally and strong internally, compromised once again.
This ultimately led to the tragedy of Hyuga Hizashi sacrificing himself for his brother.
Today was also a cold winter day with proud snow, vast snowflakes drifting down, seeming to shimmer with a chilling cold.
It enveloped Konoha in a thick layer of cotton.
By then, it was almost dark.
Chiye-kun, who had just finished a full day of training, took a bath and changed into clean, tidy clothes.
He was preparing to go find Uchiha Izumi to celebrate the New Year, as he did every year.
However, a sudden situation stopped Chiye-kun as he passed a snow-covered corner of Konoha.
Not far ahead, two boys and one girl, three mischievous children, were bullying a little girl about five or six years old.
"I heard you're a Hyuga daughter. Why don't you show us your Byakugan?"
"If you don't want to, then don't look over here."
"What creepy eyes! You're actually a monster, aren't you, you Byakugan monster?"
The girl had light purple, ear-length hair, pure white eyes, and a beautiful appearance.
The three mischievous children's taunts and sneers, one after another, caused the girl's large eyes to uncontrollably well up with tears, and she covered her face, crying.
"Hinata, is that you?" Chiye-kun murmured, looking at the little girl's familiar face.
And at this moment, a long-awaited system prompt sounded in Chiye-kun's mind:
"Ding! As the strongest loli-con, how can the host sit by and watch this little loli be harmed? Go help her."
"1. Step forward to help, so the little loli no longer suffers bullying from her peers. Reward: Earth Release Chakra nature transformation."
"2. Let it be. Reward: Danzo's panties."
"Panties again? And it's Danzo again? How much do you like Danzo's underwear?"
Chiye-kun was speechless, but he unhesitatingly chose option one. As the saying goes, 'you can never have too many skills.' Although he didn't have any Earth Release Ninjutsu to learn yet, he would eventually.
However, since he was going to solve the bullying problem, directly approaching them certainly wouldn't work.
For no other reason than Chiye-kun was much older than them. If he went up today, they might run away out of fear this time.
But they would still continue the bullying next time.
Moreover, this was only treating the symptoms, not the root cause. The key was to teach Hinata how to fight back.
Thinking of this, Chiye-kun made a hand seal with his right hand.
The Transformation Jutsu was activated.
With a 'bang,' the smoke cleared.
Chiye-kun had transformed into his six-year-old self.
"Hey, is it fun for you guys to bully people?"
The three mischievous children, accustomed to being unruly, were very displeased when they heard Chiye-kun's words.
Seeing Chiye-kun approaching, who wasn't very tall, they all burst into laughter.
"Where did this bean sprout come from? A hero saving a beauty?"
"Haha, the bean sprout monster actually wants to save the Byakugan monster."
"After all, they're both monsters, so it's normal for the bean sprout monster to want to save the Byakugan monster."
After speaking, one of the mischievous children stepped forward, about to punch Chiye-kun. The other two mischievous children watched the latter with mischievous smiles and amusement. They weren't ordinary children; their parents were Ninja, and although they hadn't started school yet, they had already begun Ninja training.
Naturally, they were far superior in fighting to children from ordinary civilian families.
But soon, they couldn't laugh anymore.
Facing the leading mischievous child's attack, Chiye-kun merely slowly raised his right hand, easily blocking it, and then delivered a straight punch, hitting the mischievous child in the face.
Before the other two mischievous children could react, he took another quick step forward, punching with both his left and right hands simultaneously.
The three mischievous children slowly crouched down, covering their bleeding noses, and began to cry loudly.
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