Chapter 369: No, My Future Is Clashing With My Sense Of Humor
Seeing Uchiha Hikari suddenly appear, along with her unceremonious "ear-pulling" action on Naruto, Sakura was startled. She subconsciously let go of Naruto's hand, her face still lingering with the shock and complex emotions from Naruto's words, now mixed with a new sense of bewilderment.
Another petite figure walked out silently from Naruto's right side like a kitten; it was Hyuga Hanabi.
With a smile that looked innocent on the surface but hid cunning and dissatisfaction in her eyes, she reached out a small hand and tugged at Naruto's other ear.
"Oh my, Big Brother Naruto~"
Hanabi said in a voice so sickly sweet it instantly gave Naruto goosebumps, though the force with which she pulled his ear was anything but light.
"You—are—so—bad!"
"Something like this..."
Mimicking Hikari, she leaned her face close to Naruto, her breath brushing against his right cheek.
"You should have at least 'discussed' it with us, right? Just deciding on your own to be a 'good guy who warms everyone'? Hmm?"
With both sides attacking, his ears were under siege!
Naruto instantly became a sandwich filling, gasping in pain. He could no longer maintain any mask of calmness or depth, leaving only a grimacing, sorry figure and the despair of "I'm done for."
Hikari, still tugging Naruto's left ear, coldly turned her gaze to Sakura, who was watching in a daze.
Her eyes were sharp as knives, filled with scrutiny, but they seemed... just a tiny bit softer than when she looked at Naruto?
"You."
Hikari pointed her chin at Sakura, her tone brooking no argument.
"I'll give you a chance to 'join the team.' Come over and pull his face."
As she spoke, Hikari's other free hand unceremoniously pinched one side of Naruto's cheek and pulled hard.
"Teach him a lesson. Let him know that 'warmth' isn't something you just 'distribute' so casually! Don't let him randomly accept others' confessions in the future."
Hanabi chimed in with a giggle, freeing one hand to pinch the other side of Naruto's face:
"Yes, yes, yes! Sister Hikari is right. Come on, Sister Sakura!"
Naruto's face quickly deformed under their "torment," but he didn't say a word.
The more you say, the more you err—better to just honestly take the pinching.
Faced with Hikari's sudden "invitation" and the unimaginable "shura field" scene before her, Sakura was stunned.
She looked at Naruto, who was in a sorry state with his ears pulled and face pinched by two girls, then looked at Hikari, who was staring at her intensely, and Hanabi, who was standing by, eager to stir up trouble...
Join the team? Pull his face? Teach him a lesson?
Sakura's reason quickly returned.
She immediately, and firmly, shook her head.
"No... no thanks."
Sakura's voice was a bit dry. She took a deep breath, trying to make her expression look calmer.
With Naruto's sensory abilities, how could he not have sensed Hikari and Hanabi's arrival?
Back in the Land of Snow, Naruto had detected a Snow Ninja's trail as soon as they landed.
If he could spot someone from that far away, wearing white clothes that blended into the snow, how could he miss two young girls? This must be part of their roleplay!
"So, my dear Sixth Hokage..."
Hikari leaned her face close to Naruto again, their noses almost touching. Lowering her voice with a dangerous sweetness, she said,
"Now, can you properly 'explain' to us that 'great ideal' of yours about 'wanting to warm more people,' and... exactly how far have things progressed between you and this Miss Sakura Haruno? Hmm?"
Hanabi nodded vigorously from the side, her eyes sparkling with the excitement of "watching a good show."
Naruto: "..."
"I was wrong."
Just as Hiashi stepped onto the summit platform, he saw his youngest daughter, Hyuga Hanabi—who was usually well-behaved in the clan and quite sensible in front of outsiders—shamelessly tugging at the Sixth Hokage's ear.
Her other hand was pinching the Hokage's cheek hard, while she and Uchiha Hikari flanked Naruto, "teaching him a lesson."
And Uzumaki Naruto, the Sixth Hokage who dominated the Ninja World and struck fear into countless enemies, was currently looking helpless, his cheeks stretched out of shape, his ears bright red, mumbling pleas for mercy. Where was any of the Hokage's dignity?
Hiashi froze for a moment, and then his facial muscles twitched uncontrollably.
No, my future is clashing with my sense of humor.
The Hokage is being bullied; how can a subordinate laugh? Yet, seeing this little blond brat who provoked his two daughters suffer, especially being "sanctioned" by his own daughter, Hiashi felt immensely satisfied.
The frustration from days of clan affairs and being dragged to the Hokage Office for overtime dissipated significantly.
However, as the Hyuga Clan Chief and an elder, he still had to keep up appearances.
Hiashi coughed lightly, suppressed his laughter, and in a tone that tried to be serious but was clearly laced with amusement, "reprimanded" Hanabi:
"Oh, Hanabi, get down quickly. How can you be so disrespectful to the Hokage!"
Although he said that, he stood where he was, with no intention of stepping forward to pull them apart. Instead, he tucked his hands into his sleeves and watched the show at his leisure, almost as if he were about to pull out a bag of melon seeds.
The indulgence and doting in his tone were obvious, even to Sakura, who was standing next to Naruto.
Hyuga Neji stood half a step behind Hiashi. Seeing Naruto's awkward state, he couldn't help but smile, his shoulders trembling slightly from holding back laughter.
Hold it in... hold it in... but how could he possibly hold back at such a funny sight? Neji and Hiashi almost simultaneously couldn't hold it in anymore and grinned. All they could manage was to keep quiet.
You little blond brat, look at you now!
Just then, another voice, old but full of vigor and amusement, came over:
"I don't see anything wrong with it, haha!"
Everyone looked toward the voice and saw the Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi, walking slowly up from the other side, leading his slightly decrepit-looking black dog.
A kind and gentle smile hung on his face. Looking at the "lively" scene before him, he didn't find it improper at all; instead, he commented cheerfully:
"Young people! Full of vitality! It's normal for them to mess around! It's better than us old men being so lifeless!"
"At least it's lively! Just looking at it makes one feel happy!"
The Third Hokage stroked his gray beard, his gaze sweeping over the "sanctioned" Naruto, with a flash of nostalgia and gratification in his eyes.
Leading his dog, he naturally found a spot with a wide view and stood still, looking at the night sky where fireworks had begun to bloom sporadically, and sighed sincerely:
"Come to think of it, this really is a great place to watch fireworks! The view is wide, and no one disturbs you... Uh, it seems a bit crowded now."
Just as the Third Hokage said, everyone knew that Hokage Rock was the best place to overlook Hidden Leaf Village and enjoy the festival fireworks.
Therefore, after Hiashi, Neji, and the Third Hokage, more people arrived one after another, as if by appointment, either alone or in groups, coming to this summit.
Following them, the trio of Ino Yamanaka, Karin, and Hinata appeared. They hadn't found Naruto at the festival, so after walking around a bit, they came to Hokage Rock to check, and to wait for the fireworks.
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