A Day Tour of Konoha

Holding a bag of glutinous rice dumplings, Hinata looked at Neji with eyes full of resentment.

As the young lady of the Hyuga Clan, five-year-old Hinata had no allowance.

The Hyuga Clan had strict discipline. Hyuga Hiashi normally never allowed Hinata to play with other children.

The clan provided everything she used and needed in daily life.

If Hinata had not displayed astonishing ninja talent, she would never have had the chance to sneak out.

As the saying went, only the talented could afford to be willful.

But what about Neji?

He was merely Hinata's little follower, yet he had so much allowance in his pocket.

Neji began to feel uneasy under Hinata's gaze. When she held out her fair little hand, he obediently handed over his allowance. Hinata nodded her little head in satisfaction, wearing an expression that said, "You can be taught."

With money in her pocket, she felt at ease.

Hinata began buying whatever she wanted without worrying about running out of money. After all, Tokuma Hyuga, the bodyguard Hyuga Hiashi had sent, was hiding nearby. If she did not have enough money, she could just call him out to pay the bill.

Strutting down Konoha's streets, Hinata's pure white pupils marked her identity. The adults did not dare offend the Hyuga Clan. Hinata looked exactly like a spoiled young master, leading her guard through the streets, bullying men and women alike and committing every kind of evil.

All she lacked was a vicious dog.

"Right, I think one of my future teammates is from the Inuzuka Clan. I can ask for a ninja hound to raise later."

Adults did not dare offend the Hyuga Clan, but bratty children would not indulge Hinata.

A young lady like Hinata, who looked soft and weak, easy to bully, and had money in her pockets, was always the preferred target of those little brats.

Six-year-old Neji did not have much intimidation factor yet, either.

Sure enough, when Hinata tried to cut through an alley to reach another street, three bratty children blocked their way.

"Eh! Is that the Byakugan?"

"Your eyes make me sick. You're actually a monster, aren't you? A white-eyed monster."

"Hey, hey! Aren't we supposed to make them hand over their allowance?"

Neji's expression turned icy. As someone with a Brother Complex, Neji declared that the words of these three little brats had successfully enraged him.

Hinata looked around.

This plot feels so familiar!

Could this be the scene where the Crown Prince first met the Crown Princess?

Would that Blond Fox suddenly leap out from some corner and shout, "Stop!"

Then put on a not-so-successful hero-saves-the-beauty act?

Bang! Bang! Bang!

Hinata could not bear to watch. Neji hit them so viciously that the three little brats rolled their eyes back, and their eyes were somehow even whiter than Hinata's...

Though they looked utterly miserable after getting beaten up, Neji still showed restraint. He held back his strength a little. It hurt, sure, but there would not be any serious problem.

Naruto still had not appeared. It seemed she would not run into him this time.

"Hmph!" Neji snorted, then turned to Hinata and said gently, "All right, let's go!"

"Mhm!" Hinata obediently nodded.

As the young lady of the Hyuga Clan, fighting was far too unladylike. Besides, she had Neji, her little bodyguard, to handle everything.

Though Hinata's current image... had no image left to speak of.

Her arms were piled high with food.

Well, mainly because her hands were too full to hit anyone.

Otherwise, Hinata really would have liked to do it herself.

Just as they walked out of the alley, Hinata slightly raised her head, and her expression suddenly froze.

Those two...

Second Young Master, and some Brother Complex.

Neji had clearly noticed the Uchiha brothers as well. He slightly turned his head and pulled Hinata farther away.

"Hmph!"

The tsundere Sasuke gave a cold snort, clearly harboring much dissatisfaction toward the Hyuga Clan.

Sigh! This was all the result of the elders' terrible education!

Hinata's bargain-bin father, Hyuga Hiashi, had told her more than once that she absolutely had to defeat Itachi Uchiha when she grew up!

Defeat my God Itachi?

That really was a daunting task.

Since the Senju Clan had declined, the relationship between the Uchiha and the Hyuga had become complicated.

Both were clans of ocular techniques, both possessed legacies stretching back a thousand years, and the gap between the Three Tomoe Sharingan and the Byakugan was not great.

Although the Uchiha were currently stronger than the Hyuga, the Hyuga had developed rapidly in recent years. The Byakugan was far more useful in war than the Sharingan, which could only be used in individual combat, and the Hyuga had a far better reputation in Konoha than the Uchiha.

Hinata glanced back at the Uchiha brothers, just as Itachi Uchiha also looked back.

Hinata gave him a slight nod in thanks.

Itachi Uchiha had been standing there just now. He must have noticed what was happening in the alley, right?

Speaking of which, Itachi Uchiha had been making quite a name for himself this year.

Ten-year-old Itachi Uchiha had already become a Chunin, and he was the first ninja in Konoha's history to take and pass the Chunin Exam alone.

Ever since the Nine-Tails attacked the village five years ago, the Uchiha's position had become delicate.

Not only had the clan been isolated by the village, but it was also closely monitored by the Anbu. Other than a select few, almost no one was allowed to leave the village to carry out missions.

The Uchiha were now desperate to prove their strength and genius, and that burden had fallen upon ten-year-old Itachi Uchiha.

Honestly, Hinata could not say she entirely agreed with Itachi Uchiha's approach.

If Hinata had to choose, she would definitely choose her own clan.

After wandering around the streets for a while, the sign for Ichiraku Ramen appeared before Hinata.

"Brother Neji, I'll treat you to ramen!"

Hinata had completely forgotten that her allowance had originally belonged to Neji. She grabbed him and eagerly insisted on treating him to a meal.

Neji hesitated. "Is that okay? Dinner will be served at home soon!"

"It's fine! How could food at home taste as good as food outside?"

As the saying went, flowers outside were more fragrant than flowers at home.

The Hyuga Clan's meals were refined, beautiful, and delicious, but Hinata still thought food from outside tasted better.

Perhaps because this body was still so young, Hinata often acted much like a child.

Fortunately, her intelligence had not regressed to a child's level, so Hinata did not care too much.

Seeing that Hinata had already run over and taken a seat at Ichiraku Ramen, Neji had no choice but to accompany her for ramen.

Honestly, Ichiraku Ramen tasted pretty good, but it was not as delicious as Naruto made it sound.

False advertising!

All right, that was another reason to beat up Naruto.

Perhaps Naruto had somehow sensed the danger in advance. Over the past half year, Hinata had often gone out shopping, yet she had not seen him even once.

Instead, she had happened to run into Second Young Master and God Itachi today. Though she had not spoken to them, simply seeing them in person was satisfying enough!

Besides, Hinata did not want anything to do with a clan that was about to be wiped out.

Slurp, slurp!

After finishing the last mouthful of ramen, Neji turned to Hinata and said, "Lady Hinata, we should head back."

"Sigh! All right!"

It was almost five o'clock. If they did not go home soon, she would probably really get scolded.