Ding! Your Friend Hinata Hyuga Is Online

"... That's about it!"

After finishing explaining the meeting's content, Kakashi breathed a sigh of relief. Kakashi Hinata.

In the world of ninjas, trade between nations is handled by the Daimyo. However, at the outset of negotiations, the ninja village's military strength as a nation becomes extremely important.

Without the deterrence of military force, a country will not gain an advantage in diplomatic terms.

In any world, trade between two countries is always based on protecting their own national interests and taking national power as the benchmark.

As one side gains at the expense of the other, the stronger villages will become stronger, while the weaker villages will have to cut back on funding and focus on training elites.

Since the end of the Third Shinobi War, Sunagakure has been pursuing an elite path.

Despite its seemingly powerful Sunagakure, Sunagakure actually has far fewer ninjas than other villages.

This is also an important reason why Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan received the support of the Fourth Kazekage.

Although Konoha has always advocated "harmony is the most important thing," it will not easily compromise on the interests of the village; otherwise, Danzo's existence would seem unnecessary.

But now that Danzo is gone, Hinata can hardly guess what Tsunade will choose, or whether she will give up some benefits to Sunagakure because of certain things.

This is not impossible.

After all, Konoha's consistent persona has always been to maintain peace in the Shinobi World. To maintain this persona, Konoha never attacks other ninja villages and even gives people the impression of being weak.

When Danzo was alive, Hinata hated everything about him and didn't even want to see him. But now that Danzo is gone, Hinata is worried about whether there are still people in Konoha who would be willing to disregard their reputation and compete with other ninja villages for resources.

Upon closer examination, Konoha does indeed need someone like Danzo.

Fortunately, Shikaku Nara is smart enough. As Konoha's strategist, he might be able to protect Konoha's interests through negotiation!

After dinner, Hinata, her face dark, went into the cave with Kakashi.

The cold, damp cave deterred Hinata. She regretted not taking Kakashi back to Konoha instead, saving herself the trouble.

Throwing a tantrum will only make you suffer in the end, so where can you go to reason with that?

"Teacher Kakashi, you can sleep in the cave tonight. I'll go outside to look at the moon and keep watch for you!"

Hinata snorted and turned to walk out.

Kakashi saw right through Hinata's intentions. "You're not planning to fly to town and stay in a hotel by yourself, are you?"

"Snort!"

Hinata didn't bother to answer. She walked silently outside the cave. Seeing that Kakashi didn't follow, Hinata quickly condensed Chakra wings and flew away.

In a small town that wasn't particularly bustling, Hinata found the most luxurious inn in town.

"Boss, give me the most expensive room!"

Hinata has never been short of money. With a wave of her hand, the legendary "number one room in the sky" belongs to Hinata.

"Ah--"

Soaking in the bathtub, Hinata hummed contentedly, thinking, "This is life!"

Living in a cave is not suitable for Hinata at all; let Kakashi enjoy it by himself!

"Kindness?"

Hinata Natural Sensing that Kakashi had followed her without her noticing. After exchanging a few words with the owner, he was placed in the room next to Hinata's.

"Damn it! Teacher Kakashi is staying at the inn by himself, and he's trying to charge me!"

Hinata gritted her teeth in hatred; Kakashi was simply not a man.

"Hmph! Suffering a loss is a blessing in disguise. Sooner or later, Kakashi will pay it back with interest."

Activating her Tenseigan, Hinata connected with Artificial Satellite for visual sharing, briefly surveying various parts of the Shinobi World before quickly establishing a connection with Itachi Uchiha.

"Ding! Your friend Hinata Hyuga has come online and invited you to join the chat group!"

When Hinata's voice echoed in Itachi Uchiha's mind, he completely broke down.

This wasn't a computer notification sound; it was Hinata saying it herself. Hinata always said this first thing whenever she talked to Itachi Uchiha.

Itachi Uchiha was a serious man. If Hinata had something important to discuss with him, that would be fine. However, Hinata always sought him out for casual conversation.

If this continues, even if Itachi Uchiha is as calm as still water, he will be suffering terribly by now.

Itachi Uchiha didn't say anything, just pretending he hadn't heard.

"Any news about Sasuke?"

When it comes to dealing with Itachi Uchiha, Hinata has plenty of ways.

"There's still no news, and I can't leave the base at all..."

See, Itachi Uchiha has already replied.

Hinata lay in the bathtub, saying weakly, "Itachi, let me tell you, Kakashi is infuriating! We left Sunagakure today, and he insisted I fly him back with me. Can you believe it? Does he think Chakra is free?"

"Chakra needs to be replenished by eating, and that costs a lot of money!"

"I told him I would run back, so he took me to stay in a cave... I ran to stay in a hotel by myself, and he secretly followed me."

"What's even more outrageous is that Kakashi stayed at the hotel himself, but he actually wanted to put it on my tab... Tell me, how can there be someone like Kakashi in this world?"

"That's shameless!"

Itachi Uchiha fell silent again.

Hinata quickly changed the subject. "Itachi! I've been thinking about something all day."

"I've always disliked Danzo, even when he was still alive. But now that he's dead, and Konoha and Sand Village are renegotiating and signing a new cooperation agreement, I'm worried that Konoha will suffer without Danzo."

"Do you think some of Danzo's actions were right or wrong?"

Itachi Uchiha pondered for a moment, then said seriously, "Everyone has their own value, and right and wrong cannot be judged in a single sentence. We will arrive at different conclusions when we look at the same thing from different perspectives..."

"Ah--"

Before Itachi Uchiha could finish his long speech, Hinata's groans echoed in his mind.

"What are you doing?"

Itachi Uchiha's tone was somewhat awkward.

Hinata said without any hesitation, "I'm taking a bath! Ah—soaking in hot water feels so good."

Itachi Uchiha: "..."

For a moment, Itachi Uchiha felt that being Sasuke's older brother was the greatest punishment God could give him.

If he weren't Sasuke's older brother, Hinata wouldn't have come looking for him. And if Hinata hadn't come looking for him, Itachi Uchiha wouldn't have suffered all that mental torment.

Although Itachi Uchiha very well that Hinata only brought up serious matters to steer the conversation toward more trivialities, he couldn't help but answer Hinata every time.

"Brother Itachi, you're nineteen this year, right?"

"Although you're still young, you've reached the age where you should be dating. Look at Kakashi, he's almost thirty and doesn't even have a girlfriend..."

"No! Kakashi has never had a girlfriend."

"Even though she's such a grown-up, I still can't help but worry about her, really!"

For some reason, Itachi Uchiha, in an attempt to stop Hinata's long-winded speech, surprisingly retorted, "Speaking of which, you're fourteen this year, right? Do you have any plans to get a boyfriend?"