"Third Lord! Third Lord! Third Lord!"
As soon as Hiashi and the other two arrived, they spotted the Third Hokage and the others and immediately came over to greet them.
However, just as the Third Hokage had reacted upon seeing Naruto and the others earlier, Hiashi's group's expressions suddenly changed when they saw Naruto's group.
Still, seeing that the Third Hokage gave no indication, they could not say anything.
"Three seniors!"
Naruto greeted Hiashi and the other two as well.
Since he was close with both Neji and Hinata, and often visited their home, Naruto was quite familiar with them.
But when Hiashi's gaze fell on him, Naruto suddenly felt inexplicably guilty.
Even Naruto himself could not understand where that strange feeling had come from.
He felt that, for some reason, facing Hinata's father put him under even more pressure than facing the Third Hokage or his own father!
Perhaps it was another butterfly effect brought about by Soji. In this life, Naruto had not developed the same feelings of affection for Sakura that he had in the original story.
On the contrary, because he had been strong since childhood, Naruto's observation and perception abilities were not weak either.
Thus, he had long noticed that Hinata often secretly watched him.
Although Naruto was rather insensitive when it came to romance, anyone could experience emotional impulses during adolescence.
So, even though Naruto did not know what love was, after Hinata had secretly watched him for so long, he subconsciously began paying attention to her from time to time as well.
As time passed, without Naruto even realizing it himself, he had developed a subtle feeling toward Hinata.
It was precisely after that subtle feeling emerged that he always felt somewhat lacking in confidence whenever he faced Hiashi.
Of course, that was