Hyuga Hiashi Arrives Late

In no time at all, Kaze had dealt with the entire squad that had kidnapped Hinata.

"I'll just wait here for Hiashi to arrive."

Kaze tilted his head up at the sky and thought for a moment, not leaving right away.

According to the plot as he understood it,

the Cloud Ninja Leader's plan had failed, and he had instead been killed by the arriving Hiashi.

Having Hiashi witness an Uchiha Clan member like himself saving Hinata was the key to this plan.

So Kaze directly picked up little Hinata and held her in his arms.

Then he waited for the Hyuga Clan to arrive.

But just as Kaze was thinking this to himself, Hinata gradually regained consciousness.

She woke up in Kaze's arms, her little hands instinctively rubbing her sleepy eyes.

But then, Hinata remembered what had just happened.

She had been playing in the courtyard of her residence when several uncles she did not know suddenly rushed out.

They had forcibly carried her away.

Just as she had tried to struggle, they had knocked her unconscious.

Fear welled up inside her, making her struggle frantically as she tried to break free from this "bad guy," Kaze.

Although Hinata waking up halfway through had not been part of Kaze's plan, how could something like this make him panic?

"There, there. Be good. It's all right now."

Kaze smiled as he rubbed the top of her fluffy head, flashing a row of white teeth. His voice was as gentle as could be.

"I'm Kaze of the Uchiha Clan. All those bad guys who wanted to kidnap you have already been driven away by me."

"I'll take you home now."

"Oh, right."

"You can look at my eyes."

To calm Hinata down, Kaze deliberately revealed his Sharingan.

This was to prove that he was a Konoha ninja.

"As someone from the Hyuga Clan, you should know that there is another great clan in the village that possesses ocular jutsu, right?"

In truth, Hinata had once overheard members of the Branch Family gossiping about the Uchiha Clan.

Although both clans were ninjas who used ocular jutsu, the Uchiha Clan's fate was far better than that of the Branch Family.

At the very least, they did not have a distinction between the main and branch families.

Seeing Hinata's emotions settle, Kaze simply held the five-year-old Hinata tightly with one arm and spread open his other palm, launching the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.

Crackle!

Accompanied by the crisp sound of static, two streams of pale blue electricity burst from Kaze's palm.

The next second, the currents multiplied and intensified, gathering into a dark blue butterfly in his palm.

The butterfly gently flapped its wings and danced beneath the bright moonlight.

"So pretty."

Hinata's eyes widened with curiosity, as though she feared the butterfly would fly away the instant she blinked.

She usually loved squatting among the flowers in her family's courtyard, watching butterflies flutter back and forth.

She thought they were beautiful and free.

They only needed to flap their wings to go wherever they wanted.

However...

The lightning butterfly Kaze had created with the Rumble-Rumble Fruit made Hinata feel that it was more beautiful than any butterfly she had ever seen.

Her gaze completely captivated, Hinata could not help reaching out her little hand.

She wanted to touch it.

Kaze, meanwhile, precisely controlled the current to keep it from hurting Hinata's delicate little hand.

Looking at the curiosity in Hinata's eyes,

Kaze felt an inexplicable sense of relaxation.

Perhaps...

this was the first time since he had transmigrated into this world that he had felt so at ease.

However, this butterfly game did not last long.

Kaze's sharp hearing soon picked up the sound of footsteps.

The butterfly formed from electricity left Hinata's little hand, flew higher and higher, and finally vanished beneath the moonlight.

Kaze also put away his Sharingan for the moment and slowly started walking.

Of course...

Kaze did not leave his battle-ready state.

Though he had heard footsteps, he could not be sure whether the newcomer was Hiashi.

Only when the other party entered his field of vision could Kaze confirm the man's identity.

It was none other than...

Hyuga Hiashi, the current Clan Head who led the Hyuga Main Family.

At that moment, he was hurrying over in a Dark Green Haori, his expression anxious.

With the Byakugan's power, the night scene before him was as clear as day.

He saw not only his daughter Hinata, but also Kaze holding her.

And...

the Kumogakure ninjas lying dead on the ground.

For a moment, Hiashi frowned deeply, unable to make sense of the situation.

Upon seeing that the newcomer was indeed Hiashi, Kaze decisively set Hinata down from his arms.

He let her go to her father.

Then Kaze turned his back on Hiashi and prepared to leave.

But as he faced away from Hiashi, the Uchiha Crest printed on the back of his clothes swayed gently in the breeze.

As the Clan Head of the Hyuga Clan, Hiashi was naturally no stranger to the symbols of other ninja clans.

With one glance, he recognized Kaze as a member of the Uchiha Clan.

"Wait."

Just as Kaze had expected, when he put on a show of preparing to leave, Hiashi could not help calling out to him.

"You're from the Uchiha Clan?"

"What exactly happened here?"

Only after hearing Hiashi's question did Kaze turn around.

"It's nothing too serious. I was out for a run just now and happened to pass by here."

"I spotted the Cloud Ninja Leader sneaking around with that girl, trying to leave the village."

"I happened to catch them."

"So they tried to kill me to silence me, but unfortunately, they were simply too weak."

Kaze blurted out the explanation he had prepared.

"Out for a run? At this hour?" Hiashi could not help freezing.

He could understand why the Cloud Ninja Leader had attacked Kaze.

He could also understand how their inferior strength had gotten them killed by Kaze.

But going out for a run in the middle of the night...

"Forget it."

Hiashi shook his head and did not dwell on the matter of running.

His precious daughter was safe and sound. That was enough.

Seeing Hinata stumble toward him, Hiashi simply crouched halfway and opened his arms. One hand supported his daughter's upper body while the other supported her bottom as he picked her up.

No matter what, Kaze was his daughter's savior.

If Kaze had not intercepted the Cloud Ninja group in time, it was hard to say whether he could have gotten Hinata back.

And considering that Hinata was the future successor of the Main Family,

as well as the secret of the Byakugan she carried,

what Kaze had saved this time was not merely his daughter.

Perhaps...

it had been the entire Hyuga Clan.

And Hyuga Hiashi had never been an ungrateful man.

Even if the Uchiha Clan had an extremely poor reputation in the village,

facts were facts.

"Thank you for saving her. I, Hyuga Hiashi, will certainly repay this debt someday."

"May I ask your name?"

Eyes narrowed, Hiashi solemnly asked Kaze for his name.

If Kaze ever encountered any difficulties, he would surely do everything in his power to help.

"Uchiha..."

"Kaze."

The corners of Kaze's mouth lifted into a smile.

Tonight's operation had gone very smoothly.

But the moment his words fell, firelight appeared ahead of him, dyeing half the night sky red.

It seemed that other members of the Hyuga Clan had arrived as reinforcements.

And Hinata, in Hiashi's arms, silently committed the name Kaze to memory.

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