Hyuga Hiashi's Shock

Hyuga Estate, Hinata's room.

Roman stretched lazily. "Finally back."

Hinata nodded her little head. "Yeah, this trip really was tiring."

"You were in my arms the whole time. What were you tired from?" Roman rolled his eyes. "I'm the one who was tired. And not just physically—my heart was exhausted too... After all, while I carried you all the way back, Old Man Hiashi kept looking at me more and more strangely, like he wanted to kill me."

"Haha, don't worry. As long as I'm here, I definitely won't let that happen!" Hinata flashed a confident smile. "After spending another day with you, my Chakra has grown again. Even without counting the Chakra you put inside me, I'm already close to the level of a Jonin!

"In other words, it won't be long before I can defeat my father on my own, without borrowing your power to cheat. When that happens, if he still objects to us being together, I'll just beat him up."

After saying that, Hinata raised her soft little fist.

"Haha."

Roman burst out laughing.

Seeing that, Hinata seemed to think of something and tilted her little head. "Do you think Orochimaru will take the blame?"

"Without a doubt." Roman smiled. "According to the original plot, Orochimaru really does have the Second Hokage's corpse and the Impure World Reincarnation ninjutsu. Those facts are enough to make Orochimaru the one who takes the blame!

"And more importantly, Orochimaru is now Konoha's S-rank rogue ninja. Even if he has contact with Konoha, he certainly won't say much... He's destined to take the blame for the two of us!"

"Then I'm relieved."

Hinata let out a breath. "For the next six days, we'll stay in the house and live together properly... We'll carry out as much Soul Resonance as possible and let our strength undergo even greater transformations!"

"Mm."

Roman smiled and nodded, extending a hand toward Hinata. Without hesitation, she took it, and in the next instant, Roman pulled her into his arms.

At this distance, they could both hear each other's heartbeats.

They stayed quietly like that, their souls achieving the greatest degree of resonance at that moment. During the resonance, Hinata sensed a thought surface in Roman's mind:

So flat.

Completely flat.

Hinata tilted her little head slightly. After wriggling her little bottom and finding that there was no reaction, she curled her lips into a smile and communicated through her thoughts. Ten years. Give me another ten years and they'll grow. You have to know that even Hinata in the original story, who lived in an environment where she couldn't get enough to eat, still grew that big!

I'll definitely grow even bigger. Bigger than you can imagine...

And besides, I'm sitting in your lap right now, yet you aren't reacting at all. That's enough to prove that even after reincarnating, you haven't fully grown up either...

"..."

Feeling what was happening below, Roman fell silent, seemingly startled by Hinata's movements.

Just then, a series of footsteps entered their ears.

Hinata stopped moving.

The next moment, a graceful and elegant middle-aged woman pushed open the door and entered. Looking at Hinata with concern, she asked, "Hinata, you were kidnapped. Are you—"

Halfway through her sentence, she saw Hinata lying in Roman's arms. Her pupils began to quake, and waves of shock appeared on her delicate face.

Although Hyuga Hiashi had already told her that their daughter had brought a man home from outside... and had even secured exceptionally generous treatment for her little man.

Hinata's Mother had always believed that Hinata was so young and innocent that she would never find herself a man.

There had to be some misunderstanding!

But what she saw now left her utterly shocked and astonished:

Her daughter Hinata was actually lying in a young man's arms, and she looked completely content.

The blush on her face... a young girl's blush said everything!

—Her daughter had truly, truly found herself a little boyfriend, and she was utterly infatuated with him!

Just then, surprise appeared on Hinata's little face. She stood up and said:

"Mother, I'm fine. Also, did you come to see me because something happened?"

"Does a mother need a reason to see her daughter?

"My daughter was kidnapped. Of course I was worried... During the day, Anbu Captain Mitarashi Zixiao came and said that you might have been kidnapped. It scared me half to death."

After saying that, Hinata's Mother thought for a moment and said seriously, "Hinata, what your father said still makes sense. You're still young. Some things aren't things you should be doing at your age!"

"That's right."

Hyuga Hiashi entered with a dark expression. "Listen to your mother. From now on, spend less time around Roman. Especially things like leaning against his chest just now—you must never do that again."

"Roman is the one I've chosen. Why can't I do it?"

"Here you go again."

Hyuga Hiashi's face darkened further. He took several deep breaths before barely calming his growing anger. "I'll tell you the truth. You and Roman are impossible. He has no talent for Chakra, so he can't even become a ninja!

"Someone like him can never become the husband of the Hyuga Clan's next head and taint the Hyuga Clan's bloodline!"

Hinata narrowed her eyes slightly. "You mean that as long as he has enough strength, you'll agree to let me be with him?!"

Hyuga Hiashi said, "Yes."

Hinata turned to Roman. "Show him what you can do."

???

Roman filled his face with question marks, then communicated inwardly through telepathy:

Wouldn't that be a bad idea? If I expose the Byakugan, or even the amount of Chakra equivalent to three cards, I suspect Root really will abduct me...

Hinata raised an eyebrow and replied through her thoughts:

You don't need to expose the Byakugan. You only need to reveal the superhuman physique you gained after Soul Resonance with me and Furina!

After multiple resonances, your physique must have already surpassed that of an ordinary person.

Anyway, use the Hyuga Clan's acupoint-striking technique, and borrow my Byakugan through mental connection as a cheat, then strike my father's acupoints!

Fine!

Roman nodded slightly, then raised his head and smiled at Hyuga Hiashi. "Father-in-law, I'm making my move."

"Hmph, fight me?

"Even if I win, my daughter will definitely accuse me of bullying the young. I'll have someone around your age fight you instead.

"Neji Hyuga. He's under ten years old, about the same age as you. As long as you defeat him, I'll acknowledge you."

After Hyuga Hiashi spoke, he secretly thought to himself:

According to what his younger brother Hizashi usually said, his son Neji Hyuga was a Nintaijutsu prodigy.

His talent for Nintaijutsu surpassed that of every branch family member.

Against a civilian with no Chakra, the result was already decided...

His opponent was Neji Hyuga?

That worked too.

Roman waited quietly as Hyuga Hiashi ordered his ninja subordinates to handle it.

More than ten minutes passed.

Neji Hyuga was brought over by Hizashi Hyuga. After Hyuga Hiashi explained everything to the two of them, light burst from Neji Hyuga's eyes:

My opponent is Roman?

Sure enough, if Roman wants to change his fate and be with Lady Hinata, he has to pass fate's trial.

And I am now the obstacle in that trial.

Roman, let me see your resolve. Let me see whether you can overcome fate and be with Lady Hinata.

If you win, that will mean fate can be changed, and I, Neji, may have hope of escaping the fate of the Caged Bird Seal in the future.

If you lose, then accept your fate and leave Lady Hinata.—And I will accept my fate as well.

Tap, tap.

With those thoughts in mind, Neji charged forward and attacked with all his strength!

Roman did not hold back either, unleashing his full power.

The combined physical power of Hinata, Roman, and the Fontaine Hydro Archon, stacked together + Hinata's Byakugan + Vacuum Attack's Gentle Fist Acupoint Striking Method technique!

In merely two or three seconds, Neji Hyuga was struck in his acupoints. The circulation of Chakra within his body was interrupted, his entire body went numb, and he involuntarily staggered several steps back before crashing into the door.

He suffered a miserable defeat.

How could this be?

How could Roman's body be so strong? His speed so fast? And why was his Gentle Fist so proficient?

Neji Hyuga's face was filled with astonishment.

His Byakugan could see the direction of Roman's fists and recognize the technique as Gentle Fist, but the fists were simply too fast and too powerful. His body could not react or respond correctly.

More importantly, Roman's fists were far too precise. Every strike landed exactly on the key acupoints where Chakra circulated.

Roman was as if he possessed a pair of Byakugan, yet Roman clearly did not have the Byakugan.

All of this left Neji Hyuga confused and astonished.

He had never expected to lose so quickly.

Hizashi Hyuga and Hyuga Hiashi were also stunned. Neither had expected that their branch family prodigy—his son Neji—would lose so quickly.

The two immediately became solemn and made their judgment inwardly:

The speed and strength Roman displayed in battle had definitely surpassed ordinary human standards.

And that proficient Hyuga Clan acupoint-striking technique also showed that aside from lacking talent for Chakra, Roman's talent for combat techniques was maxed out. Otherwise, it would have been impossible for him to learn the Gentle Fist Acupoint Striking Method in such a short time.

Just then, Hinata spoke to Hyuga Hiashi. "Father, Brother Neji Hyuga lost. You should understand now that there was nothing false about what Hinata said on the first day she brought Roman back, right?"

What she said on the first day?

Hyuga Hiashi began to recall:

He immediately remembered that Hinata had brought Roman back to the Family for a special purpose!

It was just that Hinata's lovestruck behavior afterward had made him selectively forget her claim that she had brought Roman back for a special purpose.

But now, Roman's extraordinary physique, his quick hands and eyes, and his incomparably precise acupoint-striking technique... all proved that Roman was not merely the pretty-boy blond punk he had assumed him to be.—He was a pretty-boy blond punk with certain secrets.

Byakugan!

The corners of Hyuga Hiashi's eyes turned fierce as he examined Roman's body inside and out, only to find that there was still no Chakra within him. This left him inwardly astonished:

Without Chakra to support him, his body could become this strong? Several times beyond ordinary human standards?

Unbelievable!

Could this be why Hinata had brought him back?!

He possessed an unusual physical talent. This kind of physical talent combined with the Byakugan... Perhaps after he and Hinata came together, Hinata's child truly could possess both the Byakugan and supreme physical talent!

—Thus creating an even more powerful next generation of the Hyuga Main Family!