The Girl He Deeply Loved!

As soon as Yahiko finished speaking, three options appeared in Hyuga Bin's mind.

[Option A: Refuse Yahiko's request and say to Yahiko, "Don't worry, you won't die." Completion Reward: Almighty Push (S-rank reward).]

[Option B: Say to Yahiko, "Don't overthink it, it's too negative. Many things are best left to fate." Completion Reward: Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique (C-rank reward).]

[Option C: Say to Yahiko, "If that day ever comes, I'll take good care of Konan and Nagato for you." Completion Reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

"If that day ever comes, I'll take good care of Konan and Nagato for you." Hyuga Bin said solemnly to Yahiko.

[Option Task Complete, Energy +0.1.]

He didn't say this just to complete the task; it was also a promise to Yahiko.

He was a Konoha ninja, and he couldn't protect the three of them like a shadow just because they were good friends.

He had his own life, his own responsibilities, and his own home.

All he could do now was to remind Yahiko to be more careful in the future.

Then, during his missions as a Konoha ninja, he would see if he could change the original plot to some extent through the butterfly effect of certain events, thus avoiding the tragic fate of Yahiko's death.

According to the original plot, in a few more months, Madara Uchiha would make a move against Uchiha Obito.

He had to protect Uchiha Obito on the battlefield, giving it his all.

Protecting Uchiha Obito had a high chance of affecting the fates of Yahiko, Konan, and Nagato.

As long as Uchiha Obito wasn't captured by Madara Uchiha, he wouldn't impersonate Madara Uchiha and wouldn't encounter the three of them.

Under the butterfly effect of all this, the future could potentially become very different.

Following the original work and fearing that changing the plot would lead to unpredictable consequences later on was not something a true transmigrator should do.

"Bin-kun, thank you." Yahiko bowed to Hyuga Bin.

He knew that Hyuga Bin's words, like his words four years ago, would be kept if he promised.

"Yahiko-kun, although I've agreed to this, I hope I never have the chance to take care of them for you."

"Mm."

Three in the afternoon.

Yahiko, who had exceeded his lunch break by an hour, continued to be engrossed in his tense work.

Nagato Uzumaki was still moving bricks...

Hyuga Bin could only go find Konan.

After circling the settlement, he finally saw Konan's back in a small room behind the kitchen.

"Minister Konan." Hyuga Bin greeted Konan's back.

Konan turned around, her eyes looking at Hyuga Bin with some confusion. "Bin-kun, why are you calling me that?"

"Aren't you, Konan-kun, the minister in charge of logistics? It's fine for me to call you Minister Konan, right?" Hyuga Bin explained with a smile.

Hyuga Bin had once watched a movie called "Two Days and One Night Business Trip with the Minister, I Was..." and loved it.

Konan's appearance was naturally of a cool type, and she was 1.7 meters tall with a pair of long legs.

If she dressed up a bit and wore a suit, she could absolutely be considered a top female minister, capable of doing that kind of thing all night.

"But I'm not your minister." Konan smiled and denied Hyuga Bin's title.

Although Hyuga Bin's explanation was reasonable, she still felt something was a bit strange.

"Minister is a term of respect, not necessarily for a superior."

"If it's a term of respect, then you might as well call me Konan Onee-chan." Konan tried to playfully trick Hyuga Bin.

Even though she was a few years older than Hyuga Bin, it wouldn't hurt for Hyuga Bin to call her "sister."

"No." Hyuga Bin immediately refused righteously. "I never expected this, Konan-kun. I treated you as a friend, and you want to be my sister?"

"Hahaha... Bin-kun, where did you learn these strange words?" Konan was amused by Hyuga Bin's words and accompanying tone.

"Of course, I'm just speaking from the heart." Hyuga Bin walked closer to Konan. "But are you busy right now?"

"I'm calculating last month's income and expenses."

As the logistics minister, Konan was in charge of the entire organization's finances. This laid the foundation for her later use of Six Hundred Billion Explosive Tags to blow up Uchiha Obito.

"Do you need my help?" Hyuga Bin was quite confident in his math skills.

"No, I'm almost done calculating." Konan shook her head. "I know Yahiko and Nagato don't have time to accompany you, so sit and wait for me for a bit, and I'll take you out for a walk."

"Are there any other places to visit around here?" Hyuga Bin was a little confused.

He had just seen that besides mountains and books, there was purely "nature" around, with not many places worth seeing.

"I'll take you to see where we used to live, then we can catch a couple of fish in the small river nearby and I'll make you grilled fish, how about that?" Konan had already planned the subsequent barbecue process.

"Then I'll look forward to Konan-kun's grilled fish cuisine."

Hyuga Bin was naturally happy to accept and sat beside Konan, quietly waiting for her to finish her work.

Ten minutes later, Konan stopped what she was doing. "Alright, let's go."

"Okay." Hyuga Bin followed Konan out of the settlement. It took nearly an hour before they arrived at a dilapidated little wooden house.

"We haven't been back here since we left," Konan said, looking at the small wooden house that was about to collapse. A wave of inexplicable sadness washed over her.

Besides accompanying Hyuga Bin today, she also wanted to revisit some beautiful memories.

As soon as she finished speaking, she saw Hyuga Bin raise his hand and punch a tree, breaking it.

She didn't know why Hyuga Bin did that, so she asked him, "Bin-kun, what are you doing?"

"Reinforcing the house so it doesn't collapse in a couple of years. Maybe one day in the future, you'll want to come back and see it." Hyuga Bin smiled at Konan.

He knew what it felt like to have beautiful memories, because he had them too.

The land he deeply loved, the country he deeply loved, and... the girl he once deeply loved.

It's just that he couldn't go back.

(I don't know if it's because I'm getting older, but I sometimes recall the happy times of my childhood, lying on a field of grass, feeling the breeze, basking in the sun... At 16 years old this year, life really feels so tiring.)