Picking a Fight with Tsunade!

A week later, Hyuga Bin was caught alone in a secluded corner by the Uchiha Trio and backed against the wall.

The Uchiha Clan truly lacked society's harsh lessons. Most of the clan's ninja were incredibly arrogant, utterly unwilling to lower their proud heads and see the world as it was.

Naturally, the next generation raised under such teachings was even more overbearing and tyrannical.

For example, these three little brats, only five or six years old, actually dared to gang up on Hyuga Bin.

Hyuga Bin had the mind of an adult. Faced with the three of them attacking him together, he did not try to fight them all separately. Instead, he picked one of them and went straight at him.

He was beaten black and blue, but the other kid was not much better off.

With the body of a three-and-a-half-year-old, being able to "take down" one person while getting jumped by three boys aged five or six was already a pretty good "record."

But Hyuga Bin could not laugh. On one hand, the beating hurt. On the other, the option mission had failed.

Hyuga Bin had only injured one of them; he had not defeated the Uchiha Trio.

Hyuga Bin's first time... ended just like that.

Even so, Hyuga Bin was not discouraged by this failure. He had only obtained the system a few days ago, after all. There would be plenty of opportunities in the future.

When Hyuga Bin returned home, the injuries on his body were too obvious to hide the fact that he had fought that day.

Of course, he had not intended to hide it. When Hyuga Masato questioned him, he told him how the Uchiha Trio had ganged up on him, but he had relied on his own strength to fight them to a barely even draw.

After praising and encouraging him, Hyuga Masato chose to head out and demand an explanation from the Uchiha Security Force.

If Hyuga Bin had been defeated by Uchiha children his own age, three or four years old, he would not have said a word.

But now, his son had been jumped by three Uchiha brats who were two years older and had already spent a year studying at the Ninja Academy. That was something he could not tolerate.

If the Uchiha Clan could not give him a satisfactory explanation, then he could only go to Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen.

He was an ordinary Konoha jonin, an ordinary member of the Hyuga Branch Family, but that did not mean his child could be bullied at will.

Over the next few days, Hyuga Bin mingled with crowds every day and saw quite a few famous figures.

He triggered an option mission once each from Orochimaru and Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen. Because the options were simply too outrageous, and messing them up might even endanger his life, Hyuga Bin could only choose to pass by both times, receiving a random +0.1 to stamina and energy respectively.

At this point, after the Second Shinobi World War, Orochimaru had discovered just how fragile life was and had already begun planning to research immortality.

In another ten years, Orochimaru would defect as well.

Getting involved with such a dangerous person, especially on the "biological" level, was truly unwise.

So even though he had triggered an option from Orochimaru this time with [Rotation] as an A-rank reward, Hyuga Bin still chose to give it up.

As for the political discussion option mission triggered by that old schemer Third Hokage Sarutobi Hiruzen, Hyuga Bin was even less able to choose it.

Hyuga Bin was very cautious!

"Since I can keep getting rewards from Orochimaru twice in a row, then Tsunade and Jiraiya should work too, right?"

Having made up his mind, Hyuga Bin began planning to run into—pick a fight with—the Yellow and Gambling of Yellow, Gambling, and Drugs.

Compared to Orochimaru and Sarutobi Hiruzen, Tsunade and Jiraiya were more harmless.

Since Hyuga Bin had been irreconcilably opposed to gambling and drugs before transmigrating, the one he most wanted to get rewards from was Jiraiya.

Unfortunately, it was now Konoha's thirty-seventh year. Jiraiya was currently in the Land of Rain teaching "a bag of rice carries how many floors," so he was not in Konoha.

Even if he were in Konoha, Hyuga Bin would probably only be able to run into him at the Women's Bathhouse at night.

Therefore, Hyuga Bin could only turn his attention to the "Gambling King" Tsunade, whose younger brother had died two years ago and whose boyfriend had just died this year.

On the third evening of staking out the casino district, Hyuga Bin spotted Tsunade outside a casino just after she had lost everything and racked up quite a debt.

Tsunade was in her twenties at the time, at the peak of both her beauty and figure, stirring an inexplicable impulse in Hyuga Bin's adult mind.

Hyuga Bin did not approach Tsunade right away. Instead, he continued sitting on the public bench, secretly watching her.

Even from a distance, Hyuga Bin could see that Tsunade's pretty face remained tightly furrowed, her eyes seeming to have lost their light.

Losing the two most important people in her life had not only given Tsunade hemophobia, but also robbed her of her love for life.

The spot where Hyuga Bin sat happened to be along Tsunade's route home. As Tsunade gradually approached, Hyuga Bin began waiting quietly for the system's option mission to appear.

Based on his stakeout experience over the past few days, the chances of getting an option mission today were very high.

Tsunade truly lived up to the name of one of the Three Sannin. When she came within three meters of Hyuga Bin, the system triggered an option mission.

[Option A: Comfort Tsunade with the most sincere words. Completion Reward: Shikkotsu Forest Sage Art (S-rank reward).]

[Option B: Mock Tsunade as a coward unworthy of living. Completion Reward: Super Strength (A-rank reward).]

[Option C: Pretend not to see Tsunade and continue sitting there in a daze. Completion Reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

After reading Options A, B, and C, Hyuga Bin immediately ruled out B and C.

On one hand, Option C's reward was too trash, while Option B could very well get him sent flying with one slap from Tsunade. On the other hand, the Senjutsu was simply too tempting.

Once he mastered Senjutsu, he would only need to wait until his body grew old enough to steadily possess Kage Level strength.

With Kage Level strength, he would have a certain ability to protect himself before "a bag of rice carries how many floors."

Furthermore, Tsunade was different from the research-crazed Orochimaru. Even if he said some strange words to comfort her, Tsunade would not do anything inappropriate for children to a kid under four years old.

The weather was nice today. Hyuga Bin felt like he could do it.

After confirming Option A, Hyuga Bin took a deep breath, rose to his feet, and walked in front of Tsunade. "Lord Tsunade."

Tsunade stopped and looked at Hyuga Bin, who only came up to her waist.

Hyuga Bin raised his head and happened to see Tsunade's two big peaches.

However, Hyuga Bin's eyes remained clear as he spoke, in a childish voice, words that should not have come from someone his age:

"My mother once said that on the road of life, you may ride high on the spring breeze, or you may face a bumpy path. If you take everything more lightly, your heart will not grow so tired. Life's bitterness is not truly bitter, and its joy is not truly joy. Do not remain trapped in the past."

"Mm." Tsunade answered casually. She did not understand the meaning behind Hyuga Bin's words—or rather, she did not want to understand. She did not want to think about things too deeply.

After all, those words truly did not sound like something a three- or four-year-old child could say.

What was more, the Hyuga Bin before her was a child of Konoha's current second-largest clan.

Of course, Hyuga Bin had not considered that his actions might cause unnecessary misunderstandings. His only goal was to make an impression on Tsunade and complete the option mission.

"Lord Tsunade, although I do not know what happened to you, I hope you can keep going."

After saying that, Hyuga Bin handed Tsunade a piece of candy from his pocket.

Then, he turned and left.