Once Again, Off to War!

"Does Kurenai like Hyuga Bin? How could that be?"

Watching Hyuga Bin and Kurenai Yuhi flirt without any sign of dislike for each other, Sarutobi Asuma's heart ached, and he found it hard to accept.

At this moment, he believed that Kurenai Yuhi truly had someone she liked. After all, he had known her for so long, yet he had never seen her smile so happily at anyone.

He could accept that Kurenai Yuhi liked someone, but he could not accept that person being Hyuga Bin.

Or rather, he could not accept that person being any classmate other than Hatake Kakashi.

In their class, the only person he admired was Hatake Kakashi. Other than Kakashi, none of the other students measured up to him.

Of course, it was not that he looked down on the boys in his class or on Hyuga Bin. He was simply confident in himself.

Take Hyuga Bin, for example. Back at the Ninja Academy, he had merely ranked around the upper-middle of the class. Compared to Asuma, who had consistently ranked first in the grade after Kakashi graduated, he was far behind.

After graduation, Hyuga Bin had not "displayed" any exceptional talent in combat. Instead, he had become a medical ninja.

Moreover, Hyuga Bin was a ninja from the Hyuga Branch Family. As the daughter of Yuhi Shinku, the head of the Yuhi Clan, Kurenai Yuhi could never be given to Hyuga Bin.

Sarutobi Asuma could boldly say that aside from being more handsome than him, becoming a Special Jonin earlier than him, and having some talent in Medical Ninjutsu, Hyuga Bin had nothing else that could compare to him.

"Why would Kurenai fall for him?"

Watching the two finish their desserts, say goodbye, and leave separately, the heartsick Sarutobi Asuma still could not figure it out.

He wanted to catch up and ask Kurenai Yuhi, but in the end, he could not bring himself to take a step. Instead, as if possessed, he followed Hyuga Bin all the way to one of Konoha's training grounds.

After watching Hyuga Bin enter the training ground, Sarutobi Asuma hesitated in place for a long while before finally following him inside and asking Hyuga Bin, who was practicing taijutsu with loud smacking sounds,

"Bin-kun, are you interested in sparring with me?"

"No..."

Just as Hyuga Bin was about to refuse, the system's choice mission appeared in his mind.

[Option A: Refuse Sarutobi Asuma's challenge. Completion reward: Wind Release—Kamaitachi (C-rank reward).]

[Option B: Accept Sarutobi Asuma's challenge and instantly defeat him. Completion reward: Water Release—Great Waterfall Technique (A-rank reward).]

[Option C: Accept Sarutobi Asuma's challenge and defeat him. Completion reward: Random Attribute Points +0.1.]

"Then let's spar."

Hyuga Bin chose Option C and accepted the challenge.

[Choice mission completed. Stamina +0.1.]

With his current strength, he was confident he could take on dozens or even hundreds of Sarutobi Asumas without a problem.

Five minutes later.

Smack! Smack! Smack!

Sarutobi Asuma had been beaten into a pig's head by Hyuga Bin's Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.

"Bin, I'll challenge you again."

Leaving behind that threat, Sarutobi Asuma ran off without waiting for Hyuga Bin to treat him.

Hyuga Bin shook his head, unable to understand Sarutobi Asuma's idiotic behavior.

Four days later, Hyuga Bin's leave ended, and he followed the main force to the front lines against Iwagakure.

This time, having already been promoted to Special Jonin, he was no longer an ordinary medical ninja. He was now the Head of Medical Team, responsible for ten medical ninjas.

Konoha had gathered nearly a thousand ninjas for this deployment.

Together with the more than two thousand ninjas already stationed on the front lines, their numbers had exceeded three thousand.

If things followed the original plot, all three thousand of them would be cannon fodder.

After Namikaze Minato destroyed Kannabi Bridge, the main force that had held back Iwagakure's more than five thousand ninjas on the entire front line was reduced to only a handful of survivors.

Of course, the enemy Iwa ninjas also suffered more than three thousand casualties.

After this battle, all Five Great Ninja Villages were severely weakened, and the Third Shinobi World War was essentially declared over.

Momonoki Kano was also among those heading to the front lines, and she became one of the ninjas in Hyuga Bin's team.

So after seeing Hyuga Bin, Momonoki Kano began calling him "Bin-san."

"Sister Kano, you can call me Bin, Little Bin, or A Bin." Hyuga Bin found Momonoki Kano's form of address somewhat uncomfortable to hear.

After all, she was an older sister figure he had known for years. Having her suddenly call him "Lord Bin" just felt wrong somehow.

"How could I do that? Bin-san is the team leader now." Naturally, Momonoki Kano could not accept any of the forms of address Hyuga Bin suggested, so she came up with a solution for him. "How about this? When other people are around, I'll still call you Bin-san. When nobody is around, I'll call you Bin-kun. How does that sound?"

"Fine." Hyuga Bin naturally accepted.

In the world of Naruto, rank determined one's form of address. Hyuga Bin still respected that, or Momonoki Kano would have a hard time.

Besides, Momonoki Kano was not his secretary, and he would not [stop time, pursuit activity] or [bring her home after a dinner gathering because of a rainstorm] with her. They would hardly be alone in the future, so Momonoki Kano clearly would not have a chance to call him "Bin-kun."

"Bin-san, what do you think about this war?"

"We'll win," Hyuga Bin said with certainty.

"..."

After arriving at the front lines, Hyuga Bin did not rest first. Instead, he immediately joined the work of treating the wounded.

After a long period of drawn-out warfare, the number of wounded on the front lines had become enormous.

None of Minato Squad had come to the front lines this time, so Hyuga Bin had no idea when the Battle of Kannabi Bridge would break out. This further increased the difficulty of saving Uchiha Obito.

Hyuga Bin could only hope that, as in the original story, it would break out in the summer several months from now. That way, he could at least determine an approximate time.

Compared to the darkened Uchiha Obito, Hyuga Bin preferred the current dead-last who dreamed of becoming Hokage every day.

As a friend, he could not stand by and watch Uchiha Obito fall into darkness, Rin Nohara die in battle, and Hatake Kakashi become a washed-up slacker when he knew what would happen.

From the perspective of a transmigrator, he also wanted to know what expressions Madara Uchiha and Black Zetsu would make when their plan was ruined.