The Third Hokage's Decision

In the end, Shikamaru agreed as well.

After all, his good friends were all going. Even Ino agreed.

As for Neji, being from the Branch Family, he had to protect the Main Family's Miss Hinata, so he went along too.

To everyone's surprise, Rock Lee was also going.

"Don't misunderstand, I'm here for Hyuga-san," Rock Lee said, looking at Hinata with a fighting spirit.

"Hey, if you want to challenge Hinata, you have to get past me first!" Naruto jumped up and declared.

"I see, so if I defeat you, I can challenge Hyuga-san? This is really getting me fired up!"

"These two idiots..."

Everyone was speechless.

Tenten said, "If that's the case, count me in. I'll provide the grilling equipment for the barbecue by the river."

"I... I'll go too."

"Woof woof."

A weak Kiba Inuzuka raised his hand, and the little white dog on his head also whined weakly.

"Are you going, Sasuke?"

Hinata looked around, feeling that it wouldn't be right if someone was missing.

"Hmph, I'm not interested in playing house with kids," Sasuke snorted coldly, appearing somewhat arrogant.

Aren't you a kid yourself?

Everyone was speechless.

"Sasuke, you tsundere."

Naruto immediately chimed in with mockery. Sasuke's tsundere nature had actually spread from Hinata.

"You're the tsundere, brat!" Sasuke jumped up.

Ever since Hinata called Sasuke a tsundere, that label had stuck to him, and everyone in the class knew about it. Naruto also used the word to mock Sasuke every day.

"I'm going too!"

Sakura's thought at the moment was that going to the barbecue with Sasuke was a good opportunity to get closer to him.

Ino clearly had the same idea, so she pulled the arguing Naruto aside and tried to persuade Sasuke.

But Sasuke refused again.

Hinata said, "Great, since Sasuke has agreed, we'll meet by the river this afternoon."

Sasuke: "Hey, when did I agree?"

Everyone: "Hooray, meet by the river!"

Sasuke: "Hey, don't ignore me!"

Everyone dispersed, heading home to prepare.

Only Sasuke was left behind, veins bulging on his forehead, forming a "#."

Sasuke roared, "Don't ignore me!"

When Hinata returned home, Hyuga Hiashi was already waiting for her.

Hiashi: "You're back."

Hinata: "I'm back, Father."

"Big sister." Hearing that Hinata was back, Hanabi called out and pounced on her.

Hanabi said in Hinata's arms, "You smell so good."

If Hinata hadn't specifically dispersed the strange smell on her, Hanabi would probably have thrown up by now.

"Hanabi, your sister and I have something to discuss. You go play first."

"Okay then." Hanabi reluctantly pulled away from Hinata's embrace.

"Be good, Hanabi. Go play first."

After sending Hanabi off, Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata. "Were you injured today?"

Hinata shook her head. "No."

"This time it was just some half-baked puppet corpses. Other than the large number of them, only the final giant made of bones was somewhat interesting."

"I only found out about this sudden test in the village not long ago. It was just puppet corpses, they probably didn't want you to encounter something you couldn't handle right away."

"However, there should be more than one such test. Next time, you should encounter some more powerful puppet corpses."

"Mm."

Hinata indicated she understood.

Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata, his expression extremely solemn. "So, what do you think of those puppet corpses?"

Hinata replied, "They were no match for me. But I still feel like the person controlling them was holding back, otherwise, those puppet corpses wouldn't have fallen apart so easily."

"Ah~ Right. Father, I want a pair of gloves and gauntlets."

Hyuga Hiashi: "You're not wrong, but the strength of those puppet corpses might be even greater than you think."

"Those puppet corpses... for ordinary ninjas, they are an unsolvable existence."

Hinata thought of the blood corpses she controlled, which had been completely smashed into blood. They were indeed unsolvable.

"I'll have the gloves and gauntlets made."

Neji also found his father, Hizashi Hyuga.

Hizashi looked at Hiashi, who was unharmed. "How was it?"

Neji: "Those puppet corpses were more troublesome than the data suggested. With my strength, I couldn't deal with too many of them."

Hizashi: "Only puppet corpses appeared this time because the village wanted you to get some practice. You'll likely encounter even more formidable opponents next."

Uchiha compound, Uchiha Fugaku listened to his son's words.

"Regardless, this is just the beginning. It probably won't be this simple from now on."

"Yes, I understand, Father. I won't disappoint you!"

Sasuke was full of fighting spirit.

Tenten was fiddling with her weapons.

Rock Lee, accompanied by Might Guy, was running laps around Konoha.

"This is youth!"

Shikamaru sat under the eaves, lost in thought.

Choji was eating potato chips.

Ino and Sakura were thinking about how to win over the leaders during the afternoon barbecue by the river.

Shino was observing the listless insects in the insect nest.

These were the same insects that had crawled on the joints of the skeletal giant, but now their vitality was extremely weak.

Even though they were placed in the insect nest, the most suitable environment for these insects, it was unknown how many would survive.

Kiba Inuzuka and his white dog were replenishing their energy, eating rather messily.

Naruto returned home, set his alarm, and collapsed onto his bed, fast asleep.

The sudden test conducted by the village made everyone realize for the first time how troublesome those bizarre creatures were. Even though they had only faced the most ordinary of puppet corpses.

Konoha's Hokage Building.

The Third Hokage looked at the document in his hand, which had Hinata's photo on it.

This document confirmed Hinata's!

Although he had always heard that the Hyuga clan's eldest daughter was a genius!

This time, the Hyuga clan's eldest daughter's true strength was revealed to everyone for the first time.

It was only now that Sarutobi Hiruzen realized that Hyuga Hinata's strength was no weaker than a special Jonin!

In fact, based on taijutsu alone, she had already reached the Jonin level.

This reminded him of Kakashi Hatake, the genius.

He had once been just as brilliant, but ever since Obito and Rin died...

"Sigh~"

The Third Hokage sighed and continued to look at the document in his hand.

Besides what Konoha could investigate, there were also the conjectures of Konoha's think tank regarding Hyuga Hinata.

One of them caught his eye.

"Bloodline Ancestor Regression!"

He was no stranger to this term, and he also knew that Hinata was a Bloodline Ancestor Regression.

The two horns on her forehead were proof.

But what he hadn't expected was that Hinata's Bloodline Ancestor Regression had brought about such exaggerated talent.

Moreover, the Hyuga clan's secrecy was so good. If Hinata hadn't exposed her strength this time, he would still be in the dark.

He had already begun to consider how to treat the Hyuga clan's genius.