Enjoy Being a Hero! An Encounter with Namikaze Minato and Uchiha Fugaku

And after killing the Younger Raikage and absorbing his soul, the Liger Bomb and Lightning Release Armor all belonged to Su Nuo now.

Su Nuo first pierced the Younger Raikage's heart with his hand, killing him completely, then used Reverse Cursed Technique to stitch up the Raikage's neck and chest, and finally stimulated the corpse with Lightning Release Chakra to create the illusion that he was still alive...

"Enjoy it well... Hyuga Shin."

"The feeling of being a 'hero'!"

The corners of Su Nuo's mouth twisted into a ferocious grin.

One week later.

Konoha.

Hyuga Shin went to the hospital hoping to visit Uchiha Miya.

Their unit had successfully returned to Konoha and was undergoing rest and recuperation.

When he reached the entrance of his home.

"Shin!" A Hyuga branch family ninja looked at Hyuga Shin with burning eyes, and Hyuga Shin instinctively responded with a smile.

"Shin-kun, amazing!" A Hyuga branch family girl gazed at him with admiration.

"Shin..."

This situation had been going on since yesterday.

"Ah, well, I need to go visit my comrades..." Hyuga Shin said hurriedly before he could be surrounded.

"That's right! Don't block him!"

"Go for it, Shin, you're our pride! The pride of the branch family!!"

"That's right, that's right!"

The surrounding Hyuga clansmen stepped aside one after another, their faces showing undisguised respect.

Hyuga Shin bowed to them in return.

He wasn't used to it.

But the feeling inside... wasn't bad.

His pace gradually lightened. Walking through Konoha, each step landed on the stone pavement with a crisp sound. On both sides of the stone road, various buildings stood in rows, with people coming and going, quite lively.

Occasionally, a ninja would recognize Hyuga Shin.

"Hyuga-kun, you're Hyuga-kun, right!"

"Thank you for saving my only son... He's the only ninja in our family, thank you!"

"Hyuga-san! Come have some grilled meat sometime, my treat! You saved my life this time!"

"Hyuga-aniki, you don't have a girlfriend yet, do you? I have a younger sister..."

Hyuga Shin maintained his decorum on the outside, because he knew he carried the honor of the Hyuga Clan on his shoulders.

And all along the way, countless civilians and ninjas praised him.

Without a doubt, Hyuga Shin was a new war hero in their hearts!

The Yellow Flash, Namikaze Minato, hadn't been able to defeat the Raikage, but Hyuga Shin had done it!

At this moment, in people's minds, he was the face of the Hyuga Clan, the newly risen hero in their hearts.

He maintained his manners the whole way, staying gentle, humble, and polite with everyone.

It took quite a while.

Hyuga Shin finally arrived at the hospital.

At the hospital entrance, Hyuga Shin unexpectedly saw a handsome blond man.

"Lord Minato." Seeing him, Hyuga Shin immediately walked over without thinking.

Namikaze Minato seemed a little surprised by Hyuga Shin's enthusiasm.

He looked at the youth three years his junior and gave a sunny smile: "Hyuga Shin, you did very well. This time you saved your teammates. You're a hero!"

"No, I'm not a hero. Lord Minato is the real hero!" Hyuga Shin said.

Namikaze Minato laughed heartily. He already considered himself a modest person, but he hadn't expected Hyuga Shin to be even more humble than him.

Still, he was three years older than Hyuga Shin, so being respected as an older brother was reasonable, and Namikaze Minato accepted it. He was also genuinely happy to see another ninja rising up.

"I've already visited the injured teammates," Namikaze Minato said. "You're here for the hospital too, right? Go ahead."

"Yes, Lord Minato."

Hyuga Shin then walked inside.

He first went to see his superior, a middle-aged man named Sarutobi Hiyori.

"You did well..." Sarutobi Hiyori was severely injured.

And Tsunade wasn't in the village.

Ever since the Second Shinobi World War, Tsunade had been wandering the world, and no one knew when she would return to Konoha.

Sarutobi Hiyori coughed a few times just from speaking a few sentences.

But he still encouraged Hyuga Shin, telling him he had done well.

"I... owe you a favor. This time, it was all thanks to you," Sarutobi Hiyori said seriously.

He felt Hyuga Shin's background was good—Hyuga branch family... the Hyuga Family was good, docile and obedient.

Sarutobi Hiyori had already decided to recommend Hyuga Shin to his clan, and that recommendation would soon land on the desk of the current Hokage, Hiruzen Sarutobi.

After visiting Sarutobi Hiyori, Hyuga Shin found Uchiha Miya's room.

It was a single-patient room, the door left open.

Hyuga Shin peeked inside.

But unexpectedly, the moment he poked his head in, he was spotted.

A crowd of people wearing Uchiha Clan attire turned to look at him.

"Uh..." Hyuga Shin hesitated, frozen in place.

On the hospital bed, Uchiha Miya turned his head and saw Hyuga Shin. "Shin..."

"Is he Hyuga Shin?" a steady-voiced man said.

"Yes, Fugaku-aniki," Uchiha Miya replied.

"Come over here," the man called Uchiha Fugaku said, turning his head.

This was Hyuga Shin's first time meeting Uchiha Fugaku.

Hyuga Shin had heard that this man was the next Clan Head of the Uchiha family. On this battlefield, Uchiha Fugaku seemed to have racked up quite a few achievements, earning himself the title "Fugaku the Fierce Eye."

"Thank you..." Hyuga Shin bowed politely.

Facing the Uchiha Clan, who were gossiped about and ostracized throughout the village, he felt not a shred of fear. Instead, he walked over to check on Uchiha Miya and ask about his injuries.

Uchiha Miya: "I'm pretty much recovered already."

"Mm, good. Then I look forward to us fighting side by side again once you're fully healed!" Hyuga Shin stood up to leave.

"Shin," Uchiha Miya suddenly said.

"Hm?"

"Next time... fight me with everything you've got. I've gotten stronger. Fight me with the same momentum you used to beat that A."

Uchiha Miya's eyes turned blood-red.

Three Tomoe spun within them.

Normally, being stared at by such an eye would produce an eerie sensation.

But Hyuga Shin felt nothing of the sort.

"Wow!" Hyuga Shin exclaimed in delight. "Miya-san, you've broken through to Three Tomoe! You'll be even stronger from now on—congratulations!"

Uchiha Miya: "..."

The other Uchiha Clansmen: "..."

Then Hyuga Shin left.

Uchiha Fugaku fell silent for a moment.

He was no longer a youth.

Uchiha Fugaku, born in Konoha Year 19, had already experienced the Second Shinobi World War by Konoha Year 37. At eighteen years old back then, Fugaku had already begun to make a name for himself. As the Clan Head's son, the resources he received were naturally beyond what others could compare to.

After that war, Fugaku became a jonin in the village, possessed Three Tomoe, and was called the Young Clan Head within the clan.