Throwing Kunai

Mikoto really was such a warm-hearted girl. Hyuga Matsuba's heart stirred; she would definitely become the type of woman who made a fine wife and mother.

Uchiha Mikoto was not very flamboyant, but she was popular with the boys. Even Hyuga Matsuba could not help wanting to get close to such a calm, reserved girl.

Hyuga Matsuba had made up his mind. He would definitely win this girl over. As for Uchiha Hikaru, he deserved to stay single for the rest of his life!

That way, Uchiha Itachi, the child Mikoto and Hikaru would have had in the future, definitely would not appear. But that had absolutely nothing to do with Hyuga Matsuba.

Objectively speaking, Hyuga Matsuba was not very interested in Uchiha Itachi. He always felt that they were not the same kind of people and would never get along.

Uchiha Itachi treated the village as the most important thing, but Hyuga Matsuba cared only about himself and the people he considered important.

Uchiha Itachi also enjoyed a great reputation, but Hyuga Matsuba did not particularly like him. He would not comment on Itachi-god's actions.

It was merely a difference in values. The two had different standards for judging things, so naturally their beliefs differed as well.

But in Hyuga Matsuba's heart, as long as it did not involve the people he cared about, everything else had nothing to do with him.

You could care about the whole world; that was your choice. But I only wanted to protect myself and the people I cared about.

Hyuga Matsuba, who was indifferent toward Uchiha Itachi, had an even worse impression of Second Pillar.

"Why do you keep looking at me?" Uchiha Mikoto was beginning to feel embarrassed.

"What else could it be? You're so beautiful that I keep looking at you without thinking. The first time our eyes met, I felt like my whole being had been captured by you." Hyuga Matsuba began his performance.

Mikoto became even more embarrassed when she heard that. She hurriedly lowered her head shyly, refusing to let Hyuga Matsuba keep looking at her. Her heart was pounding wildly in her chest.

Hyuga Matsuba continued staring at Uchiha Mikoto, wanting to see just how red her face could get.

But Mikoto was not angry. Instead, she felt an inexplicable happiness.

"You brat, you've forgotten your friend the moment you saw a pretty girl!" Seeing Hyuga Matsuba and Mikoto's intimate interaction, Nawaki finally could not hold back any longer and shouted.

"Nawaki, what are you talking about? What's so interesting about two boys sitting together? Sitting with Mikoto is much more fun. Besides, isn't your deskmate handsome too? Go play with your little male idol already! Stop clinging to me."

Hyuga Matsuba pointed at Namikaze Minato, the Fourth Hokage, who was sitting beside Nawaki.

"What are you talking about?" Nawaki seemed not to have caught on yet.

People in the Naruto World generally had high emotional intelligence, but Nawaki was still just a little brat who had not even grown all his hair yet. Perhaps he did not understand what Hyuga Matsuba meant.

"Do I have to spell it out? I'm not gay! You should go flirt with some other boy instead." Hyuga Matsuba looked coldly at Nawaki.

"Who said I like you?" Nawaki got so worked up that he jumped to his feet.

"Fine, fine, I wronged you, okay?" Hyuga Matsuba nodded helplessly, putting on an extremely cooperative expression.

It was Nawaki's first time encountering something like this, and he was so angry that he could not speak.

Namikaze Minato, who had just been dragged into it, looked as though he had swallowed a fly. He hurriedly moved his chair away.

If he had not been worried about angering Nawaki, Namikaze Minato would have moved somewhere else long ago. There were not many people in the classroom anyway, so there was still time to switch deskmates.

"Heh, don't run. Just wait until I tattle to Sister Tsunade and tell her all about how you're flirting with girls at school!" Nawaki shot Hyuga Matsuba a glare.

Hyuga Matsuba did not care in the slightest and continued looking at his little deskmate.

Mikoto practically wanted to find a crack in the floor and crawl into it. Why was he looking at her like that? She was a girl—of course she would be shy!

"Mikoto, you're so thin-skinned."

"Everyone has come in to register. Stop looking at me, or I won't be polite anymore!" Mikoto replied in a coquettish voice.

Hyuga Matsuba knew when to stop. If he went too far and made Mikoto angry, he would be finished.

But when Mikoto realized that Hyuga Matsuba had truly stopped, she felt strangely uncomfortable, even a little unhappy.

Time passed second by second. The students who had been called during the class assignment gradually found Class A's classroom, including the two Hyuga brothers.

The moment Hizashi Hyuga saw Hyuga Matsuba, his face immediately darkened. But he could not make it too obvious, or if Hyuga Matsuba beat him up again, how would he ever get by afterward?

Hizashi Hyuga had been bullied by Hyuga Matsuba more than once, and he had already developed a fear of him.

Hyuga Hiashi's gaze swept across everyone before he quietly led his younger brother to sit off to the side.

Bored out of his mind, Hyuga Matsuba lowered his head onto his desk and pretended to rest as he silently increased the purity of the Chakra within his body.

"Say that again?" Nawaki shouted excitedly.

"Didn't you hear me? I said I'm the boss here. Who dares refuse?" The speaker was a boy named Uchiha Ken. He stood up as well, apparently having gotten into an argument with Nawaki.

No one spoke in the classroom now, as though the air had suddenly frozen. Everyone had a poor impression of Uchiha Ken, who had arrived acting so arrogantly.

And the ones who seemed to dislike Uchiha Ken the most were Hyuga Hiashi and Nawaki.

The conflict between Nawaki and the Uchiha Clan was also connected to the feud between their two clans. Those matters had begun long ago, and it was a long story—sins created by the previous generation.

But both the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan had claimed to be Konoha's strongest clan. Naturally, everyone wanted to see which of the two was truly better.

From the looks of it, there was also plenty of estrangement between the Hyuga Clan and the Uchiha Clan.

The Uchiha Clan was currently responsible for security work in Konoha. It was neither an especially good position nor an especially bad one.

If they were flexible enough, knew how to adapt, and understood how to offer others some benefits, then the other clans would have to think about repaying the Uchiha Clan.

But this clan was famous for being rigid and impartial. In a position with such a strong dual nature, they followed rules and regulations in everything, strictly punishing people every day and offending plenty of other clans.

As a result, the clan had a terrible reputation in Konoha.

It had gotten so bad that no one was willing to interact with them. Wherever they went, they received nothing but cold looks.

They had a bad reputation, yet still acted arrogant and overbearing. If you did not take others seriously, did you expect them to come running over and fawn on you? What a dream.

On the first day of school, Uchiha Ken had already left a bad impression on everyone. Hardly anyone liked him.

Hyuga Matsuba, who had been seriously busy with his own matters just moments ago, looked over after hearing the commotion and found the guy somewhat interesting.

Never one to fear a bigger spectacle, Hyuga Matsuba, who knew the full story, also thought Uchiha Ken was kind of an idiot.

"Do you know him well?" Hyuga Matsuba asked Mikoto, who was also from the Uchiha Clan.

Mikoto felt somewhat embarrassed and answered quietly, "He's the smartest child in our clan, but he never considers the consequences of anything he does. His family is influential, and he might even become our clan head in the future."

"I knew it. So he has quite the backing." Hyuga Matsuba looked at Uchiha Ken with contempt.

"Yes, he struts around the village every day. None of us like him, and there aren't many people in the entire clan willing to speak with him." After saying that, Mikoto frowned as well, making it clear that she disliked that boy.