Kurenai Yuhi, Burdened by Deep Grudges

Young Master Bai Yue?

This kid was from the Hyuga Main Family?!

Kurenai Yuhi's scalp went numb!

What was that brat doing, tying a bandage around his forehead for no reason?!

Damn Anko, look what you'd done?! And Might Guy! Why had he brought someone from the Hyuga Main Family to the gathering?!

"Anko! I'm definitely going to kill you!" If Bai Yue had not been drunk, then it wouldn't have mattered. But now!

This was a huge problem!

As Konoha's top-level protected species, only the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki received greater protection than the Hyuga Main Family.

Even the Hokage could not compare!

Do not think only the Hyuga Branch Family had to risk their lives for the Main Family. When necessary, protecting the Hyuga Main Family was practically the responsibility of every Konoha Ninja.

The priority was extremely high.

And now, a drunk and unconscious member of the Hyuga Main Family was in her hands, while a member of the Hyuga Branch Family had suddenly appeared and demanded that she hand him over.

Should she hand him over or not?!

She had heard that the Hyuga Branch Family deeply hated the Main Family. She did not feel comfortable handing Bai Yue over to this Hyuga Clan Member alone.

"No! I have to personally take Bai Yue back to the Hyuga Clan Compound." Kurenai Yuhi said warily.

"Th-this... all right!" Hearing that, Hyuga Goruryu slowly nodded and took several steps back.

"Phew..." Kurenai Yuhi sighed in relief, though she remained on guard.

A person's reputation was like a tree's shadow. Even a half-grown child like her had heard some of the rumors surrounding the Hyuga Clan.

What rotten luck!

Why had she somehow been assigned the task of protecting someone from the Hyuga Main Family during her vacation?!

Damn Anko!

Thus, Kurenai Yuhi grumbled all the way as Hyuga Goruryu escorted her toward the Hyuga Clan Compound.

Konoha Hospital?! Not even dogs would go there!

Better to avoid trouble. The best option was to take someone from the Main Family directly to the Hyuga Clan Compound and hand him over to his relatives.

The journey was silent.

"Stop!" Hyuga Goruryu suddenly spoke sternly.

"What is it?" Kurenai Yuhi's heart clenched!

No way! Was someone really going to attack a member of the Hyuga Main Family inside Konoha?!

"There's an ambush!" Hyuga Goruryu went on alert and assumed the Gentle Fist stance.

A kunai, concealed by the night, shot toward Kurenai Yuhi.

Hyuga Bun and another guard immediately appeared. Hyuga Bun knocked the kunai aside with one palm. "How dare you! You actually dare attack the Hyuga Clan in Konoha!"

The three guards formed a swastika formation, protecting Kurenai Yuhi and Bai Yue in her arms.

Then, an emergency distress flare from the Hyuga Clan shot into the sky.

As the flare rose, countless kunai flew at them from all directions.

Though the night greatly enhanced the kunai's concealment, it was child's play in the eyes of the Hyuga Clan.

They did not even need Rotation. The most basic Gentle Fist was enough to knock down every incoming kunai.

After knocking down the kunai, Hyuga Goruryu frowned deeply. He did not quite understand.

Because through his Byakugan, he saw that the ambushers were rapidly retreating.

The whole operation was utterly baffling, so baffling that even the battle-hardened Hyuga Goruryu was a little stunned.

It was as though... as though this sudden attack had just been a joke!

If his foremost task had not been protecting Bai Yue, he would have followed them to see who had launched the attack and what they wanted!

Very soon, support from the nearby Hyuga Clan arrived. More than twenty Hyuga Ninja of Chunin rank and above appeared.

The person leading them was none other than Hyuga Hiashi, whom Bai Yue had met several times before, along with Hiashi's twin brother, Hizashi Hyuga.

"What happened here?!" Looking at the kunai scattered across the ground and Bai Yue in Kurenai Yuhi's arms, Hyuga Hiashi asked gravely.

"Lord Hiashi, we encountered an ambush. The attackers' target should have been Young Master Bai Yue." As the captain of the three guards present, Hyuga Goruryu immediately reported the incident to Hiashi.

"Just with these kunai?!" Hiashi asked in disbelief.

"Though it is absurd, that is the truth. The attackers retreated quickly after launching their kunai!"

"Pursue them!" Hiashi immediately gave the order, then said to Hizashi beside him, "Hizashi, go see Hokage-sama and explain the situation here."

"Yes! Young Clan Head!"

"..." Hearing Hizashi's stiff tone, Hiashi's lips moved. He wanted to say something, but ultimately chose not to.

"As for the rest of you, escort Bai Yue back first."

"Yes, Lord Hiashi."

And so, that anticlimactic attack came to an end.

The next morning, Bai Yue opened his eyes groggily.

"?!" Seeing Kurenai Yuhi sleeping beside him, Bai Yue was confused. Why was this woman here?

"Young Master, you're awake!" It was the same familiar voice, as always.

Without question, that voice had been the first one he heard the last time he blacked out as well.

"Aunt Hanako..." Bai Yue greeted her.

"Are you all right? How is your head? Does it hurt?" Hyuga Hanako asked with concern.

"Mm..." Their conversation woke Kurenai Yuhi from her sleep.

"I'm fine. Thank you, Aunt Hanako." Bai Yue waved his hand to show that he was all right.

Then he turned his gaze to the bleary-eyed Kurenai Yuhi.

Clearly, although she had not drunk much, Kurenai Yuhi had still been affected by the alcohol.

Otherwise, with a Ninja's vigilance, why would it have taken two people talking to wake her from sleep?!

"Why are you in my room?!" Bai Yue asked curiously.

"You've got the nerve to ask?!" The now-awake Kurenai Yuhi immediately flew into a rage!

She had truly had the worst luck last night!

Though the root of everything lay with those two bastards, Mitaraishi Anko and Might Guy, Bai Yue was not entirely blameless either!

After all! If this brat had not kept clinging to her, she would not have had to stay the night here!

Especially when she recalled that Old Man called "Lord Jinren"! He had looked disgusted, yet pinched his nose and resigned himself to making her sleep beside Bai Yue!

She got even angrier!

It was only because circumstances were stronger than she was! She could not beat this bunch of pale-eyed freaks! And Bai Yue was only a five- or six-year-old brat in her eyes.

Otherwise, she never would have agreed to something so outrageous!

She really wanted to kill someone!

Anko! You're dead!

If it weren't for you, how could this old lady have suffered such humiliation?! I'll definitely kill you!

"So, can you tell me what exactly happened?!" Seeing Kurenai Yuhi looking as though she carried a deep, blood-soaked grudge and wanted to kill someone, Bai Yue became even more curious.

"You remember Anko forcing you to drink, right?!"

"Yeah, I remember! Then I don't remember anything." At the mention of it, Bai Yue was speechless.

Damn it! He had become a dog!

"Then, while I was taking you home, we were attacked on the way!"