Provocation

"So... you wanted me to come up with something?" Bai Yue sighed helplessly. Everything always seemed to land on his shoulders.

"Exactly!" After finishing the milk in her cup and licking her lips, Kurenai Yuhi sighed. "I really don't know what to do. We can't just ignore it and let Sister Anko come looking for you every day, can we?!"

"Sister Hong, are you threatening me?" Bai Yue rolled his eyes and said irritably, "You should know that our branch found Sister Anko while patrolling ahead of time last night. If it had been the Great Elder's people, Sister Anko would probably be Red Bean Porridge by now."

"The Great Elder's side isn't easy to deal with." Having been utterly absorbed in the Flying Thunder God yesterday, Bai Yue felt a lingering chill when he thought back on it now.

If Hyuga Goruryu and the others had not discovered her in advance, Anko might truly have been killed.

In Bai Yue's eyes, the Hyuga Clan's Great Elder was a thoroughgoing supporter of the Main Family above all else!

If his people had caught Anko, she would certainly have died, and the matter would have reached the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze.

A Konoha Ninja breaking into the Hyuga Clan's grounds at night, with a member of the Hyuga Main Family as the target—this matter could be either minor or major.

If handled as a minor issue, Bai Yue could easily suppress it. But if it escalated, even the Hokage would be left at his wits' end by the Great Elder.

"So hurry up and think of something! Out of everyone I know, you're the smartest!"

"It's actually very simple." Bai Yue leisurely wiped the corner of his mouth. "Just go defeat Sister Anko. The more brutally you beat her up, the better."

"???"

"Only by making her realize how weak she is can we possibly make her give up that unrealistic idea." What a joke. Mitaraishi Anko's idea was practically suicide.

She was weak as hell, yet she wanted to seek mutual destruction with Orochimaru. In the end, Orochimaru even used her as Resurrection Coins and successfully came back to life.

She had not even noticed that someone had tampered with her body for more than a decade! Yet she still wanted to perish together with Orochimaru.

"Perhaps... we also need to give her a reason to live?" Bai Yue spoke again.

He felt that Anko was already showing signs of self-destruction.

In other words, she felt like she would be better off dead.

"What do you mean?"

"Sister Anko seems like she doesn't really want to live anymore, so she needs something to look forward to. Something that will make her want to go on living, whether it's good or bad." Bai Yue gave a sly grin.

"You have a point!" Kurenai Yuhi agreed with Bai Yue's assessment of Anko.

Indeed, Anko's mindset was clearly not quite right.

"Then do you have any good ideas?"

"How about throwing Sister Anko into a cesspit, then spreading the news all over the village?"

"???! Stop messing around!" Kurenai Yuhi rolled her eyes. "You Kid! I was just praising you for being such a gentle, kind child, and now you come up with such a rotten idea?!"

"I was only joking." Bai Yue smiled pleasantly.

If Anko keeps causing me trouble, though, then if she pushes me too far, I really might do it.

"Does Sister Anko have someone she likes?" Bai Yue asked, though he already knew the answer.

"No!" Thinking of Anko's tomboyish personality, Kurenai Yuhi helplessly shook her head.

She felt that with Anko's bold, tomboyish personality, forget about her having someone she liked—even someone who liked her would become her buddy after enough time.

"Then this is a little troublesome." Bai Yue pinched his chin and began to ponder.

"Then let's do this. Leave the rest to me. I'll give her a memory she'll never forget for the rest of her life." As the saying went, if I did not enter hell, who would?

Having Anko cling to him all the time was not a solution.

It was time to strike hard!

"What are you planning to do?!" Kurenai Yuhi looked at Bai Yue warily.

"Let's walk off breakfast. Sister Anko should still be at Konoha Hospital, right?" Bai Yue stretched lazily, deciding to take action.

"Sister Hong, don't do anything. Let me teach Sister Anko an unforgettable lesson." Bai Yue said leisurely.

"You?" Kurenai Yuhi was doubtful. Although this Little Bean was highly skilled in Sealing Jutsu, Ninja battles were not simply a matter of whoever was stronger becoming invincible!

Combat Awareness was important!

In battles across the Ninja World, there was never any shortage of weak people killing stronger ones through cunning—such as Hidan, or Kaguya Otsutsuki...

"Sister Hong, I might not be strong, but I'm not weak either." Anko was nothing; he had her in the palm of his hand.

"Is that so? Then I'll be watching!" Seeing Bai Yue act so "arrogantly," Kurenai Yuhi folded her arms, looking as though she were waiting to watch a show.

While chatting, the two arrived at Konoha Hospital.

"She doesn't seem to be here." Bai Yue looked around Konoha Hospital, but Anko was nowhere to be seen within his Byakugan's field of vision.

"She probably went home..." Kurenai Yuhi's tone lacked confidence. Anko was a living person, after all, and she had been distracted lately. It was impossible to know what she was thinking.

So Kurenai Yuhi could not determine where Anko had gone.

"Then let's look for her. Uncle Wen, Uncle Goruryu!" Bai Yue immediately called for reinforcements.

Compared to him, who did not often activate his Byakugan, Hyuga Goruryu and Hyuga Bun were clearly more professional at finding and tracking people.

"Young Master~"

"Please help me find Sister Anko, Uncles."

"..." The two looked troubled at his words. Then the older Hyuga Goruryu said awkwardly, "Young Master, wouldn't activating the Byakugan in public be a little too conspicuous..."

"I can't?" Bai Yue realized that made sense. Activating the Byakugan without restraint to investigate people in the village was one thing, but he was not even searching for enemy Spies or anything.

Everyone had some personal privacy. Being so overbearing would provoke public anger.

Of course, if they were within the Hyuga Clan's grounds, then it Doesn't Matter! Once the doors were shut, the Hyuga Clan could use the Byakugan however they pleased.

Otherwise, Hyuga Tokuma would not have fully supported Minato Namikaze in becoming the Fourth Hokage.

"Fine, then let's ask around at the hospital." Bai Yue gave up on such a conspicuous approach and chose to ask the medical staff instead.

After all, everything was for the sake of keeping a low profile.

"Hey, you Hyuga Kid, did you just activate your Byakugan?!" An arrogant voice reached Bai Yue's ears.

Huh? Had he run into trouble?!

Why was his luck this bad?!

"I'm very sorry. I didn't know that using the Byakugan for investigation was forbidden in Konoha..." Bai Yue said awkwardly.

He had been caught red-handed right after activating his Byakugan. It was rather embarrassing.

"Tsk, tsk... so you're a parasite from the Hyuga Main Family!" The arrogant voice sounded again, its contempt nearly overflowing!

Great! Bai Yue was helpless.

These Uchiha people were fucking arrogant!

They knew he was from the Hyuga Main Family, yet they still came right up to his face to provoke him! It was infuriating!

"Hmph!" Hyuga Goruryu and Hyuga Bun's expressions immediately darkened as they assumed the opening stance of the Gentle Fist. "Uchiha, are you provoking us?!"