Facing Hyuga Hiashi's long-winded speech, Hizashi Hyuga replied coldly:
"Hyuga Hiashi, I'm not like you."
"If the Hokage tries to bind me, I'll beat him down."
"If anyone wants to kill my little brother, I'll make sure they die first."
Hyuga Hiashi froze for a moment, then smiled. "Neji, I used to be just like you. But people only become brave when they have nothing to lose. Once you truly have everything, you'll become just like me."
Everyone had their own selfish desires.
But if you could even sacrifice your own family, how were you any different from a beast?
It was incredibly difficult to change someone's mind.
Hizashi felt murderous.
"Not worth talking to!"
Thud!
A flash of blade.
Hyuga Hiashi's head fell to the ground, blood gushing out in a fountain.
After killing him,
Hizashi took Hyuga Hiashi's Byakugan, then transformed into his likeness and swaggered out of Ju Restaurant.
The long street bustled with people. Hyuga Hiashi blended into the crowd and soon disappeared.
A toy store in the center of Konoha.
A little blond boy stood under the eaves, eyeing a dark green frog-shaped wallet on the shelf. He put a hand into his pocket and counted his few coins.
The frog wallet's huge eyes looked just like the goggles perched on his head, and its permanently open mouth seemed to be laughing at him.
Uzumaki Naruto, who was used to being treated with disdain, had taken one look at the frog wallet and decided to splurge on a present for himself.
"We can sell things in this store to anyone—just not you!"
"Get out!"
The shopkeeper raised a broom and made a show of shooing Naruto away like a fly.
The customers in the toy store saw what was happening. Some looked disgusted; others