"Mm, it was still a crushing injury, but much more serious than last time. Fortunately, the doctor handling the treatment had once studied under Lord Tsunade, so the child's injuries were treated smoothly."
In the hospital room, the doctor explained the injuries to Uchiha Yaowang's parents, who had rushed over in a panic.
"Will it affect his future fertility? After all, that part of him has been crushed twice..." Yaowang's mother asked worriedly.
While they discussed the injuries, Uchiha Wada also arrived at the hospital and spotted Fugaku at the entrance.
"Fugaku, look at this! Because of your concessions, the Uchiha have been trampled underfoot once again. What do the Hyuga think they are, daring to treat one of our juniors like this?!"
Without asking what had happened, Uchiha Wada began berating Fugaku the moment he saw him. His overbearing attitude greatly displeased Uchiha Yashiro and the others standing behind Fugaku.
"Uncle Wada, Yashiro brought people over immediately after this happened. The investigation confirmed that it was indeed a Hyuga boy who did it accidentally during the exercise, and the Hyuga clan has confirmed that as well."
Though Fugaku, as Clan Head, was also dissatisfied with Wada's attitude, he still had to keep up appearances. He suppressed his anger and patiently explained the matter to Wada.
"The Hyuga are a naturally evil clan. They have always harbored hostility toward us Uchiha. How could it possibly have been an accident?!"
Wada refused to listen to Fugaku's explanation, determined to make the Hyuga pay.
"The Third Hokage has already made a ruling on this matter. It was the school teacher's negligence. Later, he will personally come and apologize to Yaowang's parents. Besides, don't children in our clan school sometimes get hurt because they fail to control their strength?"
Seeing Wada's nearly unreasonable attitude, Fugaku's tone immediately turned stern.
Hearing that the Third Hokage would personally apologize, Wada's momentum weakened somewhat, but he still stubbornly shouted, "No one in the clan school could strike that accurately. Even among ninja, who has ever heard of someone getting hit there twice? If you ask me, this must have been orchestrated by that brat from the Shimura family, who colluded with a Hyuga brat to do it on purpose."
"Unexpected things always happen in the ninja world. Just as no one back then expected the Second Hokage to die during peace negotiations with Kumogakure, the world is always unpredictable. Some things are very likely just coincidences, Uncle Wada."
Although Fugaku also felt that such a coincidence was impossible, Yashiro was a subordinate he trusted. Since even Yashiro had found nothing in his investigation, it proved that things truly were as the Third Hokage had said: a coincidence.
"Hmph, do as you please!"
Seeing that Fugaku had no intention of pursuing the matter further, Wada tossed out those words and stormed away.
"Sigh..." Watching his retreating back, Fugaku sighed helplessly. After steadying himself, he turned and headed toward the hospital room, intending to inform Yaowang's parents of the situation.
Compared to the unreasonable Wada, Yaowang's parents had grievances of their own, but they accepted Fugaku's explanation. They asked him to relay a message to the Third Hokage: there was no need to visit and apologize in person, as long as the school could prevent such things from happening in the future.
"To sum up, this matter ends here. The exercise will resume next week, and the groups will remain unchanged." Makoto Ito, who had been moved to tears by a few words from the Third Hokage, wiped his eyes dry and entered the classroom to announce the news.
Hearing that the exercise would continue next week, Class Two took it fairly well. But Team Three, especially its boys, let out miserable wails.
The entire Ninja Academy now knew that Class Two had a terrifying Ball Buster Kid who could take out a man's little brother from a hundred meters away. How could the boys of Team Three, who had seen Yaowang's miserable state firsthand, possibly accept that?
However, when they heard that the original groups would remain unchanged and that Group One would no longer participate in the exercise, the boys all released their tightly clenched legs and relaxed.
As long as they didn't have to face that Ball Buster Kid.
Hmph, maybe they could even defeat those so-called geniuses, Kakashi and Kazashiro.
The ninja world was too unfair. It was one thing for those two to be called geniuses, but they were so good-looking too, making all the girls in class stare at them every day instead of paying any attention to people like them.
They had to teach them a lesson, especially those cute faces. They would stomp on them hard!
The skies had cleared and the rain had stopped. Now that they knew Iroha Hyuga would not be joining the fight, the boys of Team Three felt capable again.
"Come on, Ball Buster Kid. Let's go eat dango together." When school ended, Kazashiro, an important member of the Kazashiro clique, invited Iroha Hyuga as they prepared to head to the dango shop.
"Who are you calling Ball Buster Kid? Get lost!" The usually well-mannered Iroha Hyuga rarely cursed, showing just how furious he was.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk. Can't even take a joke. Look at Obito—he gets tortured by me every day, yet he isn't as full of hostility as you." Kazashiro pointed at the somewhat innocent-looking Obito in the distance.
"Heh, if Obito could beat you, he would have already ground you into the dirt." Iroha Hyuga rolled his eyes and said irritably, "Thanks to you, the whole school knows I'm the Ball Buster Kid now. Satisfied, young master Shimura?"
At this point, Iroha Hyuga had no idea that his reputation had already spread throughout the entire village.
Otherwise, he would have rushed over and bitten Kazashiro to death if he had to.
"Alright, alright. I'll treat you to dango as an apology, okay?" Kazashiro threw an arm around him with the familiarity of an old friend and forcibly dragged him toward the door.
And so, under Kazashiro's relentless pestering, Iroha Hyuga followed them to the dango shop.
"Auntie, the usual, with one extra serving. I'm treating today." Upon arriving at the dango shop, Kazashiro immediately called out loudly to the owner, emphasizing that he was paying today.
"Kazashiro, come sit down. You brought a new friend today, huh?" Seeing Kazashiro, the owner came out with a smile and noticed Iroha Hyuga beside him.
After giving him a friendly smile, the owner turned around and went back to her work.
"Brat, move. That's my seat." Seeing Iroha Hyuga instinctively about to sit beside Kazashiro, Anko hurriedly shoved him aside and claimed the seat first.
"Tch, fine, I'm moving. It's not like I wanted to fight you for it." Iroha Hyuga muttered under his breath, then sat beside Kakashi at Asuma's invitation.
Mm, one closeted flirt paired with one expressionless guy. Perfect.
Watching the two who both disliked talking much, Kazashiro smiled. Then, as usual, he chatted with Asuma and the others about interesting stories they had heard, occasionally mixing in some insights from training.
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