Today, I Just Want to Bully You

After Shuji healed Shunichi's chest wound, he realized that Shunichi had completely passed out.

"Phew~"

Straightening up, Shuji let out a long breath.

Honestly, this was pretty exhausting.

He had already used Byakugan: Pressure twice that morning. Before he had even rested, he went to the hospital, then crouched out on the street for nearly an entire day.

And now he had used the Mystical Palm Technique to treat Shunichi's injuries.

"Come here."

With one hand on his hip, Shuji beckoned Nawaki over.

Nawaki froze at that, then nodded and walked toward Shuji.

"You tired?"

Shuji shifted his gaze to Hiashi and asked.

"No rush. I'm just watching."

Hiashi grinned at Shuji.

"Come over and use Tenketsu Striking."

Shuji pursed his lips and spoke to Hiashi.

"Okay!"

Without the slightest hesitation, Hiashi walked over to Shuji.

"Take his clothes off. Don't get them dirty."

When Nawaki came over, Shuji told him.

"Okay."

Nawaki paused, then began stripping all of Shunichi's clothes off.

Meanwhile, Hiashi began using Tenketsu Striking. He was extremely thorough, stuffing a large amount of Chakra into every single chakra point.

Under these circumstances, it was basically impossible for Shunichi to undo the Tenketsu Striking through his own strength.

Looking at Shunichi after his chakra points had been sealed, Shuji reached out and patted his face.

Mm, still not awake.

Shuji pursed his lips helplessly. He could only stand up, raise his right foot high, and aim at Shunichi's lower abdomen.

"Ah!"

As Shuji stomped down hard, Shunichi's eyes flew open. His body jerked upright, but he only made it halfway before he could no longer move.

His hands tightly clutched Shuji's leg, and only then did Shunichi realize that every chakra point in his body had been sealed.

Shuji raised his foot and flung off Shunichi's hands. Then he bent down and grabbed Shunichi's long hair.

"What are you doing?! Let go! Let go, you bastard!"

"What am I doing? Isn't it obvious? I'm bullying you."

Shuji chuckled at Shunichi's words.

Still clutching Shunichi by the hair, he dragged him step by step toward the riverbank.

"If the family finds out about this, have you considered the consequences?!"

With his hair being pulled, Shunichi's body moved uncontrollably toward the river. The pain tearing through his scalp nearly drove him mad.

He could only grab his own hair with both hands, trying as best he could to ease the pain.

At the same time, he hoped his words would make Shuji stop before it was too late.

How could a six-year-old brat possibly be this strong?!

"Consequences? Don't worry. Once you get home, there won't be a single injury on you. Look, even your clothes won't get dirty."

As he spoke, Shuji stopped and tipped his chin toward Nawaki.

Shunichi instinctively looked over and saw Nawaki carefully cleaning his clothes, which had been hung on a tree branch.

As though he sensed Shunichi's gaze, Nawaki even turned around and gave him a very polite smile.

He looked just like the little maid who usually worked at Shunichi's home.

"If you let me go now, we can still talk. Otherwise, you'd better keep your sister by your side forever!"

Shunichi closed his eyes in despair and tried a different approach with Shuji.

"Heh... still talking tough."

The hand gripping Shunichi's hair slowly turned, winding Shunichi's hair once around Shuji's hand.

Shuji dragged Shunichi all the way to the riverbank.

Squatting halfway down by the river, Shuji lowered his head and looked at Hyuga Shunichi lying beside the water.

"Spare me."

Staring down at the river before him, Hyuga Shunichi had some understanding of what Shuji intended to do next.

Only now did Hyuga Shunichi finally yield.

Shuji raised his brows with a chuckle. Then his hand pressed down fiercely, shoving Shunichi's head completely into the river.

Spare you? Only after snot ran into your mouth did you realize you should wipe it away?

"Glub glub~"

Shuji quietly crouched by the riverbank, one hand pressing down on Hyuga Shunichi's head as he watched Hyuga Shunichi's hands thrash wildly.

When Hyuga Shunichi's struggling began to weaken, Shuji yanked him out.

"Pah! Ah!"

Breaking free from the endless suffocation, Shunichi had only just spat out a mouthful of water before his head was shoved down again without even a chance to breathe.

"Glub glub~"

Shuji had no intention of listening to anything he had to say. Today, Shuji intended to break Hyuga Shunichi completely.

Watching from the side, Hiashi's gaze flickered slightly. Shuji's actions gave him a rough understanding of Shuji's intentions.

It was best not to leave any injuries that could be spotted at a glance.

Hiashi shifted his gaze toward Hyuga Yuichi.

"This might hurt a little. Endure it."

"M-My lord... Lord Hiashi... please don't..."

Hyuga Yuichi froze. Watching Hiashi slowly form hand seals, his face began to twist.

"Ah!!!"

As intense pain erupted directly inside his brain, Hyuga Yuichi almost instinctively screamed.

"When you did those things, you should have expected today, shouldn't you?"

Hiashi looked down at Hyuga Yuichi, who kept rolling back and forth across the ground in hopes of easing the pain.

Hiashi's childish face was now filled with cold severity.

It was not as though Hiashi did not know that the Main Family bullied the Branch Family.

But Hiashi also knew that, with his own strength, he had no way of eradicating this practice that had arisen at some unknown point.

Hiashi also pitied those Branch Family members who had no fathers, no mothers, and no relatives, as well as those whose entire families belonged to the Branch Family.

However, the only thing Hiashi could do was refrain from seeking superiority over those Branch Family members.

But... his own younger brother, the son of the Main Family's head—no matter how poor the relationship between himself and Hizashi was—

Weren't these two bastards taking the Main Family's head far too lightly?

Weren't they taking him, the young clan head, far too lightly as well?

"I was wrong, I was wrong. I shouldn't have attacked those two Branch Family members."

After being dunked more than a dozen times, Hyuga Shunichi finally broke. Right now, all he wanted was to go home.

"Sigh..."

Shuji did not shove Hyuga Shunichi into the water again. Instead, after sighing softly, he said to Hyuga Shunichi,

"Didn't I tell you? If the Branch Family needs disciplining, then discipline them. Today, I simply want to bully you. Why don't you understand, my dear senior Shunichi?"

As soon as he finished speaking, his hand pressed down again, forcing Hyuga Shunichi back into the water.

This method was still better. There was no need for treatment afterward, and no abnormalities could be seen.

Shuji truly could not be bothered to treat Shunichi a second time.

After all, the feeling of suffocation was no less painful than any known form of pain.