No Bro Code When There's a Girl Around-Hyuga Shin

"Then I'll be counting on you from now on, Shin," Mikoto said gently, trying to hide her shyness.

P.S. Don't worry about why people of different ages are classmates. In this book, they're all the same age.

Chapter 19: No Bro Code When There's a Girl Around—Hyuga Shin

Watching Mikoto's gentle, water-like demeanor, Hyuga Shin smiled. As expected of the Naruto world—the perfect wife material.

Although Mikoto Uchiha didn't appear much, she was still quite popular. Shin naturally liked this sort of Yamato Nadeshiko.

Shin had already made up his mind: Mikoto would be his from now on. As for that useless Fugaku Uchiha, he could go jerk himself off!

Whether Itachi Uchiha and Uchiha Sasuke would be born in the future had anything to do with Shin?

To be honest, Shin wasn't fond of the so-called God Itachi. Not for any particular reason—just that the two of them were completely different kinds of people.

One had great love in his heart, loving the village above all else (except Sasuke), while Shin was extremely selfish. He only cared about the people he ought to care about.

So Shin wasn't fond of this hugely popular character. He wouldn't deny that everything Itachi did was wrong, but he wouldn't say he was right, either.

It was a clash of ideals. People with different personalities would define the same thing differently.

In any case, Shin wouldn't sacrifice himself or his family for other people who had nothing to do with him.

Your heart is big enough to hold the whole world; mine is too small, and can only hold those I should care about.

Shin already disliked Itachi Uchiha, so there was no need to mention Uchiha Sasuke. He liked that guy even less.

"Why do you keep staring at me?" Mikoto said, chiding him.

"Of course it's because you're beautiful. I can't tear my eyes away. From the moment I saw you, you stole my heart," Shin said with exaggerated earnestness.

Mikoto's face turned bright red. She turned away at once, flustered, and stared straight ahead, not daring to look at Shin again.

Shin continued looking at Mikoto without a trace of restraint, making her heart beat faster and faster.

But Uchiha Mikoto wasn't put off by it. In fact, she felt a little pleased.

"Shin, you're unbelievable. You've got no loyalty when there's a girl around," Senju Nawaki said, seeing the increasingly flirtatious atmosphere between Shin and Uchiha Mikoto.

"Nawaki, you can't say that. Sitting with you is nowhere near as nice as sitting with a pretty girl. And look at your deskmate—he's a handsome young guy, just your type. Don't go staring at me."

Shin pointed at Senju Nawaki's deskmate, who was none other than Minato Namikaze, the Fourth Hokage.

"What?" Nawaki looked utterly confused.

Children in the shinobi world tended to mature early, but they were still children. Naturally, he didn't understand what Shin meant.

"I mean, I'm not into men. Go find someone else," Shin said expressionlessly.

"I'm not into men, either!" Nawaki shouted angrily.

"Is that so? Then I guess I misunderstood." He said he'd misunderstood, but his face clearly said he didn't believe it.

Nawaki wanted to explain in anger, but there was no way to explain himself.

Minato Namikaze, who'd been dragged into it for no reason, looked bewildered and instinctively edged away from Nawaki.

If he hadn't been afraid of making Nawaki angrier, Minato Namikaze would've changed seats. Only a few students had arrived so far, and there were plenty of empty seats.

"Hmph! Just you wait. I'm telling my sister you're cheating on her!" Senju Nawaki sat down with a huff.

Shin didn't react and kept teasing the blushing Uchiha Mikoto.

Mikoto's face was burning hot. It could've boiled an egg.

"Mikoto, you really are shy!"

"Our classmates are here. If you keep teasing me, I won't talk to you anymore," Mikoto replied, her face flushed.

Shin knew when to stop. He didn't want to leave Mikoto with a bad impression.

But when Uchiha Mikoto saw that Shin had really stopped teasing her, she felt a little disappointed.

As time passed, the students in Class A arrived one after another, including the Ino-Shika-Cho trio, the Hyuga brothers, and Tsume Inuzuka.

When Hizashi Hyuga saw Shin, he looked angry for a moment, then hurriedly hid it, afraid Shin would notice and beat him up.

Hizashi Hyuga had already grown afraid of Shin after being beaten up several times.

Hyuga Hiashi glanced at Shin, then sat down with Hizashi Hyuga.

Shin shrugged and then lay facedown on his desk. He looked as if he were sleeping, but was actually refining the chakra in his body.

"What did you say?" Nawaki stood up angrily.

"I said everyone in this class has to obey me, Uchiha Ken." A haughty boy with the Uchiha Clan crest on his back was confronting Nawaki.

The atmosphere in the classroom grew extremely tense. The civilians and clan students alike looked at Uchiha Ken with hostility.

Hyuga Hiashi and Senju Nawaki were the most openly furious.

The feud between the Senju and Uchiha Clans went back a long way. It couldn't be settled with just a few words.

The Hyuga and Uchiha Clans were hailed as the two great dojutsu clans of the Ninja World. Which of them was stronger was a question everyone paid attention to.

So there was plenty of hostility between those two clans, too.

The Uchiha Clan now served as Konoha's Military Police Force. It was both a good job and a difficult one.

For someone diplomatic, it was a good job: they could get the various clans to owe them favors.

But the Uchiha Clan acted like they were the heroes of the world. In a job that required diplomacy, they were more arrogant than anyone. They were always arresting this person or hauling in that one, offending every clan in Konoha.

In the eyes of Konoha's civilians, the Uchiha Clan wasn't much better. They didn't think highly of them.

To put it bluntly, the Uchiha Clan was like a pile of dog shit. Wherever you put it, someone would complain that it stank.

Nobody liked dealing with a haughty clan that looked down on everyone. If they didn't respect you, would you really go crawling after them? Nobody was that pathetic.

So this no-name Uchiha Ken really was obnoxious. He'd managed to offend a whole crowd of people as soon as he showed up.

Even Shin, who'd been lying on his desk and refining chakra, couldn't help raising his head to watch with interest.

Seeing everyone worked up, Shin didn't mind fanning the flames. It wasn't as if he liked the guy, either!

"Do you know him?" Shin asked, patting Mikoto on the shoulder.

Mikoto's face reddened before she replied softly, "He's a genius from the Uchiha Clan, but he's very arrogant. He's also the Great Elder's grandson, so he's eligible to compete for the position of clan leader."