Hyuga Shin's face fell at that.
"I'm kidding! You're only selfish toward other people, not toward your own. If you were truly selfless and always thinking of others, I'd get jealous!" Kushina said with a laugh.
As long as Hyuga Shin treated her well, that was enough. If he spent all day worrying about everyone else, she'd go crazy.
"Everyone has a selfish side. And to us, Shin, you're not selfish at all," Mikoto said with a slight smile.
"Big Brother Shin is the best person in the world. How could he be selfish?" Konan asked, blinking her orange eyes.
Hyuga Shin smiled. The anger he'd been holding over Nawaki had ebbed away.
"Actually, Nawaki isn't wrong, either. He just cares too much about his dream and the village. Don't hold it against him, Shin," Mikoto urged.
"I don't hold it against him. I just can't help disliking it. Maybe it's because we have different beliefs," Hyuga Shin said, shaking his head.
He didn't think Nawaki was wrong to pursue his dream or to protect the village. He just couldn't stand that Nawaki put those things first and pushed his family and clan aside.
More importantly, Nawaki knew perfectly well that he was weak, yet he still insisted on going to the battlefield.
If he wanted to return now, even Sarutobi Hiruzen couldn't say anything. But he was going to the battlefield for some dream or ideal. Did he really think it was a playground?
Even if he wanted to become Hokage, he didn't have to go to the battlefield! Hyuga Shin really couldn't understand how Nawaki's mind worked.
What Hyuga Shin didn't know was that Sarutobi Hiruzen had already talked to Nawaki. He'd told him that the Hokage's duty was to defend the village, protect its people, and earn