Hinata Plans to Actively Approach Takasaki

Neji pondered for a few seconds before he understood the situation.

Indeed, the Clan Head looked at problems from a more comprehensive perspective.

Since an apology was in order, there was no reason to put it off until tomorrow. "I understand."

"Remember, after you obtain Takasaki's forgiveness, you must remind him that while I do not object to Hinata spending more time with him, he must never do anything to harm her. Also, try your best to maintain a good relationship with Takasaki yourself. After all, if he can inspire Hinata to grow, he can naturally inspire you as well. You are, after all, a member of my Hyuga clan."

Having dropped these words, Hiashi Hyuga turned and left.

Left alone in the Training Room, Neji stood up slowly without a word, channeling his chakra to attempt to heal the injuries to his cerebral nerves.

He was born into the Hyuga clan; his advantage was a status more noble than the commoners of Konoha, earning him preferential treatment even from the teachers at the Ninja Academy. The drawback was that he was born into the branch family, branded with the Caged Bird seal.

The Caged Bird seal was like a shackle that an eagle, spreading its wings to soar, could never shake off for the rest of its life.

Neji had originally resigned himself to his fate.

Strangely enough, after his recent contact with Takasaki, his perspective on fate had begun to waver.

Can the Caged Bird seal truly be broken? Neji muttered to himself.

As for the final words the Clan Head had spoken to him, they were, in fact, the same as his own thoughts.

Because of his father's death, he did indeed harbor resentment toward Hinata.

The problem was that Hinata was his cousin, and deep down, he still hoped for her well-being.

Therefore.

Upon realizing that Takasaki could inspire Hinata to improve her strength, he naturally would not object to her getting close to him.

In truth, he himself wanted to get close to Takasaki as well.

Because he wanted to break the Caged Bird seal.

For some reason, he always felt that Takasaki seemed to know a way to break the Caged Bird seal.

This classmate, whom he had originally viewed as a dead-last, seemed to hide many secrets he knew nothing about.

Hyuga Clan Mansion.

Hinata's bedroom.

The door remained locked from the inside, and the curtains were drawn. Hinata huddled alone at the head of her bed, covering her body with a quilt. Like a thief, she peeked at Takasaki's Diary.

She read it word by word, very slowly.

It took her ten minutes to finish the short, 500-character entry.

It wasn't that her reading speed was slow; it was simply that this entry in Takasaki's diary was written almost entirely about her.

The vocabulary used, the phrasing, and the underlying meaning and implications made her feel incredibly shy.

The first sentence was: [I really like Hinata more and more...]

The last sentence was: [Hinata's body is still developing; once those breasts mature, I won't let a single opportunity to ravage them slip by.]

After finishing it, Hinata's cheeks turned as red as if she were drunk. She bit her nails, her head buzzing.

It wasn't just her cheeks that had turned red.

Her entire body was flushed with embarrassment.

That was why she was lying on the bed, curled up inside her quilt to read the diary, as if terrified that someone might see her mortified expression.

"Why does Takasaki keep calling me his wife in the diary? He didn't even ask for my permission, and I never said I liked him either."

At the mention of the word "like," Hinata recalled what Hiashi Hyuga had said to her in the training room just a short while ago.

Her father actually suspected she was in a romantic relationship with Takasaki.

How could that be!

Hinata understood why Hiashi Hyuga had misunderstood; after all, she was the one who had taken the initiative to bring Takasaki to the Guest Reception Room at the Hyuga Estate, arranged for someone to buy the barbecue he liked, and even personally taught him the Three Body Technique.

It did look as if the two of them were on a date.

The reason Hinata did this, of course, was because of the diary.

To obtain the rewards from the diary, she needed to actively seek opportunities to interact with Takasaki.

The strange thing was, since Takasaki clearly already knew the Three Body Technique, why was he willing to let her teach him?

Hinata had pondered this question before, and now, thinking about it again, she reached the same conclusion.

Could it be that Takasaki really liked her?

After all, Takasaki had written that he liked her many times in the diary.

At the same time, Hinata subconsciously felt that the affection for her in Takasaki's diary seemed very exaggerated.

It felt more like Takasaki liked her body than he liked her as a person.

"What does it actually feel like to like someone?" Not yet an adult, and still a young girl, Hinata couldn't help but ponder this question that plagued countless adolescent girls.

In any case, one thing was certain: she definitely did not like Takasaki.

Because Takasaki is such a pervert!

How could she possibly like a pervert?

Especially that last sentence, saying he would ravage her "big bears" once she grew up.

Hinata lowered her head, hooked a finger into her collar, and glanced down at her own chest, which was already developing toward a B-cup: "Can they really grow that big in the future?"

Hinata shook her head, casting those distracting thoughts aside.

She couldn't let her mind wander like this; just by reading the diary of a pervert like Takasaki, she felt her own thoughts were being led astray.

Takasaki had never even seen her body, so how could he possibly know if they would grow?

This was just the baseless imagination of a pervert.

Hinata took a few deep breaths, struggling to steady her emotions until the crimson flush on her skin faded away.

She continued to stare at the Diary, still full of anticipation.

Sure enough.

One minute later.

New content appeared on the Diary:

[Takasaki has mentioned you more than 5 times in this diary entry. Reward obtained: Chakra volume increased by 10%.]

[Takasaki has mentioned you more than anyone else in this diary entry. Additional reward obtained: Stamina increased by 10%.]

The next second, Hinata felt a warm current wash over her body.

The exhaustion from her sparring session with Neji vanished instantly.

Hinata could clearly feel that the amount of chakra within her had increased once again.

She tucked the Diary back into her consciousness, crawled out from under the covers, stepped off the bed, and threw a few casual strikes.

A sharp gust of wind whistled through her bedroom.

Her stamina was better than before, and consequently, the power of her palm techniques had increased as well.

This harvest truly delighted Hinata: "The next time I spar with Neji-niisan, I might be able to last longer than three minutes—perhaps even four."

In truth, when her name appeared throughout the entire diary entry, Hinata had already been prepared for the possibility of receiving a reward.

What delighted her even more was that she seemed to have grasped the method for obtaining these rewards.

Practice had proven that by actively approaching Takasaki and causing him to mention her name more often in the Diary, she could indeed obtain rewards; this method was genuinely effective!

Since that was the case, it was necessary for her to create more opportunities to get close to Takasaki.

It was certainly too late for tonight.

Then, she would do it next Monday when she went to the Academy.

In the past, as the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Clan, she had always walked to school alone with her backpack.

This time, she had other ideas: "Should I go find Takasaki next Monday and walk to school with him?"

But would doing so seem too deliberate, perhaps causing Takasaki to feel repulsed and write something unpleasant about her in the Diary?