Genya Became a "Useless Person"

Later that day.

Asuma came over from the room upstairs to visit. The wound on his back wasn't life-threatening, but it would still take quite a while to heal.

After they chatted for a while, Genya learned from Asuma that Team 8 was about to disband.

"...Your injuries haven't healed, and I nearly died myself. It scared my old man half to death, so this is what happened."

Asuma pointed to the thick bandages on his back and explained helplessly.

"I see." Genya gave a slight nod, then asked, "So what are you and Kurenai going to do now?"

Asuma shrugged. "Once I'm healed, my father will probably arrange for me to work within the clan. I figure it'll be much the same for Kurenai."

"I'm so jealous of you kids from big clans. One disagreement and you can just go home to be the young master or young lady, waiting to inherit the family business," Genya said with a sigh.

"You're from a big clan too." Asuma "kindly" reminded him, "You were just born to be a servant. Hahahaha!"

"Get lost. I don't want to deal with you anymore today." Genya rolled his eyes and showed him the door.

Asuma nodded, patted Genya on the shoulder, and said with a solemn expression,

"Fine. Get some rest and don't overthink it. Worst comes to worst, I'll support you for the rest of your life."

"Get out, get out." Genya said irritably, "There are plenty of beautiful women who want to support me. You, a rough guy, don't stand a chance."

"You're full of—" Asuma started to retort, but then he looked at Genya's face and fell silent. He left without another word.

More than half a month later, Genya checked himself out of the hospital despite the doctor's protests.

He had to get out!

He was afraid that if he recovered too quickly, some of Konoha's unscrupulous people would notice and haul him straight to a lab to dissect him!

"Tch. Just thinking about it is terrifying."

Genya shook his head and strolled into the Hyuga Clan's accounting office to collect his monthly allowance.

"...What the hell? Uncle Urokodaki, my allowance this month is only a thousand ryo?!"

Standing at the counter, Genya stared at the pitiful amount of money in his hand, dumbfounded.

In Konoha, a bowl of ramen cost sixty ryo. A thousand ryo wasn't even enough to buy him one bowl a day!

Watching Genya's bewildered expression, the accountant named Urokodaki gave a bitter smile.

"Little Genya, you didn't know? The clan has revoked your 'ninja status.'"

"...I really didn't." Genya frowned. "Mr. Urokodaki, when did this happen?"

"Sigh, just in the past few days."

Urokodaki activated his Byakugan and made sure no one was around before letting out a long, heavy sigh.

"It was Lord Clan Head's personal order. Lord Hizashi tried speaking up for you several times, but Lord Clan Head scolded him and sent him away each time."

"...Tch." Genya looked at the banknotes in his hand and clicked his tongue, his expression unreadable.

He'd been useful to the Hyuga Clan before, so Hyuga Yuansheng had put up with him. Now that they'd heard he'd become a "useless person," they'd turned on him immediately, huh?

"It's not like I broke more than a few of his bones. Does he really have to be so petty?"

Genya muttered under his breath. Urokodaki, listening nearby, was so startled that he frantically gestured for Genya to stop talking.

"Thank you for telling me all this, Mr. Urokodaki. I'll be off now."

Genya smiled, gave Urokodaki a slight bow, and turned to leave the accounting office.

Having his "ninja status" revoked wasn't a bad thing for him. It was actually a good thing.

It meant he no longer had to serve the Hyuga Clan as a ninja.

In other words, he no longer had to serve the village or the clan. Damn, could life get any better?!

No more risking his life, no more going out on missions. He could relax and be a useless person, and the system alone could carry him all the way to invincibility.

<After Secretly Checking In for Two Years, I Was Mistaken for a Useless Person—Now I'm Invincible>

<From Chunin to the Six Paths, I Became Invincible Without Ever Leaving the Village>

(„ಡωಡ„), eheh, this is great~

"Hyuga Yuansheng, enjoy your moment of triumph. In another two and a half years, just you wait and see how I'll slap that old face of yours swollen."

The Yuhi Clan had once been a major genjutsu clan in Konoha. It was said that at the height of its power, it could rival the Uchiha Clan.

(Uchiha: Sure, sure.)

But with so few people in the clan, it had long since fallen into decline, leaving it confined to a quiet corner of Konoha.

A somewhat old mansion stood hidden in a tranquil bamboo grove. The two large characters "Yuhi" were written on its tall plaque.

"Father, why do you keep stopping me from visiting Genya, again and again?"

Inside the mansion, Yuhi Kurenai complained to her father, Yuhi Shinku, the current head of the Yuhi Clan.

"Why?" Yuhi Shinku's face was full of anger. He was deeply displeased that his daughter had talked back to him.

"Leaving aside the fact that he's from the Hyuga Branch Family and the two of you have no future together, that Hyuga Genya can no longer become a ninja. How could he possibly be worthy of you?"

"If you get together with him, how will you uphold the glory of the Yuhi Clan in the future?"

"But, Father...!" Yuhi Kurenai tried to argue.

"Fine. Let's take one step back." Yuhi Shinku didn't give her a chance to speak and continued.

"You've inherited the Yuhi Clan's legacy. You're destined to become a jonin, perhaps even an elite jonin, while Hyuga Genya can only be an ordinary person from now on. Do you think the two of you could be happy together?"

"Wake up, Kurenai. You're not even in the same world anymore! Give up on those foolish thoughts of yours before it's too late!" Yuhi Shinku urged her earnestly.

"But..."

Seeing that his daughter still seemed unwilling to give up, Yuhi Shinku's expression darkened completely. He issued her one final warning.

"Enough. I've said all I have to say!"

"If you still insist on doing as you please and sneaking off to see that boy, then you'll no longer be my daughter, Yuhi Shinku's, or a member of the Yuhi Clan!"

With that, Yuhi Shinku swept out, leaving the heartbroken Yuhi Kurenai to sob alone.

"Genya, what am I supposed to do...?"

At Hyuga Genya's home.

Genya had just brewed a pot of hot tea. He poured Asuma a cup, then returned to his seat and asked,

"I haven't seen Kurenai in a while. Has she been busy lately?"

"Something must have come up and kept her busy." Asuma took a sip of hot tea and spoke pointedly. "I come to visit you once a week, and my old man nags me for ages every time."

"Haha, why?" Genya asked with a smile.

"What do you think?" Asuma curled his lip and set down his teacup.

"The old man thinks I shouldn't waste my time on you. He tells me to spend more time with people from the Nara and Yamanaka Clans, says it'll be good for me in the future."

"Haha, do you think Lord Hokage has a point?" Genya asked with a smile.

It wasn't that he had such a good attitude. He simply had nothing to worry about, so of course he could smile.

"I think he's talking crap. He's been in office so long that he thinks about profit in everything. What matters most to me is friendship—friendship!"

Asuma drained his cup of tea in one gulp, somehow drinking it with the boldness of a man downing liquor.

"You idiot!" Genya patted Asuma on the shoulder, feeling a little moved.

Asuma and Gai both came to visit him whenever they had free time and asked after his injuries. It made Genya treasure those two friendships all the more.