Hyuga Hiashi

Hyuga Compound.

Four small figures were darting through it.

"How is it so big here? How are we supposed to find Hinata like this?"

Naruto was already dizzy from being turned around.

Shikamaru, with dead fish eyes, turned to look at Uzumaki Menma on his back. "Menma, you're the one looking for Hinata. Don't you know where she is?"

Uzumaki Menma scratched his cheek, embarrassed. "I thought I could find her once we got inside. I didn't expect it to be this big."

Choji asked nervously, "What do we do now? We might not find her even if we keep looking. Should we retreat for now?"

Uzumaki Menma thought for a moment and said, "Let's retreat for now. Once I've pinpointed Hinata's location, we'll sneak in again."

Just as Uzumaki Menma and the others made the decision to retreat and were about to turn around and leave the Hyuga Compound, they were horrified to discover that someone was standing behind them, seemingly out of nowhere.

Naruto asked cautiously, "Mister, who are you? Why did you appear behind us so silently?"

The person who suddenly appeared behind the four was none other than Hinata's father, the head of the Hyuga Clan, Hyuga Hiashi.

Each of the four little fellows who had intruded into the Hyuga Compound had an extraordinary background, which Hiashi couldn't afford to take lightly.

Hiashi said with a stern face, "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that? What are you four doing, sneaking into my Hyuga Clan's compound?"

Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji all looked at Uzumaki Menma at the same time.

Uzumaki Menma's small face darkened. Why are you looking at him at a time like this? Can't you guys explain?

Uzumaki Menma bit the bullet and said, "Mister, we're here to find someone."

Hiashi frowned and asked, "Looking for someone in the Hyuga Compound? Who?"

"Hyuga Hinata. Do you know her, mister?"

Hiashi looked very surprised.

He didn't expect these four little fellows to be looking for Hinata.

"What do you want with Hinata?"

Uzumaki Menma said shamelessly, "What else could it be? Of course, we're looking for Hinata to play with. Mister, if you know where Hinata is, can you take us to find her? We'd be very grateful."

Hiashi looked at Uzumaki Menma and the others for a while.

Among the identities of Uzumaki Menma, Naruto, Shikamaru, and Choji, the most troublesome was Uzumaki Menma.

Uzumaki Menma was the adopted grandson of Danzo, and Danzo was a ruthless man. The once-great Uchiha Clan of Konoha had been tormented by Danzo.

Moreover, according to the inside information in Konoha's ninja circles, Danzo cared very much about his grandson Uzumaki Menma and had very high expectations for him.

Danzo was the person Hiashi least wanted to deal with.

Extremely suspicious, cautious, insidious, with tough methods, not trusting others... all these words were not an exaggeration when applied to Danzo.

If he didn't handle this matter properly and Danzo accused the Hyuga Clan of coveting the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, they wouldn't be able to clear their name even if they jumped into the Naka River.

Hiashi now really wanted to just let Uzumaki Menma and the others leave the Hyuga Compound.

But these four little fellows actually knew his daughter Hinata, and it seemed like they were friends, which made Hiashi very curious.

Because in his impression, Hinata had hardly left the Hyuga house a few times, so when did she get to know them?

Looking at the shameless smiles of Uzumaki Menma and the others, Hiashi immediately made a decision.

"Come with me, I'll take you there."

What made Hiashi make this decision was Hinata.

Because Hinata's personality was too weak. With Hinata's personality, it was really not suitable for her to become a ninja.

If she were an ordinary person, it wouldn't matter, but Hinata couldn't. Hinata was the eldest daughter of the Hyuga Clan and would be responsible for the Hyuga Clan in the future.

So Hinata's personality had to change and become tougher.

But no matter how Hiashi tried to correct Hinata, she didn't change at all.

And the four little fellows in front of him were able to break into the Hyuga Clan's compound, which meant they were brave enough.

They were discovered by him and still asked him to help them, which meant they were thick-skinned enough.

If these four little fellows were really friends with Hinata, they might really be able to change Hinata's personality in their interactions.

Hiashi led Uzumaki Menma and the others to a courtyard.

And there were sounds coming from the courtyard.

"Hah! Hiyah!"

Uzumaki Menma and Naruto immediately recognized that it was Hinata's voice.

Because the courtyard's walls were relatively low, Naruto jumped and flipped over, entering the courtyard.

Uzumaki Menma patted Shikamaru's shoulder. "Quick! Shikamaru, let's go!"

"I know, I know. It's really troublesome carrying you. Choji, give me a hand."

Shikamaru and Choji dragged Uzumaki Menma and flipped into the courtyard together.

And Hyuga Hiashi's eyes twitched uncontrollably.

They had a perfectly good gate but chose to climb the wall, and to add insult to injury, it was his wall!

The four of them all jumped into the courtyard. Naruto called out loudly towards Hinata, "Hinata!"

Hinata, who was in the middle of her training, turned her head and was stunned to see Naruto and Uzumaki Menma.

"Eh? Naruto? Menma?"

In disbelief, Hinata rubbed her eyes vigorously. After looking again and confirming that it was indeed Naruto and Uzumaki Menma, she asked in surprise, "What are you doing here?"

Naruto walked up to Hinata, scratching the back of his head, and said with a grin, "Of course, we're here to ask you to come play with us."

Hinata asked somewhat blankly, "Play together?"

Uzumaki Menma said, "Yeah, we finally managed to sneak in to find you."

Hinata looked at Uzumaki Menma, who was being carried by Shikamaru, and asked in confusion, "Menma, what's wrong with you?"

"It's nothing, I'm just tired and can't walk. This is Shikamaru, and that's Choji. They're our good friends, and they came to play with you too," Uzumaki Menma introduced to Hinata.

Shikamaru greeted, "Hello, Hinata."

Hinata responded politely, "Nice to meet you, Shikamaru."

Choji reopened a bag of chips and handed it to Hinata, "We're all friends now, please have some."

Hinata took a chip as a gesture and thanked him, "Thank you, Choji."

"Alright, let's talk about it after we get out of here, let's go!"

"Wait!" Hinata said with some difficulty, "I haven't finished my training for today, I can't leave."

Naruto directly grabbed Hinata's small hand, "You can train tomorrow too. We finally found you, let's go play together."

Hinata's face instantly turned incredibly red as Naruto held her hand, and white smoke seemed to rise from her head. She just let Naruto hold her hand and run towards the outside.

However, just as they reached the door, a tall figure blocked the doorway and asked sternly:

"Hinata, where are you going?"