The Cheat Appears 1/2

On the way to Hokage Rock, Hayato passed by Konoha Hospital.

Konoha Hospital was a three- or four-story building. Above its main entrance hung a round red plaque with the black character for "Medicine" written on it.

The Hyuga Clan had its own medical ninja, so Hayato had never been inside Konoha Hospital.

I'm kind of curious.

Hayato thought of the injured Hasebe Kazuaki.

Should I visit Senior Hasebe? Satisfying my curiosity would just be incidental.

But he could hardly visit a patient empty-handed. So Hayato wandered around the hospital and found a flower shop.

"Welcome." A long-haired girl greeted him warmly.

Blonde hair, an oval face, big eyes—she looked somewhat familiar.

Hayato studied the girl, but still could not place her.

The girl frowned slightly. "What can I get you?"

Hayato came back to himself. "A senior of mine was injured and hospitalized. I'm going to visit him and would like to buy some flowers."

In the world of Naruto, there were many taboos about bringing flowers to visit patients. Magazines or fruit would have been better. But Hayato had not seen a bookstore or fruit shop, so he had no choice but to settle for flowers.

"For an elder, carnations would be suitable." The girl picked up a bouquet of yellow flowers.

Hayato nodded. "That works."

After paying and leaving the flower shop, Hayato finally remembered. "It was Yamanaka Ino. Her hair wasn't tied into a single ponytail, so I actually didn't recognize her."

Holding the flowers, Hayato arrived at the entrance of Konoha Hospital and ran into another problem: he did not know which room Hasebe Kazuaki was in.

"Excuse me...?"

Just as Hayato was hesitating, a soft, gentle voice spoke beside him.

It was a girl with a single ponytail and pink hair—the medical ninja girl who had been Hasebe Kazuaki's subordinate in the Forest of Death yesterday.

Hayato said, "It's you. Do you remember me? Yesterday, in the Forest of Death?"

The ponytailed girl bowed deeply at ninety degrees. "How could I forget? Thank you so very much for yesterday. If it hadn't been for you, the consequences would have been unimaginable. I'm Morita Tomomi. Please take care of me."

Hayato said, "I'm Hyuga Hayato. Please take care of me as well. Is Senior Hasebe doing alright?"

The girl bowed deeply again. "Thanks to you, Teacher Hasebe is recovering steadily."

Hayato raised the carnations in indication. "Which room is Senior Hasebe in? Is it convenient to visit him now?"

"Sorry to trouble you. Please follow me." Morita Tomomi led the way.

In the hospital corridor, Hayato ran head-on into a silver-haired man with dead fish eyes.

Morita Tomomi bowed again. The dead-fish-eyed man nodded, then narrowed his eyes slightly when he saw Hayato.

After the dead-fish-eyed man left, Morita Tomomi explained, "That was Senior Kakashi, who came to visit Teacher Hasebe."

Hayato smiled. "The famous Fifty-Fifty."

Morita Tomomi: "???" She clearly did not understand.

After a night of treatment, Hasebe Kazuaki was already able to speak. One had to marvel at the ninja constitution and the wonders of medical ninjutsu. Yesterday, he had looked like he had one foot in the coffin; today, he was already chatting and laughing.

Hayato said, "It looks like you're recovering well, Senior. You should be discharged before long."

Hasebe Kazuaki was in a good mood. "I really have to thank you this time."

Hayato waved his hands repeatedly. "Please don't say that."

"I must. Not only did you stop my internal bleeding, you saved my ninja career." Hasebe Kazuaki said seriously, "Shunsuke came by this morning. I know everything now. If it hadn't been for you, not just me—my three subordinates too..."

The chain of events was clear: Hayato skipped class → Shimizu Shunsuke went to the Forest of Death to find him → the two of them alerted the enemy and frightened off the enemy jonin → everyone in the tower was saved.

Skipping the middle part, the simple summary was: Hayato skipped class and saved everyone in the tower.

So skipping class was not necessarily always a bad thing. Hehe!

After chatting for a while, Hasebe Kazuaki's spirits began to flag, so Hayato took his leave.

Morita Tomomi was very polite and wanted to see Hayato to the hospital entrance.

Hayato politely declined, then wandered around Konoha Hospital alone for a while.

During that time, several presences faintly locked onto the wandering Hayato. Konoha Hospital's security was tight inside but lax outside.

After leaving the hospital, the shadow cast by the building suddenly squirmed. An ANBU ninja wearing a tanuki mask stepped out.

"Hyuga Hayato?"

"Yes."

"The Hokage wishes to see you."

"Now?"

"Yes."

With that, the ANBU ninja returned to the shadows, slowly sank down, and vanished.

Pineapple hair, shadow ninjutsu—he was a Nara Clan ninja, right?

Hayato ran all the way to the Hokage Building, where the Nara ANBU ninja was waiting at the entrance.

The Nara ANBU said sternly, "Follow me. Don't wander off."

Before long, Hayato met the Third Hokage.

Sarutobi Hiruzen looked older up close than he had from a distance. His face was full of wrinkles and age spots. Without the Hokage robe, he would have looked like an ordinary kindly old man.

This was Hayato's first time observing the Third Hokage from such close range.

"Lord Hokage."

Hayato lowered his head in salute, sincerely respectful.

Among Naruto fans in his original world, some criticized Hiruzen's policies in office. But there was one common understanding: Sarutobi Hiruzen had truly devoted himself to Konoha until his death.

Sarutobi Hiruzen handed Hayato a document. "You are Hyuga Hayato, correct? Take a look."

It was Shimizu Shunsuke's mission report.

"Calm and composed, quick-witted, clear strategy, efficient tactics"—seeing four consecutive words of praise, Hayato, who had lived two lives, nearly let out a pig-like cackle.

"Cough, cough..."

Hayato hurriedly concealed his smugness.

Sarutobi Hiruzen saw it and smiled. "You did indeed do well. Keep reading."

The next document was a report from Konoha Hospital. It mentioned Hayato's handling of the internal bleeding and rated it highly as well.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "Konoha Hospital has similar techniques. What you used wasn't medical ninjutsu?"

Hayato answered honestly, "The Blood-Severing Technique. Uh... it's a technique I developed myself. It's still under development and requires the Byakugan to use."

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "I see. There are not many who can develop their own ninjutsu at your age. What do you want to do after graduation, Hayato?"

Hayato replied, "I haven't thought about it yet. The clan..."

Under normal circumstances, the Hyuga main family would not interfere with the career choices of branch family members. But once an order was given, branch family members had to obey.

For example, Hyuga Tokuma had joined the reconnaissance unit of his own volition, while Hyuga Ko served as Hyuga Hinata's guard—that was the clan's order.

In the end, the fate of the branch family rested in the hands of the main family.

Sarutobi Hiruzen took in Hayato's expression. His gentle face revealed an even gentler smile as he said, "How would you like to join my personal unit?"

The Hokage's personal unit was the ANBU.

Hayato was somewhat tempted.

Joining the ANBU meant receiving the Hokage's protection, and ANBU missions were more challenging. Hatake Kakashi, Uchiha Clan's Shisui, and Itachi had all once been ANBU elites.

Sarutobi Hiruzen said, "If you are willing, I will personally speak with your clan head regarding the Hyuga Clan."

With things having reached this point, Hayato could only nod. Refusing would mean disrespecting the Hokage, and disrespecting the Hokage was courting death. Even Hayato, who had always liked courting death, would not court that kind of death.

Still, Sarutobi Hiruzen's recruitment was a little too eager. It felt strange.

Hayato did not think the strength he had displayed warranted Sarutobi Hiruzen acting personally.

After considering it, Hayato felt that Sarutobi Hiruzen was most likely thinking about the village's internal relationships.

He continued reading the document.

At the end of the document, Hayato saw a B-rank mission receipt. He froze, because the executor listed on it was: Hyuga Hayato. The receipt bore the Hokage's official seal, meaning the mission had been acknowledged by the Hokage.

Ding!

A crisp sound rang out in Hayato's mind, and a virtual panel appeared in his consciousness.

Naruto World Mission Lottery Fusion System activated.

Host: Hyuga Hayato

Age: 1

Level: Ninja Academy Student

Taijutsu: 741

Ninjutsu: 6

Genjutsu: 408

Chakra: 584

Current Mission: None

Available Draws: 1 B-rank draw.

"Th-this..." Hayato was beyond shocked.

This was a cheat, the legendary system?

Hayato was ecstatic. So the cheat had been there all along; it simply had not been triggered.

Sure enough, transmigrators and cheats were a perfect match.

Seeing Hayato unable to contain his joy, Sarutobi Hiruzen assumed he had been stunned by the receipt and smiled. "That's right. You are the only student since the Ninja Academy's founding to complete a B-rank mission while still enrolled."

The system... hehe...

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