Hizashi, his wife, Uchiha Itachi, and the others were not the only ones to receive the news. Hyuga Hiashi also learned that Ruri had become a Jonin.
In the Hyuga Clan Compound, Hyuga Hiashi was holding two-year-old Hinata and playing with her. After hearing the Branch Family ninja's report, he said, "What? Lord Hokage promoted Ruri to Jonin? You must be joking. It looks like I'll have to find a chance to have a proper talk with him!"
After the Branch Family ninja withdrew, Hyuga Hiashi looked at Hinata Hyuga in his arms and said with a smile, "That big brother of yours, Ruri Hyuga, really does know how to surprise me!"
Hinata Hyuga could not quite understand what Hyuga Hiashi was saying yet. She simply looked at him with her mouth open, smiling all the while.
"Mom, did you just say Ruri became a Jonin?" Momokusa Harukawa immediately ran out of her bedroom after hearing what her mother was saying to someone in the living room.
"Yes! I heard that after Ruri defeated all the contestants in the Chunin Ninja Exams, the Third Hokage made an exception and promoted him to Jonin!" Momokusa Harukawa's mother said, looking at her daughter as she ran out of the bedroom.
Momokusa Harukawa walked back to her bedroom with a smile, sat on the bed, and covered her face. "I knew it. Ruri is amazing! But now the gap between us has grown so much wider again. When will I ever catch up to him?"
As she spoke, Momokusa Harukawa lay down on the bed, thinking about the time she had spent with Ruri Hyuga. Her face gradually turned pink.
At the Root organization's base, Danzo sat on a platform, listening to his subordinate's report. A greedy expression appeared on his face as