Just then, two figures flew in from outside the school. "Oh... Yeyang, are you here to pick someone up too?" Hyuga Yeyang replied, "Yes, I haven't seen the younger boys in my clan for a long time, so I came to pick them up. What about you?"
"Same here. I came to see a younger boy from my clan," Uchiha Hanyue said with a smile.
The little brats in the classroom saw the two hovering outside and crowded around the windows, pointing curiously.
Uchiha Fugaku, Hyuga Hiashi, and Hizashi Hyuga also came to the windows. Seeing the older boys they idolized, all three lit up with excitement and shouted, "Big Brother Yeyang, I'm here! Big Brother Hanyue, I'm over here!" Each little brat shouted louder than the last, afraid the others might not know how well they knew the people outside. Their faces were wonderfully expressive.
Hyuga Yeyang and Uchiha Hanyue looked at the three shouting from the third floor opposite them and smiled helplessly. "Let's get over there! I'm afraid they'll get so excited they'll fall from the third floor." "Heh, sure."
The two slowly flew over and sat cross-legged in the air. The three children went completely wild. "Big Brother Hanyue, when did you come out of seclusion?"
"Me? About two hours ago! I came to pick you up after school. Looks like you still have one class left? That's fine. Pay attention in class, and we'll go home together when school lets out."
"Okay, Big Brother Hanyue."
Uchiha Fugaku answered excitedly. Seeing the stars in Fugaku's eyes, Uchiha Hanyue smiled too. He patted his head and said, "Pay attention in class. I'll wait for you over there and come pick you up when class ends, all right?"
"All right, hurry back to your seats for class. I'll wait outside until you're done."
"You don't need to ask your teacher for leave. I have plenty of time." Hyuga Yeyang helplessly soothed the two proud little boys. Watching them look back every few steps, he smiled and waved.
The other children looked at the two hovering outside, then gazed enviously at Uchiha Fugaku and the two Hyuga boys.
"If an older clan member like that came to pick me up, I'd be so happy I could fly." "Yeah! I'm so jealous!"
A little boy with short white hair and a short blade on his back looked at the two outside the window, feeling a little sour. "Oh... Hatake Feiyu, didn't your Big Brother Sakumo come to pick you up?"
"Hmph, something must have come up for my big brother, so he couldn't pick me up. And you're one to talk. Your big sister from the Senju clan didn't come to pick you up either."
"M-my sister must have been held up by something. Otherwise, she'd have been here ages ago."
"Tch, who believes that?"
The two stopped talking and stood in a corner, stealing glances full of envy at Uchiha Hanyue and Hyuga Yeyang floating in the air. They listened to their classmates' envious remarks and watched them crowd around the two Hyuga boys and Uchiha Fugaku, watching the three's smug, proud expressions as they kept saying, "My big brother is so amazing."
Hatake Feiyu and Senju Zuomu felt nothing but envy.
Just then, two more figures flew over. "Everyone, look! Two more people are flying over!" Hatake Feiyu and Senju Zuomu noticed them too, their eyes widening until those familiar figures filled their vision.
Then, delighted and excited, they quickly opened the window and shouted, "Big Brother Sakumo! Big Brother Sakumo!"
Those heart-rending shouts could be heard throughout the Ninja Academy. Hatake Sakumo felt a little embarrassed as he watched his clansman standing on the windowsill, calling loudly to him. Beside him, Tsunade said, "Sakumo, you're pretty popular with your clansmen!"
"Haha, don't tease me. If I'm not mistaken, that kid who's about to fall looks like little Zuomu!"
Tsunade looked, and it really was him. She quickly flew over and scooped Senju Zuomu up with one hand. She gave his bottom two moderately firm pats. "You little brat, you never give me a moment's peace. Get back inside and pay attention in class."
"Okay, Big Sister Tsunade," Senju Zuomu said with a happy smile.
Hatake Sakumo flew up to Hatake Feiyu and smiled. "Sorry, Feiyu. Your big brother is late."
Hatake Feiyu wiped his tears and shook his head. "It's all right. I know you're busy, Big Brother."
Hatake Sakumo patted Hatake Feiyu's head. "Pay attention in class. We'll go home together afterward. I'll take you flying."
"Okay!" Hatake Feiyu answered loudly.
Just then, ring... ring... ring... The bell rang for class, and the students reluctantly returned to their seats.
Hatake Sakumo, Hyuga Yeyang, Tsunade, and Uchiha Hanyue flew off to one side and sat cross-legged in midair, chatting.
"You two got here so early," Hatake Sakumo said. "You made my clansman so jealous."
"Haha!" Tsunade laughed. "Mine fell out of the building when he saw me."
"Haha, they're all children. They want to show off in front of their classmates..."
"Didn't we always want to show off when we were little too, showing our classmates how amazing our clansmen were?"
"Yeah..." The others agreed.
"All right, let's go down first! Someone's calling us." The others all looked down.
Two ninja were waving at them. The group slowly landed. "Greetings," the two ninja said respectfully.
"Hello," Tsunade said. "Did you need something from us?"
"It's like this," the two ninja said. "We'd like you to teach our students a lesson, and let the children see just how powerful the ninja from our Konoha Elite Training Base are."
Hatake Sakumo and the others exchanged glances. "Sure. This afternoon, then! I'll call our other companions over too."
"Wonderful, wonderful! Thank you all. We'll go make the arrangements."
"All right." Having received Tsunade and the others' agreement, the two ninja quickly left. Hatake Sakumo and the other three flew back into the sky to wait for their clansmen to finish school.
The moment the dismissal bell rang, the children rushed out of the classroom. The four flew up to the windows. Hatake Feiyu immediately scrambled onto Hatake Sakumo and clung tightly to him, turning back to shout goodbye to his classmates. Receiving their envious looks, he shouted his goodbyes even louder, making Hatake Sakumo's ears ring a little. Hatake Sakumo hurriedly flew into the sky. A moment later, Hyuga Yeyang followed, with a little brat clinging to him in front and another behind, both laughing happily. Tsunade flew up holding Senju Zuomu in one hand, occasionally tossing him upward a few times and making the frightened little brat scream. Uchiha Hanyue flew over and said with a smile, "All right, Tsunade, don't scare him too badly."
"It's fine. If he can't even handle this much, he won't get into the training base," Tsunade said indifferently.
Uchiha Hanyue looked at Uchiha Fugaku. Fugaku shuddered and clung tightly to him, terrified that Hanyue would toss him out too.
They said their goodbyes and flew back to their respective clans.
Leaving aside how, after getting home, the little brats boasted to their friends about how thrilling it had been to fly around in the sky, the other envious clansmen went to Uchiha Hanyue and the others, asking to be taken flying a few more times.
Itō Yuying was stuffing himself. Beside him, Yiteng Yue trembled with heartache, feeling as though he was about to develop Parkinson's. Itō Yuying said, "Grandpa, go on and eat."
"I'm full," Yiteng Yue said.
"Really?" Itō Yuying asked with a smile. Then he ate Yiteng Yue's portion too.
Yiteng Yue was so angry that he kept pinching the spot above his upper lip, muttering, "You unfilial brat. What did I do to deserve this? I feel like I'm not going to make it."
After finishing his meal, Itō Yuying looked at Yiteng Yue, who seemed about to breathe his last. Chuckling, he pulled a thick stack of money from his bag and placed it in front of him.
Yiteng Yue, who had been acting as though he were dying, instantly perked up. "My wonderful grandson!" he laughed. "Grandpa just had a little low blood sugar! I didn't scare you, did I? Have you eaten enough? Come on, have some more."
"Grandpa, I still prefer that proud, unyielding look you had a moment ago," Itō Yuying said.
Yiteng Yue's expression immediately changed back to one of utter misery. "If you've finished eating, get going. I still have to go shopping with your grandmother."
Then someone was chased out. Before Itō Yuying had even worked out how he had ended up outside, he helplessly flew away.
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