Naruto: If I ask you to be Naruto, you will become a yellow-haired person?

Neji Hyuga's face was pale, cold sweat dripping from his forehead, his heart filled with unwillingness and pain.

After a long while, he shook his head with difficulty, gritting his teeth to utter a sentence.

"You won't understand! My pain and destiny cannot be escaped!"

Naruto looked at Neji Hyuga, whose face was full of resentment, his delicate cheeks twisted, full of unwillingness but also full of helplessness, and said softly.

"That's because you are still weak! Not strong enough!"

"If you have truly escaped the fate of the weak and become a true powerhouse."

"Everything can be as you wish!"

"How could you be like you are now, self-pitying and filled with impotent rage?!"

Neji Hyuga was stunned, his face dejected, as if all the strength in his body had been emptied, and he muttered to himself.

"Impotent rage? Hahaha… I am indeed…"

"But! A powerhouse?! That's easier said than done…"

"The current me is not even as good as you, Naruto Uzumaki, so how could I become such a powerful existence…"

"And how can I become the kind of powerhouse you speak of who can escape fate?!"

"You shouldn't ask me this, but ask yourself, how much are you willing to sacrifice to become stronger!"

After speaking, Naruto didn't say anything more and turned to walk towards Ino Yamanaka and the others.

"Naruto-kun! Was that move you used just now Tsunade-sama's Strength of a Hundred Seal?"

Ino Yamanaka leaned in, her little face cheerful, her eyes suddenly lit up with a sparkling light.

Naruto smiled and nodded.

"That's right! It is indeed the Strength of a Hundred Seal."

The remaining time for the physical training class was almost over.

So he simply chatted with Ino Yamanaka side by side as they left the ninja school.

Moreover, Iruka didn't say anything to remind them when he saw it, after all, outstanding students receive special treatment everywhere.

Hinata's clean and clear eyes, like the night moon, quietly followed the two people who were gradually moving away, filled with envy.

She really wanted to take the initiative to go up and chat with Naruto-kun and go home together like Ino.

But after hesitating for a moment, Ino took the lead.

A trace of low mood welled up in her heart.

Looking at Neji Hyuga, who was also alone not far away, with a face full of loneliness, like a walking corpse,

Neji-nii has always appeared invincible and proud in front of her, and it was the first time he had revealed such a weak and powerless side in public.

Hinata's heart tightened, feeling a little worried.

So, she hesitated and paced over.

Looking up at Neji Hyuga, who was still a head taller than her, her baby-fat, fair face was full of worry, and she said timidly.

"N-Neji-nii… are you feeling better?"

Neji Hyuga, who was absent-minded and staring blankly at the spot, suddenly heard Hinata's soft and worried words of comfort, whom he had been estranged from for a long time.

Coming back to his senses, looking at Hinata's nervous movements of twisting her small hands, he felt a little dazed.

For some reason, he recalled the time a few years ago when they were still close siblings.

His heart couldn't help but warm up slightly.

Hinata-sama is still as kind as when I played with her when she was a child…

The main family isn't entirely made up of cold and ruthless people…

Neji squeezed out a smile on his ugly face, his voice hoarse as he prepared to respond, slightly easing the estrangement he had deliberately created between himself and Hinata.

Hinata's timid and clean voice rang out again, stuttering.

"N-Naruto-kun didn't actually mean to make things difficult for you, Neji-nii…"

Hinata's fair and tender fingers, like silkworms, poked at each other, her little head with its bowl cut lowered, her porcelain-white face flushed red, clearly having mustered up her courage.

"He is actually a good person who is as gentle to the bone as you, Neji-nii…"

Neji Hyuga's words, which were initially moved by Hinata's comfort, suddenly choked in his throat, and the corner of his mouth twitched violently.

Gentle?!

Are you talking about that guy Naruto Uzumaki, who just completely denied him and called him a self-pitying waste?!

Moreover, Hinata isn't here to comfort him?!

But to say good things about that guy Naruto Uzumaki, and tell him not to hold a grudge against that guy?!

Who exactly is your blood relative, the cousin who grew up with you since childhood?!

For the first time, the thought that he couldn't keep this younger sister popped up in his mind.

The rare gentle smile that Neji Hyuga had squeezed out suddenly froze, and after a long while, he said weakly.

“Let’s go, Hinata-sama, let’s go back to the clan together.”

Hearing this, Hinata's baby-fat little face was filled with undisguised joy.

Neji-nii hasn't spoken to her in such a normal tone, like a close sibling, for many years!

She didn't expect that after Naruto-kun had contact with Neji-nii, Neji-nii's attitude towards her would improve so much!

If Naruto-kun interacts with Neji-nii more often like this in the future, will Neji-nii return to being the caring older brother in her memories?

……

Sasuke Uchiha returned home in silence, without saying a word.

He had always thought that even if Naruto Uzumaki was slightly better than him in strength, as long as he awakened the Uchiha clan's unparalleled Sharingan, everything would be fine!

But the terrifying Strength of a Hundred Seal he had displayed this afternoon completely shattered the hope in his heart.

Can I really catch up with that guy Naruto? Sasuke clenched his fists unwillingly.

His dark eyes suddenly spun rapidly, and a gloomy aura spread out,

In an instant, a large amount of emotions rushed into his eyes, and then… there was no then.

But he quickly noticed the unusual atmosphere at home today, which was very solemn and heavy, as if dark clouds were pressing down on the city.

His mother, who would always come up to him with a gentle smile to take his schoolbag when he came home from school, was uncharacteristically absent-minded this afternoon.

Moreover, she wasn't wearing her usual loose casual clothes.

But a formal and noble deep purple dignified kimono, which seemed to be the attire she would only wear when attending formal family gatherings.

In addition to that.

His father, Uchiha Fugaku, who was usually busy with clan affairs and police department tasks, was also rarely sitting upright in the living room, his expression grave.

The clatter of wooden clogs, and a section of plump, porcelain-white calf curve was faintly visible from the high slit of the kimono hem as she walked.

Mikoto Uchiha approached Sasuke, her charming face barely carrying a gentle smile, and asked with concern.

"Sasuke, did something happen? Why are you unhappy today?"

Sasuke Uchiha's little face was dim, and he was about to answer Mikoto Uchiha's words.

Uchiha Fugaku, who had been silent all along, his middle-aged face gloomy, coldly snorted, his tone extremely dissatisfied.

"What time is it, you're still concerned about that little thing that happened to Sasuke at the ninja school! Let Sasuke go back to his room quickly! Don't worry about him!"

Hearing this, Mikoto Uchiha's dignified and pretty face stiffened slightly, and her beautiful and plump face looked very bad, and she squeezed out a gentle smile and glanced apologetically at Sasuke.