Chapter 157: Hinata's Critical Point
Standing by the window of his room, Naruto calmly looked down.
Villagers chatting friendly, bustling streets, a lively and prosperous Konoha...
But all of this had nothing to do with the current Naruto.
This was true even after Sarutobi Hiruzen had announced Naruto's identity.
The reason "correcting one's mistakes" is a virtue is precisely because it is very rare and uncommon.
After a brief moment of guilt,
Aside from a small portion of villagers with pure and kind hearts, the majority of the rest chose to evade, choosing an attitude no different from the past, unwilling to face the mistakes they had once made.
"Naruto, how long do you plan to let those old geezers live?"
The Nine-Tails' impatient voice reached Naruto's ears: "You clearly hate them, so why can't you just deal with them cleanly and then leave Konoha to find Menma?"
"Kurama, don't be so violent. We are all cultured and reasonable, civilized people."
Naruto smiled, saying to the Nine-Tails in his heart: "Besides, this is my Konoha. Why... or rather, by what right, should I be the one to leave?"
The Nine-Tails' tone was puzzled: "Then what are you going to do?"
"To completely crush a person, you must personally lift them to the highest point."
Naruto slowly raised his right hand, his tone calm: "Then, at their moment of greatest triumph, let go and let them fall hard from the highest point!"
"Shatter their dreams, shatter what they love, shatter their everything!"
With that, his right hand swung down heavily,
As if smashing something forcefully on the ground.
"Repay virtue with virtue, repay resentment with justice. I have always done so."
Looking at the blood-red rose in the flowerpot, a smile appeared on Naruto's face: "Only by making the perpetrators taste the suffering experienced by the victims can they truly empathize with the victims."
Shimura Danzō wants to sit on the Hokage's throne.
Sarutobi Hiruzen wants to be draped in honor and live out his old age in peace.
The Konoha villagers want to be sheltered by a hero, to sing praises of a hero.
Then Naruto would satisfy their desires.
And finally, personally shatter everything he created.
...
Under the cold night sky, inside the Hyūga clan's main residence.
Hyūga Hiashi put down his chopsticks, watching Hinata sweep through the food on the table with movements that were fast yet not lacking in decorum.
During this process,
Hinata's mother brought dishes to the table, Hiashi placed food in Hinata's bowl, and Hinata just silently ate her food.
Only when a pile of empty bowls had stacked up beside her did she wipe the corner of her mouth with a handkerchief.
"I'm full."
Hinata bowed slightly and said politely: "Thank you for the meal."
However, after sitting up straight and seeing Hiashi's strange gaze, she couldn't help but blush.
"Ahem, don't mind it."
Hiashi coughed lightly, his tone regretful: "A physique like yours was the envy of the Akimichi clan head for a long time. If only I had known about your physique sooner."
Previously, to avoid being laughed at, Hinata had always restrained her food intake, barely maintaining her daily consumption, never truly eating her fill.
But not long ago, Hinata completely let herself go. The amount of food she consumed daily was astonishing, and only then did Hiashi know her true appetite.
At first, he was a little worried if there was something wrong with Hinata's body.
Hiashi specially found a medical ninja, and later even went to the Akimichi clan.
The result was that he was met with the extreme envy and jealousy of the Akimichi clan head.
As everyone knows, chakra is refined from physical energy and spiritual energy.
And thanks to Hinata's abnormal and freakish physique, her physical strength was growing at an extremely astonishing rate.
If they had Hinata's appetite and digestive ability, the Akimichi clan could even use their Butterfly Mode twice.
This made Hyūga Hiashi, who was originally feeling the pinch from the food costs, grin from ear to ear.
"Old man."
Hinata's expression suddenly changed.
Immediately, her tone held no respect: "During our spar just now, your speed could have actually been faster."
Hiashi's hand, raising his teacup, paused slightly. He looked at Hinata with a complex gaze.
But only for an instant, then he raised the teacup again and took a light sip.
"But in that case, it wouldn't be the Gentle Fist."
"Tch! If you can't even touch the corner of your opponent's clothes, what use is whether it's the Gentle Fist or not?"
Hinata sneered, speaking bluntly: "Old man, you should understand, right? The Hyūga clan must change..."
"What nonsense are you spouting?"
Before she could finish, Hiashi was startled, quickly activating his Byakugan and glancing around.
After confirming there were no outsiders, he finally sighed in relief, frowning deeply: "The Gentle Fist is the foundation of the Hyūga clan, and you are the daughter of the Main Family!"
"If your remarks were heard by others, do you know how severe the consequences would be?"
After the Uchiha massacre occurred previously, the news of the Hyūga clan's forbidden grounds being robbed also quickly became known to other clans.
Nothing like this had ever happened since the founding of Konoha; in this respect, the Hyūga clan had set a precedent.
For the reputation-valuing Hyūga clan, this was simply a heavenly shame.
So now, the furious Hyūga clan was summoning all its strength to try and catch the culprit.
Many branch family members had already been put in confinement for discussing the Main Family's affairs.
"Tsk, if those old stubborn fools have the guts, let them come find me."
Hinata clicked her tongue, her tone impatient: "Whether they admit it or not, the current Gentle Fist can no longer keep up with the pace of the times. This is the reality before our eyes."
For example, the little Hinata currently hiding in her consciousness.
She clearly wasn't skilled in Gentle Fist; her true talent lay in her Kekkei Genkai.
But because of the Hyūga clan's rigid and stubborn educational methods and her status as the Main Family's daughter, she was forced to train under various "rules" and regulations, completely unable to display her true talent.
Coupled with the old man's harsh criticism, her mind and body suffered severe trauma, causing her personality to become more and more timid.
She even feared being looked at with strange gazes, not even daring to reveal her true appetite.
"You've clearly gotten the main point wrong."
Hinata pointed to her own eyes, saying with a serious face: "The Gentle Fist has never been the foundation of the Hyūga clan. The Kekkei Genkai is our foundation."
This cheap old dad of hers only knew her physical energy was growing.
But little did he know, her Byakugan's pupil power was also strengthening at an extremely fast rate.
Coupled with the cultivation method Menma specially created for the elder Hinata in the Tsukuyomi world, her current pupil power had already reached a critical point.
"Sigh, I understand all these principles."
Hiashi sighed deeply: "But whether it's the Gentle Fist, the Byakugan, or the Caged Bird, these are all traditions of our Hyūga clan, the guarantee of our Hyūga clan's thousand-year unfailing inheritance."
As the head of the Hyūga clan, he absolutely could not take the lead in questioning tradition, let alone take the lead in destroying tradition.
Hinata curled her lip: "Such boring, stubborn old-fashioned talk again."
Immediately, she stood up, her tone disdainful: "Since you, as the clan head, cannot come forward, then just obediently do what you're supposed to do."
"As for other matters, someone else will do them for you."
Hmm?
Hiashi couldn't help but be stunned upon hearing this, his brow furrowing deeply: "Hinata, what do you mean by th—"
But before he could finish,
He saw Hinata's expression change, a faint look of timidity reappearing.
"Fa-father?"
"...It's nothing."
(End of Chapter)
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