Just like what Izayoi said to Hinata.
The graduation assessment does not take much time.
After just a short chat, other students who passed the graduation assessment came to the playground one after another.
Not long after, Umino Iruka also came over.
This means that the familiar faces who are not here are those who failed the graduation assessment and were eliminated.
If you look closely, you'll notice that the only familiar face not here is Uzumaki Naruto.
"Students, I'm sorry to have kept you waiting."
Umino Iruka held a file board and said with a smile, "Everyone put on your forehead protectors. Now I will take you to take your file photos."
"Iruka-sensei, where should I wear the forehead protector?"
A classmate raised his hand and asked.
"Anywhere on the upper body will do." said Umino Iruka.
Therefore, students all wear the forehead protector on their foreheads, tie it on their arms, hang it around their necks, or use it as a headband, etc.
Hinata is one of the ones hanging around the neck.
Izayoi is tied on the left arm.
After everyone was dressed, Umino Iruka led them to the rooftop of the complex.
The photographer had been waiting there for a long time with a standing camera.
After queuing up to take their file photos, the students immediately couldn't wait to leave the comprehensive building, some walking slowly, while others rushing to the school gate.
The school gate was already full of parents.
Some parents were comforting their eliminated children, while others were looking at the school with anticipation.
They all knew that those who had not yet come out were all Genins who had passed the graduation assessment.
As the students appeared, the school gate suddenly became lively.
But this lively scene hurt some fatherless and motherless orphans.
They either looked at the scene with envy, or ran out of the school without even daring to look.
Uchiha Sasuke is both the former and the latter.
With just an envious look, he turned into a shadow and disappeared.
Izayoi does not belong to the former or the latter.
because...
"Onii-chan, sister, here, here..."
At the school gate, a girl's voice was particularly loud.
Hanabi, wearing a yellow-brown kimono with flame patterns on the hem, was waving her hands towards Izayoi and Hinata.
Seeing this scene, Izayoi's mouth corners slightly raised, and Hinata also smiled faintly.
Before they even reached the school gate, Izayoi knelt down and hugged Hanabi who was rushing towards him.
"Onii-chan, sister, I'm here to pick you up."
Hanabi hugged Izayoi's neck with both hands and noticed the forehead protector on his arm at the first time. She asked curiously: "Onii-chan, is this the Genin forehead protector?"
"Well, you can play."
Izayoi nodded, took off the forehead protector and handed it to Hanabi, then picked Hanabi up and smiled at Hinata.
Then the three of them left the school together.
A few years later, Hanabi, now seven years old, has also undergone significant changes.
In the original work, Hanabi of this age still has short hair that reaches her shoulders.
However, when she saw her sister growing her hair long, she also deliberately grew her hair long.
Her hair is now waist-length, just like in the theatrical version, and her bangs are tied into braids.
When fighting and exercising, she either wears her hair straight or ties it into a ponytail. With her determined eyes and serious expression, she has some of the heroic appearance in Boruto's legend.
I don't know if it's because of her precocious puberty, but Hanabi develops much faster than Hinata. She is expected to grow to 1.7 meters in the future, but now she is only 1.32 meters tall, just a head shorter than Izayoi.
Moreover, Hinata at this age still has baby fat on her face.
But Hanabi's little face has lost a lot of baby fat and has become an oval shape.
Hanabi imitated Hinata, hung the Genin forehead protector around her neck, and said to Izayoi with a grin, "Onii-chan, to celebrate you and your sister becoming Genin, let's eat hot pot today."
"It's obviously you who wanted to eat it, Hanabi."
Hinata stretched out her slender jade-like index finger and gently tapped Hanabi's forehead.
"whee..."
Hanabi stuck out her tongue in embarrassment and said, "It's because our father doesn't allow us to eat this kind of food, but Hanabi wants to eat hot pot today."
Izayoi was touched by Hanabi's cute look and immediately said, "Okay, let's eat hot pot today."
"Very good."
Hanabi cheered immediately, and then pushed forward, "Onii-chan, I want to ride higher too."
"no."
Hinata immediately pouted and scolded, "Hanabi you are so tall now, you can't do such things again."
"I'm only seven years old, what does it matter?"
Hanabi made a face at Hinata, then said coquettishly to Izayoi, "Onii-chan, please."
"no problem."
Izayoi immediately freed up one hand, made a strongman pose, and said, "Don't even mention seven years old. Even if Hanabi is as tall as Onii-chan, she can still ride high."
"As expected of you, Onii-chan."
Hanabi immediately acted in admiration, then got down from Izayoi's arms and sat on his shoulders from behind.
"Really…"
Looking at Izayoi who was walking in front and heading towards the market under the command of Hanabi, Hinata sighed helplessly at first, then followed with a doting smile.
Whoosh——
Not long after the three of them left, a figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere at their position.
Upon closer inspection, it turned out to be a Hyuga wearing a green vest and having the same eyes as Hinata and Hanabi.
This person is Hanabi's guard.
Hinata usually has guards when she goes out, so how could Hanabi not have one too.
But for some reason, he did not protect Hanabi personally, but instead guarded her silently in secret.
Izayoi and Hinata both knew about the guards, except Hanabi.
After six years, although Izayoi has not met Hyuga Hiashi yet, he has a tacit understanding with his future father-in-law.
The former is responsible for the gentle training of Hinata and Hanabi, allowing Hinata and Hanabi, who have lost their mother, to grow up in his care and doting; the latter treats them harshly, making them bear the glory of a wealthy family.
Hinata and Hanabi, who live a high-pressure life at home, naturally rely on Izayoi.
Only in front of Izayoi, Hanabi would be lively, playful and mischievous at her age.
In front of Hyuga Hiashi, she is just like in the original work, a very precocious little adult.
The same goes for Hinata.
They went to the market to buy ingredients for hot pot, including Hanabi's favorite glutinous rice balls and bananas, milk, and Hinata's favorite cinnamon rolls. Izayoi took the two girls home to have hot pot.
After eating and drinking, the three of them sat on a long sofa again, digesting their food and chatting.
Sitting next to Izayoi, Hinata finally stopped being reserved and leaned her head on his shoulder, and suddenly spoke: "Izayoi-kun, it seems that Naruto-kun is the only one in our class who has not graduated."
"Um."
Izayoi, who was playing with Hanabi's bangs, nodded.
When the two walked to the school gate, the first thing they noticed was Uzumaki Naruto sitting on the swing.
"Naruto-kun's Chakra is so powerful, why doesn't he even know a Clone Technique?" Hinata asked very confused.
"Maybe his Chakra control is very average."
Izayoi answered casually, "His academic performance is so poor, and his shuriken throwing skills haven't improved much. He's always the first to be eliminated in every survival exercise. The only thing he shines in is the taijutsu duel. Maybe failing is a good thing."
"Um."
Recalling Uzumaki Naruto's performance over the past six years, Hinata nodded in agreement.
But she and Hanabi, who was leaning in Izayoi's arms with her eyes squinted as if she was about to fall asleep, did not notice that when Izayoi was perfunctorily speaking, a tiny curve appeared at the corner of his mouth.