Xin sighed inwardly. Poor Nawaki... he just hoped the kid would be okay.
He wasn't too worried about Minato, but Nawaki? If things went like they did in the original timeline, he'd end up getting blown to pieces by explosive tags.
Xin had warned him countless times. Surely, nothing would go wrong now.
Nawaki had become incredibly cautious on the battlefield. He'd even gotten to the point where Minato found his constant jumpiness exhausting.
But if Nawaki still ended up dying to an explosive tag... well, then he and those tags were just destined to cross paths.
Leaving the Hokage's office, Xin decided to treat himself to a soak at the hot springs. He rented a private bath, settled in, and began flipping through the files he'd been given.
"Cough, cough!!"
"You've got to be kidding me," Xin muttered, completely taken aback by the first file he opened.
It was a Hyuga.
No, not just any Hyuga. A Main Branch Hyuga.
The picture showed a kid with a smooth, unmarked forehead, free of any caged bird seal. This was definitely a member of the Hyuga main family.
The Hyuga clan wasn't like the Uchiha. Most of the main branch members were homeschooled, never even setting foot in the ninja academy.
Hinata Hyuga was one of the few exceptions.
In many ways, the Hyuga were even more conservative than the Uchiha.
Xin couldn't wrap his head around how someone from the Hyuga main family had ended up in his squad.
The other two were more standard fare-academy students with above-average grades. They weren't exactly prodigies, but they were better than most of their peers.
But this Hyuga... that was definitely unusual.
Clearly, someone had shoehorned this kid into his squad at the last minute.
Xin quickly decided not to bother with those annoying questions.
Main branch or not, it didn't matter much to him. The Hokage had assigned this squad to him, so it wasn't really his concern.
As long as the kid survived, that was enough for Xin.
Why worry about the rest?
Besides, having a member of the Hyuga main family on his team meant that the village wouldn't assign them any missions that were too difficult.
And that kind of treatment suited Xin just fine.
Meanwhile, after a day of training, Hyuga Suzune followed her usual routine of greeting her father.