As the saying goes, "The arm can't twist the thigh." No matter how eloquent Yūki was, he couldn't put up any resistance when his father had grasped his biggest weakness.
"I, Hyūga Yūki, promise to enroll in the Ninja Academy this year and not let Uchiha Sasuke steal the spotlight. Is that okay?"
After dinner, Yūki obediently handed over a signed and pledged letter of commitment to his father, exchanging the next few years of his "slave-like" life for the correction of his sister's name.
Hmph, after reading the commitment letter, Hiashi showed a satisfied smile and said happily, "That's more like it. If your mother gives birth to a girl, we'll just name her Hinata."
Phew, that's really great, thank you so much.
Thank you so much, you bastard!. Although Yūki was respectful on the surface, inwardly he was cursing Hiashi to hell.
Damn, stinky Dad, you actually used my love for my sister to force me into doing something so stupid.
After leaving Hiashi's room, Yūki couldn't help but sigh.
Thinking that in a few months, he would be in kindergarten with those five- or six-year-old kids, Yūki felt like he was going crazy.
It was true that the class enrolling at the same time as him this time could be called the strongest class in Konoha's history, including the future Chief of Staff of Konoha, the next head of the Ino-Shika-Chō trio, the disciples of the Sannin, and so on. Most importantly, there were two immortal reincarnations here.
Just thinking about having to stay with those two completely unreasonable gods gave Yūki a stomachache. Sasuke might be a little better, but Naruto was truly terrifying.
As a member of the Hyūga family, Yūki immediately recalled what Naruto said after defeating Neji. If he were unlucky enough to hear it live during the Chūnin Exams, he'd be so angry he might vomit blood and drop dead on the spot.
He still remembered what Naruto said to Neji back then: "Don't spout boring stuff like 'fate can't be changed' with that gloomy face, because you and I are different—you're not the child of prophecy!"
Yes, Brother Neji, of course you're different from Naruto. Your father isn't the Hokage, your teacher isn't the Hokage, you weren't implanted with an infinite chakra plug-in before birth, and you're not the incarnation of the Sage of Six Paths' son. How could you possibly be like him? If you were like him, you wouldn't have died. How tragic.
From this perspective, Yūki actually felt a little afraid of Naruto because that guy was truly terrifying. No matter how hard you tried, no matter how strong you became, he would always inexplicably surpass you because, as Neji said, this was fate.
Fate dictated that Naruto and Sasuke were the saviors destined to save the world, while everyone else could only be supporting characters. The Hyūga family was just a part of these supporting characters, like the shredded daikon that garnishes sashimi.
To escape this fate, Yūki had trained desperately since he was three, trying to break free from the role of "shredded daikon" as soon as possible and become a plate of "sashimi" that could be served with dignity. But now, his plans were clearly thrown into disarray.
Forget it, I'll just have to speed up my training pace after entering the Ninja Academy.
At this point, saying anything more was useless. To prevent his adorable sister from turning into... that, Yūki was prepared to risk his life.
However, what Yūki didn't expect was that while he was still complaining about the "child of prophecy" nonsense today, he would run into that legendary figure the very next day.
Because Yūki had been working very hard over the past two years, Hiashi rarely supervised his practice every day, only checking in occasionally, which gave Yūki a lot of free time.
And so, certain that he would soon be imprisoned in the Ninja Academy, he finally couldn't resist his burning curiosity and started his life of "jailbreaking" the next day.
As the young master of the Hyūga family, Hyūga Yūki naturally had many guards. Even when practicing in the forest outside, he had to be accompanied by hidden guards, and if he wanted to go out for a stroll, it was even more necessary to have attendants following him openly.
But this kind of protection made Yūki feel very bored, so today he didn't plan to leave by the usual means but instead escaped over the side wall of the Hyūga residence...
As expected of Young Master Yūki, even climbing walls was so nimble. Seeing the young master climbing over from the corner, the hidden guard monitoring the area couldn't help but nod, a somewhat "admiring" look in his eyes.
But even so, no one would stop Yūki from climbing the wall. After all, over the past two years, Yūki had already figured out the patterns of his hidden guards. Generally speaking, they wouldn't appear in front of him, and secondly, they wouldn't intervene as long as he wasn't in danger. Just climbing a wall? No one would bother.
After climbing over the wall, all he could see was a lush, vibrant green. Since the Hyūga family was one of the wealthy clans that joined Konoha when the village was founded, the land allocated to the family back then was definitely enough to make them landlords, even though land in this world was practically worthless.
Let's take a walk in the village today. Before, I was always led around by a group of people. It's nice to finally be able to roam freely.
As Yūki slowly walked from the Hyūga family's territory toward the center of the village, his mood was evidently light. The depression from being tricked by his father yesterday quickly faded away amidst the clean and elegant scenery around him.
Compared to the steel cities of his past life, Konoha's urban area was actually quite small. It only took over ten minutes to walk from the Hyūga residence to the village center.
As the symbol of Konoha Village, the huge Hokage faces on the mountain stood as if guiding Konoha's direction. The faces of the four legendary heroes could be seen from everywhere.
"Senju Hashirama, Senju Tobirama, Sarutobi Hiruzen, Namikaze Minato."
He softly whispered the names of the four Hokage. These four simple names were laden with the weight of history, and an indelible scent of blood seemed to linger within them.
Everyone had their own heroic dreams, but as time passed and under the pressure of reality, most people chose to step into reality, burying their past dreams deep in their hearts forever.
There was no doubt that these four Hokage were all heroes, but in this world, the title of "hero" was too grand and righteous, easily overshadowing many things that weren't meant to be brought to light.
Unknowingly, Yūki had walked alone into the bustling streets of Konoha. Although Konoha was still recovering after the war, after two years of rest, it had regained much of its liveliness. The streets were still full of vitality, with all kinds of vendors and villagers coming and going, giving a sense of prosperity.
Although most of the people running around the streets and alleys were civilians, you could occasionally see some people wearing ninja forehead protectors walking about. Some children even tied pieces of wood to their bodies, pretending they were forehead protectors, playing ninja games everywhere, reminiscent of the living treasures of the Konohamaru Corps from the original story.
However, after arriving at the lively market, the first thing Yūki had to do was shake off the hidden guards following him.
Although it wasn't a big deal for these hidden guards to follow him, Yūki wanted to wander around more freely.
Shaking off the hidden guards wasn't easy, but it wasn't too difficult for Yūki, who was familiar with their tracking distance.
On the streets with huge crowds, he used his small stature to quickly shuttle through places many adults couldn't reach, soon putting some distance between himself and the hidden guards.
They probably can't keep up in such a short time. I'm a little hungry. Let's find a place to eat.
After wandering the streets for a while, Yūki suddenly remembered he hadn't had breakfast in the morning and had walked quite a bit, so he couldn't help but feel a little hungry.
However, as Yūki was cutting through an alley, intending to take a shortcut to another street, he saw a figure running quickly toward him in the dark alley!
"Whoa, whoa, whoa! Get out of the way! Get out of the way, hey!"
That little figure was running toward him, shouting loudly, but the speed of his feet didn't slow down at all. Behind him, several larger figures could be vaguely seen chasing after him.
Being chased? Is this guy a thief?
Since the guy looked very young, Yūki had no intention of getting involved. Instead, he nimbly dodged to the side, avoiding a collision with the little guy.
Huh? But just as Yūki got out of the way, the little guy tripped over the messy things on the ground and fell with a thud, rolling like a football for several meters before staggering back to his feet.