Chapter 41: Hyuga Hiashi's Investigation
Sakura's heart was filled with unwillingness.
Naruto and Hinata were sprinkling dog food right in front of her.
Making her envious, jealous, hateful…
and almost splitting her soul from her body!
"No! I have to go up and see what they're doing!"
Even though this felt a bit like catching them in the act!
But Naruto-kun used to be hers. (Sakura's own delusion)
She just wanted to take back what belonged to her!
She, Haruno Sakura, was definitely not the third wheel~
Hinata was the third wheel!
With all these messy thoughts,
Sakura sneaked after them like a thief.
She thought she was hiding well.
But with her little tricks,
Naruto's sharp senses still caught her instantly.
Hinata suddenly paused her steps, tilting her small head in confusion as she looked at Naruto who had stopped.
"Hm? Naruto-kun, what's wrong?"
Naruto grinned and shook his head.
"Nothing—I just realized you look a lot like someone?"
Hinata's little face went blank. She subconsciously blurted out:
"Like who?"
Naruto answered seriously:
"My woman!"
Wasn't that a simple question?
Did it even need asking?
What "like"—she was!
This was a match made in heaven—no escaping it.
And no escaping allowed!
Naruto was simply stating a simple fact.
And he said it in the classic cheesy pickup-line style from his previous life.
Things like this were effortless back then.
Girls heard them so often they eventually went numb.
But where was this?
This was pure, innocent little Konoha!
People in this era focused solely on mastering ninjutsu
and how to use chakra properly.
Who had time for this stuff?
The speaker had no ill intent,
but the listener took it to heart!
Snap!
Instantly!
Hinata's entire pretty face flushed bright red.
The blush spread visibly
across her fair neck at lightning speed!
The little princess—who had never been exposed to cheesy pickup lines—
was a pure white lotus, completely untainted.
Unlike Naruto—an old driver from the modern world full of ideals, ambition, and social responsibility.
Hinata stammered:
"Geez… Naruto-kun, what are you saying…"
"It's… it's so…"
Naruto couldn't help laughing.
"So what?"
Little Hinata turned her small face away,
not daring to meet Naruto's eyes.
She pouted shyly:
"So… embarrassing…"
A breeze blew by…
scattering Sakura's thoughts.
Messing up her mind.
Sakura stood frozen in place like a statue.
Who am I? Where am I? What am I doing?
All those deep philosophical questions suddenly flooded her brain.
Look at what she had just witnessed?!!
Though she couldn't hear what Naruto said to Hinata.
The distance was too far.
But seeing Hinata's extremely shy reaction—
as a fellow girl, her sixth sense told her:
it was definitely sweet lover talk.
"Ahhh!!!! Naruto-kun was supposed to be mine!"
"Ptooey—you little vixen, how dare you? How could you?! I hate this so much."
Sakura let out the wail of a single dog.
Like a wronged little resentful wife.
Her gaze was full of bitterness.
She wanted to rush up and tear them apart.
And loudly declare to Hinata:
'Naruto-kun and I are the real couple! He used to pursue me, he liked me. We're true love—you're just an accident.'
Did she dare?
Sakura gave a bitter laugh and shook her head.
She didn't dare…
She used to ignore Naruto completely.
Treated him like an optional little simp.
A clingy little tail.
Even found him annoying.
Sakura herself never imagined
that one day Naruto would become someone she could never reach.
Truly—
"Ignored you back then,
now you're out of my league."
Heaven seemed to have played a massive joke on her.
In the end,
their positions completely reversed.
Now she wanted to be Naruto's little simp.
But Naruto wouldn't even glance at her.
He wouldn't even give her the chance to simp.
Thinking of this,
Sakura laughed at herself again.
"Sigh… if only I had agreed to Naruto-kun's requests back then, been with him…
faced those hardships together…"
"Maybe now I'd be the girl every girl in class—and the whole school—envied the most."
At the Hyuga clan residence…
In an ancient, elegant Japanese-style mansion.
"Clan Head—the information is completely confirmed. Naruto is indeed the orphan son of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze."
One of Hiashi Hyuga's trusted subordinates bowed his head
and reported everything he had investigated over the past few days!
Sitting before him was a handsome middle-aged man.
His face carried an aura of natural authority—sharp and stern.
He bore some resemblance to Hinata.
Yes.
This was Hinata's father.
The current head of the Hyuga clan.
Hyuga Hiashi!
After listening to his subordinate's report, Hiashi seemed deep in thought.
After a moment of silence, he spoke:
"Besides this—what other information did you find?"
Hearing this, the subordinate—Hyuga Ichiro—looked slightly uncomfortable and hesitated.
Hiashi frowned, displeased:
"How long have you served me? Just speak plainly!"
"Yes!"
Hyuga Ichiro bowed deeper.
"Our people also discovered that Naruto seems to have learned and mastered the Fourth Hokage's original technique—Rasengan!"
"His performance at the ninja academy has been extraordinarily outstanding."
"He is undoubtedly a genius ninja."
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