"A demon fox! A cataract! Let's all die! Hahahaha——"
"Yellow-haired one, I've obviously taught you a lesson last time, but you still dare to meddle in our business!"
"Hey, hey, hey, don't beat the monster to death. Let the one without pupils (actually there are but usually invisible) show me a show before dealing with him."
In the woods, three tall children stopped punching and kicking Uzumaki Naruto, and walked towards Hinata Hinata who was lying on the ground with a wicked smile.
From the gap between them, Hinata saw Naruto curled up motionless on the ground, her heart felt like needle pricks, her already pale face turned blue with fear, and tears welled up from her eye sockets.
It was these people who bullied her last winter.
Naruto bravely tried to stop them, but these people beat him black and blue, and even destroyed his warm scarf.
She met Naruto by chance today, and originally just wanted to express her gratitude for last time, so she sent away the ninja who protected her.
But unexpectedly, the same thing happened again.
[Move, Hinata, move...]
[Just like when I was practicing with my dad and Neji-nii——]
【You can obviously protect yourself!】
In my memory, the scene when she split the wooden board with one palm is still vivid in my mind.
However, the reality is that the closer those three people are to her, the weaker her limbs become, and everything she has learned is completely forgotten.
And the faces of the three people turned into his father and brother Neji who were glaring at him, deepening her feeling of helplessness.
"Hey, hey, this white-eyed monster can still cry. Do you think it's real or fake?"
The first of the three children looked very curious, "Logically speaking, her structure should be different from ours, right?"
Hinata's body trembled, she closed her eyes tightly and backed away desperately, until her back hit a tree and didn't stop.
[Tokuma (servant), dad, Neji-nii, whoever comes, please save me and Naruto! 】
"Eh? She closed her eyes. I want to take a closer look! It's really disappointing."
"You'll know if you open your eyelids and take a look."
"If we sprinkle some dirt in, will her eyes still be white?"
"Just try and you will find out."
The three people were talking to each other, and terrible ideas came out of their heads one after another. They stretched out sinful hands towards Hinata, trying to hold her head down.
And the thin Hinata held her hands in a praying posture and read loudly in her heart——
【Someone come and save us!】
"You three! Don't touch her!"
Hinata opened her eyes suddenly, and the three children turned their heads in disbelief.
The speaker was none other than Naruto Uzumaki, who had been beaten so badly that he couldn't even open his eyes.
His arms were trembling as he supported his body and climbed up, pointing at several people with dirty fingers, as if he might fall down at any time.
"We still have to decide the winner! Now I have to show my true strength."
【Naruto, Naruto!】
Hinata Hinata stretched out her hand to cover her mouth to stop her crying.
【Don't, don't stand up again.】
The three children exchanged glances with each other. The disbelief just now gradually disappeared, and a sinister smile appeared at the corner of their mouths.
They said to Uzumaki Naruto in a mocking tone: "Stop talking so arrogantly. If you have the ability, just come over and stop us?"
They were all children who had gone to a ninja school. It was obvious at a glance that it was a miracle that Uzumaki Naruto could stand up now. He would fall down when he couldn't walk two steps.
Sure enough, Naruto almost fell to his knees after taking just one step.
After confirming that Naruto was just bluffing, the three of them turned back to deal with the white-eyed girl.
"I told you, your opponent is me!"
Uzumaki Naruto roared with all his strength, took the opportunity to pick up a medium-sized stone, and threw it at the three of them.
The child who was targeted easily dodged, and when he was about to turn around and taunt the other person, he heard a heart-breaking crack - as if a bone had been broken.
"Click——"
The three of them were startled, and quickly turned around, focusing their eyes on the big tree Hinata Hinata was leaning on, and their expressions changed drastically as if they had seen their own ghosts.
The stone that Naruto Uzumaki just threw was like a meteorite hitting the ground, deeply embedded in the center of the big tree, but that was not all.
There were dense circular cracks around the stone, like the ripples on the water when it rained. A huge crack extended toward the back of the tree, almost splitting it into two.
It is conceivable that this stone hitting them on the forehead will definitely give them a slap in the face.
"Hey, are you kidding..."
One child feels his legs are a little weak.
"It's a monster after all. Let's go."
The three of them stared warily at Uzumaki Naruto who was standing there, seemingly at a loss. They said "Just wait for us" and hurriedly left from the main road.
They had just turned a corner after walking a few steps, when another figure appeared in front of them, and they were startled.
The three of them took a closer look and found that the man was a child of four or five years old, with short, smooth black hair, delicate and stern features, and wearing a dark red short-sleeved top.
Although his hands were full of life, carrying plastic bags filled with vegetables and fish, his whole body exuded a cold air that kept strangers away.
And this is not the most interesting thing about him.
The key is that his eyes are like a deep mountain cold pool wrapped in mist, completely stagnant, dark blue and cold.
They were a pair of black hole-like eyes with no light coming out, as if to imply that its owner had no soul and was just a walking corpse.
The boy walked toward the three of them, walking slowly but firmly. Without even looking at them, the three men automatically moved out of the way, staring at each other's every move.
Thin and dense goosebumps appeared on the surface of their skins, half because of the cold, and half because of the other person's eyes that didn't look like a living person.
It wasn't until the boy passed by the three of them and revealed the "ping pong ball"-like family crest on his back that they knew——
"It's the Uchiha family's lunacy!"
"I said why is it so scary!"
"Run quickly, or you will be caught by the police and put in jail."
After whispering to each other, they used their meager chakra to escape as quickly as possible.
On the other side, Naruto Uzumaki, completely exhausted, was lying in Hinata's arms, with a satisfied smile on his face. Of course, this satisfaction did not come from lying on the girl's lap.
But it came from the tree that was shaken by stones and seemed to be split.
"Hey, hey, you saw it, right?"
He obviously couldn't even call Hinata's name, but he shook her sleeves unceremoniously, "That's my real strength! I just wasn't serious before! Just watch, I, I will definitely become
Naruto’s…”
Hinata nodded her head in tears, unable to hear anything in her ears, and she even forgot about her shyness.
She just hoped that her servant Hyuga Tokuma would come over quickly and take Naruto to the hospital.
At this time, the sound of footsteps rushed into the ears of the two people, and a shadow covered them.
"ah--"
Hinata was shaken by fright, but she held Naruto tighter. Naruto could hardly open his eyes, thinking that the three people were back, and was about to struggle to get up when he smelled a strange smell.
A little bitter, but also a little fragrant.
"..."
Hinata applied medicine to her fists every day and was very familiar with this smell. She immediately took the small box handed to her. Although it was mixed with the smell of wisteria flowers, it was definitely medicine for trauma.
Then, she raised her head and looked at the other person's face carefully, her transparent eyes gradually widening: "U, Uchiha Giyu?"
Uchiha Giyuu, who is the same age as her, is the son of the Uchiha clan leader and has a twin brother named Sasuke.
The reason why she knew each other was not only because the two families were neighbors across the street, but also because when her father criticized her for not working hard in cultivation, he always warned her about "the son of the Fugaku family who doesn't strive for progress."
In addition, when she was shopping at the snack street because she was not full, she would occasionally see Uchiha Giyu choosing from the market. For example, right now, in the plastic bag he put on the ground, there were two dying salmon, more than half a meter long.
It’s so long that it’s hard not to notice.
Giyuu Uchiha glanced at the two of them expressionlessly, Hinata Hinata and Naruto Uzumaki, feeling as if they were penetrated by a soft light, and all their secrets were completely exposed.
As everyone knows, in Uchiha Giyuu's vision, the two of them are no longer "people", but an organic structure composed of muscles, bones and nerves.
Through this observation method called "Transparent World", Yiyong could tell at a glance that these two guys were no ordinary children.
The damaged skin and muscle tissue of the boy with yellow hair and blue eyes are being rapidly repaired by the strange energy coming from the abdomen. It is estimated that as long as he sleeps for a while, he will not even have minor injuries. His physical condition is scary.
But a bit, well, how should I put it? Malnourished?
What a contradictory guy, as if his body and that energy belong to two different owners.
As for the eldest daughter of the Hyuga family, judging by the standards of a five-year-old child, the muscle mass of her limbs is extremely developed, not much worse than her twin brother Sasuke, and her chakra volume is also considerable.
But these two people were bullied by those three ordinary little guys.
Unknowingly, a trace of undetectable boredom appeared on Uchiha Giyuu's face.
He has seen too many people who don't resist because they don't have the strength.
But people who have the strength but don’t resist and drag others down...
He stared at Hinata Hinata deeply, ignored the other person's thanks, picked up the plastic bag and left.
After all, he was just a five-year-old child, so he couldn't understand what he was saying. Ordinary people would not have the same awareness as Tanjiro. After all, they had never lost anything they loved, and they had no one they desperately wanted to protect.
"Who was that just now?"
Hearing the footsteps walking away, Uzumaki Naruto asked nervously, "Aren't you here to cause trouble?"
"no."
Hinata shook her head palely and unscrewed the lid of the box of ointment. "He is a good man. He gave you a box of trauma medicine. I will help you apply it..."
It was only then that her face turned slightly red.
Uzumaki Naruto was stunned for a while before saying: "Please help me up."
"But you..."
"I have a question for him."
Naruto's voice trembled a little, and he said in a pleading tone, "Please."
the other side.
Uchiha Giyuu walked to the almost broken tree and looked around, as if searching for something.
"Yes."
He leaned down and picked up a pebble from the ground, not much bigger than a fingernail. He touched it with his hand, feeling the terrifying heat above, and then threw it away away.
If you look carefully, you will find that there is a small dent in the center of the stone that Uzumaki Naruto threw before, which is exactly the same size as the stone that Giyuu just picked up.
In fact, it was Giyuu who threw a stone from a distance, hit the stone thrown by Uzumaki Naruto, and then hit the tree, causing such terrifying damage. The temperature on the stone was exactly the temperature between the stones.
Caused by violent collision.
"If you throw it with Shizuku's ripple thrust in the Seven Forms, is it so powerful...it's obviously still a child's body."
Uchiha Giyuu stared at the tree trunk for a while, then planned to move on. He still had things to do.
But Naruto Uzumaki stopped him.
"Wait a moment!"
Uchiha Giyuu turned his head.
Unlike Hyuga Hinata who has strength but cannot protect herself, this malnourished yellow-haired child still does not forget to protect the "weak" child even in a seriously injured state, which is in line with his value orientation.
So he is willing to waste a little more time.
"What's up?"
Uchiha Giyuu asked coldly, which was also his usual way of speaking.
"Why are you helping me?"
Something is wrong with Uzumaki Naruto's state.
The emotion hidden in his voice was not so much gratitude as it was deep doubt, and a strong uneasiness that even Yiyong could detect.
[He looks strangely suspicious after being helped. What kind of logic is this? Is this a child of a ninja? Is that guy Yusui Tianyuan also so suspicious since he was a child? 】
Many thoughts flashed through Yiyong's mind, but he didn't say them out loud.
Seeing that Uchiha Giyuu had no intention of answering, Uzumaki Naruto gritted his teeth and said loudly: "I am the fox monster everyone calls me. Aren't you afraid of me?"
Demon fox?
Tomioka Giyu shook his head and suddenly remembered the huge red fox he saw in the arms of his brother Uchiha Itachi not long after he was born.
His father called him Kyuubi, and he seemed to be very afraid of it. It was only after that day that the family moved to the edge of the country further than the Hyuga clan.
But what does it have to do with this brat?
He stared at Uzumaki Naruto's face for a while, his eyes rolling on the other's six beards, and seemed to understand something.
Uzumaki Naruto also felt the position of the other person's gaze, and lowered his head in relief but heavily.
【He must be willing to help me because he doesn't know who I am.】
[If he finds out in the future that the person he helped is a monster, he will definitely be angry and feel like he was deceived.]
[Rather than letting him regret it later, I might as well admit it directly...]
Not being able to clearly see the other person's reaction made Uzumaki Naruto feel even more depressed. Rather than letting others like him first and then hate him, it would be more satisfying to hate him directly. At least he was used to the latter.
Soon, a pair of shoes appeared in his field of vision.
Naruto raised his head in surprise, only to find that the black-haired boy had arrived in front of him. However, his vision was really blurry and he could only see the rough outline of the other person.
"Since you think you're a fox or something..."
As the boy spoke, he leaned down and rummaged through the plastic bag containing the radishes.
A few seconds later, he took out a wooden fox mask with a sense of humor and handed it to Naruto.
"Then I'll give this to you."
Uchiha Giyuu ordered five fox disaster-repelling masks and gave the one he prepared for himself to Naruto.
Anyway, in a sense, he is not the real family of his parents and brothers, he is just an alien soul who has taken over other people's bodies. He, Giyuu Uchiha, is different from Sasuke after all.
The child who was supposed to grow up carefree has already been deprived of his chance of survival.
It might be just right to give a mask to a child who has developed a sense of identity with the fox because of his appearance.
Uzumaki Naruto took over the mask inexplicably, his mood far more complicated than he should be at his age.
Apart from the old man, the owner of Ichiraku Ramen, and his daughter, this was the only person who gave him a gift.
Still a complete stranger of the same age.
Even though he had already told him his identity, the other party was still willing to give him a gift. This was a completely new thing to Naruto, so much so that he didn't know how to respond.
By the time Naruto came to his senses, the black-haired boy had already walked away.
Naruto wanted to thank him loudly, but tears flowed into his mouth, and the salty taste blocked his voice. At this moment, he suddenly remembered that he didn't even know that person's name.
He turned to look at Hinata Hinata. He seemed to have heard the other person say "Uchiha" before, and asked quickly:
"You know what his name is—"
"Miss Hinata!"
A panicked voice interrupted Naruto's words.
A white-eyed boy wearing a Konoha forehead protector appeared in front of the two of them carrying large and small bags of snacks.
"Tokuma." Hinata had a look of shame on her face.
If she hadn't sent Tokuma away to buy something, Naruto wouldn't have been hurt.
When Hyuga Tokuma discovered that his young lady was actually getting involved with this yellow-haired brat again, his brows suddenly furrowed.
Although he couldn't see clearly, Naruto could still feel the familiar malice in the other person's eyes, and he buried his head unconsciously.
"Miss, let's go back now, don't make the head of the family anxious."
Hyuga Tokuma ignored Naruto and pulled Hinata away without explanation, as if Naruto was some kind of disaster. Regardless of whether he was or not, the head of the family specifically emphasized that he should stay away from such dangerous people.
Simply ignoring the other person is the best way.
"Please forgive me for being rude."
"Hey...wait a minute..."
The incident happened suddenly, Hinata was almost taken away by force, and Naruto was not even able to leave the medicine jar in her hand.
The latter looked at the two people walking away, with a hint of loneliness under his swollen eyelids. But when he lowered his head and saw the mask in his hand, a smile appeared at the corners of his blue mouth.
"Let's return the gift later."
Uzumaki Naruto cheered up, made a "yeah" gesture to the cracked tree with satisfaction, limped away, and began to think about what kind of cup noodles he would eat tonight.
One minute later.
A ninja wearing an animal mask appeared in front of the big tree.
He just touched the stone embedded in the trunk of the tree lightly, and the tree tilted forward with a click, and fell with a loud roar.
The ANBU ninja's hand stopped in mid-air and shook dramatically.
"I have to tell you, the Third Generation, that the villagers must be restrained and the jinchuriki must not be stimulated again, otherwise his power may get out of control at any time..."
After saying that, he disappeared in a flash.
Since that day, Naruto has never been deliberately beaten by anyone in the village. However, that is a story for another day.