"Don't cut the cake, cut a woman? Tsk, tsk, tsk."
They were definitely saved in the end.
If you could cause chaos and kill freely in front of Uchiha Kamito,
it wasn't because you were strong.
It was definitely because Kamito was too weak.
Uchiha Itachi's cheeks were flushed red, with two faint little handprints still visible.
Uchiha Izumi was staring at him angrily.
That's so rude. I came to celebrate your birthday, and you tried to slash me with a knife.
Itachi desperately wanted to explain himself.
Who told them the house was so quiet, so dark, with shifting light and shadows?
Wasn't that basically a trap laid out in front of him?
As a ninja, how could he fail to notice that?
(Uchiha Kamito: Oh, my dear Itachi, think about where you are. This is the Uchiha clan head's residence—no, this is the Uchiha clan territory. Aside from you, who else could kill someone here and still walk out unharmed?)
"Shall we skip training tomorrow, Itachi? I'll give you special training."
Uchiha Kamito said.
"Ah, no, I can't take leave. I still have a lot to do in the Police Force."
Itachi quickly refused.
During his time in the Police Force, he had heard more than once about this uncle's reputation.
Training with him? That was just asking to get beaten up.
And he'd also heard that ever since his uncle lost his sight, he'd become even more violent in combat.
Itachi was too smart to seek trouble.
"Oh, it's fine. I've already approved your leave for tomorrow."
"I never applied for leave."
"I received it."
Uchiha Itachi looked very unhappy.
At such a young age, he was already feeling the crushing weight of authority.
(Uchiha Kamito: At such a young age, and you almost killed someone you love? If I don't properly teach you a lesson, who knows what you'll become.)
(Uchiha Izumi: That's right, that's right. Beat up this idiot Itachi.)
...
"Dad, does this training method really work?"
Inuzuka Nami said, drenched in sweat.
In the Inuzuka family backyard,
there was a very standard four-hundred-meter obstacle course (three-year-old version).
"Relax, it absolutely works. Didn't you want to protect your little friends?"
"That's right! Hinata was bullied by a bunch of little punks. If I had been there, I would've knocked their teeth out."
"Woof!"
Kanemaru immediately chimed in.
I'd bite them to death!
"Then there's no problem with this training. The Inuzuka clan's biggest advantage is stamina. Our Secret Techniques also rely on physical strength."
"Ah, training stamina is so boring."
Nami smacked her lips.
"Inami, let me show you something I've recently developed."
"What? What is it?"
Inuzuka Ryoha placed his hand in front of her.
Slowly, a change began.
The hair on his hand grew thicker and turned white.
His entire arm expanded in size.
Gradually,
it transformed into the shape of a wolf's claw.
At first, Nami didn't think much of it.
"Dad, that's just Transformation Jutsu. I've seen it before. You're trying to fool me."
"Oh? Try touching it."
"Tch, fine, I'll touch it."
When Nami reached out and felt it,
Hmm…
This texture.
This smoothness of the fur.
This sharpness of the claws.
No way…
She looked at Ryoha in shock.
"That's right. It's exactly what you're thinking. This is real."
"How is that possible? How can a person turn into—"
"Nami, don't let fixed thinking limit your imagination. Ninja techniques are inherently mysterious and unbelievable."
"Dad! Teach me! I want to learn that technique too! It's so cool!"
"Slow down. Once your stamina training reaches a certain level, I'll teach you. This is the initial stage of the technique—Imitation Beast Ninja Arts."
"Ah, can't I learn it directly? Dad, maybe I'm a once-in-ten-thousand genius who can master it instantly?"
Nami looked at him with sparkling eyes, hoping for permission.
"Heh, impossible. You're not a genius. And genius doesn't matter to the Inuzuka clan. What we need is diligence."
Ryoha decisively refused.
Are you kidding?
I've only just begun researching the foundations of beast transformation.
The groundwork alone requires extraordinary stamina, proficient Imitation Beast Ninja Arts, and even Sage Mode.
If you could learn it instantly, we'd have to rename it "Genius Young Lady Speedruns the Ninja World."
Then what would the rest of us be doing?
...
At the Hyūga residence,
Hyūga Hiashi was training Neji as usual.
Guy had returned and resumed training as well.
As for where he had gone that day,
Hiashi didn't ask.
He was a grown boy—at the age where he should have secrets.
"What! You want to join the training too?"
Hiashi looked at Hinata in shock.
Nearby, Neji, still holding his horse stance, couldn't help but glance over.
"Yes. Last time, Naruto-kun was bullied because I was too weak."
"I don't want anyone to be bullied because of me again."
Little Hinata said firmly.
(Hyūga Hiashi: I'm happy you want to train seriously. But you didn't come to me first… and that I don't like.)
"Well… it's not impossible."
Hiashi began thinking carefully.
First, physically speaking—
Hinata didn't need to worry.
She ate so much every day it couldn't even be called eating anymore—it was more like pouring food in.
As the saying goes, if you can eat, you can fight. That was perfectly fine.
But if he taught her the wrong way, what then?
He imagined the black-boss-style Hinata from some storyline.
Hmm…
The shy little Hinata was still cuter.
A delinquent style might be dazzling for a moment, but gentleness lasts a lifetime.
"Alright. No problem. We'll start. Follow me."
Hiashi lowered into a horse stance.
Hinata copied him.
Watching from the side, Neji was full of question marks.
???
What was going on? Wasn't training supposed to start with horse stance?
Why could his cousin just start learning directly?
...
"You want to train?"
Yamanaka Inoichi was equally confused.
He looked at Yamanaka Ino, who was eagerly asking for training.
Completely disbelieving.
Since when did a member of the Yamanaka clan voluntarily want to train?
Normally, it was only when Nara wanted to train that they'd be dragged along.
Daughter, you've broken the clan tradition.
"Oh, Dad, you don't know. A few days ago, Hinata was bullied by a group of disgusting men in the street."
"Men? They dared to bully Hinata?"
Are there really men in the Hidden Leaf Village brave enough to do that?
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