Chapter 122 I Don’t Want to Be a Ninja Anymore (Subscribe)

The family meeting lasted until the second half of the night, and Hyuga Hiashi finally sorted out some recent events into scrolls and stored them in the secret compartment behind the bookshelf.

Although Ryosuke understood that these files were like diaries, if they were discovered by some people with ulterior motives, it would cause more serious consequences.

But after all... few people can record everything clearly in their minds like him.

He can do it, but others may not be able to do it, so it is necessary to record important things in some special ways to prevent forgetting.

So, Ryosuke did not stop it.

As usual, Hyuga Hiashi left first and went back to the room to rest.

In the study, only Ryosuke and Hinata, who had not spoken since the meeting started, were left.

"This time... I have no problem."

As soon as he turned his head, Ryosuke was about to ask her if she had any questions about the content of this meeting, when he heard Hinata's voice.

Her serious look made Ryosuke stunned, but he soon nodded with relief.

Every time they carefully recorded the content of the meeting, Hinata also began to slowly keep up with their pace and thinking, began to understand what they said during the meeting, and understood the direction behind each decision.

Compared with Naruto, who had a miserable life and had lived alone since childhood, Hinata was still relatively naive.

So even though both of them were influenced by Ryosuke, they grew up at different speeds.

However, since she took on the concept of family, Hinata's thinking has begun to improve significantly, and she is no longer just pursuing strength and competing for some false reputation as before.

"Then..."

Ryosuke stood up. Since she had understood, the long-awaited family meeting tonight was officially over.

"Wait..."

But Hinata stopped him.

Turning his head in confusion, Ryosuke stopped getting up and sat back down.

"In addition to what father said, there was actually something else that happened in the village recently." Hinata explained, "But maybe because it's not that important, father didn't tell you."

"I know you've always been paying attention to Uchiha Sasuke."

Under the dim light of the desk lamp, she looked serious, and she really had a bit of the attitude of Hyuga Hiashi, "A newly graduated Genin, although he is an orphan of the Uchiha clan, is not that worthy of attention for father."

"But I know you seem to have some attention to him, so you have been paying attention to him."

"He hasn't come to school recently, it seems that he has successfully graduated."

"Graduated?"

Ryosuke was a little surprised, "Did his Sharingan awaken?"

In a short period of time, Uchiha wanted to have the strength to defeat the Chunin, except for the Sharingan, he felt that there was no other possibility.

After all, in a relatively comfortable environment, it is not easy to make a breakthrough.

Like Ryosuke, he has mastered many secrets in the original timeline, and with the family's heritage, he can have many directions to learn from and improve himself in boring practice.

But Uchiha Sasuke is different. He is just a rookie who has never even left the village.

Even if he has good talent and family background, his vision and lack of guidance have limited most of his growth possibilities.

"Maybe."

But Hinata's answer was a bit vague. It was obvious that she did not have accurate information. "After you did not go to school, Sasuke also took leave as often as you did."

"But since Teacher Mizuki came to our class as a tutor for practical courses, he has been very close to Teacher Mizuki, or... it is Teacher Mizuki who is very close to Uchiha Sasuke."

"And recently, Teacher Mizuki seems to have disappeared, but someone in the school saw Uchiha Sasuke wearing a Genin forehead protector."

"Oh?"

There was some interest in Ryosuke's eyes. "Although he graduated, there was no school-wide announcement? I will have someone check this matter."

Generally speaking, early graduation will have corresponding notices posted on the school's bulletin board, including applications for early graduation and the results of the application.

Just like Naruto before, when he applied for graduation, the public announcement caused quite a stir and attention.

Even Uchiha Sasuke, who failed to pass the graduation examination some time ago, also had a public announcement.

But this time, it was obviously an accident that did not get the school's public announcement, just like Naruto defeated Mizuki in the original timeline.

Regarding this point, although Hinata is the future head of the Hyuga family, due to her age, she has not yet been able to mobilize some of the family's power, especially for more important things such as the intelligence department.

Therefore, she has no way to get accurate intelligence information.

"So... is there anything else?"

Seeing Hinata stop talking, Ryosuke knew that she had told everything she knew, but he still took this opportunity to ask a question.

However, this question was not about Uchiha Sasuke, but about her own affairs.

But Hinata didn't seem to plan to say more to Ryosuke. After hesitating for a while, she shook her head silently and jumped from the chair to the floor. "You've been tired outside. Have a good rest tonight. Good night."

As she spoke, she walked out, leaving a back view for Ryosuke.

Seeing Hinata's stubborn attitude, Ryosuke shook his head helplessly, but his smile was full of relief.

There is no doubt that something must have happened during the time he was away from home.

Most likely, it was about the curse of the bird in the cage.

After all, the time for the departure of the clan was only a few months, and Hinata should have started to take action.

But her actions did not seem to be so smooth. Ryosuke could see this from the way she got along with Hyuga Hiashi.

In the past, Hinata always maintained a respectful but a little fearful attitude towards her father.

Although she later changed her personality, she still had a shadow of her father's severity.

But judging from tonight, her attitude seems to have changed recently.

Even Hyuga Hiashi, as a father, deliberately avoided contact with Hinata and did not even participate in dinner.

However, it was agreed that she would complete this matter by herself, so Ryosuke did not ask directly, but confirmed indirectly whether there was anything he could help with.

But it seems that although this young wife is young, she is still very face-conscious and responsible.

She was very tough and did not ask him to help a little bit, wanting to take on this matter by herself.

"But it's not easy to solve a bird in a cage."

Ryosuke sat for a while, tidied up the study, and turned off the lights and left.

He tried to think about this problem from Hinata's perspective, but this matter was not easy to solve.

The next morning, Ryosuke had just finished breakfast.

Before Hinata left for school, she heard someone coming to pass on the news that Uzumaki Naruto was waiting at the gate of the clan again.

Since their team got into trouble, Uzumaki Naruto came to the Hyuga clan to look for Ryosuke almost every day.

But the news of Ryosuke leaving the village was a secret.

On the surface, he asked for leave to study at home, so Hyuga Hiashi kept making excuses and did not let him meet Ryosuke successfully.

Under Hinata's slightly complicated gaze, Ryosuke put on his clothes for going out and left.

This time, he did not plan to meet Naruto in the clan.

After such an incident, Ryosuke was not sure whether the surveillance around Naruto would be called out again.

And now, Sarutobi Hiruzen has not returned yet.

The Konoha delegation to the Kingdom of Waves was a few days slower than Ryosuke.

Now the people in charge in the village are Koharu Utatane and Shikaku Nara, but behind the scenes, there is also Danzo Shimura.

Among these three people, Ryosuke is more assured of the two people in charge, but Danzo Shimura behind the scenes is very dangerous. Bringing the Jinchūriki into the Hyuga clan is a sensitive matter at this time.

In order not to touch the nerves of this guy, Ryosuke chose to find a place outside to talk with Naruto.

As for... not meeting Naruto.

Ryosuke felt that this choice would affect their friendship.

Although Shimura Danzo is now a troublesome guy, he is still not up to the standard compared to other people in the ninja world.

So Ryosuke's attention to him is actually not as high as Naruto.

Stepping through the gate of the Hyuga clan, Ryosuke saw an extremely gloomy face.

The morning sun fell from the sky, but Naruto stood in the shadow of the wall.

Time seemed to have returned to the beginning.

Not long after graduating from the Ninja School, Naruto also came to see him once.

At that time, he was assigned to a good team, full of vitality and sunshine. Just as he was about to leave the village to perform a more important task, he couldn't wait to come to him to share his happiness and joy.

It was nearly a year later. When I saw Naruto again, he had matured a lot, but he didn't have the smile he had before.

Hearing the footsteps, Naruto raised his head. After seeing Ryosuke's figure, his blue eyes finally showed some touch on his gloomy expression, "Long time no see... Ryosuke."

He walked up the mountain, with Naruto following closely beside Ryosuke.

As he expected, the village was very vigilant about Naruto whose seal was loosened.

Without the final decision made by the Third Hokage, the Konoha high-level officials sent several people from the Anbu to follow him and monitor his situation.

And for this, they unexpectedly made a decision, a decision that seemed natural from Ryosuke's perspective, but incredible from the perspective of the Konoha high-level officials.

That is, they did not hide this surveillance from Naruto.

Instead, through the mouth of Hatake Kakashi, they told Naruto that someone would follow him to prevent him from going berserk again and not being able to control the power of the tailed beast.

This is a trust in him.

But this trust is rare for Konoha's high-level officials, especially without the command of the Third Hokage.

"They will only stare from a distance, not approach, and will not eavesdrop on our conversations. You can rest assured about this."

Naruto said with a very forced and stiff smile on his face.

Although he was very sad and wanted to share this matter with his friends, he didn't want to be too intense so as not to affect Ryosuke's mood.

For this few friends, Naruto cherishes them very much.

Especially... after this incident.

"I went on a long trip recently and left the village. Because this news was only known to our family, my father kept sending people to shirk it with you." Ryosuke nodded and explained why he couldn't see anyone when he came to find him so many times.

Hearing his explanation, Naruto was stunned, "So that's the case. I thought there were some restrictions that couldn't be done because of my identity... I will keep this matter confidential."

While talking, the two had unknowingly reached the top of the mountain.

On the stone wall of the back mountain of Konoha Village, there are statues of successive Hokage.

The emergency shelter in the village is also inside this back mountain.

So now the mountain under their feet is actually empty inside.

"It's great, a quiet village."

From the mountain, you can clearly overlook the entire village.

The village under the sun looks peaceful and beautiful, which makes Naruto sigh, "I heard that the third generation grandfather also left the village recently for the alliance."

"I believe that after the alliance is reached, the village can live in peace for a few years without worrying about the disturbance of war."

Because the alliance of Wave Country has been reached, this news is no longer a secret, but a major news for stabilizing the national situation.

"Yes, the signs of war will stop temporarily and usher in a relatively long peace." Ryosuke nodded, and regardless of the dust on the ground, he sat on the edge of the cliff and enjoyed the beauty of the moment.

The atmosphere became quiet.

After waiting for a long time, Naruto spoke again, "... You should have heard about my story, right?"

Staring blankly at the village in front of him, Ryosuke was silent for a while, then turned his head to look at him standing, "Ah... I heard about it, condolences, since you are a ninja, sacrifice is inevitable."

Without acting, he is not very good at comforting people, so he thought for a long time.

"Of course I know!"

Faced with Ryosuke's words, Naruto shouted suddenly, but quickly suppressed his emotions, "Sorry..."

But tears couldn't help flowing from his eyes down his cheeks.

From the moment he returned to the village after the mission failed and woke up in the hospital, he had been holding back for too long.

Whether it was at the funeral ceremony or in front of his other teammates Uesugi, Kakashi teacher, and Iruka teacher, he didn't shed tears.

But in front of Ryosuke, he couldn't help his emotions.

After all, he was the first person who recognized him and was willing to be contacted by him besides the third generation grandfather.

"Since... since I'm a ninja, of course I'm ready to sacrifice. I'm ready to leave the village to perform missions other than D-rank."

Tears mixed with snot fell one by one, Naruto lowered his head and clenched his fists, "But... even if I'm ready, I still can't accept it."

"Rin is like... a brother to me, to me and Uesugi. He is different from Kakashi, who is cold on the outside but warm on the inside. He is very reliable and always confident and sunny to give us encouragement and courage."

"But thinking that I will never... never see Rin again, he died in my In front of me, to cover me and Uesugi to leave, I really can't accept it. "

"This is the first time, the first time I have a new understanding of death. In the past, I always attacked the enemy and wielded the weapon to take their lives. Because of the different positions, I didn't have any burden. "

"But this time, when the people around me were killed by the god of death to protect me, when I felt that kind of pain, I found that I was not ready to take other people's lives and be taken away by others. I..."

"I don't want to be a ninja anymore, Ryosuke."

Thanks to the book friend Wang Guqinglu for the reward support.