Chapter 137: Loneliness of the Master (Subscription Request)

"What's up, Naruto?"

When Ryosuke returned home, Hinata and Hanabi had already gone to bed, but Hyuga Hiashi was still awake.

He seemed to have learned from Hinata what Ryosuke was going to do tonight, so he waited in the yard for him to come back.

"His situation is in a more complicated situation. The Third Generation may not be able to protect him. I just hope Jiraiya can bring Tsunade back to the village as soon as possible."

Hearing his father's question, Ryosuke spoke regretfully.

Although when he talked to Naruto, he always helped him analyze from the perspective of an observer, and did not help him judge whether Sarutobi Hiruzen was a good person or a bad person to him.

But in fact, in Ryosuke's heart, he has already made a certain analysis of Sarutobi Hiruzen.

First of all, his attitude towards Naruto is definitely kind.

At least from the usual contact, Ryosuke can see that Sarutobi Hiruzen is more guilty about Naruto, and he really treats him as a junior.

Compared to the possibility that Sarutobi Hiruzen would hurt Naruto because of this incident, Ryosuke is more inclined to protect Naruto under the suggestion of other high-ranking officials in the village.

After all, Naruto is an important weapon of war in the village, and this uncontrolled power has a great impact on his originally stable situation. In addition, there are many radicals among the high-ranking officials in the village, and it is not impossible to come up with some insidious and inhumane ideas.

In this situation, he thinks that Sarutobi Hiruzen will try his best to protect Naruto.

But again, he is not Naruto, nor is he Sarutobi Hiruzen. He can't make choices for them, nor can he represent them, and he doesn't know their true thoughts.

"Then don't you plan to help him?"

Sitting in the corridor of the yard, Hinata Hiashi looked at Ryosuke in confusion.

He didn't know what the situation was, but he knew that Ryosuke had a good relationship with Naruto.

"I can only say I'll do my best."

Ryosuke also walked to the courtyard corridor and sat down, enjoying the quiet night view with his father. "Since he chose to graduate from the Ninja School early and become a ninja, he should be prepared to face these things."

As a friend, he can no longer calmly look at Naruto's life as a bystander as before.

He always has some emotions of his own because of his sense of participation.

But these emotions will not let him control Naruto and make some decisions he thinks are right.

"It seems like a decision you would make."

Hinata Hiashi chuckled, and he was more certain in his heart that Ryosuke really regarded Naruto as a friend.

Because if he was not a friend, based on Naruto's value, at least Ryosuke would never give him the opportunity to choose himself, but would help him make the most favorable considerations.

Next to him, Ryosuke couldn't help laughing at his understanding of his father.

The father and son looked at each other, and they could see the calmness and thinking in each other's eyes, and then they quickly looked away and looked at the sky.

In the courtyard, there was no other sound, only the father and son were watching the moon together, enjoying a moment of tranquility...

In addition to Naruto, in fact, Ryosuke has gradually integrated into this world in other aspects.

In the past, he was looking at this real world based on comics with an attitude of playing with the world.

He could ignore everything else while preserving himself.

But with the influence of this family, with Hyuga, and with everyone he knew in this world, Ryosuke gradually became a member of this world, and there was no way to look down on this world from a high position.

Although this change made him feel complicated and he had more things to consider and worry about, he did not reject it.

"Hyuga Neji successfully passed the graduation test!"

"Hyuga's first genius, Hyuga Neji officially became a ninja!"

"The hope of our Hyuga clan's rise is here!"

It seemed that Ryosuke's encouragement at the time made Neji determined to face the pressure.

In less than three days, he had considered everything and submitted the graduation test application for the second time.

And this time he succeeded.

"Lord Ryosuke, with Neji's talent, he will definitely become a great general in your hands in the future."

Just as Hinata said at the time, under the family reform plan in full swing, this good news will undoubtedly become the best medicine to stabilize people's hearts.

Although he did not go to school, the news that Neji successfully graduated from the Ninja School early was spread all over the Hyuga clan.

And several diehards in the clan who knew Ryosuke's ability also rushed over.

Among them was Hyuga Tamao who accompanied him on the mission to the Land of Waves.

Hyuga Tamao, who was only at the level of Chunin, lost an arm after returning from a mission, and his strength may not even be as good as Chunin.

But even so, no one in the Hyuga clan, or even the entire Konoha Village, would look down on him because of his declining strength.

On the contrary, because he had once turned the tide of the war and reduced the village's losses with his own strength, his prestige in the village can be said to be different from the past.

"What do you mean one of my generals? Hinata is the future leader of the Hyuga clan. When the time comes, even I will have to listen to her." Ryosuke chuckled, wiped his sweat with a towel, walked out of the training ground and headed towards them.

"Why? You came here just to tell me this?"

"We are here to deliver the information sent back by Sister Xingcai and Brother Souji from Kyoto City, but when you mention this issue, in fact, this... isn't it the same, anyway, Miss Hinata is your wife, Ryosuke-sama."

Hinata Tamao raised his only remaining arm and scratched his head, "And... her strength is not as good as yours."

After he said this, the other people who were carrying a lot of scrolls behind him panicked and walked unsteadily.

"The clan leader is not someone who is strong."

But fortunately, Ryosuke simply shook his head and denied his idea.

If someone else said this to belittle his wife, he might not be happy, but if Tamao said it, he would not be too angry.

After all, from the other party's perspective, he does have to respect himself more, which he can understand.

Besides, the idea of ​​respecting strength is not uncommon in the clan, even in the village and the ninja world. This is a flame that has been passed down from the Warring States Period, which has led to the idea that only the strongest can become a leader becoming deeply rooted.

"Anyway, we will listen to Lord Ryosuke. Whoever you want to listen to, we will follow you."

Originally, Hyuga Tamao wanted to continue arguing on this issue.

But next to him, a Hyuga clan member who looked smart and holding dozens of scrolls had already interrupted and stopped his thoughts, "But Lord Ryosuke, there is a question... We are actually quite curious."

"Tell me, but I may not be able to answer you."

Ryosuke moved his eyes to him.

"Actually... it's nothing. We just want to know how strong you are now compared to Uchiha Itachi, Hatake Kakashi and the others?"

The Hyuga clan member laughed and asked the question in his heart carefully, but soon he denied it, "If it's not convenient, you don't have to say it."

"We are just a little curious. After all, when you went to the Land of Waves with us, you could fight with the jonin in that posture. If you use your own body, you can't just crush them, right?"

The other people were also a little nervous about this question.

They have seen Ryosuke's ability, but they don't know exactly where his level is.

"Well..."

Ryosuke deliberately prolonged his tone and looked at them with a chuckle, "Actually, I don't know."

"... Ah this."

The expectant eyes of Hyuga Tamao and the others all lowered in disappointment.

However, this answer is not surprising. After all, Lord Ryosuke has been carefully concealing his strength, just not wanting others to know.

It was an honor for them to have the opportunity to know his ability.

"I really don't know."

As soon as he saw their expressions, Ryosuke knew that they thought he was hiding it on purpose, and he explained helplessly: "I may not be sure about Uchiha Itachi, but it is not difficult for me to win against Hatake Kakashi."

"But I haven't fought him, so I don't know."

"And... I haven't fought with others seriously for a long time."

He didn't say these words casually.

After returning from the Land of Waves, Ryosuke's strength has greatly improved after a period of rest and consuming the experience accumulated from participating in the battle between the Third Hokage and the Fourth Raikage.

After the third transformation, his physical strength and other abilities have increased several times, and he must be much stronger than what Tamao and others know.

But Ryosuke has never had a suitable opportunity to fight an evenly matched opponent.

So he himself is not sure what level of strength he is at now.

He could only give this answer to Tamao and the others comparing him with Uchiha Itachi and Hatake Kakashi.

As for Kakashi, even if Ryosuke had never fought him, he could still give an answer, because he didn't take it seriously at all.

But Uchiha Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan was a bit troublesome.

With those eyes, he was comparable to the Fourth Raikage in his prime, and could be said to be at the top of the ninja world.

So Ryosuke really couldn't give an accurate answer without fighting him.

"Li... Awesome!"

Tamayuu and the others stopped unconsciously and stared at Ryosuke with wide eyes, "How old are you now, Ryosuke? Can you already suppress Hatake Kakashi?"

"Then in time, won't you surpass all the previous Hokage of Konoha and become a super ninja who can rival Hashirama Senju?"

"Wait! Did you notice that Ryosuke said that he was sure to beat Hatake Kakashi, but not sure to suppress Uchiha Itachi? So... Uchiha Itachi's strength has surpassed Kakashi?"

But in addition to the excitement after learning about Ryosuke's strength, some people also caught the information inadvertently revealed in his words.

"As far as I know, after becoming a rebel ninja, Uchiha Itachi often went in and out of various underground exchanges. Judging from the level of the tasks he accepted, his strength increased rapidly."

For this part of his confidants, Ryosuke would not be stingy with this information, "And Hatake Kakashi, after his Raikiri was developed in recent years, no other outstanding techniques have appeared."

"His strength has stagnated for a while. I don't know if he has not found a direction for improvement, or is willing to sink..."

As he said, Ryosuke took a few people home.

After they sent all the intelligence scrolls in their hands to his room, he sorted out a scroll that they could know from the information obtained from the Hyuga Intelligence Agency and gave it to them.

Although these few confidants and loyalists of Ryosuke were also heroes who had been on missions to the Kingdom of Waves, they were considered to be relatively young among that group of people.

Due to their age and ability, their status in the clan can only be said to be the backbone, not touching the top of the core power, so they don't know a lot of information.

But as the backbone, there is still room for improvement.

Under the influence of their loyalty, Ryosuke is willing to share some intelligence with them, so that they can know more about the ninja world and see a wider world, not just limited to the clan or the village.

In the grateful eyes of Tamao and others, Ryosuke bid farewell to them and left the main house.

The house was quiet again, but he didn't go back to his room immediately to read the intelligence scrolls sent back by Xingcai and others.

Instead, he sat down in the courtyard.

Lowering his head, Ryosuke slowly watched his palm open and clench into a fist.

A question from Tamao and others just now made his heart, which had always been stable, a little restless unconsciously.

That is, how strong he is.

"Ah..."

With a helpless sigh, Ryosuke himself also wanted to know the answer to this question.

After the third transformation, his strength was much stronger than before. He couldn't help but want to exert his full strength to shed his sweat and blood, and fight a real life-and-death battle.

But unfortunately, he couldn't fight against such an enemy for the time being.

Now the only people in Konoha Village who were capable of fighting with him were Sarutobi Hiruzen and Shimura Danzo.

Even now, Ryosuke looked down on Sarutobi Hiruzen, after all, he was too old.

The battle with the Fourth Raikage some time ago, I don't know if there were any hidden injuries.

Compared with Sarutobi Hiruzen, the Third Hokage, he even looked forward to Shimura Danzo more, after all, that guy had the Sharingan and could die many times.

"Is this... loneliness of a master? I didn't expect that such a pretense could come from my mouth."

With a self-deprecating smile, Ryosuke stretched out his hand and waved to the fat cat that had built a nest in the yard.

The fat cat also meowed obediently, running towards him with its short legs, and jumped into his arms.

Gently stroking the chubby and soft body with his palm, Ryosuke suddenly had an idea in his heart, "I don't know if my current strength can fight Naruto with several tails, maybe... Six tails?"

"But Naruto's current body should not be able to support six tails."

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