Chapter 157: Pick Up Friends (Subscribe)

The traitors on the danger list were executed that day, including other people associated with them.

Even without the need for Hyuga Hiashi and his men to do anything, the emotional crowd had already dug up their ancestral graves, digging out those deceased traitors of the previous generation, and even those before them.

While digging, they also shouted that these people did not deserve to rest in the ancestral graves.

Faced with such a chaotic scene, Hyuga Hiashi and Hyuga Hiashi, who were originally angry, calmed down a lot.

A farce finally came to an end.

That night, the clan was as quiet as a dead place, without fire, and without any sound.

There was not even a sound of chickens crowing or dogs barking. These domestic animals also felt a little wind in this tense atmosphere, hiding in their own nests, not daring to make any noise.

The same was true in the main house of Hyuga.

Except for Ryosuke who was still staring at the entire clan with his bright eyes under the night sky, Hinata and his father had already gone to bed.

They were really tired these days, and they didn't have such a good recovery ability as him.

On the high building, it was late at night, and the winter wind was gradually rising. The whistling cold wind seemed to freeze people into ice.

With his back leaning on the edge of the mahogany railing, Ryosuke sat on the railing, staring at the entire clan area calmly and lazily.

And in his arms, a fat cat was getting into his robe.

"Go in when it's cold."

Speaking softly, Ryosuke stretched out his palm and wrapped the fat cat with his robe, "I don't know if your fat and hair grow for viewing, you have no ability to resist the cold at all."

"Meow."

The fat cat called softly, but did not go back to the house, but continued to stay in Ryosuke's arms.

Whenever Ryosuke was free, it would always come over like this, and seemed to like the feeling of being by his side.

"What a pity. He can understand human speech and has spiritual power, but he can't extract chakra to become a ninja cat."

Ryosuke shook his head, "You should stop those exercises you have been doing secretly."

"Those exercises will only consume your energy faster. As a cat, you are not young anymore."

"You should take good care of yourself. If you can live to the time when I master Yin-Yang escape technique, maybe I can help you get rid of your restrictions."

Cats are much younger than humans, not to mention that this fat cat was already more than ten years old before coming to Ryosuke.

If it weren't for the fact that its physical functions have declined with age, it might not have been injured outside.

But perhaps it is precisely because of its age that it has such a high spirituality and can understand human speech.

"Meow..."

Compared to the previous one, this cat cry seemed a little lonely.

But soon, it fell asleep in Ryosuke's arms.

Gently stroking its hair and feeling its breath, Ryosuke turned his attention back to the clan land.

Apart from the freezing temperature, the night view under the moon is still very beautiful.

It is a pity that such a night view is only accompanied by a fat cat.

However, it was just a fleeting thought. If someone really disturbed him, he would not be here to enjoy the moon.

Now, Ryosuke is sitting here, not thinking that there may be some traitors who will show up tonight.

Monitoring the clan land is only secondary to him.

The main reason is that there are too many things happening recently, and he needs some time to calm down, and the cold wind can make his thoughts colder, more out of the matter, and more outsiders' views.

There are a lot of things happening this year.

First, the third transformation took place, and then there were major events in which the rulers of light and darkness in Konoha fell one after another.

Then, the fifth generation Hokage took office, Konoha carried out a power transition, and the internal cleaning plan of Hyuga was successfully completed. All of this happened within a year, which was too tight for Ryosuke.

However, he can foresee that the coming new year, or even every year, may be more busy, and the leisurely days of previous years may be gone forever.

Although the ninja world is peaceful on the surface, there are undercurrents in secret.

Black Zetsu was exposed in his last appearance, and it is very likely that he will pass this news to Uchiha Obito, and Uchiha Obito is very likely to reveal it to the people of Akatsuki.

This also means that Konoha will be targeted by Akatsuki in advance.

It can be said that even if Nagato drives the puppet of Six Paths of Pain and brings a huge meteorite to Konoha in advance tomorrow to convey his theory of pain, it is not impossible.

But this is not a bad thing for Ryosuke.

For these guys who are already inhuman in terms of combat power, he has been fully prepared to deal with them.

The progress of practice is extremely slow. In terms of the body, no matter how high-intensity the exercise is, even if it is weight-bearing, it can't bring the body to change as quickly as before.

And the study of the technique has become more and more full with the passage of time, and there is no direction to make up for it.

Even if he researched many techniques, he would have no room to apply them.

Nowadays, it seems that there is no room for improvement in Liang Jie's practice except for increasing the amount of chakra.

But the main reason is that his strength has reached a certain stage, but there is no actual battle to verify it, so he has no way to see where his loopholes are.

This also leads to Liang Jie now looking forward to some guys coming to visit him quickly.

As for taking the initiative to provoke others, perhaps he would do so without scruples before, but now he has a family and a clan, and he can no longer act casually...

The disordered thoughts gradually became clear in thinking. It was late at night, and many subtle conversations in Liang Jie's perception gradually quieted down.

Time passed bit by bit. Although his white eyes were always open, his pupils lit up with a faint light.

But there was no spirit in his eyes, as if he was emptying himself.

In this painting with the starry sky as the background, there was no other big movement except the crescent moon and floating clouds in the sky.

Even the boy who was looking at the moon was leaning against the mahogany bar motionlessly, just like Zhang Yide who was sleeping with his eyes open.

Although people don't move, time waits for no one.

When the sky gradually brightened and the first ray of sunrise came.

Ryosuke's eyes regained their spirit, as if he had come back to life from a deep sleep, but he slowly closed his eyes again.

When he opened them again, his eyes were no longer bright.

One night passed, and everything was calm.

Under his perception, although every household had a whispered discussion about what happened today, no one made any radical remarks.

Those betrayers seemed to have been really eliminated during the cleaning work.

And Ryosuke's confused heart became clear again because of the precipitation of this night...

Although Ryosuke was looking forward to Nagato carrying a meteorite to Konoha for revenge the next day, unfortunately, until the end of last year and the beginning of this year, the entire Konoha Village was stable and nothing major happened.

The major events here refer to the things that Ryosuke is interested in.

And there are some small things that he is not interested in.

There is still no result for the disappearance of Shimura Danzo.

With his disappearance, most of the members of the Root under his command also disappeared, leaving only two or three kittens who didn't know the situation.

Therefore, the Konoha high-level urgently recalled many people who had been idle outside after the war, such as Tsunade.

Seemingly having a headache with Jiraiya's recall letters one after another, Tsunade also returned to the village this year and temporarily replaced the position of Hokage advisor vacated by Shimura Danzo.

This is what happened in Konoha recently.

And Hyuga has gradually come out of the smoke of rectification at the end of last year.

Compared with the past, when life-threatening methods were used to bind the clan members to obey orders, the current Hyuga is very different.

Although there was indeed turmoil at the beginning, the clan members often distrusted each other.

But it was this mutual distrust that disrupted some of their original small teams and began to shift their focus to the perspective of the family.

And with a more complete management system, instead of the simple master-servant relationship of simply following the orders of the main family as before, the cohesion of the family that was previously dispersed began to regroup, and it was more stable than before.

This kind of life is too peaceful, so peaceful that Ryosuke doubts whether his previous judgment is wrong...

"Rasengan!"

In the dense forest outside Konoha Village, a large open space that was once cleared due to fighting was directly converted into a training ground.

At this time, two figures were intertwining in the training ground.

A-level technique...

With just one glance, Uchiha Sasuke realized the difficulty and power of the chakra aggregate in Naruto's palm.

A trace of horror flashed in his eyes, and he chose to avoid it directly.

Easily avoiding Naruto's attack, Uchiha Sasuke's movements are completely different from when he was two magatama.

Faster movements and more perfect combat awareness are the transformations that he began to undergo after the three magatama.

Avoiding the attack, the black three magatama in Sasuke's eyes is charming, and he tries to counterattack.

Unfortunately, his exploration of Yin Dun was too shallow. Even with the blessing of Sharingan, the illusion he cast was still useless to Naruto.

The Rasengan was avoided, and Naruto's reaction speed was extremely fast. He kicked out again. The seemingly ordinary whip kick made Uchiha Sasuke feel that his life was threatened.

Without hesitation, he did not care about the consumption of chakra in the battle and directly used the instant body technique to stay away from the battlefield.

The next moment, Naruto kicked in the air and hit the ground hard.

Sizzle!

The sound of the ground breaking was heard.

Immediately afterwards, a fierce force made his soles sink deeply into the ground as if he was stepping on soft mud.

Then, a roar resounded throughout the training ground.

"This... what is this?"

Stopping his attacking posture, Uchiha Sasuke stared at this magnificent scene in amazement.

In the dust, Naruto's voice came out calmly, "After the chakra control training was over, the teacher taught me some special skills in strength."

Behind him, the ground was like the ruins of a destroyed building, in ruins.

But it was just a simple kick!

"Damn it!"

Clenching his fists, Uchiha Sasuke's eyes were full of unwillingness.

I thought Naruto could only stay in the village and work behind closed doors, and he couldn't go on missions, so his strength would be reduced, but I didn't expect him to improve so fast.

He didn't have the good luck and family background of Naruto, so he could worship a good teacher to make up for his own shortcomings.

Until now, he didn't understand how to catch up with Uchiha Itachi, and he didn't even know where to work hard.

Strange power...

In the distance, Ryosuke, who was watching the battle leisurely on the branch, shook his head, jumped off the branch and walked towards them.

The peaceful life made him feel boring. The only interesting thing was probably watching these two guys grow up.

As for personally going down, Ryosuke didn't have the hobby of bullying the weak, and the gap in strength between them was too big.

"I lost..."

Although he was very unwilling, Uchiha Sasuke still admitted his failure.

This was the first time he had experienced the feeling of failure after the awakening of the three magatama, but the target was his old rival Naruto, so he could accept it.

"Ryosuke."

The voice of surprise came from Naruto's mouth, and his calm face fluctuated a little.

When Sasuke heard his call, he turned his head with a complicated expression and looked at the person coming.

The person who always smiled and looked docile and easy to bully was walking towards this side.

Although Hyuga Ryosuke was a classmate, they didn't have much friendship and had never fought.

But from the words that Naruto occasionally revealed, Sasuke knew that this guy's strength was definitely not weak, and even much stronger than Naruto.

First he nodded politely to Sasuke, and then Ryosuke looked at Naruto again, "Your strength has improved very quickly..."

He was not stingy with his praise, and he was very satisfied with Naruto's changes in a short period of time.

In his heart, he felt that he had cultivated a suitable opponent for himself.

There are not many opponents in the ninja world that he is looking forward to, but among them, Naruto and Sasuke are definitely the most qualified to be his pursuers on his growth path with their qualifications and talents.

Of the two, he values ​​Naruto more as his friend.

"I'm leaving first. I will defeat you again after the next mission."

He didn't stay for long. Uchiha Sasuke said something tactful and turned away.

Silently watching his back as he left, Ryosuke and Naruto didn't speak.

Until Sasuke's figure completely disappeared in front of him, Naruto said helplessly, "What a pure fool."

He was referring to the pursuit of power.

"Right."

As if remembering something, Naruto took out a forehead protector from his arms and threw it to Ryosuke, "The Fifth Hokage asked me to give it to you, but I have not had time to find you."

Ryosuke caught the Genin forehead protector thrown to him steadily, his expression was a little subtle, "I haven't graduated yet, why did he give it to me."

"The Fifth Hokage's original words were that you never go to school anyway, and with your strength, there is no need to study in school."

Naruto repeated Jiraiya's words very seriously, "And according to your Hyuga rules, even if you become a Genin, if you don't want to go on a mission, the village has no right to interfere until you become a Chunin. It doesn't make any difference to you whether you graduate or not, so don't pretend."

"I am accompanying Hinata..."

Ryosuke opened his mouth helplessly, wanting to explain something, but then stopped.

Speaking of which, it seems that he hasn't accompanied Hinata to school for a long time, so this reason is no longer valid.

"Just take it, anyway, I see that he won't put you in a different class."

Naruto waved his hand and didn't listen to his explanation.

It sounds like he and Jiraiya have been getting along well recently, but maybe... it's also because Tsunade is mediating.

But then, Naruto's expression became a little complicated again, "But I have something recently, and I was going to discuss it with you, and you happened to come. It's about..."

"Eh? Wait."

Ryosuke interrupted him and looked at him with a chuckle, "You swore to me before that you would make your own decisions in the future. Are you going to slap yourself in the face now?"

"I didn't, it's not my business, it's Sasuke's business..."

Rolling his eyes, Naruto said helplessly: "Let's talk while walking, I'll treat you to dinner, and take a hot spring bath together."

"I've learned recently how comfortable it is to take a hot spring bath after a tiring day of training."

"Let me guess, your relationship with Jiraiya-senpai didn't start as a hot spring friend?"

"Hot spring friend? Oh... taking a bath, that's true."