Konoha: Archers of the Hyuga family

The arrow flew out from the string and penetrated a boulder nearly one meter in diameter.

The arrow pierced the ground, almost unscathed.

The holes pierced are soft and silky, as if they were the marks left by hot iron wire passing through chocolate...

Time is also like an arrow leaving the string, and most of the year has passed in a blink of an eye.

Is Hinata Kumikawa's progress really so rapid?

of course not……

Relying on Sarutobi Ryuichi's careful teachings, Hinata Kumikawa's control of the wind attribute chakra cannot be said to have improved by leaps and bounds, it can only be said to be standing still... However, the scrolls produced have been upgraded. The disadvantage is that Hinata Kumikawa himself cannot supplement the improved version. of scrolls.

On the contrary, the Baguazhang on the other side has improved by leaps and bounds in seven months. I can't say that I know every chakra move by heart, but I am basically an entry-level Baguazhang player.

After such a long time, Hinata Kumokawa has basically accepted his fate.

He finally understood why the Hyuga clan members basically did not use the Five Elements Escape Technique. The main reason was that the Hyuga clan's "affinity" for the Yang attribute chakra was too high, and the combination of the Soft Fist series would get twice the result with half the effort.

The other attribute chakras accidentally carried are all fractions of the yang attribute chakra. Adding up all the fractions, it is about 5.00% of the yang attribute... In short, it is very low.

It can complete the property change, but it is not completely usable.

Therefore, Hyuga Kumikawa has gradually given up on the development of wind-type chakra. As for the slightly inferior water-type chakra...

Go to sleep.

In the past few months, there have been basically no dangerous tasks. The only higher-level task was to be a bodyguard for a caravan. As a result, no one attacked along the way. The caravan boss invited him to dinner on the way. Kaka Xidu gained two pounds.

Sarutobi Ryuichi focused on the training of students and did not take on dangerous missions at all. Moreover, he never acted separately after the first mission. Even if he wanted to catch two cats on the street, the four of them worked together to chase one. .

Hinata Kumikawa's real actual battle was the only one...

As for the aftermath of that incident.

No matter whether he is dead or alive, the ninja who has reached the realm of ice escape and blood succession cannot leave Konoha, and his existence will not be known to anyone.

other people……

That mayor may be punished by the daimyo~

Hinata Kumikawa doesn't care about this kind of thing. The prosperity of some people will always need to be supported by the suffering of others. The Fire Country has not yet reached the stage where every place can be as prosperous as the town by the sea.

Moreover, for a daimyo, the mayor can be considered a talent...

Oh, yes, there is another big thing——

Kakashi passed the exam and was promoted to chuunin!

Although this was expected, and he had already begun to think about the development of changes in the properties of thunder. Chidori had already created a folder, but he just didn't know how long the code would be written and how many times it would have to be modified before it could run...

……

……

As usual, Hinata Kumokawa came out of his master Zaoda Ya's shop and bought two sandwich meat pies from a newly opened meat pie shop on the street. He went to a training area designated by Sarutobi Ryuichi outside the village and sat down. Waiting in the tree while cooking.

Having said that, the meatloaf does taste pretty good.

It just doesn’t seem to make much of an impression in anime.

Maybe it was because a violent old woman removed the banner that read "dolphin, dolphin, dolphin" outside the store door...

The time regulations are no longer as strict as they were at the beginning, and you don’t have to come if you have something to do, so Hinata Kumikawa arrived earlier, and there was nowhere to go anyway.

But it was still a little strange today. Normally Kakashi would be here when Hinata Kumikawa arrived.

But today both pancakes were finished, Hinata Kumokawa still didn't see Kakashi, Sarutobi Ryuichi didn't come on time as usual, only Haraira Yuki who was usually late arrived first.

"Um...haven't they arrived yet?"

Yuanping Xing was also a little surprised.

"Just wait a little longer..."

Hinata Unkawa lay on a branch of a tree and watched the clouds roll in and out through the gap between the tree trunks.

The weather is nice today, but a bit hot.

It makes people very unmotivated.

"I brought you all ice cream, so I came a little late because of it. It's going to melt soon~"

Yuan Pingxing put down the lunch box and opened the bottom layer.

There was a thick layer of ice inside, and four ice cream sticks were lying on the ice. Yuanpingyuki picked up one and handed it to Hinata Kumikawa.

"Kumokawa-kun, the new vanilla flavor~"

"Thank you."

Hinata Kumokawa jumped down from the tree and caught it in his hand.

There is nothing to be polite about. In the ninja world, apart from your biological parents, the closest people are probably your teammates. After all, they are the shield that protects you from being hurt by arrows from behind.

"Hmm~ It tastes good."

"Hehe~ It's a pity that those two idiots are late. If they don't come after eating this, we will eat it for him..."

"Well, of course."

……

It’s good to have a female teammate.

After getting along with her for the past few months, she was no longer as shy as she was at the beginning, and had begun to act like the big sister next door. After all, she was the oldest except for Sarutobi Ryuichi.

Hinata Kumokawa feels that she has begun to regard Kakashi and herself as younger brothers...

……

About 10 minutes later, Hinata Kumikawa finally saw Sarutobi Ryuichi.

He came in a hurry, almost at full speed, not at all like he came slowly and slowly to maintain his lost majesty.

When Hinata Kumikawa felt someone coming, Sarutobi Ryuichi had already fallen from the tree in front of the two of them.

His expression was more serious than before.

He opened his mouth, then paused.

"Sakumo-senpai passed away and committed suicide."

"Ah!?" (x2)

……

Both were surprised, but in different ways.

Yuki Harahara was simply surprised by the death of his teammate's father.

But Hinata Kumikawa was different. He knew that Hatake Sakumo would die. He failed the mission because he was rescuing his companions. He was then ostracized by everyone and criticized by his companions. In the end, he was overwhelmed and died~

However, there was no news at all in the village.

Not to mention the crowds, it is estimated that most ninjas don't know whether Hatake Sakumo is on a mission, and Kakashi has been nothing unusual recently, as usual.

Such a famous living person suddenly evaporated!

And he committed suicide...

What task is so important that failure is so costly?

This matter is by no means as simple as what was mentioned in the original book. There must be a lot of tricks in it. The so-called inability to bear the criticism of everyone because of the failure of the mission...

How ridiculous is this reason for an elite ninja.

Even White Fang was like this...

Do you still have hope?

……

"Training has been canceled for the past two days until this matter settles down."

"Also, don't go see Kakashi, he has been a little sensitive recently..."

After Sarutobi Ryuichi gave the two a few words, he turned into smoke and dissipated directly.

Just a shadow clone...

Hinata Kumikawa and Yuan Pingyuki looked at each other and took a deep breath.

"In that case, I'm going home."

"But, are we really not going to see Kakashi?"

"The teacher must have his reasons for saying we can't go. If we appear in front of Kakashi rashly, it may not be a good thing, both for you, me and him..."