Naruto's caged bird

"Wake up."

Opening the windproof curtain of the marching tent, Hatake Sakumo, who came to visit, opened his mouth. Konoha White Fang's keen perceptive ability allowed him to detect his disciple's awakening the moment he was stared at by Hizashi's Byakugan. Step by step, he walked to the low table next to the bed and sat down so that the injured Hizashi's eyes could be at eye level with his own.

Hizashi, who was lying on the bed, arched his head and sat up. After adjusting his posture comfortably, he said a bit emasculated: "Well, I just woke up." I don't know why, maybe he didn't eat while he was in a coma. The reason is that at this moment, I am so weak that I can’t even speak...

After responding, the master and the disciple fell into silence one after another. Hizashi faced the always taciturn Hatake Sakumo and didn't know what to do at this moment. After all, teacher Konoha White Fang’s mission at this time is considered

He was frustrated, and after finally thinking about the failure of this mission, he opened his mouth and said:

"Teacher, thank you for saving me."

"Well" after questioning, Hatake Sakumo looked at Hinata Hizashi who suddenly felt a little guilty about himself, and said bluntly inexplicably: "Isn't it the right thing to save you?" The expression on his face was just like what he should do. So, so natural... But this kind of nature is really so helpless in the eyes of Hizashi until the plot.

Although inheritance and mentorship are not advertised in this ninja world at this time, they are still one of the strongest bonds. Hizashi looked at the teacher in front of him who gave up the mission and chose to save himself, and suddenly found that there seemed to be one more person he needed to care about in the ninja world. He said to Hatake Sakumo with some self-blame: "But for us, your mission..."

Halfway through his words, he was interrupted by Konoha White Fang's words.

"Mission is not everything in life." Hatake Sakumo said calmly. Today's Konoha White Fang is more indifferent than when Hizashi first met at the Hatake family. Facing the disciple who seemed to be in disbelief, he continued: "I am just a person who takes the task seriously. Because I am serious, I must give my best every time. Therefore, I am not a machine that only knows how to emphasize characters."

That’s it, no more explanation. But at this moment, the expression on Hatake Sakumo's words was just like the relief after every successful mission... perhaps, there was also a sudden and inexplicable relief. Even Hizashi, who was listening, was thinking blankly. Reminds me of the setting of Konoha White Fang in my memory.

The 100% winning rate in the mission before this mission is a perverted honor no matter what, compared to the 100% winning rate in that ladder. He could recall how depressed and angry the person in his memory would be when he lost a game because his teammates were dragging him down in ranked. But at this moment, the man in front of him was so indifferent. Everyone involved in the day difference can’t help but imagine:

If, before the mission started, I had not chosen these three as my teammates, would it have been successful?

Perhaps, in the historical plot of the original work, the three people in the fifth class were not originally my own.

He repeatedly told himself: "But since I am the teammate who was saved at this moment..." He warned himself that if anyone dared to blame, resent, or blame Konoha White Fang for saving the three of him at this time, he would definitely give him a slap in the face.

Call him to death

Hizashi looked at Konoha White Fang who had saved him in front of him. At this moment, it seemed that no one but himself knew the result of the failure of this mission. Including, at this time, Hatake Sakumo himself was staring at the other person closely, and suddenly reminded:

"Teacher, there is a loophole in the village's defense."

At this time, perhaps the most important thing to do is to change the opponent's upcoming outcome as much as possible

Hatake Sakumo looked at Hinata Hizashi in front of him and said seriously: "The only thing we can do at this time is to recover from our injuries, improve ourselves, strengthen ourselves, and then go all out when the village needs it."

Since you can't stop it from the beginning, you can change the outcome with your own efforts.

The tone and eyes looking at Hizashi are expectations and encouragement.

Just as everyone and even every country has weaknesses and loopholes, even the Hokage Building can be sneaked into, how can the Fire Country have such a large area of ​​​​flat land? The Fire Country Konoha is located in the plains, and it does not have the Wind Country Village neighbors. In the desert that separates us, there are no rock ninjas' stacked mountains, no thunder country's Ichifu at the gate, and no mist ninja's blood-filled mist. How can he defend himself?

The master and the apprentice, who sat together again after many days, summarized and discussed, checking for gaps and filling in the gaps. They seemed to be introspecting and preparing to remember the lessons of the failure of the first mission. Just give us time...

There was a "crash" sound as the windproof curtain was finally opened again. Uchiha Mikoto stood at the door in a daze while twisting her lunch box. Her breathless expression clearly showed that she had been waiting for a long time. One is injured, the other does not know how to understand

She angrily tweeted to the two men chatting:

"It's time to eat"

"Yes," Hatake Sakumo responded, then gestured with a smile and left the tent of the injured. For a moment, Hizashi felt that the atmosphere in the room had become extremely awkward. After holding it in for a while, he took the initiative to ask Uchiha Mikoto:

"You're not hurt"

"Very good." Mikoto responded quickly, but after finishing, she frowned and looked away.

"What about the rope tree?" Hizashi suddenly felt that the atmosphere was not right, and continued to adjust the topic of the two of them.

"Worse than you."

Mikoto continued to angrily look at the Konoha ninja who had belatedly arrived for support, and finally walked together with the injured Senju Nawaki. At this time, Rope Tree seemed to be resting in another room as well.

"Oh" Hizashi looked at Uchiha Mikoto in front of him who was criticizing him for every word. After so many years, he faced this girl's unique way of speaking again, which made him slowly recall it in an instant. If it was me who didn't understand when he was a young man in his previous life, he would have already responded to the other person's temper. Then let the other person walk away in anger without any hesitation in the argument.

But in this life, he will never

Hinata Hizashi lay leisurely on the hospital bed, looking warmly at the girl in front of him who was a little bit resentful of him. At this ignorant age, the girl was angry at herself for leaving her alone to face those wolf-like enemies, angry at herself for leaving her alone, angry at herself...

She was obviously very worried and concerned deep down, but she still pretended to be angry.

At this moment, Hizashi, who was lying quietly on the hospital bed, suddenly recalled what someone once said: "A woman is most beautiful when she is obviously worried and happy, but has to pretend to be angry." In the inner affirmation and speechlessness of this sentence, I almost came out:

"I'm hungry"

"..." Looking at Hizashi's appearance, she could no longer lose her temper...

The last time he said this, Hizashi, who seemed to be in love with his mother Hyuga Gen, looked at Uchiha Mikoto in front of him. With the girl's reluctant expression, he quietly opened the food box he brought in. Then he took out the most satisfying meals he had dreamed of making one by one, and put them all in front of him

This is the life I want most...

Just like that, he was successfully captured