Hikaru Hokage

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"Did you hear that, Kakashi, Lord Hokage said that we are the elite ninjas in the village!"

From the time he received the mission to the time he walked out of the Hokage Building, Uchiha Obito was always excited.

Because of the Third Hokage's words of "elite team", he felt that he had been recognized by someone.

"idiot."

Kakashi poured cold water on Obito as usual.

"The only person who would take words like that seriously is a single-cell fool like you."

"What, do you think Hokage-sama can lie?"

Obito's face dropped in displeasure.

"Or do you think you're not good enough and don't deserve the title of elite ninja?"

"No, you're the only one at the end of the crane."

"Nonsense, obviously Hino is also..."

Obito could no longer refute Kakashi, who was already a Jonin, and could only shift his target to Hino Hikaru, who was walking at the back of them.

With Hino Hikaru, the master of repeating grades, there is no way Obito will be the last one.

"It's a pity that Hino completely defeated the special jounin who was the examiner in the chuunin examination. He is no longer the weakest person we imagined before."

Kakashi also turned his gaze behind him.

Thinking of the assessment that day, and then thinking of the fact that he was not aware of Hino Hikaru's departure that day, Kakashi felt that Hino Hikaru was not as simple as everyone said.

"You're lying, you can actually beat the examiner?"

Obito couldn't help but think back to his embarrassment during the chunin exams.

No, it's impossible, absolutely impossible. No genin can beat a jounin!

"Hino-san is indeed very powerful."

Because of the pressure of being assigned tasks by the Hokage himself, Nohara Lin had been feeling uneasy since she came out of the Hokage building.

But he watched his two companions quarreling with each other in front of him as always.

The worries in her heart were suppressed again.

Then he also "bullied" Obito a little.

"Lin?"

Why did Lin say that?

Obito couldn't help but become wary of Hino Hikaru's existence again.

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All along, Hino Hikaru just wanted to live peacefully in this world.

But reality just made him one joke after another.

She obviously wants to be low-key, but she has a striking appearance that attracts attention even if she doesn't want to.

Although he is a time traveler, his Ninjutsu talent and chakra level are both horribly low.

Just when he wanted to accept his fate as a passerby in the world of Naruto, he suddenly developed a relationship with Tsunade.

Then when he thought he could finally live a stable life relying on soft food, he was now directly asked to participate in a "special plot mission" such as "Kannabi Bridge".

"I've always been given a passerby script, but now I'm suddenly asked to insert it into the main plot??"

And it was so difficult from the beginning...

If there really is a god in this world who can control people's destiny, Hikaru Hino really wants to lift his skull and use it as a toilet.

It is very dangerous for a passerby character to suddenly get involved in the main plot.

"Can't you do some small novice tasks like fighting off the Murakami ninja first?"

When thinking about the conspiracy behind the Kannabi Bridge mission, Hino Hikaru couldn't help but sigh.

Could that old immortal Uchiha Madara have already set his sights on Obito and this mission?

"What are you thinking?"

After ending his bickering with Obito, Kakashi looked curiously at Hino Hikaru, who had been acting a little strange from the beginning until now.

"Are you worried about the mission?"

"Do not……"

Hino Hikaru, who came back to his senses, made a habitual rebuttal.

I always feel like Kakashi is paying a little too much attention to me?

Obviously we had no interaction before...

Wait, when I watched Naruto in my last life, I had a question. Why did Kakashi, who was obviously good-looking and liked by most of the kunoichi, end up not choosing a woman, but first with Obito, and then with Kakashi? Kai together?

Could it be that he really has a problem with his sexual orientation?

Thinking of this, Hino Hikaru quietly took a step back.

"I was thinking that all the people who went on missions with me before were dead, will it happen this time too..."

Hino Hikaru's half-joking eyes glanced at Obito and Nohara Rin, whose expressions had begun to change.

"Are you kidding me? I won't die!"

Although he said this, Obito's expression and face were quite shaken.

Because what Hino Hikaru said seems to be true.

"I won't let anything happen to Lin! But it's you. Are you really going to kill your companions during the mission as the people in the village said?"

"With soil!"

Ever since the Chuunin Examination, people in the village rarely spread this rumor.

Moreover, Nohara Lin did not want to see conflicts between her companions who were on the mission together before the mission.

But her stop made Obito's mood even more aggravating.

"Yes or no?"

"If I say yes, can you report it to Hokage-sama and have me removed from this mission?"

Hino Hikaru really doesn't want to get involved in this kind of trouble.

Troublesome tasks, troublesome people.

"I'll go now!"

After adjusting the windproof glasses on his face, Obito actually turned around and planned to walk back to the Hokage Building.

"Obito! Calm down, Hino-san, he was just joking!"

Nohara Lin quickly grabbed him.

"But he doesn't look like he's joking at all!"

Although Obito stopped moving, his face was still angry.

Regardless of whether the rumors were true or not, Obito only knew the fact that none of the companions who teamed up with Hikaru Hino did not come back alive from the mission.

It was someone else before so it didn't matter, but this time it was him and Rin together.

Even from a metaphysical point of view, teaming up with an "unlucky" person like Hino Hikaru might really result in the mission failing, or even...

This made him feel more uneasy the more he thought about it.

Chapter 18 Even if the enemy is Madara Uchiha

Ever since he received the mission of Kannabi Bridge, his whole mind was still buzzing.

It wasn't until he saw Obito walking towards him that he gradually woke up.

If you try to distance yourself from people like Obito, you might be able to live longer.

Hino Hikaru thought silently in his heart.

As a result, he soon broke up with the three members of Minato's class on bad terms.

"Maybe tonight will be the last night I sleep here."

Back at Tsunade's house, Hino Hikaru opened the door again.

Speaking of which, he hasn't taken a good look at the furnishings of this room.

But it doesn't seem to be that important now.

Because there was dust on the table with his fingers, Hino Hikaru turned around and fetched a bucket of water and a rag to start cleaning.

I have to go on a mission early tomorrow morning, and at least I have to tidy up the room I stayed in before leaving.

"Hey kid, why is the Sandaime looking for you? Does he want you to go to the battlefield?"

Just when Hino Hikaru was about to finish cleaning the room, a big-breasted sister suddenly came to the door.

"Why did Miss Tsunade come back so early today?"

Hino Hikaru didn't answer and just continued to wipe the seat silently with a rag.

Then he stopped at a picture frame.

It's a photo of Tsunade and her brother Naoki...

"There is no place for me to intervene in the hospital. I can just leave the cleaning work to Shizune."

Tsunade saw Hikaru's reflection on the glass surface of the picture frame.

The two people's eyes met each other after being reflected by the glass.

"She is already very busy, and I...after all, it is my own room, so it would be better for me to clean it myself."

After wiping it, Hino Hikaru put the front of the frame back on the table, leaving only the bracket on the back still facing the ceiling.

"I'm going to find the Sandaime and ask you to stay and help me in the hospital."

Tsunade clasped her hands tightly and then spoke softly.

"..."

Hearing Tsunade's words and feeling the elder sister's tenderness and care, Hino Hikaru fell into a brief silence.

To be honest, he had thought about Tsunade's proposal.

But it was only for a moment.

Although he hopes that he can get it longer, it does not mean that he is afraid of death.

"Don't worry, I'm just assigned to handle some small battlefield logistics tasks."

Ever since the incident at Cowherd's Shop, Hino Hikaru could still feel that the distance between him and Tsunade was getting closer, even though it was only a little bit.

Not siblings, but not quite lovers yet.

This wonderful and hard-won bond made Hino Hikaru, a "cold time traveler", feel the warmth of the world for the first time.

"The Third Hokage will not give such a lucrative job to a civilian genin with no potential."

Tsunade is not ignorant. On the contrary, she understands her teacher's side as a politician and a selfish politician.

"But not long ago, didn't he arrange for me to be sent to the hospital and stay with you as per your request?"

In the presence of someone who truly cares about you, you will instinctively not want to worry the other person.

So Hino Hikaru is trying to convince Tsunade in front of him.

"Because the current situation in the village has become so difficult that he has nothing to do. Under such circumstances, he no longer cares about me, a useless disciple."

As the legendary Sannin of Konoha Village, it is not difficult for Tsunade to obtain battle reports from the front lines.

"One day, Miss Tsunade will overcome her illness, and by that time..."

Hino Hikaru originally wanted to say, "You might become the new Hokage," but after thinking about it, he felt that such a future might not be a good thing for Tsunade.