"You… you what are you trying to do?! Don't come any closer!"
"I'm your father-in-law! The father of Hinata and Hanabi! If you dare do anything rash, I'll I'll…"
Just as Hiashi Hyuga's expression tensed, convinced Ye Wudi was about to cross a line
Ye Wudi simply reached out his right hand and rubbed his thumb and index finger together.
"Pay up."
"…Nani?"
"I said pa~ay up. Quickly. Don't pretend you didn't hear me."
What…?
You're my son-in-law. You just saved my daughter your future wife.
That's something you should do. And you still want me to pay you for it?
You little brat… doesn't your conscience hurt?
But just as Hiashi put on a deadbeat expression like a pig unafraid of boiling water, unwilling to give even a single coin
Ye Wudi calmly spoke again, loud and clear for all to hear.
"Father-in-law, how's that prescription I gave you? Working out well?"
"..."
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 999 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
The moment Ye Wudi said that, Hiashi panicked.
Damn it!
He'd completely forgotten he still had that embarrassing little weakness being held over him by this damned brat!
"Huh? Prescription? What prescription, Clan Head? Are you sick or something? Hey, once we pry that steel door off the roof, let's have him take a look."
"..."
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 999 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
Look at yourself!
If that steel door hadn't provoked him, he wouldn't have ended up in this situation in the first place!
Grinding his teeth, Hiashi pulled Ye Wudi aside.
Though he was seething, this was definitely not the kind of thing that could be made public.
He wasn't that old yet… and if word got out that he'd been taking those, uh, "supplements," his reputation would be completely ruined!
"…Alright, brat. What do you want?"
"Money? I'm not really short on cash right now. But do you have anything… interesting I can play with?"
"Like maybe some explosive tags, or… a summoning contract? Just something fun. Anything's fine."
Explosive tags? Summoning beasts?
Did this brat just say "anything's fine"?!
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 999 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
Smack!
Though Hiashi had a sneaking suspicion Ye Wudi was messing with him, he still took something out in the end.
From his robe, he pulled out a stack of explosive tags and slapped them into Ye Wudi's palm.
"Don't even think about summoning beasts. Even if I had one, it's not something a brat like you could control."
"So just take these almost a hundred explosive tags. Be careful with them, and don't blow anyone up!"
"A hundred, huh?"
Ye Wudi didn't immediately stash them away. Instead, he stood there, flipping through them like a deck of cards.
After a moment, he turned to Hiashi and gave a playful grin.
"This isn't enough. I want ten times this much."
"T-ten times?!"
"You brat… you're not planning to blow up the entire ninja academy, are you?!"
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 999 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
Hiashi's eyes bulged, but Ye Wudi just shrugged innocently.
"Come on. I'm a mature, responsible student. Do I look like the kind of guy who'd blow up the whole school?"
Of course not.
I'll just blow up half of it.
The other half I'll save for later, in case I need a quick boost of negative emotion points…
Heh. Truly, I am a genius.
"..."
Under Ye Wudi's deviously innocent gaze, Hiashi fell silent.
In the end, he chose to believe him.
Sure, Wudi could be a bit mischievous… a bit of a troublemaker…
But deep down, he wasn't a bad kid. Surely, he wouldn't go so far as to destroy the entire academy.
…Right?
Grumbling internally, Hiashi reluctantly pulled out even more tags nearly a thousand.
When added to the previous stack, they totaled almost exactly one thousand explosive tags.
"A thousand tags. Take them. And take Hinata to school already! Stop wasting time!"
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 666 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
"Aww~ Father-in-law, what's the rush? I was just starting to enjoy our little chat."
"GET OUT!"
With Hiashi's furious roar echoing behind him, Ye Wudi scooped Hinata into his arms and vanished using the Body Flicker Technique.
In an instant, both of them disappeared without a trace
Only the sound of Ye Wudi's carefree laughter lingered in the air.
"Hanabi! I'll pick you up this afternoon!"
"If Father-in-law goes back on his word, I'll have my boys spread nasty rumors about him at school!"
"See ya~!"
Hanabi raised her hands, covering her mouth with her sleeves as she watched him leave.
Her lips curled into a soft smile, and a pink flush bloomed across her cheeks.
"Big Brother Wudi… is the best~"
Hiashi stared at his youngest daughter's lovestruck expression and sighed.
If those two kept spending time together, who knew where things might lead?
Hinata and Hanabi, both ending up married to Ye Wudi?
Impossible. Absolutely impossible.
He would never allow such a thing to happen!
"Hanabi, it's time for training!"
"Big Brother Wudi~"
"..."
Ding! Congratulations to the host for receiving 999 points of negative emotion from Hiashi Hyuga!
Even though Ye Wudi was long gone with Hinata in tow, Hanabi still looked completely dazed.
Hiashi knew today's training session? It was doomed.
"Ah… forget it. That's for another day."
He glanced at the steel door still wedged in the rooftop and sighed.
"At the very least… he does care about Hinata. That's all that matters."
The more Wudi valued Hinata, the more it benefited the Hyuga clan.
With that thought, Hiashi turned to Neji and the elite guard beside him.
"Pass down my order: from today on, all branch house members will treat Ye Wudi with the same respect as a main house heir."
"And any main house member or elder who provokes him will be immediately demoted to the branch house!"
"Yes, Clan Head!"
"..."
And while Hiashi was quietly promoting Ye Wudi's standing within the Hyuga clan
On the rooftops leading toward the ninja academy, Ye Wudi was holding Hinata's tiny hand as they leisurely hopped from roof to roof.
A sunny, harmless smile bloomed on his face.
Ninja academy, my dear classmates…
Especially you, Sasuke and Sakura… my sweet little negativity farms…
I'm coming!
Just then, as Ye Wudi soared through the air with Hinata in tow
A masked man suddenly appeared before them, holding a shiny red skewer in one hand.
A stick of candied hawthorn.
The man was none other than the legendary Copy Ninja of the Leaf, the man said to go fifty-fifty with anyone in a fight
The son of White Fang, Kakashi Hatake.
"Hey, kid," Kakashi said, voice lazy as ever. "Want one of these? Just bought it. Pretty tasty."