Under this unknown trouble, Fuyue suddenly mentioned that he was envious of the children of the Hizuzu family...... If it weren't for the fact that he had been fighting with him for many years, let Rizu, who had already figured out the logic of Fu Yue's words, know that there must be no malice or sarcasm in Fu Yue's words. I'm afraid that Rizu's face will change drastically, and then when he is inadvertently poked in the sore spot, he will scold Fuyue.

“…… Excuse me, Brother Fuyue, don't make fun of me...... It's just a female doll, what is there to envy. ”

After a change in his complexion, Hizoku smothered the entire glass of sake, suppressing the dissatisfaction rising in his heart through the strange satisfaction brought by the liquor entering his throat. While shaking his head slightly, he responded with a helpless wry smile.

"Hmm...... Call...... Besides, it's not that you don't know that the difference between our Hyuga clan and our split family makes me dare not have a second child at all...... In comparison, those two boys in your family are not only talented and intelligent, but they don't have to worry about being constrained by the family system, but they are even more worthy of envy, right? ”

Between the words, maybe it's because I'm alone with Fuyue right now, and I don't have to deliberately maintain that old-fashioned and serious appearance on the outside. Or maybe it's because the alcohol is on the head, which affects the sanity of the day. made the words blurted out by Rizu full of envy. Suddenly, Fu Yue, who wanted to ridicule Rizu for a sentence or two, fell into a state of speechlessness.

"You...... What do you say...... That seems to be the case...... No, that's not what I'm talking about! ”

Hizo's unexpected response words made Fuyue, who was already paralyzed by alcohol and dull his nerves, subconsciously nodded slightly. Then, as if he suddenly came to his senses, his words paused slightly, and while rolling his eyes at Hinazu angrily, he raised his hand and patted Hinazu's shoulder comfortingly, and continued pointedly.

"Maybe what you say does have some truth, but it's not these things that I envy you...... It's envy, your guy's only child who won the lottery gave birth to a daughter......"

"Huh? Envy me...... Gave birth to a daughter? Brother Fuyue, you probably drank too much and started to become unconscious...... right? ”

After hearing Fugaku's response, Hinata blinked and was stunned for a moment. And after repeatedly recalling chewing and digesting, and confirming that there should be no auditory hallucinations in my ears, I couldn't help but feel more and more strange at the same time. As if to probe something, he put his palm over Fugaku's forehead. The corners of his mouth twitched slightly, and he continued to speak weakly.

"What is the difference between having a daughter and giving birth to a son...... It's better to have a son than a daughter......"

However, before the words that came to his mouth were finished, he was stuck in his throat and could no longer spit out half a word.

Because......

Fu Yue, who provoked the topic, turned his head sideways a long time ago. So much so that as far as the eye could see, he didn't look at Rizu at all, let alone listen to Rizu's whining and complaining!

“…… I...... I said...... You ...... thing."

Inexplicably, I always felt that there was a crow flying behind me, which made Rizu feel speechless at the same time, his forehead was more like the white eyes were open, and the green tendons were bulging. Immediately, the palm placed on Fu Yue's forehead quietly slid down a little. While groping around, he tugged at Fuyue's earlobe. Then he pulled hard without smiling, making Fu Yue forcibly turn his head.

"During the conversation, listen to the person finish speaking, it's basic etiquette, I say?!"

"Shhh——! It hurts, it hurts, it hurts! Let go, it hurts——! ”

The sudden pain made Fu Yue, who had lost his mind, suddenly wake up. And then in the sound of hidden anger in his ears, while shouting in his own heart, he turned his head with a dry smile and defended himself in this decent howl.

"Listen, listen, I've been listening, how dare I not listen...... Let go, let go, the ears are going to fall off! ”

“…… Hey, save it, I didn't use much force at all, how could it hurt like this......"

There is obviously a world of difference between Fu Yue, who is crying out for mercy in front of him, and the cold and serious image that has long been almost fixed into common sense in the heart of Rizu in the past. So much so that Rizu was slightly stunned, not only did the anger in his heart dissipate without a trace, but when he saw through Fu Yue's clumsy acting skills, he still inevitably couldn't get up. Then he coughed lightly in embarrassment, slowly retracted his hand, and muttered to himself.

"The patriarch of the dignified Uchiha clan will be afraid of this little pain, and he is not afraid that outsiders will laugh at you after they find out."

"The problem is, someone outside has to be able to see me like that, doesn't it?"

The appearance of the person in front of him who easily surrendered and retreated appeared for the first time in the previous-for-tat contest. So much so that faintly, after perceiving the true side of Rizu, it didn't seem to be so difficult to get along with, so that the fake smile on Fuyue's face, which was deliberately disguised, slowly turned more and more natural. Immediately responded with a straight face, and at the same time snorted at people, as if he was deliberately reminding Hizuki to wait and see what was going on.

"And I didn't mean to...... No, look over there. ”

"Shhh...... You're quite familiar with this set of strong words...... Okay, okay, I can't talk about you, I won't say it! ”

After perceiving the obviously prepared steps between Fuyue's words, Hinata didn't say anything polite to anyone. And then driven by the curiosity in his heart, he continued to talk along with the words, and at the same time, he turned his head a little sideways in front of Fuyue's intentional guidance. While turning his gaze to the direction that Fu Yue had been looking before, he raised his eyebrows and muttered in confusion.

"Look over there? What to see...... Alas? Isn't that Naruto? ”

Right now, Fugaku and Hizoku are sitting at a window near the pedestrian street. In addition to the noisy drinkers in the store, the direction that can be seen is undoubtedly the flowing water pedestrians coming and going outside the window.

Because of this, Fugaku muttered and turned his head, and as far as his eyes could see, he naturally unexpectedly saw the figure of Naruto who had been absent for a long time.

Of course, it's not that Hizo's eyesight is so good that he can recognize Naruto at a glance from all kinds of pedestrians...... Instead, it was at Naruto's deliberate request, which led to the rumors that Naruto was equivalent to the reincarnation of the nine-tailed demon fox, which was still not lifted in the Konoha Ninja Village. As a result, once Naruto appears, he will be like a plague god, so that the pedestrians around him will be far away. So much so that in this case, it seems to have an invisible isolated magnetic field, creating a conspicuous open space. No matter how much Hinazu didn't have eyesight, he could easily see Naruto's figure from this obviously abnormal scene.

"It's strange, isn't Naruto's kid supposed to be undergoing special training under the guidance of Jiraiya-sama...... According to the plan, it will have to last for a year, to say the least. It's only been less than a week, why did it come out......"

From the moment he saw Naruto, Hizoku more or less understood where the reason for Fugaku's sudden turn of head came from. Then he raised his eyebrows in confusion and whispered, and his eyes naturally looked around him. Immediately, while the words paused slightly, his hands were firmly clenched into fists. Even the look on his face began to turn iron and blue, and something was wrong.

There is no other reason, just because the villagers who retreated thought that they had concealed their disgust and hatred seamlessly, and they had already been seen through by Rizu one after another in the process of looking around. And in front of this disgusting fake atmosphere, Hizo, who had already known the inside story and regarded Naruto as his future son-in-law, naturally felt more and more dissatisfied. Then he gritted his teeth and couldn't help but roar angrily: "Damn...... This bunch of brainless idiots...... Do they know that they are mocking, but they are the descendants of the heroes of Konoha——! "[← uh-huh...... If I'm not mistaken, it seems that you beat up the descendants of this Konoha hero in the middle of winter. And after the point, I left him in the snow and left him alone......]

Fortunately, not many people listened to Hizo's shocking words in this noisy izakaya. Even if you listen to it, most of you will think that Rizu is talking nonsense after being drunk because of the drunken appearance of Rizu's red face, and you won't care about anything. So much so that Hinata subconsciously revealed the identity of the son of the four generations of Hokage that Naruto had worked so hard to hide, but he didn't have to worry about it, and it spread out.

"It's because they don't know that they are so fearless and think they are superior."

At the same time, after seeing Rizu's slight pause, he showed an angry and corrupt appearance from the bottom of his heart, which made Fuyue secretly breathe a sigh of relief. Immediately, the eyes of Rizu became more and more friendly and recognized. While responding lightly as if he was accustomed to it. While raising his hand, he naturally got up subconsciously and tried to intercept Naruto's Hizoku from the hatred of the villagers from the "encirclement" of the villagers.

"In order to protect the village, he willingly sacrificed his life. Even the newborn son was used by that fool to be the new person who resealed the nine-tailed demon fox...... My stupid brother, who gave everything to the village, probably never thought of it. Naruto, who was supposed to be regarded as a hero in the village, really got a childhood encounter that was not even as good as livestock. ”

"Since you know everything, what are you stopping me from doing?!"

Fugaku's words made Hinata who had despised and disgusted Naruto like this group of ignorant villagers before, and suddenly felt a sense of weakness and anxiety for a while. Immediately, I don't know whether I was anxious to make up for Naruto, or I felt sorry for what happened to my future son-in-law, so that after being intercepted by Fuyue, Hizoku couldn't help but slap Fuyue's hand away, rolled his eyes, and continued angrily.

"I didn't know it before, but now that I know the child's hardship, do we want to continue to do this and see if we can't do it?!"

"Of course."

"Huh?! You......! ”

Fu Yue's response as he should have been, so that the unexpected Rizu was immediately choked speechless. Immediately, his fingers trembled and pointed at Fuyue for a long time, as if he couldn't get angry, he simply put down his hand, ready to ignore Fuyue's interception, and went straight out alone, to forcibly bring Naruto back.

"Save your effort, it's useless if you go."

The more Hinata felt anxious for Naruto, the more it made Fugaku look pleasing to the eye. So much so that the smirk on his face dissipated, and after seeing the trend that Rizu couldn't hold back, he leisurely picked up the wine jug and poured himself a drink slowly. While under the incomprehensible gaze of the puzzled eyes instinctively projected by Hizu's words, the corners of his mouth rose slightly, and he continued to speak word by word.

"You said it yourself before, Naruto should be receiving the teachings of Jiraiya-sama now, and he is undergoing special training...... How could he have been allowed to come out so quickly? ”

"Huh? Alas? Wow——?! ”

In the case of Fuyue's deliberate reminder and hint, Rizu suddenly realized that something was wrong after being stunned for three times. Immediately stunned, he turned his head again, and exclaimed in disbelief as he stared at Naruto's figure carefully.

"That'...... So to put it that way...... That Naruto outside...... Is it an imposter?! ”

"How is that possible...... Before knowing Naruto's true background, who would have enough to eat and have nothing to do, and run away to pretend to be a demon fox that everyone hates and hates? ”

Between the words, because he was concentrating on keeping an eye on "Naruto's" every move, Hinazu failed to notice the self-blame and guilt that flashed in the depths of Fugaku's smiling eyes. And then in the electric light, this negative emotion was properly concealed and hidden. Fugaku stared at the delicate wine glass in his hand, lest the wine poured out of the jug be spilled and wasted. While patiently explaining to Fuyue as if he didn't care.

"That 'Naruto' is just one of the thousands of shadow clones that Naruto created before he participated in the special training...... And now, he is busy doing his daily routine 'homework' for the body that is concentrating on receiving special training. ”

"Shadow clone...... I see, no wonder it will appear in the public eye early before the end of the special training......"

Hearing Fuyue's words, Rizu's restless heart gradually calmed down. Immediately, while forcibly suppressing, the instinctive impulse to firmly protect the "Naruto", who was constantly suffering from gossip while walking on the street. Puzzled, he turned his gaze back. And then look at the leisurely Fuyue, and at the same time as re-inquiring loudly. The sense of estrangement between the two also quietly and completely dissipated when "Naruto" appeared.

"But that's the so-called homework...... And what does that mean? I said, don't sell it to me, play dumb riddles, just tell me to get it? ”

Between the words, the two parties, Lian Rizu and Fuyue, didn't notice that it was ......

From this moment on, the two people, who always had concerns about being the head of the clan and retained a little jealousy and fake politeness to each other, began to get along casually in the true sense of the word without worries......

(End of chapter)