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In the woods.

Hinata's face was covered in tears, as she sat on the ground like a duck, her hair was messy, and she looked pitiful.

"The guys who bullied you have been chased away by me. Get up, it's cold on the ground."

Kisame crouched down, stretched out a large hand towards Hinata, and grinned.

However, he obviously underestimated the lethality of his smile, especially the two rows of white teeth, which frightened Hinata on the spot and made her pupils shrink, and her whole body shuddered.

'Whoosh.'

Under Kisame's stunned gaze, Hinata suddenly got up from the ground and ran out of the woods crying.

"Uh"

Kisame looked at Hinata's escaping back and stood up a little embarrassedly. It seems that he is not very good at dealing with children.

Hyuga Hiashi came over and said to Kisame, "I'm really sorry, Lord Messenger. That child's character is like this, cowardly and afraid of everything, this makes one laugh."

"It doesn't matter." Kisame smiled and glanced at the direction Hinata fled.

"Patriarch." At this time, two ninjas from the Hyuga branch clan hurried over, waiting for instructions.

"Take Hinata back and keep her in her own room. No one will let her out without my permission."

Hiashi said coldly.

"Yes." The two set off quickly and chased after Hinata.

After watching the two of them leave, Hyuga Hiashi turned around and cast an apologetic look at Kisame:

"Lord Messenger, I'm sorry for delaying your time. Please continue to tour Konoha with me."

"Okay." Kisame smiled and left the grove with Hyuga Hiashi.

When he was about to walk out of the woods, Kisame quietly turned his head, and saw a figure flashing away from the woods, chasing in the direction where Hinata fled.

It's Uchiha Fugaku.

Ten minutes later.

On the outskirts of Konoha, in an empty training ground.

"Woooooo!" Hinata buried her head in her knees and sobbed in a low voice on the seat of the stand.

"Miss Hinata, thank God, I finally found you. The patriarch ordered us to take you back."

The two Hyuga clansmen found the training ground and finally breathed a sigh of relief after seeing Hinata safe and sound, and walked towards the stands.

This time, Hinata didn't run away, but shivered and became even more afraid.

As soon as she heard the word patriarch, she thought of the stern face of Hyuga Hiashi and the latter's stern gaze.

Although she is the eldest young lady of the Hyuga family, Hinata has been scorned by the elders of the family since she was a child due to her poor talent. Even her father, Hiashi, did not give her the fatherly love she deserved, but instead became Hinata's enemy. The person who is afraid and most reluctant to approach.

"I see"

She murmured and stood up silently, ready to be punished when she returned home.

But at this time.

'Swoii.'

With a sharp sound of kunai breaking through the air, two kunai flew out of the woods next to the training ground with a cold light, and attacked the two Hyuga clansmen.

"No, there are enemies!"

The expressions of the two changed, they never thought that they would be attacked in Konoha.

However, they are all ninjas of the Hyuga clan, not the light-hearted civilians, so even as they shouted fiercely, the veins on their foreheads burst out, and they rolled their eyes.

'Clang clang!'

One of them used gentle fist to knock out the oncoming kunai, then rushed into the woods and left a sentence to his companion: "Protect Miss Hinata."

"Be careful, don't underestimate the enemy." Another person reminded, and quickly ran to Hinata's side to protect her.

However, only a few seconds later.

"What!"

In the woods, the terrified voice of the Hyuga clansman came, but then the voice stopped abruptly, and there was no movement.

"What happened?"

The other Hyuga clansman looked horrified, and quickly activated his Byakugan's see-through ability to look into the woods, but only saw his comatose colleague lying on the ground, but not the enemy.

Next second.

A figure silently appeared behind the Hyuga clansmen, raised a hand, and used a neat hand knife to knock him unconscious on the spot.

Due to the existence of the caged bird's seal, the Byakugan of the Hyuga Branch clan are not 360-degree viewing angles, there is a blind spot in the back of the head.

Obviously, the people who took action against these two Hyuga clan members were very clear about the ability of the Hyuga clan.

This sudden scene made Hinata dumbfounded, losing the ability to think.

She watched helplessly as the man who attacked them turned around and met her eyes.

Hinata saw a pair of blood red eyes.

The next second, under the gaze of those eyes, she felt dizzy and she fell down limply.

The person who attacked was Uchiha Fugaku.

After he brought down the enemy cleanly, he glanced around to confirm that no one else had witnessed what happened in the training ground.

Then, Fugaku picked up two unconscious Hyuga clansmen, tied them up and hid them deep in the bushes in the woods. He hit harder just now to ensure that the two of them would not wake up until tomorrow morning.

After doing these things, he returned to the stand and brought up Hinata, who was sleeping in an illusion.

Looking at this young lady of the Hyuga clan, Uchiha Fugaku frowned slightly, showing a thoughtful expression.

"Hiashi has disliked her in every possible way due to her being useless. Why is Kumo messenger interested in her?"

Fugaku said to himself.

It's not that he is boasting, his eldest son Uchiha Itachi is a super genius who amazed the whole village. He has the strength of a Jonin at the age of nine, and was specially recruited into Anbu by Hokage, creating a record.

Itachi's future is simply promising.

In contrast, Hinata is like a firefly next to the moon, dark and dull. So Fugaku was very puzzled about why Kumo messenger proposed to exchange Uchiha Itachi for Hinata Hyuga.

Could it be that this little kid hides an unknown secret?

Fugaku shook his head and stopped thinking about this issue. The only thing he cares about now is to save his son.

Night fell.

Accompanied by Hyuga Hiashi, Kisame returned to the hotel where he stayed.

"Patriarch Hyuga, it's getting late, so I won't invite you up for a drink. I have to rest as soon as possible, and I will rush back to Kumogakure early tomorrow morning to return to Raikage-sama."

Kisame said to Hyuga Hizu.

"Lord messenger, I hope you will not forget the friendship of the Hyuga clan. If you come to Konoha next time, you must visit the Hyuga clan as a guest." Hyuga Hiashi said with a smile.

"Of course." Kisame readily agreed.

After separating from Hyuga Hiashi, he put his hands in his pockets, leisurely walked through the hotel lobby, went upstairs and passed the corridor, and finally opened the door of the room.

"What a busy day."

Kisame sighed to himself and sat down on the sofa, intending to close his eyes and rest for a while.

But at this moment, a voice came from the corner of the room: "I'm here to fulfill my promise."

'Oh?'

Kisame looked at the corner, and saw Uchiha Fugaku walking out of the darkness with the sleepy little Hinata.

'Whoosh.'

He raised his hand and threw Hinata at Kisame, who took her into his arms.

"Patriarch Fugaku, you really didn't disappoint me."

Kisame replied refreshing, when he put Hinata on the sofa aside, then took Uchiha Itachi and woke the latter.

"Haa"

Itachi slowly opened his eyes and felt a splitting headache, but his instinct as a ninja made him tighten his body and put on a defensive posture.

"Itachi, it's me."

Fuyue put a hand on his son's shoulder and said in a deep voice.

"Father, you" Itachi's pupils shrank in surprise, then turned to look at Kisame sitting on the sofa, his eyes were puzzled, obviously he didn't understand the situation.

"I know you have some questions. Let's get out of here and go home."

Fugaku said to his son, and then took a deep look at Kisame, then took Itachi and jumped out from the back window, and left in a hurry under the shadow of the dark night.

"Ha ha."

Kisame watched them leave, smiled meaningfully, then withdrew his gaze and looked at Hinata next to him.

He thought about it for a while, and helped Hinata lift the illusion of Sharingan, and woke her up on the spot.

Hinata opened her big eyes and found herself in an unfamiliar place, and instinctively panicked.

"Don't be afraid, little girl, you're all right now." Kisame said, this time he learned his lesson and didn't smile at her again.

"You, you are the Kumo messenger who saved me before."

After Hinata recognized Kisame, she was at a loss and said in a voice like a mosquito, "Thank you, thank you."

As the eldest lady of the Hyuga family, she is a well-educated child, but when she escaped from the woods, she was really frightened, so she forgot to say thank you to Kisame.

"Little Hinata, you must be very curious about why are you here, right?"

Kisame stared at Hinata and told her the truth directly, "The patriarch of the Uchiha clan kidnapped you, hoping to exchange you with me to redeem his son Uchiha Itachi."

When Hinata heard that, her eyes opened wider. Under Kisame's reminder, she remembered that when she was attacked by the enemy at the training ground, she had seen the appearance of the enemy.

That person is indeed the patriarch of the Uchiha clan.

"Uncle, I, I want to go home." Hinata came back to her senses, she was very scared, and whispered to Kisame.

Hearing this, Kisame did not agree to Hinata's request, but suddenly asked her:

"Hinata, do you know why I agreed to Fugaku's request?"

"I don't know."

As Hinata spoke, she lowered her head in inferiority. She had heard her father mention the name Uchiha Itachi, and she knew that he was a genius she could only look up to.

"Because, you are the Byakugan princess."

Kisame stretched out a hand, raised Hinata's chin, looked into her eyes, and praised, "Well, it is indeed the bloodline of the Hyuga clan, these Byakugan are of high purity, no wonder Toneri wanted them."

"Uncle, what are you talking about?" Hinata looked at Kisame, unable to understand what he said.

"I said, your eyes are beautiful, and you are definitely not a waste, but a genius."

Kisame put his hands on Hinata's shoulders and said to the little girl with a bright gaze, "Hinata, do you want to become a real strong ninja, and from now on you will never be bullied again, and you will never be bullied by your father and clan again? People who once looked down on you look down on you will look at you in admiration. I'm different from others. The first time I saw you, I knew you were a real genius. So, leave Konoha with me and become stronger."

He whispered a devilish temptation, bewitching the innocent little girl in front of him.

This remark was originally just a whim and he casually said a few words. If Hinata didn't agree, he would knock her out and take her away, and talk about it later.

However, what he didn't expect was that Hinata listened to his words carefully.

"But what about my father?"

She seemed a little moved and asked hesitantly.

"If you go home now, you will definitely be scolded by that fellow. He was very angry when he saw that you were bullied by those little kids but didn't fight back. I'm afraid that his anger has not subsided by now."

Kisame then added, "Don't worry, your father and I are friends. I will tell him later that you are practicing by my side, so that he and his family don't have to worry about you."

After some thinking, Hinata agreed to go with Kisame.

On the one hand, in the naive Hinata's heart, the Kumogakure messenger in front of her is a good person, and he is also a friend of her father, so he is trustworthy.

On the other hand, the more important reason is because she was under too much pressure at a young age, and she was unhappy.

She was left out in the family, and she couldn't make a friend when she went out to play. She was always alone, bullied and laughed at.

Therefore, Hinata instinctively wanted to escape from the Hyuga family and from Konoha.

Kisame took advantage of the emptiness to enter, just said a few words and easily fooled Hinata. Maybe she will regret it soon and want to go home, but at that time, Kisame had other means.

After all, one of the things he is best at is recruiting all kinds of talents. Even Tsunade was brought back to Kirigakure by him, so Hinata is naturally not a problem.

"Hinata, do you want to fly to the sky and see the moon? If you want, come with me."

Kisame had no intention of staying in Konoha any longer, so he invited Hinata to come to the top of the building with him, and then summoned a golden thundercloud.

'So amazing.'

Hinata had never seen such ninjutsu before, it was like seeing a fun toy, and soon stood on the thundercloud, and took off together with Kisame.

'Swish.'

Kisame used chakra to create an invisible barrier around the thundercloud, blocking the cold wind from high altitude for Hinata.

"Uncle, look!"

Hinata carefully lay on the thundercloud and looked towards Konoha below. It was the first time she looked down at Konoha from this angle, which made her feel very novel and interesting.

"Sit down." Kisame smiled slightly, then rode the thundercloud and flew away.

Before leaving Konoha, he glanced back at the Hokage building, only to see that the Hokage office was brightly lit, and a gaze came out from inside, looking at him.

The other party seems to have discovered that he wants to take Hinata.

But what is surprising is that the other party did not stop him, but chose to remain silent.