December 27, evening.

After two days of intense discussions, the delegation of the Land of Lightning and the top leaders of Konoha have preliminarily drafted a peace agreement on establishing diplomatic relations.

This means that the peaceful relationship between the two countries has been finalized.

Only the specific details of the cooperation remain, which need to be communicated and improved one by one.

To celebrate the smooth progress of things, the Third Hokage ordered a grand celebration banquet to be held today.

To express Konoha's sincerity in seeking peace together!

At the same time, in the courtyard of the Hyuga clan leader's house, a third birthday party for Hinata Hyuga was also being held.

Except for Uchiha, who is completely incompatible with the Hyuga and will explode if he looks at them for too long. All the well-known ninja families in the village have received invitations to the banquet.

Kushina, the wife of the Fourth Hokage, and Naruto, the son of the Fourth Hokage, are naturally on the invitation list. The simultaneous holding of the two celebrations also made the whole village peaceful, and there was a cheerful atmosphere everywhere.......

As night fell, the laughter and laughter in the banquet hall still continued.

Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, who has been worried about the arrival of the delegation from the Kingdom of Thunder.

After the peaceful establishment of diplomatic relations agreement was drawn up, they gradually relaxed their vigilance.

After all, almost every treaty.

It was all led by the chief negotiator, Nara Shikaku, in the process of lip-to-mouth confrontation and constant pulling with the other party.

I exhausted my negotiation skills and spent a lot of effort to finalize each item one by one.

Very difficult!

This was not an easy process, and it allowed Hiruzen Sarutobi to judge that the other party was indeed sincere in the peace talks.

Otherwise, the other party just needs to deal with it casually and agree to Konoha's conditions directly!

That's why he personally hosted this grand dinner to add some sincerity to the peace talks between the two parties!

At this moment, Sarutobi Hiruzen's smile grew stronger as the delegation from the Land of Thunder toasted and complimented him again and again.

In his opinion.

As long as nothing unexpected happens in the future, Konoha's biggest external threat will be eliminated!

And the long-term stability and peace he yearns for will also come!

He didn't notice it just now.

A ninja from Kumogakure Village who had an unremarkable appearance. In previous meetings, he was only responsible for serving tea and water to others.

Already taking advantage of the strength of alcohol, I escaped silently by urinating......

On the other side, the door of Hinata Hiashi's home is wide open.

The laughter of the guests continued.

But Hinata, who was the protagonist of the banquet, pretended to be full before leaving in front of everyone.

Playing in the back garden with Naruto and Ningji brother

"Come eat, I asked mom to make these for you."

Seeing that there was no one around, Naruto took out a storage scroll from his pocket.

Bang~

As the smoke dissipated, the tea table in the pavilion in the courtyard was filled with small cakes of different flavors, all of which were Hinata's favorite flavors.

"Eh?!"

Hinata looked at Naruto in disbelief.

She didn't expect that Naruto had specially prepared gifts for her.

They were all her favorites!

"Thank you, Naruto-kun...I just ate it..."

Hinata's pretty face turned red, and she unconsciously tapped her index fingers on her chest.

But my eyes fell on those delicious-looking little cakes, and I couldn't move them away.

"Yes, Naruto, sister Hinata has just eaten. Why don't we put it away for her and wait for her to eat tomorrow?..."

"Gulu~"

Before Neji, who was always guarding Hinata, could finish his words, he heard a gurgling sound coming from Hinata's sister's belly. She was obviously not full!

"Look, I wasn't even full just now. Hinata-chan has been responding to other people's congratulations, so it's even more impossible for me to be full.

By the way, Neji, I don't think you are full either. Why don't the three of us sit down and eat together?.

Let me tell you, the little cakes made by my mother are delicious!"

Naruto said carelessly.

Neji, who was already full, was about to speak when he heard the words.

He glanced at Hinata's little sister's blushing face under the light.

He suddenly realized something and turned around said:

"Yes, there were too many adults at the banquet. I just listened to their talk and didn’t eat much!

Sister Hinata, let’s eat some cakes together!"

"OK, OK!"

When he heard this, little Hinata, who was afraid that she would be embarrassed because she was so edible, immediately raised her head happily.

【It turns out that neither Naruto nor Neji brother had enough to eat!】

【I thought I was the only one who was different from everyone else! 】

Seeing Naruto and Neji wipe off the snow on the stone bench and sit on it,

Hinata followed and sat down

【It’s my birthday today, even if I’m not that ladylike, my father will forgive me, right~]

Hinata picked up a piece of honey cake and ate it with relish, secretly chuckling in her heart.

This seems to be her first rebellion!

Soon, the small cake with cream turned the three people who didn't care about their appearance into little kittens.

The three satisfied little ones first looked at each other, and then laughed out loud at the same time.

Cheerful laughter echoed in the courtyard, and the air was filled with joy.

"By the way, Neji, are you going back right after the banquet is over?"

Taking advantage of the rapid closeness among the three of them, Naruto asked casually.

"My father said that after the banquet, the family would hold a guardianship ceremony for me, so I had to wait until the ceremony was over."

Ningci replied with a look of longing.

Regarding the mission he was carrying, he felt very yearned for it.

【So that's it. It seems that Neji still doesn't know what he is about to face! 】

Seeing Ningci's ignorant appearance, Naruto sighed secretly.

In his previous life, he had heard his wife and father-in-law mention it.

Neji was directly marked as a caged bird on the night after Hinata was kidnapped on her third birthday.

On the one hand, it is necessary to engrave the caged bird as early as possible. This was the time set in advance by the elders of the clan at that time.

On the other hand, it was also because of Hinata's sudden kidnapping.

This caused the clan elders to feel a strong sense of crisis and made this matter non-negotiable!

It also made Hizashi, who had already discussed it privately with his brother, try to make one more effort for Neji before the ceremony began.

It becomes meaningless!

At this time, the young Hinata Hizu was already the head of the clan.

It was also because the younger brother, who was more talented, was restrained by the caged bird.

I have always been dissatisfied with the caged bird system.

But Ningji's matter, placed within the family, is ultimately a violation of the ancestral precepts and rebellion against Tiangang!

As the head of the family, he was restricted by the elders.

It is also difficult to clearly express support for his younger brother in front of the group of elders of the clan who are still clinging to the past and headed by the previous family head!

After all, the caged bird is an important restriction that protects Hinata's Byakugan from leaking out.

As the patriarch of the clan, he insisted on confronting the entire clan elders over this matter. final result.

The position of the head of the family will be cancelled, and the former head of the clan will continue to take over until he surrenders and bows his head!