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"The Hokage has reassigned me from the police department. I'm now serving as a Hokage advisor. When there's nothing to do, I have a lot of free time."

"Was the mission successful?"

"It went well. There were some small conflicts, but no large-scale battles. Otherwise, the time to return to the village would have been delayed significantly."

Walking forward, she gave Kazuki a deep kiss before grabbing her clothes and heading into the bathroom.

"Kazuki, can you hand me a towel?"

Hearing the voice coming from the bathroom, Kazuki's eyes lit up.

Could this be considered an invitation?

It should be...

Kazuki immediately perked up and quickly grabbed a towel, rushing into the bathroom.

"Uchiha Kazuki, get out, I'm going to take a bath!"

"Together, the water's just the right temperature."

"You..."

The thought of tidying up and cleaning the house had long been forgotten by Kurenai, as she leaned into Kazuki's embrace.

Right now, all she wanted was to rest properly, preferably take a nap to replenish her lost energy and sleep.

"I didn't expect so many things to happen in the village while I was away on the mission."

Hearing Kazuki talk about what happened in the village, Kurenai's sleepiness disappeared. She looked up in surprise and rested her chin on Kazuki's chest.

"So, after the misunderstanding on the Night of the Nine-Tails is cleared up, the Hokage office should issue a public announcement."

"Does that make you feel at ease?"

Kazuki raised his hand and gently pinched Kurenai's delicate face, teasing her.

Kurenai was silent for a few seconds before sighing.

"I did have some misunderstandings about the Uchiha, my father... he..."

Kazuki patted Kurenai's back to comfort her, placing his left hand behind his head as a pillow.

"It's understandable that everyone had misunderstandings about the Uchiha after what happened. But changing the villagers' impression of the Uchiha won't be easy. Unless the Uchiha hands over control of the police department."

Would it be possible for the Uchiha to hand over control of the police department?

Kazuki never had such naive thoughts. Whoever suggested such a thing would be standing against their family.

As for the Uchiha's poor reputation, Kazuki had already chosen to let it go.

First of all, the Uchiha would never hand over control of the police department.

Secondly, as long as the Uchiha controlled the police department, even if the village didn't intentionally slander them, as long as the police department continued to carry out tasks and cases that offended people, they would never gain the villagers' good impression.

Some things are relative.

If you want to hold onto power but also want the villagers to be grateful, it's impossible.

You can't have everything!

At least not in a department like the police.

"Kazuki, let's go pay respects to my father tomorrow."

"Okay."

Kazuki knew that even though Kurenai had ended up with him somewhat confused, she still had a small knot in her heart.

The root cause was still the tragic death of her father on the Night of the Nine-Tails, which made her view and attitude toward the Uchiha quite unfriendly.

When everything was pinned on the Akatsuki, the misunderstandings were naturally cleared up.

Kurenai could now open her heart and be at ease with him.

It was evident when she suggested they visit the grave of Yūhi Shinku together.

"Let's go out to eat, I'm hungry."

Feeling lazy and not wanting to move, Kurenai suggested going out for a meal.

Kazuki looked down at the person lying in his arms, a slight smile appearing on his lips. "Coincidentally, I'm hungry too."

"..."

You seem a little off.

"Wait!!"

"Let's eat something first, is that okay for tonight?"

"Hold on, I'm still washing..."

After being hungry for quite a while, Kazuki finally ate his fill, while Kurenai, following him, couldn't help but roll her eyes.

This person, how can they be like a stubborn bull, impossible to stop no matter how hard you try.

After some consideration, Kazuki and Kurenai decided to go eat barbecue.

While walking to the barbecue restaurant, Kazuki suddenly stopped, and Kurenai, following behind, couldn't help but stop as well, looking at him in confusion.

Not understanding why Kazuki stopped, Kurenai followed his gaze.

She saw a little ostrich with a small backpack, trying to sneak past them.

"Hinata Hyuga..."

"Yes!!"

Hearing her name called by Kazuki, Hinata, who had been walking with her head down, instinctively stopped, straightened her back, and her fair little face turned red instantly.

Kazuki raised his hand and gently pinched his chin, saying with a half-smile, "I remember we made a promise last time. When we meet again, we should have the courage to greet each other, but all I see is a little ostrich with its head down trying to sneak away. What's going on?"

"Huh?"

Hinata's mind went blank.

"I'm sorry, senpai, I just..."

Hinata instinctively wanted to explain, but halfway through, under Kazuki's gaze, she lowered her head.

"You're such a shy and timid girl," Kazuki couldn't help but shake his head. "Little girl, you are the heir of the Hyuga clan. You should always face everyone with your head held high, not duck your head and turn red like an ostrich. If you continue like this, your father will be even more disappointed in you."

Hinata. "..."

"Forget it, you can go now."

Hinata's personality wasn't something that developed in one or two days, and it wouldn't be corrected in that short a time either.

This was a matter for the Hyuga clan, and not something that concerned him much.

If it weren't for the chance encounter on the road, Kazuki wouldn't have bothered calling out to Hinata just to tease her.

Looking at Hinata, who quickly ran off, Kurenai couldn't help but laugh. "What's up with that little girl? She seems so shy."

"Yeah, her personality is very soft, and she happens to be born into the strict Hyuga clan with a strict father. He raised her with the highest standards, and over time, she turned out like this."

It's said that Hinata was truly soft-hearted as a child.

The most frustrating thing is that she was soft-natured and afraid of disappointing her father. Always caught in the middle of this contradiction, over time, she became extremely insecure, shy, and timid.

With Hinata's personality, if she was constantly held to the highest standards, it would backfire.

Kazuki thought that the best thing for Hinata's father to do would be to help her establish the right mindset and build her confidence.

Instead of pushing her with all these high standards and the idea of not disappointing the family.

Under such high pressure growing up, not just children but even adults might not be able to handle it.

Not to mention, Hinata was always being compared to Neji Hyuga, who, because of his father's issues, had a particular attitude toward the main branch and towards Hinata. That was something else entirely.