Naruto: I'm in Konoha, my name is Uzumaki Menma

Chapter 27 Hinata's White Moonlight
"From now on, you shall call him Young Master Mianma. When I am not here, everything here shall be in Mianma's control!"

In the courtyard, following 'that person's' instructions, Kado left only two servants behind, and was now addressing them with Menma.

"Yes! Master Kado, Young Master Menma!" The two servants, both women, bowed respectfully to Kado and Menma on the veranda.

They were all ordinary people from Konoha Village, with no special ninja talent, and made a living mainly by doing odd jobs.

Kado paid them twice the average wage because they were locals from Konoha, so they cherished the job very much.

Having finally left the orphanage and escaped the White Zetsu's surveillance, Menma was in a good mood, sitting on the veranda and enjoying the breath of freedom.

Sunlight filtered through the cherry tree branches, casting dappled shadows on the veranda and illuminating Menma.

Kado quickly set up a branch in Konoha, left a store manager behind, and then left Konoha to continue trading in various countries of the ninja world, earning funds for the organization, and gathering intelligence from various countries.

With Kakuzu, arranged by Menma, in charge of his safety, even elite Jonin would find it difficult to pose a threat to Gato. They could even help Gato cause trouble in his rivals' territories.

Kado has the money, and Kakuzu is happy to earn it too.

Meanwhile, Menma from Konoha Village began to enjoy the life of a young master.

Every morning, he practices chakra control; in the afternoon, he studies combinations of various chakra attributes; after dusk, he creates the 'Nine-Faced Fox' and develops the 'Nine-Faced Suvaha'; in his spare time, he strolls around the village to familiarize himself with it and buys some sweets for the little Nine-Tailed Fox.

The days passed like this.

The weather is getting colder; winter is coming.

"Hey, Menma." The little nine-tailed fox peeked out from Menma's fluffy scarf, eating a small piece of cotton candy that Menma handed to it.

Kado left a large sum of money for Menma, and also controlled the revenue of the Konoha branch, so Menma's quality of life improved greatly, and he even got some new clothes.

"Let's open a dessert shop too." The little nine-tailed fox, only the size of a palm, took a big bite of a cotton candy that was bigger than its own head.

When Little Nine-Tailed Fox spoke, its fluffy tail brushed against my face and made my neck tingle and itchy.

"I think you just want to eat sweets." Menma exposed the little nine-tailed fox's 'scheme'.

Then she added, "Eating too many sweets will make you fat."

"I'm a tailed beast! I won't get fat!" the little nine-tailed beast retorted, suddenly perking up its two fox ears.

"Hey, it seems like Big Sister's in trouble." Little Nine-Tailed Fox looked into the distance.

Mianma also saw it.

In a park where the autumn wind is blowing, a little girl is surrounded by three boys.

As they walked further away, Menma could still hear the three little boys making various provocative remarks.

"Ha! Look, her eyes are white!"

"Wow, it's a monster with white eyes!"

"How disgusting!"

It is often said that children speak without restraint, but in fact, when children say these things, they are not even aware of how hurtful their 'harsh words' are.

Young Hinata had never heard such vicious words before. Her eyes filled with tears, and she squatted on the ground, sobbing.

Seeing the little girl from the Hyuga family start to cry, the three children laughed even more unrestrainedly.

Completely unaware of the approaching shadow behind them.

'Strange, I remember this plot was supposed to be a snowy day.' Menma slowly walked behind the three little boys, raised his right hand, thumb hooked around middle finger, and flicked each of them on the forehead.

boom! boom! boom!
Three sharp flicks on the forehead brought the laughter to an abrupt halt.

"it hurts!"

"It hurts!"

"Ah! Who!"

Mianma controlled the force, but the three of them were still made dizzy and staggered back several steps.

"Hey you three, how dare you bully a girl!" Menma waved his right hand, glancing at Hinata who was squatting on the ground, stealing glances at him.

It turns out to be shy Hinata. If it were the boss Hinata, she would have beaten these three to a pulp long ago.

"You little rascal!" The tallest kid in the group rubbed the back of his head and yelled menacingly, "Looks like I need to teach you a lesson! Let you know who's in charge here in this park!"

"Damn it! You actually launched a sneak attack!" Another chubby boy waved his fist.

"Damn it! I'll teach you a lesson!" Another short guy scratched his head, then clenched his fists and grinned, revealing a toothless mouth.

The three of them were all a head taller than Menma and Hinata, and looked to be about five or six years old.

Moreover, it's three against one, so the advantage is on my side!

For children, a large number of people and their tall stature directly reflect their fighting strength.

Seeing the three brats acting so arrogantly, Menma resisted the urge to use ninjutsu. Instead, he stepped forward and punched the taller brat in the face, then swept his leg and sent the chubby boy sprawling on his back.

In just a moment, two of the trio of kids fell down, leaving only the short kid with a missing tooth looking around in a panic, not knowing how his companion had been defeated.

"Ouch! That hurts!"

"Ooooh, mommy!"

The two little kids who fell to the ground started wailing.

The little dwarf was so frightened that tears streamed down his face.

Menma reached out and pressed his hand on the little guy's head, getting close to the brat. His narrowed blue eyes sparkled with mischief as he grinned and said, "From now on, I'm the boss here!"

"Wow! Boss, don't hit me!!" The little guy cried in fright.

"So what am I doing?!" Menma looked at the three little brats who were crying after her scolding, and internally berated herself: "Playing the king of the kids game with a bunch of little brats?"

After being scolded by Mianma, the three children ran away in a panic.

"Hey, let's get to know each other, my name is Menma." As Menma turned around and reached out his hand, Hinata was frantically wiping away tears with her sleeve.

Although this was not the first time the two had met, it was their first public meeting.

"Y-you...hello...my name is Hinata..." Hinata's face flushed slightly, and her cold fingers trembled like a frightened fledgling.

She didn't know why this girl, who had been longing for the boy, wanted to get to know him again, but she still instinctively obeyed Menma.

After Hinata was pulled up, she lowered her head, placed her hands on her chest, and whispered barely, "Am I...am I...useless...?"

"If it were my older sister..." Hinata couldn't help but think of the hot-tempered 'older sister' inside her body. What would she do if it were her?

I should be able to beat those three kids on the other side.

Hinata's words reminded Menma of a winter when he was three or four years old in the 'Limited Tsukuyomi World,' where he was mocked by three little brats in the park and ended up fighting with them.

Because he hadn't formally started training or refined his chakra at the time, he was beaten rather badly by the three children.

At the crucial moment, Hinata, the eldest sister, stepped forward and quickly made the three children cry.

I wonder if it's fate.

From then on, Hinata, the leader of the 'Limited Tsukuyomi World,' and Menma's relationship grew closer, eventually developing into a romance during the Chunin Exams in that world.

"Gentleness is never a weakness. Your gentleness is like a spring breeze. Hinata is especially cute!" Menma raised his hand and placed it on Hinata's head, rubbing her short hair.

"Cute..." Menma's praise made Hinata's face turn red instantly, steaming like a steam engine.

Hinata, who was restricted by various family rules since childhood, was expected to achieve great things because of her "older sister". Her gentle personality was seen as too weak by her father, Hiashi Hyuga, and the elders of the main family.

Therefore, Hinata never received any praise.

goo~
A hungry cry came from Hinata's stomach.

This made Hinata, whose face was already red, blush even more.

"Let's go, I'll treat you to Ichiraku Ramen!" Menma thought of Hinata's appetite, probably because she had never been full since she was a child, so he pulled Hinata and ran towards the direction of Ichiraku Ramen.

Ginkgo leaves drifted down in the park. Hinata, being pulled along, looked at the figure in front of her, tears welling up in her white pupils.

(End of this chapter)