Hinata, who was about the same age as Naruto, was looking up exaggeratedly at Whitebeard in front of her.
Although... Hinata had seen Whitebeard from a distance at the gate of the Ninja School, but at that time she was focused on Naruto.
Now, she just focused on Whitebeard.
The first word that popped into Hinata's mind was... so big!
Indeed, Whitebeard was the tallest person in Konohagakure Village.
And there was no "one of"!
For a moment, Hinata even felt like she was a little person from a small country, and Whitebeard was the normal person.
The next second, Hinata thought of Naruto calling Whitebeard "Pops", indicating that this giant "giant" was Naruto's father.
She didn't doubt why Naruto would have such a big father.
The only thought that came to Hinata's mind was, I met Naruto's parents together!
When this thought came to mind.
Her little face suddenly turned red.
"He....hello..." She was so shy and stuttering when she answered Whitebeard's words, "I....my name is Hyuga Hinata, I'm Naruto's classmate. I...I'm not cataract, this is my 'Byakugan'."
Sasuke, who was on the side, was seeing Whitebeard for the third time.
The first time he saw him was a year ago, when Whitebeard wanted to take him as his son in front of his brother.
The second time was at the gate of the Ninja School.
The third time was here.
Sasuke suddenly thought of what Naruto had just told him, that he had become so powerful because of his Pops' teachings.
Sasuke couldn't help but look at Whitebeard.
As long as there is Whitebeard's teaching...
Can you become stronger quickly?
"Pops it's like this!" Naruto was very excited, and he told the reason. He also talked about the things he saw in the Ninja School and some of his own feelings. The key point is the situation during the fight.
Naruto didn't leave out Uzumaki Karin and Haku, he also told about Haku and Karin's performance in detail.
After hearing his silly son's words.
Whitebeard's face was getting brighter and brighter.
"Gurarararara!" Whitebeard laughed heartily, "You guys are really worthy of being my sons and daughters! That's how it should be, let them see the power of pirates!"
Then, Iruka, Naruto, Sasuke, Hinata, the four of them, sat next to Whitebeard.
Naruto was very casual.
The other three were like sitting on pins and needles.
Iruka now has a full head of thoughts about leaving this place of right and wrong as soon as Naruto and the others finish eating. After all, the spirit emanating from Whitebeard is really putting a lot of pressure on him.
Just sitting next to Whitebeard.
Could make Iruka sweat coldly.
There was free tea in Ichiraku Ramen, Iruka forced himself not to tremble, and carefully picked up the teapot to make a cup of tea for himself.
He wanted to drink some hot tea to calm his nerves.
"Uncle Teuchi!" Naruto raised his little hand and shouted, "Just like before, I want to eat 100 bowls of ramen!"
"Puff!!!" The sip of tea that had just entered his mouth was sprayed out by Iruka, fortunately it didn't spray on Whitebeard.
"100 bowls?!!" Iruka imagined how big 100 bowls of ramen stacked together would be?
This... is definitely bigger than Naruto's whole person, right?
At least it's three or four times the size of Naruto, right?
"Naruto, you're too reckless!" Iruka widened his eyes and looked at Naruto sitting next to him in shock: "Do you know, what does 100 bowls of ramen mean? You can't just order randomly because I'm treating you, right?"
"But..." Naruto scratched his head: "This is my normal meal!"
If there is a lot of meat in the ramen.
Naruto is full after eating sixty or seventy bowls.
If it is a normal amount of meat, Naruto really needs to eat 100 bowls.
This is a little bit of experience that Naruto accumulated when Kakashi invited him to eat ramen before.
"eh? Naruto-kun..."
Hinata also widened her eyes, but she was not shocked, but delighted: "So, Naruto-kun also has such a large appetite?"
"Originally? Also?" Iruka realized that something was wrong.
"I, I was originally worried that Naruto-kun might dislike my large appetite..." Hinata's small face turned red to the extreme, and she said words that broke Iruka's heart in a weak voice: "Then... then I also order 30 bowls of ramen!"
"30 bowls?!" Iruka was stunned.
Although it's a bit less meaningful compared to Naruto's 100 bowls, this is not something a little girl can finish eating, right?
Sasuke: "..."
"I..." Sasuke didn't know where the competitive heart came from. He didn't perform as well as Naruto in the battle, so he didn't perform as well as Naruto. Could it be that his appetite is not as good as this white-eyed girl called Hinata?
"3....31 bowls!" Sasuke shouted at the kitchen with a strong spirit.
As for whether to surpass Naruto's 100 bowls?
Sasuke is still a bit sensible.
He's afraid that if he eats so much.
He will have to lie down and go back.
"31 bowls?!" Iruka instinctively reached for his wallet, and his eyes couldn't help but glance at the wall of the ramen shop, where there was a price list for ramen.
Although he found that the price of ramen had dropped from 80 to 75, the problem was that there were too many bowls of ramen!
Iruka did a little mental calculation in his heart.
He suddenly took a breath.
The hand holding the cup trembled.
"12,705 Ryo!"
"Oh?" At this time, Whitebeard's voice suddenly sounded: "White-eyed little brat, you can eat so much?"
Whitebeard became interested in Hinata.
As for Sasuke? He could tell at a glance that this Uchiha kid was just being competitive and showing off.
"Hmm..." Hinata nodded, and answered in a voice that was almost inaudible with her head down: "Is... is it because I eat too much?"
"Gurararararara!" Whitebeard grinned: "Which man on the sea is not a big eater? Only those who eat a lot can become stronger! You little brat is very interesting, I remember my stupid son at the beginning, he could only eat two or three bowls of ramen at most."
The logic on the sea is also very simple..... eat more = stronger = good talent = strong Taijutsu = strong sea warrior.
This is also Whitebeard's logic, so Whitebeard has always let Naruto eat so much, even if he can't eat it, he has to eat it to death.
This is also one of the reasons why Naruto's physical fitness has made rapid progress
"But...." Whitebeard "tsk" a sound.
"You guys in this broken Konohagakure are really twisted. Such a 'genius' looks so soft and weak, and her talent has not been dug out at all.
Whitebeard made a sharp comment on Konohagakure's education.
Iruka carefully interjected, "White, Whitebeard, the Ninja Academy just started today, and Hinata also just enrolled today. Before this, she should have been educated by the people of the Hyuga clan, because Hinata is a child of the Hyuga clan."
But he didn't expect Whitebeard to completely ignore him.
Whitebeard looked at Hinata with interest, "White-eyed brat, you eat so much every day, why do you look so weak?"
With Whitebeard's discerning eyes, he could tell at a glance that although Hinata had a large appetite, she rarely ate enough.
Otherwise, she wouldn't be so weak.
And she wouldn't be so petite.
"I....." Hinata's two little fingers were gently poking each other, her little face was tangled, not knowing whether to speak or not.
But when she saw Naruto looking at her curiously from the corner of her eye.....
Hinata still plucked up the courage, her tone was a bit depressed, "I don't want my father to think that I can eat a lot, but I'm useless. My father often says that my Gentle Fist talent is too bad, even some children from the branch families of the clan are much better than me."
"My father thinks that my talent make the main family lost face. My father also thinks that my weak temperament has made our Hyuga main family always difficult to raise their heads." When she said this, Hinata's two little hands couldn't help but clench tightly.
But she was different from other children. If it were other children, they would definitely be angry if they were oppressed and suppressed by their own family.
They might even rise up in rebellion.
But Hinata, who has a softer temperament, is different.
Hinata didn't become rebellious because of this, the pressure from her father made Hinata always feel that everything she did was wrong.
This made her become more and more inferior.
Her temperament also became more and more weak.
"So...." Hinata explained in a low voice with some embarrassment, "So I usually don't eat so much at home. Because every time I eat a lot, my father says that I have so much time to eat, I might as well use this time to practice Gentle Fist."
"Gurgle...."
When she said this, Hinata's stomach started to growl, her little face turned even redder, "When I was in the clan, I controlled my food intake every day, I only ate a bowl of rice, a little vegetables, a little meat every day."
"In this way, my father won't blame me." Hinata paused, and continued, "I don't want to be a loser that shame the clan's face in my father's eyes."
Hinata's words were all from her heart.
This is also her current situation.
Ever since she was severely reprimanded by her father for eating too much, Hinata has never eaten enough.
When she was hungry, she would tie her waist with a band.
If she was really hungry....
Only then would she secretly eat more
This makes her, a lady of the Hyuga clan with a large appetite, look so petite and weak. She is clearly a child of the Hyuga clan, and she has such a large appetite, but the whole person looks like she is not very well-nourished.
"What a trashy father!" Sasuke's entire face was wrinkled.
Their Uchiha clan is also a large ninja clan in Konohagakure Village, but Sasuke felt that his father would not be so extreme.
What's wrong with eating more? A big ninja clan, can't they afford this little food money?
"Huh?" Hinata didn't expect that when she said these things, she would actually receive Sasuke's sharp comment.
"Hinata quickly defended her father: "No, it's not like that. My father probably just thinks that I eat too much and it will waste a lot of time and delay my practice. Then, it's even less likely to surpass the children of the branch family."
"My father really hopes that I can fight for the main family. I once overheard my father talking to my mother, he said... the main family cannot be surpassed by the branch family."
"I don't know why my father said this, and I don't understand what the branch family and the main family mean. But my father said so, there should be a reason for this."
The "branch family" and "main family" in Hinata's mouth, even she herself is not clear about the specific meaning.
Naruto and Sasuke are even more confused when they hear it.
Iruka, as a teacher at the Ninja Academy, has heard of the main family and branch family of the Hyuga clan.
He probably understands what burden Hinata is carrying.
He also probably understands how much hope the patriarch of the Hyuga clan has placed on Hinata.
However...
Hinata is still a child!
Aren't they force her so much?
As a teacher at the Ninja School, Iruka doesn't quite understand the practice of Hyuga. He thinks this practice is very extreme and is completely pulling the seedlings to help them grow.
He knows that it's not good to evaluate a ninja clan patriarch, but he always feels that the "father" in Hinata's mouth is very self-centered.
The other party is so self-centered that they only look at the problem from their own standpoint.
But he has never really considered his daughter's feelings.
Iruka's feeling is that the other party is not giving birth to a daughter for the sake of giving birth to a daughter, but just to add an excellent heir to the Hyuga clan, and then give birth to this daughter.
With such a motive to raise children.....
Is he really a qualified father?
Iruka has a headache.
It seems that if you want to educate these children well, you not only need to educate them, but also find a way to talk to their parents.
But the question is, is he qualified to see the patriarch of the Hyuga clan?
Iruka found that it was not easy to be a teacher in the elite class.
In addition to problem students.
There are also problem parents.
"What a strange guy!" Naruto's expression was exactly the same as Sasuke's, and he didn't understand Hyuga's practice.
It's just that the daughter want to eats more, how can it delay the practice?
And what about the main family and the branch family? Is it necessary to be so entangled?
"He did this because he wanted to do it, right?" Naruto frowned and suddenly said, "Hinata, you said your father hopes you can surpass the 'branch family' children. This is not your will at all, this is his will!"
Naruto began to compare Pops with Hyuga Hiashi.
He found that Pops was much better than Hinata's father.
"Pops never imposes his will on me, and Pops never asks me to do anything. It's usually after I propose what I want to do that Pops urges me to do it."
Whether it's Naruto's self-abuse training or wanting to step by step to become Hokage
These are all his original ideas
He wants to become the Hokage of Konohagakure, he wants to become stronger.
These are all Naruto's own thoughts and intentions
Then, Pops started to help him become stronger. Also helping him, step by step closer to Hokage.
In Naruto's eyes and heart, this is what a good father looks like!
As for Hinata's father...
Naruto doesn't like him.
"Gurararararara! Another irresponsible guy!" Whitebeard sneered at the "father" in Hinata's mouth.
The expectations that the other party imposed on their children, in Whitebeard's eyes, were just a man's incompetent performance.
Whitebeard never expected his children to become the strongest in the world, because Whitebeard, was the strongest in the sea, and could shelter his silly children from wind and rain.
Whitebeard hoped that Ace would become the Pirate King because Ace himself wanted to become the Pirate King, so he would support Ace.
Not that he hoped Ace would want to become the Pirate King, and then Ace would strive towards that direction.
This is Whitebeard's parenting philosophy accumulated over many years.
As a pirate, he is so straightforward.
"Hinata, why don't you join our Whitebeard Pirates!" Naruto, who was quite angry at Hinata's father's behavior, couldn't help but extend an olive branch to her, "If you can't eat enough at home every day, how uncomfortable it must be?"
Naruto remembered that he often couldn't eat enough before he met Pops, because no one was willing to sell him anything.
Although Hinata's situation is a bit different from his.
But the fact that both of them have been hungry is the same.
Naruto found resonance in Hinata.
"Join....join the Whitebeard Pirates?" Hinata was a bit stunned.
She listened to this group of people criticizing her father, Hinata instinctively wanted to refute, but found that she couldn't find any reason to refute at all.
Because whether it's Whitebeard, Naruto, or Sasuke, they all make a lot of sense.
Hinata has never felt paternal love in the Hyuga clan, what her father gave her was never care, but pressure.
The expectations of her father in Hinata's eyes...
It's a heavy stone that makes it hard for her to breathe.
But she is the kind of person who doesn't know how to refuse.
She doesn't even know how to write the word rebellion.
"That's right! Join the Whitebeard Pirates!" Naruto showed a welcoming expression, he patted his chest, "As long as you join the Whitebeard Pirates, then you are Pops' daughter. At the same time, you are also my family!"
"Naruto's family!" Hinata's eyes widened a bit, she muttered to herself, "Family....Naruto's family....Does that count as Naruto's wife? Between husband and wife, they are actually considered family....."
Her words were as weak as a mosquito.
"Ah? What did you say?" Naruto didn't hear clearly, but he could see that Hinata's face turned very red, and even faint smoke began to rise from the top of her head.
Seeing this, Naruto was dumbfounded.
Hinata was so shy that she was a little dazed, she couldn't control what she said: "But... but I am the eldest daughter of the main family of the Hyuga clan. My father... my father probably won't agree to me recognizing a godfather, right?"
Unlike Whitebeard's previous encounter with Lee.
Uzumaki Fuushi invited Lee to join the Whitebeard Pirates before, but because the Whitebeard Pirates didn't have much bond with Lee,
and Lee, who was hesitant, refused.
Uzumaki Naruto is now inviting Hinata to join the Whitebeard Pirates. Hinata did not refuse immediately because she has a bond of "life-saving grace" with Naruto.
This layer of life-saving grace is mixed with admiration.
Who would have thought that a seven or eight-year-old girl would be so early in the ninja world...
And it seems very reasonable.
"I, I....." Hinata said weakly: "I might, need to go back and ask my father. And Naruto-kun become a family.. I..... I....."
She was so dazed that she stammered when she spoke.
And her degree of not explicitly refusing
Made Whitebeard laugh more, he thought this little devil was interesting: "Gurarararararara! Qhite-eyed brat, you really want to become a family with Naruto?"
Hinata nodded very slightly.
The steam coming out of her head became thicker
"But your biological father is the obstacle to you and my stupid son becoming a family, right? White-eyed brat, are you interested in taking me to meet your unqualified father?"
Whitebeard laughed.
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