Chapter 594: The Activated State of the Will of Bullying

After hearing about Guy and Kakashi's pasts, Neji fell silent.

He had never imagined that nearly everyone around him had suffered from bullying to some degree.

But if that was true, then why couldn't they understand him?

"Then why can't you understand what I'm going through?"

Neji shouted in frustration.

"You were victims too! You should know exactly how I feel! You should be helping me!"

"Neji, I think you've misunderstood something."

Guy shook his head and pointed toward Tenten.

"Tenten said that if you gave up now, we would forgive you. That was entirely her own wishful thinking."

"We never said anything about forgiving you."

Guy's expression remained solemn.

"We only objected because you claimed we didn't understand and had never experienced anything like this ourselves."

"We understand you."

Kakashi nodded in agreement.

"But we're not going to forgive you."

His visible eye sharpened.

"Because your dream is built on trampling over ours."

"You're too selfish, Neji!"

Kakashi's declaration rang with such force that Neji froze.

It sounded powerful.

Even inspiring.

But the more Neji thought about it… something didn't seem right.

What exactly were Kakashi and Guy's dreams?

And how had Neji trampled on them?

His eyes slowly dropped toward the little dog.

Then he understood.

"That's right, Neji!"

Guy pointed at him angrily.

"While Kakashi and I were still arguing, you took advantage of the opportunity and stole the dog first!"

"That was completely unacceptable!"

"Unforgivable!"

"…"

Neji's face went blank.

"So what exactly are you planning to do?"

Then his expression hardened.

"Don't forget—if you attack me, there'll be nowhere left for you in Konoha either."

Neji gradually calmed down.

The conflict had already happened.

There was no avoiding it now.

He couldn't leave this place, and the only way he could clear himself of the accusation that he was a bond-type shinobi was to use the dog as proof.

That made this confrontation unavoidable.

From Neji's perspective, Guy tearing off his clothes had made the situation obvious.

Guy intended to personally drag Neji down with him.

But if Guy did that, then all of them would lose any chance of recovering their reputations and would be permanently nailed to Konoha's wall of shame.

"Heh."

Kakashi stepped forward.

"Neji, you're still too naive."

"Who said we needed to do anything ourselves?"

He bent down and picked up the dog, gently patting its head before sighing.

"Our unforgettable first love has already been tainted by you."

"She's no longer suitable to become the symbol of our new beginning."

"…"

Neji frowned.

"So what exactly are you planning?"

Had these two chaotic bond-type degenerates become devoted romantics the instant they switched over to liking animals?

"You overlooked one important detail."

Kakashi rested a finger against the bridge of his nose, looking as though Neji's defeat had already been decided.

"This dog was summoned here by Kiba."

"She listens to Kiba."

"And Kiba is on our side."

Kakashi pointed forward dramatically.

"Go, Akamura!"

"Transform into Kiba!"

"And attack Neji!"

After giving the command as though he were in the middle of a Pokémon battle, Kakashi instantly pulled a camera from his ninja-tool pouch.

Clearly, he had originally brought that camera to document their earlier chaos.

Now it had found an even better use.

In this world, Akamaru was female and went by the name Akamura.

Although Kiba had betrayed the traditions of the Inuzuka clan by disliking dogs and preferring cats, Akamura had still been assigned to him since childhood.

And she was willing to do anything for Kiba.

Like the tragic second heroine of an old melodrama, she would sacrifice even her own dignity for the boy she cared about.

And today, Akamura would sacrifice once again.

She activated the Beast Human Transformation technique.

Normally, this was supposed to be something she and Kiba practiced together.

But because Kiba hated dogs, Akamura had been forced to train alone in secret.

She had learned how to transform into Kiba while imagining that one day the two of them might finally perform Fang Over Fang together in perfect harmony.

She had never imagined that the first time she officially transformed into Kiba…

It would be for something this ridiculous.

At its core, Beast Human Transformation was simply another form of Transformation Jutsu.

A dog could become human.

A human could become a dog.

And together, they could even transform into a larger beast.

Naruto had once transformed alongside Gamabunta into the Nine-Tails, so the basic principle was hardly difficult.

And when it came to transformation techniques, one naturally had to mention Naruto's various Sexy Jutsu techniques.

Now, Akamura somehow grasped the concept on her own and produced a Kiba-version Reverse Sexy Jutsu.

Perhaps after enduring years of rejection from Kiba, Akamura had long since developed some complicated feelings toward him.

Whatever the case, once the Kiba-shaped Akamura rushed toward Neji—

Kakashi began snapping pictures.

Click. Click. Click.

"Neji, it's over."

Kakashi immediately put the camera away before Neji could destroy the evidence.

"We'll tell Lady Hokage that you were never an animal lover at all."

"You were pretending."

"You only took the dog because you wanted her to transform into Kiba!"

Neji's shoulders slumped.

"As expected of Konoha's Copy Ninja…"

He slowly sank to his knees.

"You really are far more calculating than an ordinary shinobi like me could ever hope to be…"

His eyes lost all light.

At this point, he simply gave up resisting and let the Kiba-shaped Akamura continue ruining his remaining dignity.

…

Meanwhile, at the Hyūga compound—

Kushina arrived in her golden Nine-Tails Chakra Mode and forcibly stopped Hinata, who had entered a green-chakra Tenseigan state.

Naruto immediately hurried toward the many Hyūga clansmen Hinata had nearly gathered together for execution.

He transferred Nine-Tails chakra into them, helping their injuries rapidly recover.

"Is everyone okay?"

Naruto gave them a bright smile.

"Don't worry! The Hokage and I came to save you!"

The Hyūga clansmen stared at him for a moment.

Then responded with equal enthusiasm.

"Whose furry freak got loose and wandered in here?"

"Save us? We're the strongest clan in Konoha. Why would we need you to save us?"

"Exactly. Are you even qualified? Probably not!"

"Ugh! Don't touch me with your filthy hands, you disgusting lowlife!"

"Come on, don't say that. Naruto did save us."

"And honestly, he doesn't look half bad right now. Maybe afterward we could…"

"Good idea. Tie him up and sell him. We could probably get a decent price!"

Naruto stood there dumbfounded.

The Hyūga clan's hostility crashed into him from every direction.

Someone even threw a rock at him.

Naruto didn't react.

Why?

Why were they treating him like this when he had been nothing but kind to them?

He hadn't done anything wrong.

Naruto desperately searched through everything he had learned from the archives.

Had this world's Naruto somehow offended the Hyūga clan in the past?

No.

Nothing.

There was no reason for this.

The viewers outside were confused too.

Everyone had already grown accustomed to the Will of Bullying by now.

But this time felt different.

It was almost as though Naruto's friendliness had actually activated and strengthened it.

The more kindly he treated them, the more vicious their hostility became.

Why?

The viewing group at the Kirigakure beach couldn't understand it.

But over in Amegakure, Makoto offered an explanation.

"This is actually pretty normal."

"There was once a country called the Masala Kingdom that had a similar social custom."

"In that country, Senju and Uchiha were considered noble, while Inuzuka and Aburame were treated as lowly."

"If you met an Inuzuka-clan ninja there, you absolutely couldn't approach them with excessive kindness."

"You had to act superior, mock them, and push them around."

"Otherwise, they might decide that you were beneath them and turn around and bully you instead."

Makoto continued calmly.

"There was once a traveler who visited the Masala Kingdom."

"He smiled politely at an Inuzuka-clan hotel doorman."

"Just because of that one friendly gesture, the doorman decided the traveler was someone beneath him and treated him brutally afterward."

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