Chapter 6: Hey, What happened to the Conspiracy Theory?

After Hanabi left, Mizuki impatiently sought out Naruto.

And the bullet comments below filled the screen.

When Hanabi and Naruto were talking earlier, the camera had given Mizuki several shots of him looking like he’d eaten something foul.

[Mizuki: Urgent, urgent, urgent!]

[I bet two coins this guy is up to no good!]

[Did Lady Hanabi notice this guy?]

[Based on my years of anime-watching experience, this guy is definitely a villain.]

“Hanabi, aren’t you going home?”

After saying goodbye to Naruto, Hiashi Hyūga and Hinata prepared to head back, but Hanabi didn’t want to return yet.

“Mm, I graduated today, so I plan to wander around Konoha for a bit.”

As Hanabi spoke, she shook her ankle slightly.

She wasn’t wearing geta today but the matching zori with red straps and red soles, painted with black lacquer. Today was graduation, and zori were more formal than geta, fitting for this graduation scenario. Actually, she had wanted to wear another pair of Yabane (arrow-feather pattern) zori that were more suitable for a graduation ceremony, but they didn’t match her outfit, so Hanabi stuck with the matching black-and-red zori.

“Do you want Natsu to accompany you?” Hiashi asked.

“No need, I just… can only remember Konoha in this way.”

Hanabi smiled.

Hiashi and Hinata were both silenced simultaneously.

Hanabi couldn’t see; she couldn’t use the Byakugan to scan her surroundings. Therefore, she could only measure the entirety of Konoha in this manner.

However, this was just a “reason.”

In reality, Hanabi had long since examined the structure of Konoha inside and out.

But without a “reason,” getting involved in difficulties and changing fate would be very hard.

This was also a summary of Hanabi’s discoveries over the years.

If there is a “reason,” changing fate is much easier than forcefully “brute-forcing” it.

A “reason” is sometimes like a lever; it can use one unit of force to move ten units of fate.

Simply put, one needs to “guide matters along the path of circumstances.”

And now, having the reason of “wanting to remember Konoha,” it became very convenient for her to appear in the scenes.

Otherwise, appearing abruptly in front of Naruto would be inconvenient instead.

Wanting to recklessly “rewrite the script” was the privilege of a protagonist, while she was merely a “supporting character.”

What happened next went without saying.

Mizuki tricked Naruto into stealing the Scroll of Seals.

And Naruto, foolishly believing it was truly a “makeup exam,” went along with it.

At the Third Hokage’s house, Naruto was actually discovered by the Third, but subsequently, the Third was knocked out by Naruto’s Sexy Jutsu.

“This is content from the manga.”

In the manga, the Third Hokage discovered Naruto while he was stealing the scroll, whereas in the anime, this scene was moved to later.

“Great, looks like it’s not completely the anime version of Naruto.”

Hanabi had noticed earlier that there were many clues in this world related to the anime version of Naruto. She originally thought this world would mostly “recreate” the anime version. Now seeing this “manga setting,” she was actually somewhat moved.

At least regarding the evaluation of the final boss, Kaguya Ōtsutsuki, Hanabi felt the anime version’s setting was explosively low-quality.

It wasn’t that Hanabi disliked the differences between the anime and manga versions. It was just that being low-quality wasn’t the issue; the issue was that it lowered her own style!

Hanabi hoped for some interesting content. An unknown grand stage of fate was the most interesting.

For example, Uchiha Hikari—my waifu—appearing in the Naruto games; she is also a classic character. If there were game settings here too, that would be quite interesting.

“Next, I just need to find Naruto.”

Finding Naruto was quite simple. As the “protagonist” of this story, wasn’t Naruto right there in the video?

The area where Naruto was located was likely around the forest. That place was told to Naruto by Mizuki, so it had a certain degree of concealment. However, since Iruka could find it, it meant it wasn’t a completely uninhabited area.

After locking onto a few targets and comparing the houses and terrain features in the video background, it was easy to find the target.

– It sounds complicated, but this kind of intelligence analysis is a ninja’s basic skill.

When Hanabi found Naruto, he was panting heavily while clutching the scroll.

The video had previously shown Naruto complaining about the Clone Jutsu being his worst technique after seeing the first “Multi Shadow Clone,” so Naruto was probably practicing this jutsu now. But seeing Naruto resting here, he had likely already mastered it.

“Oh my, what a coincidence, Naruto.”

Hanabi’s voice suddenly appeared behind Naruto.

“Whoa, it’s Hanabi! You scared me!”

Naruto was startled by the voice.

“What are you doing here?” Hanabi asked, feigning ignorance.

Naruto looked left and right, then smiled mysteriously: “You’ll know tomorrow. right now is my, Naruto Uzumaki’s, top-secret mission time.”

Naruto had taken Mizuki’s words seriously, thinking this was truly a secret “makeup exam.”

“But what are you doing here, Hanabi?” Naruto asked in return.

“Mm, because I’m about to become a ninja, to commemorate it, I plan to walk all over Konoha and properly commit this place to memory,” Hanabi said.

“I say, I say, Hanabi, wearing clothes like that, you won’t finish walking even by tomorrow,” Naruto teased.

“Actually, my walking speed is quite fast—” Hanabi’s voice suddenly came from right next to his ear.

Naruto looked closely again; Hanabi wasn’t in front of him anymore, she was right beside him!

“Whoa!!” Naruto was startled, falling on his butt and shouting, “Don’t always prank me like this!”

This wasn’t the first time.

“So that’s it. The Scroll of Seals.” Hanabi tilted her head. “Naruto, what exactly are you doing?”

Of course, Hanabi knew it was the Scroll of Seals.

But currently, to sense the outside world, she released chakra around her body to feel everything in the vicinity. So to know the condition of the Scroll of Seals, she couldn’t be too far away.

“Eh, when did you?!”

Naruto looked blank; the Scroll of Seals in his hand had already fallen into Hanabi’s hands by this time.

Hanabi had a little interest in the Scroll of Seals, but only “a little.”

In the original work, the only jutsu confirmed to be in the Scroll of Seals was the Multi Shadow Clone Jutsu.

By the way, many people think the Flying Thunder God Technique, a space-time ninjutsu, is also in the Scroll of Seals, but it actually isn’t. This jutsu is neither forbidden nor harmful to the user; it simply has no successors.

Simply put, people can’t learn it.

Just like the Landau barrier being there; even a Nobel Prize winner wouldn’t find it easy to understand that “tutorial.”

Impure World Reincarnation is likely in there, but it differed from Hanabi’s self-positioning, so she wasn’t interested.

Character settings can’t be OOC (Out Of Character), and she wasn’t some necromancer.

Just then, the scene on the Dimensional Popularity Stage changed again. The image shifted to the Third Hokage, who was holding a crystal ball and using the Telescope Technique to observe Naruto and Hanabi remotely.

“As expected of the genius of the Hyūga family. Her vigilance is truly astonishing.”

Seeing Hanabi put away the Scroll of Seals, the Third Hokage breathed a sigh of relief.

Being knocked out by Naruto was purely an accident. He had been worried Naruto would see the contents of the Scroll of Seals and learn how to undo the seal on the Nine-Tailed Fox.

As for the Scroll of Seals being in Hanabi’s hands, the Third wasn’t worried. One could say her eyes were lost for the sake of Konoha. In a sense, Hanabi could even be called “roots deep and seedlings red” (politically reliable/loyal).

Hanabi herself, however, felt somewhat bored.

– What the heck? Where is the plot point about the Scroll of Seals being the Third’s “test” for Naruto?

Why is there absolutely no conspiracy theory?

Was it really just carelessness?

Without a conspiracy theory, how can I add drama?

Since there’s no conspiracy theory, I’ll add the drama myself.

Anyway, let’s copy a few jutsu from the Scroll of Seals first.

Uchiha Hikari: A character from the game Naruto x Boruto: Ninja Voltage (specifically the Boruto story mode), known as “Uchiha Hikari” or “Light Uchiha.” She is a popular character among fans, hence the “my waifu” reference.

Roots Deep and Seedlings Red (Gen Zheng Miao Hong): A Chinese idiom often used in political contexts to describe someone with a “pure” class background and loyal history. Here, it means Hanabi is seen as extremely loyal to the village.

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