Chapter 8: Episode 1 Ends Here.

[Wow, he got a perfect score on a math problem during a Chinese exam!]

[Question: Please explain the author’s significance of writing about two jujube trees here. Hanabi’s answer: Solution…]

[Why do I feel like Hanabi just scolded everyone?]

[Hanabi: I am an egalitarian; I despise every single one of you equally lol.]

[Lower than a maggot lol.]

[Cheeky brat gets a like.]

[Ignorant—that word is the essence.]

[Naruto: Who am I, where am I, what am I doing?]

[Clear and profound stupidity in Naruto Uzumaki’s eyes.]

[Naruto: Lady Hanabi is right! As for what she said, that doesn’t matter!]

“Damn it!!”

The defensive-broken Mizuki threw another giant shuriken.

However, Hanabi once again turned into a phantom and disappeared.

The Hanabi standing on the branch was naturally also a fake.

“As expected of Mizuki-sensei, who is lower than a maggot. Didn’t you notice that the branch I was standing on didn’t bend at all? Oh my, throwing away your own weapons so easily, you truly are… amusing.”

Hanabi’s voice came from the other side.

And at this moment, Mizuki realized the truth.

Mizuki carried many ninja tools, but they were mostly kunai and small shuriken. The two giant shuriken on his back were his most powerful weapons, yet under Hanabi’s taunting, he had thrown them away with ease.

“Naruto.”

Hanabi ignored Mizuki directly and looked at Naruto nearby instead.

“Hanabi?”

Naruto also looked up.

“Do what you like to do. No one has the right to blame you. If you feel all this is wrong, then go change it. Those who call you a demon fox and bully you actually know you aren’t the so-called demon fox. Because they absolutely wouldn’t dare to provoke a real demon fox.”

Naruto didn’t understand Hanabi’s words, but his “killer instinct” seemed to realize something: “So, as long as I become stronger, as long as I become Hokage, can I change all this?!”

Hanabi smiled slightly: “What you want to do is decided by yourself. You can choose to forgive, or you can choose not to forgive. These are all your rights.”

Naruto’s eyes lit up instantly.

It was as if the whole world became clear in this instant!

And Hanabi just smiled gently.

There was never any conspiracy like Naruto being hit by Kotoamatsukami.

It was just that compared to hatred, Naruto feared loneliness more. The fear of loneliness and the thirst for bonds overwhelmed Naruto’s hatred.

Whether it was Hanabi before him or Iruka-sensei beside him… haven’t they always been there?

And in the video, soothing background music played at just the right time, stirring up the audience’s emotions.

“Don’t act like I don’t exist!” Mizuki lost his reason; a roar interrupted the BGM as he charged at Hanabi again.

“Mizuki-sensei, your best retreat at a time like this is to withdraw immediately. Lost in anger and blinded, how pitiful,” Hanabi simply taunted Mizuki from where she stood.

However, this time, Mizuki didn’t even reach her. While running halfway, he was knocked flying by a sudden impact.

– It was Naruto. He had charged out directly, repelling Mizuki with an elbow strike.

“Demon fox, it’s all because of you!” Mizuki’s face twisted.

Iruka was one thing, but this damn demon fox dared to provoke him.

“I am not a demon fox.” Naruto looked at Mizuki firmly. “I am Naruto Uzumaki, the man who will become Hokage!”

“Just you! You dead-last who can’t even graduate!” Mizuki stood up, his face ferocious.

– I can’t handle Hanabi and Iruka, but I can’t handle you, a dead-last?!

“Naruto!” Iruka was prepared to engage, but Hanabi suddenly appeared in front of Iruka, stopping him. Iruka was gratified by Naruto’s resolve, but seeing Naruto rush out recklessly like a brute made him anxious.

“Iruka-sensei, leave it to Naruto,” Hanabi smiled.

Iruka was stunned. He suddenly recalled Naruto mentioning earlier that he had learned some ninjutsu: “Wait. Could it be—”

And right at this moment, Naruto completed the hand seals: “Shadow Clone Jutsu!”

Multi Shadow Clone; hundreds and thousands of Narutos densely filled the entire forest.

Unlike Hanabi’s previous Genjutsu, every single one was a tangible entity!

“Don’t come over here!”

Mizuki was dumbfounded, getting beaten up in turns by countless Narutos.

[Don’t come over here! The stale meme is still chasing me!]

[Why can’t I post images in the bullet comments? My meme images are thirsty.]

[Naruto: I don’t know who I am, where I am, or what I’m going to do. But I know beating you down is the right move.]

[Good grief, it’s a boomerang, basically.]

[Actually, Hanabi’s previous Genjutsu was also a boomerang lol.]

[You can tell Mizuki is truly finished. Naruto learned a forbidden jutsu in one night, and Hanabi commented that Mizuki couldn’t even understand it lol.]

[Worse than a dead-last flunker, truly lower than a maggot.]

[Mizuki: Are you never done with this topic!]

The audience was amused, and Hanabi was amused too.

With this wave of leeching screen time, she gained ten thousand points in one breath, second only to her debut.

“It seems the first appearance also has a bonus.”

Although she couldn’t use this move again on this “set,” it could certainly be applied next time. A stunning entrance helps secure high popularity.

After beating Mizuki down, Naruto also received Iruka’s recognition, obtained Iruka’s forehead protector, and successfully graduated.

And the content of the first episode concluded here.

[Gaia!]

[Just arrived, and it’s over already?]

[Why is it only a livestream!]

[Did anyone record it?]

[Can’t record, it has special encryption. Screenshots require a premium membership, screen recording comes out black, and even recording with a phone doesn’t work; it’s guarded like bank note secrets. The website video version has a wait time. Heard it’s a new screening format.]

[Opened an annual premium membership just to screenshot Hanabi’s beautiful pics, but turns out I can’t replay it. Ridiculous.]

[No wonder I didn’t see the OP (Opening).]

[Guess there’s no OP. This episode was super long; I reckon they couldn’t fit it in, just like Re:Zero.]

[If it’s not live, we won’t see these entertaining bullet comments anymore. Pity.]

[Go check the announcement; bullet comments will be preserved in the video version.]

[Damn, didn’t leave a ‘Fire Tongs Liu Ming’ at the start. My loss!]

– So that’s how it is?

Hanabi roughly understood the situation on the other side.

This so-called “Road to Ninja” was broadcast live; a video version and the complete opening and ending themes will be available later.

The night passed without any major incidents. There wasn’t even a need for statements or investigations because the Third Hokage had been watching the whole process with the Telescope Technique. That effect was even better than Hanabi watching a series, because a series only plays at specific times, not a 24-hour livestream. But the Third over there could not only watch the whole thing but also switch angles.

After returning home, Hanabi didn’t say much. The whole matter was sealed by the Third Hokage. Aside from Naruto graduating and Mizuki being jailed for investigation, there didn’t seem to be any extra issues.

Instead, the maid Natsu Hyūga scolded her a bit, saying she shouldn’t have come back so late.

“Phew~” Entering the bath, Hanabi took the opportunity to relax.

[Episode 1 Broadcast End]

[Comment Section Opened]

[Calculating Debut Payment, Please Wait]

After everything ended, the Stage also notified Hanabi that the content of the first episode had finished playing.

“Next is the content of the Scroll of Seals.”

The content recorded in the Scroll of Seals was vast and miscellaneous. There were many messy ninjutsu. Hanabi estimated they were probably casually developed by the Second Hokage and then casually sealed by the First Hokage.

Hanabi saw the Impure World Reincarnation, but this technique wasn’t very useful actually, because it wasn’t perfected yet. Orochimaru’s improved version three years later would be more useful, so Hanabi only used it for reference.

Four Symbols Seal, Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags, and Summoning Jutsu. Before throwing it to Iruka, Hanabi also copied the dispensable Hidden Lotus in passing.

Hanabi’s favorite was the Mutually Multiplying Explosive Tags. This was a technique only rich people could afford to play with, but… her family was quite wealthy. Art is an explosion; Hanabi firmly believed in this.

The Four Symbols Seal could be used to undo Naruto’s seal, but its greater use was as a seal itself. It counted as a “technical reserve.”

As for the Summoning Jutsu, although nominally a forbidden jutsu, basically everyone and their dog knew it, and many clans had it too.

“Wonder what rewards there will be later~”

Two Jujube Trees: A reference to a famous line by Chinese author Lu Xun (“In my backyard, I can see two trees outside the wall. One is a jujube tree, the other is also a jujube tree.”). It is often used in exam questions asking for “deep meaning,” mocking over-analysis. The comment implies Hanabi gave a complex answer to a simple situation.

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