Just like Izayoi had said to Hinata.
The graduation assessment didn't take long.
After chatting for a while, other classmates who had passed the graduation assessment arrived at the playground one after another.
Before long, Iruka Umino also came over.
This meant that the familiar faces not present had failed the graduation assessment and had been eliminated.
Upon closer inspection, it was apparent that the only familiar face missing was Naruto Uzumaki.
"Alright, everyone, sorry to keep you waiting."
Iruka Umino, holding a clipboard, smiled and said, "Everyone, please put on your Forehead Protectors. Now, I'll take you to have your profile pictures taken."
"Iruka-sensei, where should we wear the Forehead Protector?"
One student raised their hand and asked.
"Anywhere on your upper body is fine," Iruka Umino said.
So, the students wore their Forehead Protectors either on their foreheads, tied around their arms, hung around their necks, or used them as headbands, and so on...
Hinata was one of those who hung it around her neck.
Izayoi, on the other hand, tied it to his left arm.
Once everyone was ready, Iruka Umino led them to the rooftop of the Comprehensive Building.
A photographer was already waiting there with a standing camera.
After queuing up to have their profile pictures taken, the students couldn't wait to leave the Comprehensive Building, either strolling leisurely or rushing towards the school gate.
At the school gate, parents were already gathered.
Some parents were comforting their eliminated children, while others were looking at the school with anticipation.
They all knew that those who hadn't come out yet were the Genin who had passed the graduation assessment.
With the appearance of the students, the school gate immediately became lively.
But this lively scene hurt some orphans who had no parents.
They either watched this scene with envy or ran out of the school without daring to look.
Sasuke Uchiha was both the former and the latter.
After taking one envious glance, he disappeared like a shadow.
Izayoi didn't belong to either category.
Because...
"Oni-chan, Onee-chan, here, here..."
At the school gate, a girl's voice was particularly loud.
Hanabi, wearing a yellow-brown kimono with flame patterns on the skirt, was waving her little hand towards Izayoi and Hinata.
Seeing this, Izayoi's lips curled up slightly, and Hinata also smiled faintly.
Before they even reached the school gate, Izayoi bent his knees and squatted down, hugging Hanabi who was rushing towards him.
"Onii-chan, Onee-chan, I'm here to pick you up."
Hanabi hugged Izayoi's neck with both hands, noticing the Forehead Protector on his arm immediately, and asked curiously, "Onii-chan, is this the Genin Forehead Protector?"
"Yeah, here, you can play with it."
Izayoi nodded, took off the Forehead Protector and handed it to Hanabi, then picked Hanabi up, and smiled at Hinata.
Then the three of them left the school together.
A few years have passed, and Hanabi, who is now seven years old, has also undergone considerable changes.
In the original story, Hanabi at this age still had shoulder-length short hair.
However, seeing her sister growing her hair long, she also deliberately kept her hair long.
Now her hair is as long as it was in the movie, reaching her waist, and the two strands of bangs are tied into braids.
When fighting and training, she either has long straight black hair or ties it into a single ponytail, coupled with her firm eyes and serious expression, she already has some of the heroic appearance from Boruto.
Perhaps because of precociousness, Hanabi's development is much faster than Hinata's. She will grow to 1.7 meters in the future, but now she has already grown to 1.32 meters, only a little over a head shorter than Izayoi.
Moreover, Hinata at this age still has a baby face.
But Hanabi's small face has already shed a lot of baby fat and is already in the shape of a melon seed face.
Hanabi imitated Hinata, hanging the Genin Forehead Protector around her neck, and smiled at Izayoi, "Onii-chan, to celebrate you and Onee-chan becoming Genin, let's eat hot pot today."
"It's clearly because Hanabi you want to eat it yourself."
Hinata stretched out her slender, jade-like index finger and gently tapped Hanabi's forehead.
"Hehe..."
Hanabi stuck out her tongue embarrassedly and said, "Who told Father to not allow us to eat this kind of thing, but Hanabi just wants to eat hot pot today."
Izayoi was charmed by Hanabi's cute appearance, and immediately said, "Okay, then let's eat hot pot today."
"Great."
Hanabi cheered for a while, and then 'pushed her luck' and said, "Onii-chan, I also want a piggyback ride."
"No."
Hinata immediately pouted and scolded, "Hanabi, you're so tall now, you can't do that kind of thing anymore."
"I'm only seven years old this year, what does it matter."
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Hanabi made a face at Hinata, and then acted coquettishly towards Izayoi, "Onii-chan, please."
"No problem."
Izayoi immediately freed up a hand and made a strongman pose, saying, "Don't say you're seven years old, even if Hanabi is as tall as Onii-chan, I can still give you a piggyback ride."
"As expected of Onii-chan."
Hanabi immediately put on an adoring expression, then got down from Izayoi's embrace and straddled his shoulders from behind.
"Seriously..."
Watching Izayoi walk ahead, directed by Hanabi towards the market, Hinata first sighed helplessly, then followed with an indulgent smile.
Whoosh—
Not long after the three of them left, a figure suddenly appeared out of nowhere in their place.
Upon closer inspection, it was a Hyuga clansman wearing a Green Vest, with the same eyes as Hinata and Hanabi.
This person was Hanabi's guard.
Hinata always had guards when she went out, so how could Hanabi not have one?
It's just that for some reason, he didn't protect Hanabi closely, but silently guarded her in the dark.
Except for Hanabi, both Izayoi and Hinata knew of the guard's existence.
In the past six years, although Izayoi had not yet met Hiashi Hyuga, he had a tacit understanding with this future father-in-law.
The former was responsible for gently nurturing Hinata and Hanabi, allowing Hinata and Hanabi, who had lost their mother, to grow up in his love and doting; the latter was strict, making them bear the glory of the prominent family.
Living under high pressure at home, Hinata and Hanabi naturally relied heavily on Izayoi.
Only in front of Izayoi would Hanabi be as lively as a child of her age, full of playfulness and mischief.
In front of Hiashi Hyuga, she was just like in the original work, a very precocious little adult.
The same was true for Hinata.
Going to the market to buy ingredients for hot pot, as well as Hanabi's favorite Glutinous Rice Balls and bananas, milk, and Hinata's favorite Cinnamon Rolls, Izayoi took the two girls home to have hot pot.
After eating and drinking their fill, the three of them sat on a long sofa, chatting while digesting.
Sitting next to Izayoi, finally no longer reserved, Hinata, with her head resting on his shoulder, suddenly said, "Izayoi-kun, it seems like Naruto-kun is the only one in our class who hasn't graduated."
"Yeah."
Izayoi, who was playing with Hanabi's braided bangs, nodded.
When the two of them walked to the school gate, they noticed Naruto Uzumaki sitting on the swing at first glance.
"Naruto-kun's Chakra is so powerful, why can't he even do a Clone Technique?" Hinata asked, puzzled.
"Maybe his Chakra control is very average."
Izayoi casually brushed it off, "His academic performance is so poor, his Shuriken throwing hasn't improved much, and he's always the first to be eliminated in every Survival Exercise. The only bright spot is Taijutsu Sparring. Maybe failing is a good thing."
"Yeah."
Recalling Naruto Uzumaki's performance over the past six years, Hinata nodded in agreement.
But neither she nor Hanabi, who was leaning in Izayoi's arms, squinting as if she was about to fall asleep, noticed that Izayoi had a subtle arc at the corner of his mouth when he was being perfunctory.
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