After a whole day of diligent practice, Kirito was also preparing to go to the Hyuga Clan in the evening. After all, Asuka, as the person being protected, is now temporarily living in Hyuga, and the difficulty of the A-level mission is only 40% completed, which means that the danger is far from being eliminated. As the person being protected, if Kirito can't see the latter, how can it be?
Because of the incident of the princess being plotted against a few days ago, although this matter was forbidden by the high-level officials of Konoha, because of this incident, it really made the high-level officials of Konoha very nervous.
One must know that if something happens to the princess of the Land of Fire in Konoha, then the Daimyo House will be in big trouble.
Think about it, if the safety of a princess can't be effectively protected, how trustworthy is such a Shinobi Village?
As a military machine of a country, can it be trusted?
Therefore, it can be imagined that if Asuka is really hurt or even killed in this incident, Konoha's reputation in the Land of Fire will be greatly reduced, which will seriously affect the support of the Daimyo House for Konoha.
After this incident, Asuka was arranged to live in the Hyuga Clan. Although it can't be said that she was grounded, her entrance and exit were indeed monitored and protected by the Hyuga Clan.
This made Asuka very dissatisfied. When she was in the Daimyo House, she was stared at all the time. She didn't expect that she would have to endure such treatment in Konoha, which is thousands of miles away.
However, because Hinata was injured in the third round of the qualifiers, as a friend, Asuka didn't have time to sulk with these boring ninjas. She stayed in Hyuga for the past few days to accompany Hinata on the hospital bed.
Besides the mission, another reason Kirito went to Hyuga was to see Hinata.
On the road to Hyuga, Kirito also happened to meet an old friend.
"Kirito!"
"Ayako, long time no see."
Kirito smiled and greeted the girl in front of him. Her name was Hyuga Ayako. Like Kirito, she was an important branch of the Hyuga Branch Family that protected the younger generation of the main family for generations. However, Kirito's branch was loyal to Lady Hinata, while Ayako's branch served Lady Hanabi.
However, these relationships on this level are secondary. Kirito has always held a perfunctory attitude towards these superficial things. Just like when he was still in the Hyuga Clan, he still called Hinata "Hada-sama" on the surface, but in private, he still called her by her name.
This had nothing to do with being slick and slick. It was just that this was the most convenient way to avoid a lot of unnecessary trouble.
In short, if Kirito was not interested in something, he could do whatever he wanted. Who would care?
Just like now, the reason why Kirito asked Ayako so cordially was not because of the Hyuga relationship, but simply because of personal friendship.
"Kirito … It's only been a little more than half a year, and you have changed a lot ~" Ayako was looking up and down at Kirito in front of her. She found that half a year ago, Kirito was a little shorter than her, but now he was completely the same height as her.
She couldn't help but remember that Kirito was now only thirteen or fourteen years old, so it was natural for him to grow taller quickly.
"Ayako, you haven't changed at all ~" Kirito responded with a smile.
"Wu ~" When Ling Zi heard this, she was instantly unhappy. For a seventeen or eighteen-year-old girl, words like "no change" were not a good comment!
Noticing the girl's thoughts, Kirito couldn't help but smile and wave his hand. "I'm just kidding, Ayako has become more beautiful and mature ~"
"Really …?
Although Rako looked angry at Kirito's compliment, her heart was filled with sweetness, as if she had just eaten a mouthful of honey.
In this way, without meeting an old friend, Kirito accompanied Ayako for a while.
Usually, Ayako rarely walked out of the Hyuga House alone. As the personal maid of the Second Lady of the Hyuga Main Family, she only had the opportunity to go out when she accompanied Hanabi. As for today, it was an exception. Hanabi was going to start practicing Taijutsu, and as the maid, Ayako went out to personally choose suitable bandages, sheaths, and other training equipment.
"In other words, Kirito is going back to the Hyuga House now?"
"There's something wrong with the way you put it. It should be 'going' instead of 'going back.'" Kirito smiled.
"Ah, is that so …" Ayako nodded thoughtfully, then tilted her head and asked in a low voice, "Kirito coming to Hyuga … Did you get the approval of the elders in the Hyuga House?"
"No." Kirito said directly.
"Huh?!" Ayako was shocked. "Without the approval of the elders, Kirito, you …"
"Why do I need the approval of the Hyuga House to go to Hyuga?"
Kirito said lightly. "Well, in order to avoid trouble, I can use the excuse of going to see Asuna."
"Asuna …" Ayako was puzzled.
"She's the Princess of the Fire Country who is temporarily staying in Hyuga."
"Huh?!"
Ayako was suddenly shocked, and her eyes blinked. "Asuna … Is that the name of the Princess?
By the way, Kirito, how can you call the Princess by her name? "
Kirito waved his hand and said, "That's because she asked me to call her by her name. Well, these things don't mean much, don't think too much about it."
"It doesn't mean anything …" Ayako didn't understand why Kirito meant that calling the princess by her name didn't mean anything. However, Ayako quickly said worriedly, "If you want to see Asuka … Ah, Her Royal Highness, even the people in the clan can't easily see her. The elders strictly forbid the younger generation from offending the princess. Kirito, if you want to see the princess, the elders in the clan won't allow it …"