Hinata Hajime doesn't like fighting. He has never had much sympathy for violence, even though several of his companions are experts in fighting.

In short, Hinata Hajime is just an insurance, and he only takes action occasionally to prevent them from fighting too much and losing their home.

When he got the dagger, Hinata Hajime gestured to Basil behind him. As the apprentice of the leader of the Vongola outer consultants, Basil was smarter than imagined. He immediately understood that Hinata Hajime wanted him to leave at this time.

As long as he left, Squalo couldn't catch him and the fight wouldn't start.

So Bagel retreated quietly, and then saw Squalo coming towards him in the corner of his eye.

Bagher was almost scared and ran back. Having been chased all the way, Bagher knew better than anyone how strong Squalo was.

But to Bagel's surprise, Squalo's long sword was actually blocked by Hinata Sou's small dagger. Hinata Sou stood very steadily, with his long black hair flying backwards in the darkness with the air waves. After Bagel was sure that he would be fine, he ran away quickly.

Sure enough, Mr. Riboud’s friends are not ordinary people either!

After Basil left, with a click, Hinata Sou missed the attack and took two steps back. The dagger in his hand fell to the ground, broken into two pieces.

Squalo was a little surprised. "Ordinary people?"

Even though the dagger in Basil's hand was a weapon made by the Vongola Technology Department and was endowed with various special abilities, the user did not have the Flame of Death, which would of course greatly reduce the efficiency of the weapon, especially after colliding with an opponent of Squalo's level.

The dagger that was not blessed with the Death Flame was cut by Squalo, which also confirmed the fact that the Hyuga Wakaba Root did not have the Death Flame.

"Is this something surprising?" Hinata Hajime asked in confusion.

"You are really brave." Squalo rushed over again, "I want to see how far you can go!"

Hinata Hajime dodged the blade that was coming at him, and his long black hair slid in an arc due to the force, and was almost cut off by the blade. Hinata Hajime began to deeply feel that having long hair was really inconvenient for everyone, but fortunately, he didn't like fighting.

After looking back and making sure that Basil had really left, Hinata Hajime started his own action.

He pretended to rush over, and then when Squalo attacked, he flew over his head. Squalo reacted quickly, and he turned around to prepare for the attack from behind, but he saw Hinata Hajime jumping directly from the roof.

"What?"

Squalo walked to the top of the building and looked down. It was already very late at night and he could not see anything but a dark mass.

"Isn't that guy an ordinary person? Isn't he afraid of falling to his death after jumping from such a high place?"

After putting away the knife, Squalo lost interest. He then looked towards the place where Basil had been standing before. After thinking for three seconds, he chose a direction and continued to chase him. Compared to Hinata Hajime who was nowhere to be found, it was more important to chase Basil and get the ring.

"Anyway, is this the family again?" Hinata Hajime was hanging on the protruding balcony railing, his long black hair flying in the wind. "Why do I feel more and more that Tsunayoshi is in a dangerous situation now? What kind of family is the Vongola family?"

【Mafia.】

"The Port Mafia kind?"

[On the surface, the Vongola doesn't look very dangerous, but the reason why it is called the Mafia is that you should know what the situation is like inside.] Kamukura Izuru's voice was as calm as ever. After all, when it comes to Hinata Hajime, he still has a say.

Kuzuryu Fuyuhiko is the young master of the Kuzuryu Group, the largest mafia organization in Japan.

During the period of despair of the Nine Dragons, he led his Nine Dragons Group to spread violence around the world, and the darkness of the mafia organization was simply demonstrated vividly.

"So, even though this Vongola has a gentle boy like Tsuneyoshi as its leader, it is actually still a scary mafia family, right?" Hinata Hajime moved along the balcony a little bit, dodging a patrolling security guard. "This is really not good."

[Since he has decided to become the leader, he will have to face and accept the darkness one day.]

"He is still very young now, and I don't know whether he will accept the inevitable death when he grows up."

【No problem.】

"Why are you so sure?"

【Because you accepted it too. 】

Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment.

He jumped down from the second-floor balcony, his long black hair hanging down neatly below his waist. Hinata Hajime took out a simple hair tie from his pocket and tied up his hair casually, then spoke, "I think there are some differences. After all, there is actually nothing similar between me and Tsunayoshi."

If Hinata Hajime's life happened to an ordinary person, it would be quite terrifying.

His inferiority complex as an ordinary person with no talent made him have negative views of the world. He finally met a friend like Nanami, but in the end, his dreams were completely shattered by Hope's Peak Academy. He was forced and suppressed to choose to undergo human experiments, and was forced to erase his personality, becoming a cold and emotionless person. He had to watch Nanami die.

Even if he found himself in the new world program, he had done terrible enough things, and even if he looked back, his hands were full of sin and blood.

Hinata Hajime's acceptance was simply because reality was too cruel, and he had no choice but to accept it. But Sawada Tsunayoshi could make a choice. He could choose what kind of person he wanted to be.

Walking back to the store, Hinata Hajime yawned, "I'm so sleepy."

【Want to exchange? 】

"Eh?" Hinata Hajime was stunned for a moment, then he blinked, "I'm going to sleep, you take us home?"

【Um.】

Hinata Hajime smiled, "Okay."

Hinata Sou stretched his waist vigorously and closed his eyes, "Good night."

When he opened his eyes again, both of his pupils turned red. The red pupils could not be seen clearly in the darkness, but as always, there was not much emotional fluctuation. Kamukura Izuru placed his hands on his chest and spoke in a very soft voice.

He said, "Good night."

Kamiza Izuru really likes to listen to Hinata Sou talk.

I especially like Hinata Hajime's way of addressing us as "we".

Although Hinata Sou's thoughts are very ordinary and simple to Izuru Kamiza, so simple that he knows what Hyuga Sou will say before he speaks, but Izuru Kamiza still likes to listen to Hinata Sou's voice and words, because Hinata Sou is a completely different self from him.

Full of warmth and affection, full of love for the world, and never bored with the world even with analytical ability turned on.

It was his Hyuga Hajime.

It's his feelings.

"Meow, meow."

A small cat's meow was heard, and Kamiya Izuru stopped and looked to the side.

A cat with smooth fur squatted on the tree and meowed at him, as if it couldn't get down after climbing up the tree. The cat was trembling all over, and its tears had blurred the fur under its eyes. Its voice was a little hoarse, and it seemed that even its cheeks had grown bigger, but Kamijou Izuru immediately realized that this was the cat that Hinata Sou had asked Komaeda Nagito to find during the day.

Walking under the tree, Kamiya Izuru looked at the cat. When his red eyes met the cat's pupils, the cat began to tremble.

After staring at the cat for three seconds, Kamukura Izuru stretched out his hand.

"Come down."

The cat stepped back, seemingly feeling scared, but after a moment, it looked at Kamizuru with tears in its eyes, and finally made up its mind, jumped down the tree trunk, and rolled into Kamizuru's arms. Kamizuru looked at it expressionlessly, and in its hands it felt the soft touch of cat fur.

"Be quiet." Kamukura Izuru hugged the cat.

The cat made a weak sound, looked at Kamizuru Izuru, and then quietly rubbed Kamizuru Izuru's hand with its head, looking like it was acting coquettishly.

So, animals are always simpler than humans. They can perceive some things more sensitively, but they can also be completely unaware of the difference between certain things.

They could never tell the difference between Kamijou Izuru and Hinata Hajime; to them, they were just one person.

I returned to the store with the cat in my arms. About three minutes later, Nagito Komaeda came in, frowning in the dark.

"Why can't I find a cat in the middle of the night? And where is this? Am I lost?"

“It’s so unfortunate.”

…

So when Hinata Hajime woke up early in the morning, he found a white and beautiful cat sleeping on his bed. The cat looked exactly like the one that Komaeda Nagisa had asked him to find before.

Hinata Hajime stroked the cat's chin in confusion, watching the cat rolling comfortably on his bed, leaving a trail of cat hair.

"Wait?!" Hinata finally realized something was wrong, "My bed sheets!"

The bad thing about white long-haired cats is that they keep shedding hair in the hot summer, like a self-propelled hair-shedding machine. Hinata Sou filled its bed with the cat food that he had left over from last time, and then began to deal with the cat hair that was already so unsightly on the bed. But before Hinata Sou could finish, the doorbell rang at the store door.

"Eh?" Hinata Sou walked over and opened the store door. "It's not open yet."

"No, please save me!" The uncle grabbed Hinata Hajime's hand and was about to cry, "I heard that you are the most powerful person around here. I can't find anyone else to help me except you!"

"Huh?" Hinata frowned, and after a moment he opened the door, "Then come in first."

The uncle followed him into the store. Hinata Hajime took a quick look at the man as he put down his cleaning tools. He was wearing a strange safety helmet, clothes that looked like a worker's, and boots... well, like an oil driller.

So the uncle began to introduce himself, "I am an oil worker in Africa."

Hinata Hajime: ...

"I have been in Africa to make money. I have not been back since my son was very young. This year I finally had a vacation. I thought I would be with my son and wife, but the result! Because I have been away from home for so many years, my son actually thought I had died a long time ago. His mother told him that I was drilling for oil in Africa to comfort him!"

Hinata Hajime: ...Huh?

"Anyway, how can I mend my relationship with my son? He doesn't trust me at all right now."

Hinata Hajime twitched his lips, "Well, why don't you tell him the truth?"

"I've told him many times that I'm drilling for oil in Africa." The uncle shook his head and sighed, "But he doesn't care about that. He cares about my absence, which has left him and his mother without anyone to take care of them. His mother has worked so hard."

"No, that's not what I'm talking about. I'm telling you the truth." Hinata Sou said seriously, "Tell him why you can't stay in Japan."

Sawada Iemitsu raised his head and he and Hinata Hajime looked at each other.

It was also at that moment that he seemed to feel that the young man in front of him had seen through him completely just by looking at each other.

Sawada Iemitsu laughed.

Young people today are terrible.