Butler

After dropping Nanao Akane off at home, it was getting dark, so Hyuga Gen drove his sports car back to his apartment.

As soon as he went upstairs, he saw the blond-haired guy hiding by his own door, peeking out half of his body and acting suspiciously. He didn't even notice when Hinata Gen walked up behind him.

"What are you looking at? Get away!"

"ah!!"

The sudden sound startled the blond-haired man, who jumped up and was about to curse when he saw that the speaker was Hyuga Gen. He immediately swallowed the swear words back.

"Oh, it's Hinata-sama. I didn't do anything, I just came out for some fresh air because it was a bit stuffy inside, haha, hahaha."

After saying that, he quickly closed the door.

Hyuga Gen was left with a puzzled look on his face.

What happened to this kid? He used to cling to me like a leech whenever he saw me, but today he ran away so quickly.

"Clatter"

Just then, the door to the next room suddenly opened from the inside, and the next moment, the lady next door came out carrying two bags of trash.

"Good evening!"

"Good evening!"

Upon seeing Hyuga Gen, Yumiko greeted him with a smile, then brushed past him and headed towards the garbage room.

Smelling the fragrant breeze wafting past him, Hyuga Gen glanced at the blond-haired man's room and a realization dawned on him.

"Is the lady next door being watched?"

Knowing the plot's direction, Hyuga Gen wasn't in a hurry. It was still early for the Obon festival (mid-August), and it was only May.

If he remembered correctly, it was around that time that the neighbor's husband pretended to go on a business trip, and it was at that time that the neighbor's wife discovered the books that her husband had treasured, thus triggering the plot.

Now that the neighbor's husband is at home, the blond guy has basically no chance. I'll wait until the plot triggers and then come out to steal him away. Let this kid be a tool for me, since he's just a guy with no special abilities anyway.

Despite his wandering thoughts, Hyuga Gen didn't stop for a moment and quickly returned home.

Ignoring the lack of response, Hyuga Gen, adapting to local customs, said "I'm back" and then lay down on the bed.

Hyuga Gen lay on the bed feeling weak, but after thinking about what happened last night, he gritted his teeth and sat up.

"No, I need to get my body in good shape first. I can barely handle this one, let alone anything else."

Thinking of this, Hyuga Gen sprang out of bed with a somersault, quickly changed into his workout clothes, and started doing push-ups.

Set yourself a small goal first: do 100 push-ups, 100 sit-ups, 100 squats, and a 10-kilometer run every day. Stick to this for three years.

What if there's a Saitama in this world who doesn't need any training?

But while the ideal was beautiful, the reality was cruel. Hyuga Gen could only manage half of 100 push-ups before he couldn't hold on any longer, and he couldn't get up again after 70.

When the white-haired butler opened the door and came in, he saw Hyuga Gen lying on the ground like a dead dog.

Seeing his young master in this state, the butler quickly placed the wooden box covered with a black cloth on the floor and ran towards Hyuga Gen.

"Young Master!"

"housekeeper!"

After helping Hyuga Gen to bed, the butler wiped away the tears from the corners of his eyes with a white handkerchief.

"Young Master, how can you treat yourself like this? If anything happens to you, how can I face the unfortunate master and mistress who perished?"

"Young master, please hang in there. I'll call the hospital right away."

Seeing the butler's appearance, Gen Hinata felt a warmth in his heart. In his memory, this white-haired butler had basically accompanied him throughout his childhood and was considered his closest person.

The original Hyuga Group, as the country's premier top-tier conglomerate, had a wide range of businesses covering many different industries and had a very strong influence in the country.

Because his adoptive parents died mysteriously without leaving any arrangements for the conglomerate, and he was only in junior high school at the time, the Hyuga Conglomerate almost fell apart because of this.

At this critical juncture, the butler took over the management of the Hyuga Group, which enabled the group to survive.

Without the butler, the Hyuga Group would never have achieved its current prestige.

Seeing the butler pull out his phone to make a call with a worried expression, Hyuga Gen quickly said:

"Butler, please don't hit me. I'm fine. I just felt my physical condition was a bit poor and wanted to train myself, but I didn't expect to overdo it and be unable to get up."

"Don't worry about it."

After Hyuga Gen finished speaking, the butler was not very convinced. He carefully examined Hyuga Gen's entire body before he was relieved.

"Oh, young master, you've always been in poor health. Why did you suddenly think of exercising? Even if you want to exercise, you should ask me beforehand. I have some special training methods that Madam left for you."

Upon hearing about special training methods, Hyuga Gen's eyes lit up, and he immediately asked:

"Butler! What method is it?"

The butler listened and said seriously:

"The method to make you a Taimanin is as follows: As the most outstanding Taimanin of the previous era, and as her son, you naturally have the blood of Taimanin flowing in your veins as well."

"You just need to train according to the methods left by Madam, and your strength will improve significantly in no time. However, young master, please don't even think about becoming a Demon Ninja; that's too dangerous."

"Young Master, would you like me to bring you the training manual?"

"????"

Is she the anti-demon ninja I know? My adoptive mother is actually an anti-demon ninja? I don't remember this at all.

Could it be that my ability to slowly increase other people's favorability is inherited from my cheap mother? I've never heard of the Demon Ninja having this ability.

Then, thinking about the miserable state of the demon ninja, Hyuga Gen said somewhat dejectedly:

"Alright, butler, send over the ninjutsu training materials for the Demon Ninja first. Now, could you find a few people with special abilities to come and follow me?"

Hearing his young master say for the first time that he wanted someone to follow him, the butler smiled with relief. His young master had finally come to his senses. What wealthy person in the world wouldn't hire someone to protect them?

"wrong."

Just then, the butler's smile froze, and he asked with a serious expression:

"Young Master, is something wrong? Otherwise, given your usual personality, you would never ask someone to follow you."

Hyuga Gen had no intention of hiding it from this person closest to him, so he nodded and said:

"That's right, I've seen some things I wouldn't normally be able to see these past two days."

Upon hearing this, the butler's expression changed, and a fierce glint appeared in his eyes. Had those things actually become attached to the young master?

"Did you see those things? Don't worry, young master. Although I can't see them, I have heard about them. I will arrange for the best sorcerers in the country to protect you when we get back."

When the butler offered to arrange a sorcerer for him, Hyuga Gen immediately felt relieved. With a sorcerer around, these ghosts shouldn't be able to harm him easily.

Then Hyuga Gen thought of ghouls, and continued:

"Is our family connected to the Ghoul Countermeasures Bureau (CCG)? Ghouls seem to be appearing quite frequently lately, and I'm a little worried."

The butler's eyes turned somewhat cold and sharp upon hearing the word "ghoul".

"Ghouls? These monsters have indeed been quite active lately, but you don't need to worry, young master. Apart from the 11th district, which is quite far from here, the other areas are still very stable."