Seeing Neji, Shinji didn't ask any more questions. Instead, he sat down to the side, letting his disciple sense carefully before speaking.
Neji looked at his palms in disbelief, then looked up at the sky. Finally, he looked back in Shinji's direction, but was startled.
In his vision, Shinji now seemed like a giant Chakra reactor, overflowing with massive Chakra fluctuations. And it seemed, his perception was a little different. The strange things emanating from the Chakra made Neji pause.
Shinji, seeing Neji seemingly in a daze, waved his hand and asked, "What's wrong?"
Neji shook his head and said, "I don't know how to explain it."
Shinji said, a bit curious, "Just tell me in a way you can understand."
"The field of vision has expanded a lot. Before, the radius was less than fifty meters, but now it's far beyond half a kilometer."
"And I can feel a significant increase in depth perception and precision. The Chakra flow and the details of Chakra pathways and acupoints are much clearer and more subtle."
"And..."
Neji didn't finish speaking, reaching out and grabbing a dragonfly flying by.
Shinji understood, his dynamic vision had also been enhanced.
Neji released the dragonfly and said, "But, sensei, the most important thing is that I found the Chakra I see now is no longer the same as before, there's something extra."
"Something extra?" Shinji asked with a hint of curiosity.
A sudden leap in insight and enhanced dynamic ability alone could instantly raise a ninja's upper limit. After all, a ninja has always been an assassination tool.
Neji organized his words before speaking, "Hmm, it's like I can feel something like emotion in your Chakra, Shinji-sensei, very faint."
Shinji couldn't help but widen his eyes.
Emotion...
This touched upon the soul. In the original story, only Karin had such a perception. And it was inherent to her Kagura Mind's Eye, just like she could sense Sasuke's and Naruto's Chakra fluctuations. But it probably doesn't count yet.
Shinji said, "Hmm, for now, you must keep it to yourself and not tell anyone."
Neji nodded.
Naturally, the fewer people who knew about such a thing, the better.
While thinking, Neji untied the black ribbon from his head.
Shinji naturally understood. He observed for a moment, then said, "It's fine, there's no change, but still keep it tied."
Neji nodded upon hearing this. He considered it a disgrace, so it was impossible for him to expose it openly.
"Besides these, there's nothing else, right?"
Shinji stood up and walked to Neji's side, asking, as he was more concerned about the growth of his Byakugan.
Neji nodded. "Yes, there seems to be a power constantly in my mind. Although it's very slow, I can feel my concentration and the precision of my Chakra control slowly increasing."
Shinji stroked his chin and said, "Tomorrow, let Hinata take a look at you. For tonight, you can stay at my house first."
Since the Byakugan can see through things, Shinji had to make sure Neji wouldn't be discovered by the Byakugan.
"...Yes." Neji was silent for a moment, then slowly nodded.
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The next day.
"Ah! How is it so late again!"
Naruto, who had just woken up, glanced at the alarm clock, and his hazy state instantly cleared, startled awake.
After a flurry of activity, he left the house with his ninja tool pouch. His occasional carelessness led him to step on railings on people's rooftops, causing a commotion.
"Sorry!"
Naruto ignored the old woman cursing him from her balcony behind him, apologized, and quickly left.
As soon as he stepped into the training ground, he panted and shouted, "Sensei! I didn't mean to be late!"
On the Training Ground.
Shinji helplessly covered his forehead. Naruto, this kid, was the most active in training. But sometimes, he couldn't get up, and it was mostly because he had chatted with Nine-Tails too late last night.
"Naruto, you haven't eaten yet, have you?" Hinata came to Naruto's side and handed him a bento box.
"Thank you, Hinata." Naruto accepted it with a big smile, then, as if sensing something, turned his head to look.
"Eh! Aren't you that grumpy-faced guy!" Naruto pointed at Neji, who was training alone in the field, and shouted in shock.
Neji, who had been looking at Hinata, was speechless when Naruto pointed at him like that.
Slap—
Shinji gave Naruto a slap on the head, annoyed.
"Naruto, you can't point at people, it's very rude. And, starting today, Neji will train with you all."
"Yes! Sensei!" Naruto responded, without any complaints.
Then, he shuffled his feet and walked to Neji's side, looking at him curiously.
Neji, who was practicing the Eternal Fist taught by Shinji, twitched his lips, turned his head, and asked, "Something wrong?"
"Uh, no. Want to eat together?" Naruto asked, holding up the bento in his hand.
"No thanks."
Seeing Naruto offer him the bento Hinata gave him, Neji simply shook his head.
When he had just arrived in the morning, Shinji had already had Hinata check him. In Hinata's Byakugan, there was no difference seen in Neji's body.
At this point, Shinji was relieved. At least, Neji had time to develop.
Naruto didn't say anything more when he saw this, turning to finish his breakfast.
As soon as he finished eating, Naruto thanked Hinata, then turned and challenged Sasuke.
"Sasuke! Come get beaten!"
"...Loser, have you gotten too big for your britches lately?" Sasuke, who had been called out, looked at Naruto, quite speechless, and asked.
"Too big for my britches? Do you think a victor worries about getting too big for his britches?"
Naruto crossed his arms and said to Sasuke in a very annoying manner.
After all, in his battles with Sasuke, he had always won more than he lost.
Sasuke felt a vein pop on his forehead, turned, and walked towards the open space, saying, "Loser, I'm definitely going to beat you up today!"
Naruto retorted, "Who's afraid of who!"
Neji, who was nearby, stopped his training. For the circle he had just joined, he wasn't sure how to adapt.
Were Shinji-sensei's disciples all this strange?
Shinji said with a slight smile, "Neji, let's watch together. Occasional competition helps with training."
He no longer needed to assign tasks to Naruto and Sasuke. They would engage in battles before or after training.
Neji nodded, temporarily putting aside his training. He wanted to see how strong Naruto really was. After all, their last battle hadn't truly begun. Or rather, he had already lost last time.