Neji walked over, picked up the little guy, and put it on his shoulder. It took him a while to remember what kind of creature it was, something called a ferret.
"I didn't expect things to work out this way, actually running into something like this." Neji murmured, "Oh well, it's been a long time since I've seen them anyway. It wouldn't be bad to see my little brother, and those stones, it wouldn't hurt to take a look."
"Tap, tap, tap..."
A series of footsteps came closer and closer, very fast, but Neji still didn't pay attention, continuing to talk to himself, until the footsteps stopped not far from him. Only then did he leisurely raise his head and say, "Everyone, long time no see."
"How... is this possible?!"
"Neji, what are you doing here?"
"Whoa, I've got a feeling things are about to get messy."
Standing in front of Neji were none other than Naruto, Shikamaru, and Sakura from the Konoha Twelve.
"Neji." Sakura's eyes showed hope, and she couldn't help but run towards Neji, but Shikamaru stopped her.
"Calm down, Sakura. We don't know if he's a friend or an enemy right now." Then, Shikamaru cautiously asked, "Why are you here?!"
Neji looked at Shikamaru with interest and said calmly, "I don't know what's going on, but it looks like you became a Chunin."
"Yeah, thanks to you and Sasuke," Shikamaru scratched his head and said reluctantly. Since becoming a Chunin, there have been more and more problems, like right now, going out on a small mission and running into this kind of trouble.
"Alright, now can you tell us why you're here?" As he spoke, Shikamaru was already preparing to fight.
"No, wait." Sakura suddenly stood in front of Neji and said to Shikamaru, "Neji hasn't been officially declared a missing-nin yet."
"Although I don't know why the higher-ups are handling it this way, it's always better to be careful, or it'll become a headache."
"Congratulations on becoming a Chunin. Although your fighting skills are good, unfortunately, I don't have any bad intentions towards you," Neji said.
"Hey, wait a minute, why is it like this? What's going on?" As the number one idiot among the Hokage, Naruto still didn't understand the situation. In his opinion, everyone was friends, so why was the atmosphere so tense?!
"Idiot."
"Idiot."
They said in unison, but thanks to Naruto's interruption, the tension between the two sides eased a lot.
"I really won't hurt you. You should have heard a little about me destroying Root and killing Danzo. If I really wanted to attack you, even Tsunade couldn't protect you." Neji said casually, as if it was a trivial matter, but it shocked them.
"You did those things!"
They couldn't help but exclaim. Regarding Root and Danzo, the Konoha higher-ups had only briefly said that they had been attacked, without explaining the specific details, so no one knew that Neji had done it. Now that they heard the truth, they were stunned.
Neji alone had done such a big thing, so how strong was he? It was unimaginable.
However, Shikamaru's mind was more meticulous. Even though Neji had done such a thing, Konoha still hadn't completely labeled him as a missing-nin, so there must be something hidden.
However, Neji and the higher-ups had tacitly agreed not to say anything, so he couldn't press for answers.
"Alright, can you stop being so cautious of me?" Neji walked forward, holding the little guy in his arms, and said, "Your mission is to find it, right? If that's the case, there's one thing you have to do."
Looking at the strange smile on Neji's face, Shikamaru wished he had never come here. He felt that things were getting even more troublesome.
Soon after, the group was walking through the green fields, heading towards the village. Along the way, Neji had told them everything about Hyde and the Grell Stone in detail.
"This is such a pain, it was supposed to be a simple mission," Shikamaru looked up at the sky, feeling like the whole world was dark.
"Don't say that," Sakura was quite happy. She had always liked Neji, and now she could carry out a mission with him. She couldn't be happier, but unfortunately, Neji remained expressionless and calm.
"How did you know?" Naruto surprisingly asked the important question.
Neji chuckled, "Compared to you guys always staying in the village, my journey has been very eventful. You can learn these things with just a little attention."
"Oh, that's right, Neji, you left with Sasuke, right?" Naruto suddenly asked. As soon as Neji heard that, he knew what Naruto was going to ask.
"Do you know what Sasuke is doing now?"
Sure enough, Neji sighed, were Naruto and Sasuke the real couple?
"He's learning Ninjutsu from Orochimaru. He should be improving, although in my opinion, he's still the same as before," Neji said calmly.
"Damn," Shikamaru was stunned, and didn't want to walk with Neji at all. Although he was lazy and relaxed, the gap between him and Neji, who were both part of the Konoha Twelve, was too painful.
"Well, now that we've gotten to this point, I'll say one more thing. You could have caught up with Sasuke at your speed, but you failed because I interfered," Neji suddenly said.
Shikamaru's eyes narrowed slightly, and he asked, "Did you arrange for Kimimaro and the others?"
"You could say that."
"What?" Naruto was shocked, and then furious, asking, "Why would you do that?"
As he spoke, Naruto used Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, and a flood of Narutos swarmed down, throwing punches at Neji.
Neji glanced at them indifferently, and then waved his hand casually, and a wave of unspoken terror shattered all of Naruto's clones, and Naruto was slammed into a wall by the impact.
have guidance, and Sakura will soon become Tsunade's apprentice. You're all in the same group,
"Naruto, although it's good that you're thinking about your friends, have you thought about it? You and you're being guided by Kage-level experts, so your strength is improving by leaps and bounds. What about Sasuke?"
Neji said expressionlessly, "The dead last, the crybaby, are all surpassing him one by one. And what about him? He's carrying the burden of a blood feud, watching his enemy right in front of him, but he can't do anything about it. Can you understand that heart-wrenching pain?"
Naruto's restless heart gradually calmed down after hearing Neji's words, and he began to think.
At this time, Neji continued to speak, "Naruto, you're not Sasuke, you don't understand what he wants. Forcibly keeping him by your side, is that really good for him?"
"Of course, if you're still determined to bring Sasuke back, I can take you there right now and help you get Sasuke back!"
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