69novels Chapter 271 That Man!
Chapter 271 That Man!
Gaara has never had any secrets from Neji.
He claims that he will answer every question, but in fact sometimes even if Neji doesn't ask, he will still ask the question himself.
Neji woke up at the perfect time, everything was about to begin, but nothing had yet to begin.
Maybe it was because Sasuke fought for too long - facing Kai who had the ability to absorb chakra, he not only fought a war of attrition against the opponent, but even won.
Every single event was a miracle and so inspiring that even the daimyo watching the match tacitly assumed that this would be a long-lasting Chunin Exam.
One week, or even two weeks - no, no, no, the latter sounds outrageous no matter how you look at it.
But the daimyo was not angry. He just tapped his fan and said in an official tone, "What a proud child."
Koharu Utane, who was accompanying him, had to secretly sweat, as she had seen with her own eyes that the daimyo had bet a large sum of money on Kai.
In other words, this person didn't think Uchiha Sasuke would win at all, nor did he intend to let him win.
This was not a compliment at all, it even made Utane Koharu feel a bit sarcastic.
It is not scary if one only thinks about how to commend someone. However, once there is a reason for "commendation" in addition to commendation, things will become troublesome.
It was like the usual shield suddenly had a mind of its own, and the person behind it suddenly had no idea.
What is this? This is nothing.
"For such an interesting competition, it's not a bad idea to have it last a little longer."
The daimyo was still smiling, but one could always feel that he had some bad thoughts in his mind. But there was no way of knowing what those thoughts were.
"Yes Yes..."
Utane Koharu winked at her partner. The two of them had such a tacit understanding that they could understand each other's thoughts. With just a glance and a breath, they could convey their intentions.
So when the two of them were usually not aware of anything, were they pretending not to know, or were they really not aware?
Fortunately, Mito Kado En and Utane Koharu have lived to an advanced age and have developed their own unique judgment system.
If we don't work hard now, both of us will be doomed later.
It's not just himself and the old man who are doomed, but also Sarutobi Hiruzen, whose mind is still a little confused, and the king of intrigue, Shimura Danzo.
Mizuto Menyan happily went to get the odds booklet and said something to the daimyo's ear, and the man immediately put away his fan.
"You all probably know..."
Now, this androgynous daimyo can finally speak like a human being.
Thanks to Daimyo's interference, he lost his patience and the originally agreed halftime break, reorganization time and interview time were all cancelled, as if they had never happened.
"Should I say it or not..."
Tsunade paused. Before Uchiha Sasuke's exam yesterday, she thought Hinata's match would be on the second day. After the exam, she felt relieved and decided to face the trial on the third day.
But now it's good, back to the starting point.
If you don't pay attention, the battle situation will change rapidly.
She raised her head and looked up, where the Hokage was sitting upright, and the Mizukage who looked like a dead person beside him.
He was wearing a hat that was too big and his entire body was wrapped tightly. Even if a god came, one might not be able to see his true appearance.
Tsunade is not a god, but she is someone who listens to stories.
She knew clearly that the person hiding inside could not be anyone else except Orochimaru.
Did Sarutobi, who sat closest to him and knew his students best, really not know? I'm afraid this is a question mark.
It doesn’t matter whether you know it or not.
Tsunade came with some wine, and a pitch-black crow appeared beside her, along with the snake-eyed Apricot, who was supposed to be standing below ready to fight.
That place is no longer home. She should have recognized this reality sooner.
But fortunately, she was not completely homeless. At least when she was tired, she had a place called a harbor where she could shelter from the wind and rain.
"Is it okay? Don't tell Neji about Hinata."
The crow spoke in human language: "How dare I go back?"
In fact, there is a second half to this sentence: why did Tsunade, who had been there all the time, do nothing?
"I never thought that he would not wake up at all."
It was only morning when Tsunade escaped.
Maybe she didn't know how to face it, or maybe she knew that there was someone around Neji who would tell her everything.
Today, he took the initiative to take on the job of watching over the snake-eyed apricot tree, leaving the slightly mentally ill person at home to say something that hadn't been said yet.
"I'm afraid there are no words in this world that are difficult for him to say."
Crows are not human beings, and their speech does not sound like that of humans.
"But if he doesn't wake up, Gaara will definitely not take the initiative to call him."
"What's the difference between knowing and not knowing? Does he decide to do something if he knows something? Neji discovered yesterday that something was wrong with Hinata, but he hasn't done anything until now. Isn't this enough to prove the problem?"
Itachi opened his beak, completely forgetting that the culprit yesterday was not another bird, but himself, Uchiha Itachi.
No matter if it's helpless or hard to express, there's no point in saying those words anymore.
"After all, he doesn't want to take care of these things..."
Hinata had already stood in her own seat. She looked anxiously at the guests in the audience - the big shots were obviously a little drowsy in the afternoon, and the hands holding the fans kept shaking, as if silently urging them.
And his own father half-closed his eyes, looking threatening and bored.
He would never expect to perform well, but if he brought shame to the Hyuga family, his father would certainly not let him go.
The dream seemed unreal, but it was consistent with common sense in every way.
However, his opponent now should not be Kabuto Yakushi, but the elder brother from the branch family who was not found yesterday.
Hinata Neji.
And he will be beaten to the point of death, and the conflicts between the main family and the branch family will be covered up by his father with clever means...
until that day.
Because she is Hinata Hyuga, she knows what kind of person her father is.
If one day, that person is willing to look at me straight in the eye, I will either become one of the top geniuses in the village, or a member of another kind of powerful people.
For example...Naruto.
That dream was truly an illusion. Naruto-kun actually became the Hokage, and I became the Hokage's wife.
But it was so close to reality, the way his father looked at him was finally no longer the look of a burden or a waste.
She could never forget what her father said to her in her dream.
"It would be nice if you were my sister."
It was when Hanabi wasn't born yet.
"If you were the elder sister, you could have moved to the Zong family before the child was born."
"Just put the blame on the woman."
The child was still young, but he vaguely understood what his father meant.
Her father, the clan leader, and her uncle Hizashi, who gave birth to Neji's brother, are twin brothers, but with the naked eye, it is almost impossible to tell which one is the older and which one is the younger.
If the wife did something to let her husband down, whether she did it or not would only be a matter of a few words.
And whose children belong to, which child is from the main family and which child is from the branch family - how could it be so important?
These words should not be said to a child. Perhaps Hinata had pushed her father too far, or perhaps the gap between the two children was widening, so her thoughts became unclear.
After looking around, Hinata was only disappointed.
She saw Lady Tsunade waving at her and saw Kyoushu-kun cheering her on.
I saw a classmate who had been through thick and thin with me, and I saw Naruto-kun, whom I had always had a crush on.
But I didn’t see the person I wanted to see the most.
The man who died in the dream because of her choice, the man who should have been her opponent in this exam.
"sorry..."
She apologized to the air.
where are you?
...
The person being looked for woke up slowly, and as soon as he opened his eyes, he saw Gaara peeling an apple beside him.
Red-haired man raised his head, looked out the window again, and suddenly spoke.
"Now it's time for the match between Hyuga Hinata and Yakushi Kabuto."
"Do you want to go and see it?"
It's no secret that Hinata has things in her mind that shouldn't be there. Even if Gaara didn't specifically point it out, Neji would know about it.
The boy just shook his head, reached out his hand to the still warm porridge on the bedside, took two mouthfuls without appetite, then turned around to look for the bag to vomit.
Gaara naturally stuffed the apple in his hand into Neji's mouth, and only then did he suppress the nausea.
"Sleepy..."
"Call me when yours comes..."