Chapter 231 Routines and Counter Routines
"You know... there are quite a lot..."
While sighing in surprise, for some reason, from the outside, the other party was obviously lower than himself. But when facing the innocent face in front of him, Naruto with a reasonable and proof questioning, Neji always vaguely felt that he was having a conversation with an adult with a scheming.
"Hehe, it's average, I've heard it a little~"
Seeing the frown and thoughtful look in front of him, Naruto's eyes were even more smiling. He said with an innocent and righteous face, while secretly joking in his heart.
"It's just that you know the degree of your life's fate...hehe..."
"Yes...is it..."
At the same time, facing Naruto's "innocence" gaze, although Neji's inexplicable sense of incongruity became stronger. However, the pure natural age difference disguise revealed on the appearance still made Neji unable to think of any reasonable explanation for himself. So Neji was secretly thinking about whether it was because he was too nervous and worried, and then forced himself to suppress the strange "illusion" in his heart. While thinking for a while, he saw that only he was present, Naruto and Sasuke, because Neji was still young and simple, he did not intend to interfere with Naruto. Instead, he nodded slightly and answered honestly.
"Indeed, I'm not here to practice, but to find you."
"Looking for me...? It's not really that this girl is jealous. She plans to come from afar like a jealous brother who was in the past, just to beat me up..."
Even through observations in recent days, "Naruto" in the No. 3 training ground, there is not only one in front of Neji's eyes, so that Neji's every move is clearly seen in the memory sharing process between "Naruto" and "Naruto" - understanding, Naruto has more or less obtained such a possibility in advance. But after hearing Neji's personal confession, he still complained with guilt.
Of course, the reason why Naruto feels guilty and uneasy is not that if Naruto really faces head-on with Neji, the current "Naruto" cannot defeat Neji... After all, even if the chakra of the body needs to be shared equally with each shadow clone, the strength of the "Naruto" in front of Neji is far from that of the body. But in terms of combat experience, "Naruto" with all the abilities and memories of the body is still more than enough to suppress the young Neji Ko and even defeat it directly.
But once "Naruto" chooses to do this, it will be inconsistent with the decision to play the role of "Crane Tail" in a steady manner during these years of study. Although the actions of saving the Uchiha clan first, and then now, the actions of redeeming Kasumi and Gaara have greatly tampered with the history. However, if the main plot can be avoided from being affected by more influence and will not cause any regrettable losses to the fate of the companions, Naruto will still choose to follow the original route obediently to avoid more unpredictable changes and events.
The second and most important reason is that the "Naruto" in front of him is just an essential issue of a shadow clone.
Indeed, "Naruto" has considerable confidence in whether he can defeat Konyo now. But after all, he is just a shadow clone... And it is well known that once the damage suffered by the shadow clone reaches a certain critical value - the simplest example is a fatal level - no matter whether there is a chakra that can maintain its body shape, he will be forced to forcibly cancel the shadow clone.
Once "Naruto" was careless or other reasons during the battle, the Shadow clone was beaten and dissipated on the spot by Neji...
Then, a question that is more troublesome than a brother-in-law asking for a crime in person will be born quietly - that is, will the seemingly well-behaved little fan go wild and get out of control and decisively join the ranks of beating Naruto.
You should know that before Naruto left, in order not to let Xiaotuanfan quarrel and follow him out, he not only deliberately kept the shadow clone to go to school with him and Xiaotuanfan. When Xiaotuanfan asked about his brother's whereabouts, he told him that he was going out with Shimizu and routinely carried out simple tasks of patrolling the border.
In other words, once Sasuke knew that when he worked hard to go to school, Naruto not only left the village but also traveled leisurely. He also hid himself with his brother and did not take him out for fun... I am afraid that when I came back, the moment I opened the door, I would be baptized by the "enterprise" of the Haohuo Ball Company.
Well... Although in a strict sense, the small round fan, which was only one class time, was comfortably served for a week of holiday... But facing the "tragic and desolate" treatment of being "abandoned" by his brother and Naruto, the aggrieved small round fan obviously wouldn't consider so much.
In other words, if Neji's goal is really to "discuss" with Naruto, then Naruto will now expose himself as a "crane tail" who is not a dragging his legs because he won Neji. If he can't win, he will be exposed because the body uses the shadow clone to fool the small ball fan, and he will be chased by the small ball fan who knows the truth, causing "Naruto" to be in a dilemma and embarrassing state.
Fortunately, the child's character is obviously much more simple and straightforward than that of adults. Even though Neji, who vaguely possesses the attributes of a girl, seems aggressive, in fact, he does not seem to realize that the person in front of him is coveting Hinata's "premature" fact.
"…hey?hey! Are you listening to me?"
"Um... um?! Ahhhh, what... what happened? Is something wrong?"
As he was thinking about it, Naruto's consciousness was gradually brought to the sky by the terrible consequences he had made up. It was not until he heard the slightly dissatisfied call that came from his ears that he woke up instantly. While looking around, he looked at the figure of Neji who was thinking and raised his eyebrows in front of him. In order to hide the awkward expression on his face, he deliberately coughed a few times. After calming down his emotions for a while, he sweated slightly on his forehead, and pretended to continue to baptize the sugar-coated shells.
"Uh...hehe, sorry, I heard that the reason why the Hinaga clan genius came here specifically was to find me, so I was a little distracted..."
"So that's it...but, it's easy to be affected by emotions. Could it be that my guess was wrong..."
After hearing Naruto's explanation and his expression, he naturally praised himself again. While Neji's frowning brow gradually stretched, he muttered thoughtfully in his heart.
"And, looking at him... no matter how he looks, he doesn't seem like someone who can do that... Could it be that I really think too much, right?"
"But speaking of this... why do you say that you came to me? If I remember correctly, we never met before today, right?"
Because of misunderstanding Neji's true intention, Naruto seemed as stable as an old dog, but in fact he was panicked. At the same time, because of his distraction, he failed to notice Neji's emotions and expression changes in time. Then, with the determination of "a long pain is worse than short pain," he went to the lord to "apple oil on the soles of his feet" with the determination of "oiling oil in the soles of his feet".
Neji's next response, whether intentionally or unintentionally, made Naruto suddenly feel like he was riding a roller coaster, and he experienced the strong contrast and stimulation of falling to hell and then rising to heaven.
"Of course I haven't met officially, but I've seen you a lot before..."
The reason why Neji did not notice the layers of cold sweat that became more and more obvious between Naruto's forehead. He didn't think about it, and blurted out without thinking about it, making Naruto's whole heart hang in his throat, but then he changed his tone, making Naruto stunned and stunned.
"So, I really want to know... how did you save Lord Hinata from the enemy who pretended to be my father during the freshman entrance exam."
"I have seen me a lot...? It's over, and I'm really jealous. The girl is coming to the door and beating her future brother-in-law... Oh? Because of this? Didn't you... come to beat me up on purpose?"
"Hmm? Beat you? Why should I beat you?"
"Uh...no...nothing...haha...it's not here to beat me..."
The sudden change is undoubtedly unexpected good news for Naruto, who is worried about it. So much so that his little heart, which is pounding, gradually lands smoothly, while haha, covering up the embarrassing expression on his face due to misintention. While the crisis was lifted and the IQ was re-opened, he keenly captured the key words in the words that Neji had said before, and determined the general situation of Neji during quick simulation thinking.
"I have seen me a lot, and I know that when the new student entered school, I was in a hurry to save Hinata... So, when I ran out of the school, I was vaguely aware of the stalker of the stalker. No wonder when I caught those four people, no one's breath could match it, which made me think there were companions of Yunyin Village spies in the village who had not been caught. I carefully searched for it for three days... But thinking about it, I was suddenly pretending to be my deceased father in person and his ill-gotten enemy identity was exposed directly, and anyone would chase it out in anger to find out."
As he pondered and whispered in his heart, Naruto's brain began to fly. He picked out suitable fragments from the memories of the freshman's entrance exam like a cocoon. Combined with Neji's words as a guide clue, he sorted out the causes and consequences in a short while. Then, because of the slight "looplets" in Neji's words, he noticed a fact that Neji deliberately concealed.
"Ah? Wait a minute... Since he was asking how I saved Hinata from the enemy... Wouldn't that mean that although Neji did follow my steps, he didn't see the scene of me disguising as "Hafeng-Mianma" using transformation technique, and he didn't know what he had given birth to after this... In other words, this child was cheating me, wondering if I was the one who saved Hinata to determine my strength level? If this is the case, then my identity as the "tail of the crane" might continue to maintain..."
For Naruto, who had withstood the baptism of the old fox, the child's trick could not be hidden from him. Then, while looking out of the corner of his eyes, he noticed the subtle amplitude of the unnaturally trembling fingers in the movement of Neji holding his arms with his hands, and the subtle amplitude of his unnaturally trembling fingers, he completely determined the authenticity of his guess. Then his eyes rolled around and thought about the next words.
"That expression...it wasn't something he saw through, I'm cheating him...no, no, no, it's impossible, he is so young, how could he see through..."
At the same time, seeing the expression on Naruto's face gradually changed from nervousness to shock and confusion, and then slowly calmed down, Neji felt that his thoughts seemed to have been seen through by the other party, and he felt guilty. Then he gritted his teeth and comforted himself in order to force himself to calm down. While narrowing his eyes slightly, he continued to ask in a pretentious manner.
"Hey...hey! Why didn't you react again? Don't you want to tell me?"
"I don't call him Hey, I have a name, Uzumaki Naruto..."
From the obvious anxious and panic-looking look in front of him, he was more sure that Neji was indeed bluffing himself. Naruto tried hard to suppress the smile in his heart and deliberately pretended to be wronged. After sorting out the logic of his words, he muttered in a low voice.
"And, what saved Hinata... I don't know what you are saying, how do you ask me to answer."
"Ha? You don't know?"
Neji thought that even if Naruto didn't admit that he had saved Hinata, he would probably find a reason to say that he was going to retaliate and ask for help. Then, in the matter of Naruto's ability to find a strong man who saved Hinata in time, it was impossible to confirm Naruto's identity and background as it seemed as if everyone disliked... But Naruto's face did not blush at this moment, his heart was not pounding, and the words "not knowing" that he said frankly was really beyond Neji's calculations. So he opened his mouth wide and was stunned and stunned, and he insidiously exclaimed and retorted in disbelief.
"How is that possible? After Lord Hinata was taken away by the enemy that day, I watched you run out of the village with my own eyes in shock and rushed to chase you!"
Of course, with the sound of exclamation coming to his throat, Konyiti, who was still young and inexperienced in the world, did not notice at all... Isn't this incredible overreaction equivalent to not telling himself about his trick of deliberately bluffing Naruto?
No, right, while Neji was stunned, Naruto's eyes, who looked innocent and aggrieved, were gradually filled with the sacredness of the Plan... Even the small round fan that was standing next to Naruto, who had been silently silently, looked at Neji's hostile gaze gradually turned into a gloating mixed with pity and sympathy.
Because, for Sasuke, who knew that Hinata was robbed, was indeed rescued by Naruto himself... Once Naruto denies this truth, then there is only one possibility left...
That is the "love rival" in front of him who overestimated himself to try to trick Naruto... Uh, cough cough... The guest, who was unknowingly, was about to become another "victim" under Naruto's prank.
After all, not to mention anything else, just from the small fan's perception of Naruto... Among the peers, if anyone wants to plot against Naruto...
Wouldn’t that be the old birthday boy hanging himself and living impatiently?
Chapter completed!