In the early morning, Hinata got up early, washed up and started practicing.

Today is the fifth day since her father ordered her not to go out. It is also the fifth day that she has been practicing seriously.

But today Hinata cannot concentrate on practicing like she did a few days ago.

It's not that Hinata is tired of training, it doesn't mean that she is still full of motivation.

However, Hinata was a little worried that since she hadn't shown up for so many days, Naruto would be worried about her and think something had happened to her.

Hinata was even more afraid that Naruto thought she didn't want to play with them anymore, so she didn't go. Don't let the last month pass, and Naruto and the others would have almost forgotten about her.

If this was the case, Hinata would be on the point of crying.

It was precisely because of these worries in her heart that Hinata couldn't concentrate on her practice.

She is an emotional person and can easily overthink and scare herself.

Hinata thought for a while and felt that it was too bad to disappear like this for a month. She had to let Naruto and the others know that she would have to practice seriously if she could not come out this month.

Hinata turned her attention to Neji who was practicing.

Although she was grounded, Neji was not.

Neji can freely enter and exit the Hyuga clan's territory, so there is no problem in going out.

Although I was a little regretful that I couldn't tell Naruto in person, it was better to let Neji do it than to disappear without saying a word for a month.

Feeling Hinata's gaze, Neji glanced at Hinata, and then continued to practice.

Hinata's diligence in the past few days actually made him look at her favorably, feeling that this cousin was quite hardworking.

After her training was over, Hinata approached Ningci. Among the Hyuga clan, she could only have a few words with Ningci, and there was no one else she could entrust to her.

Looking at Hinata in front of him, Neji asked calmly: "What's the matter?"

"Um, brother Neji, can you do something for me?" Hinata put her hands together and pinched each other, a little shy. She was still not used to taking the initiative to trouble people, although as a clan member, she had the right Let the branch take care of things.

"What's the matter?" Neji didn't agree directly, but asked Hinata what was going on.

"I have a few friends outside. I'm afraid they will worry if I haven't seen them for too long. I want you to explain to them that I won't have time to play with them until a month later." Hinata said honestly.

Neji was a little surprised when he heard Hinata's words. He didn't expect that Hinata actually had several friends outside.

It's not that he looks down on Hinata, but Hinata has always been very shy inside. It's as if it would kill him to say hello to someone of his own race. It's hard to imagine that such a person would actually have several friends outside.

"No problem, I'll help you convey it at noon." Neji agreed, just saying a few words and not wasting much of his time. Neji felt there was no problem.

"Thank you." Hinata felt relieved instantly and thanked Neji seriously.

In this case, there is no need to worry about Naruto and the others misunderstanding anything. As long as they practice seriously for a month and meet the requirements of their father, they can return to the way they were before.

"It's okay, just a word." Neji said calmly.

After communicating with Hinata again, he was able to look directly into his own heart. He should not be jealous of Hinata's status as a clan, but wanted to make changes as a branch of his own clan.

"The location of Naruto's house is..." Hinata told Neji the location of Naruto's house with a happy face, fearing that Neji could not find Naruto. Hinata also told Naruto the park where they often go.

Neji is a person who does what he says. After agreeing to Hinata, he followed Hinata's address and found it all the way after eating at home at noon.

Hinata was very detailed. She was afraid that Neji wouldn't know the way, so she told Neji all the landmark buildings along the way, just in case Neji couldn't find it.

Hinata knows the pain of getting lost. Looking around in confusion on the street, surrounded by unknown people. If you are unlucky and it rains, it will be even more painful.

But it happened to be that time when she got lost that she got to know Naruto, which can only be said to be a blessing in disguise.

But Hinata doesn't know if Neji will encounter good things if he gets lost.

Although Ningci is only a four-year-old child, he has already shown differences from ordinary children at this time. He is not like other children who like to play, and will work hard for his dreams. When encountering things, he will

Will think calmly.

Relying on Hinata's detailed introduction and his own observation ability far beyond his peers, Neji quickly found Naruto's home.

Neji knocked on the door politely.

Hearing the knock on the door, Kushina quickly opened the door.

After opening the door, Kushina didn't see anyone she was familiar with, only a black-haired child.

"Child, are you looking for Naruto for something?" Kushina asked with a smile. She was still very friendly towards children.

As for why he came to find Naruto, it couldn't be that he came to find Minato or her.

Neji nodded, but Kushina shook her head.

"What a coincidence, Naruto just went out a few minutes ago, probably with his friends," Kushina said.

Neji fell into thinking. After a few minutes, it was really bad luck.

"Where did he go to play?" Neji asked.

If it was the park Hinata mentioned, he could go there and find Naruto, and then relay to Naruto what Hinata wanted to explain.

If not, then Ningji had no choice but to tell Naruto's family what he said and then ask them to relay it.

"It seems to be a certain park, probably in that direction." Kushina pointed her finger in a direction.

"Thank you." After getting where Naruto was going, Neji and Kushina thanked them and prepared to leave to find Naruto.

Although it would be easier to tell Kushina the news and then have Kushina tell Naruto, it is not impossible if Kushina forgets.

He still promised Hinata that Neji would try his best to make sure there would be no mistakes.

So Neji set out again, and this time he successfully found the park Hinata mentioned.

Neji looked around and finally zeroed in on a group of people building sandcastles on the sand.

Neji saw the Naruto Hinata was talking about at a glance. He had short blond hair and three pairs of slender beards on his face, and his features were very obvious.

"Gaara, your ability to build sand castles is really amazing. You completed such a complicated building in a short time, even Yurika was surpassed by you." Gaara waved his hand and appeared.

A palace-like building, Naruto said excitedly.

Yurika also took a look at the sandcastle Gaara made with his power, and had to admit that there was someone who surpassed her in building sandcastles.

Gaara's sandcastle is not just an illusion, even the details inside are there.

If you just use your hands, it would be too difficult to complete this level of detail.

"This is just cheating." Ino complained, they were all just piles of sand, and Gaara made a palace, just like playing with a hammer.

Gaara thought for a while, stretched out his hand again, and channeled chakra. In an instant, the palace turned into a pile of sand, and then turned into a string of small balls under Gaara's control.

"You can actually create food." Choji watched Gaara's performance with great interest.

"Gaara, can you conjure a fish?" Naruto asked curiously.

Gaara shook his head and said, "Sorry, I haven't seen a fish, so I can't make it."

"It's okay, can you turn into a takoyaki?" Naruto was curious if Gaara could make anything.

Gaara thought for a while, then controlled the sand again, and then a takoyaki made of sand came out.

"It seems, it's amazing." Naruto praised.

Then everyone else talked about what they wanted to see. Gaara, who had been performing detailed operations, was a little tired, but looking at the happy smiling faces of his friends, he felt that everything was worth it.

"Hello, are you Namikaze Naruto?"

At this time, Neji stepped forward and spoke.

So Naruto and the others stopped and looked at Neji.

Facing so many eyes, Neji remained calm and expressionless.

"It's me, what can I do for you?" Naruto patted his butt and stood up and asked in confusion.

He confirmed that he did not recognize the boy in front of him who was slightly taller than him.

But after seeing Neji's white eyes that were as pure as Hinata's, Naruto guessed that it might be someone related to Hinata.

Speaking of which, it seemed like he hadn't seen Hinata for several days.

"Hinata asked me to tell you something. She has to complete her training tasks at home this month and cannot come out, so she won't come out for a month." Neji said calmly.

"So that's it. No wonder I feel like I haven't seen her for a few days." Naruto struck his left hand with his right hand as if he suddenly understood.

"Thank you." Naruto thanked him.

Neji nodded slightly and then turned around and left. He wanted to go back to practice.

Seeing Neji leave like this, Naruto scratched his head and continued to discuss his abilities with Gaara.

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At night, in a certain forest in the Land of Fire, Itachi sat alone on a thick branch of a big tree, looking at the bright moon in the distance.

This was his sixth month of traveling to the Land of Fire. During this period, Itachi celebrated his birthday once. This was the first time he celebrated his birthday alone.

In six months, Itachi had visited about half of the Fire Country. Because he would stop and observe every town he visited, his movements were not fast.

Logically speaking, in such a long time, Weasel should have gained a lot.

But Itachi was surprisingly confused at this moment, because he saw too many things that were difficult for him to understand.

For example, at the beginning, it was obviously a false rumor, but in the end it was almost everyone believed it to be true, even Itachi almost believed it.

Why didn't the person at the beginning question it and then confirm it? This is not too troublesome.

Itachi still has fresh memories of the scene at that time. A large number of people surrounded him, begging him to eliminate harm for the people.

In addition to this incident, Itachi also encountered many things later.

For example, when he was in the capital of the Fire Nation, he met a twisted and perverted nobleman. He used his status as a nobleman to secretly do things that made Itachi want to stab him.

In the end, Itachi really gave him a knife. This time Itachi didn't care about the consequences and killed the perverted noble directly.

After all, Itachi is not a wandering ninja. He is a Konoha ninja, a famous genius boy in Konoha, and a disciple of Nagazawa. He once won the first place in the Chunin Exam jointly organized by the four major ninja villages.

As long as he has sufficient evidence, it is very simple to deal with a noble, even if he has to kill him first and tell him later.

Itachi felt very puzzled by the deep malice of that perverted noble.

As a nobleman, he had good educational resources since he was a child, and lived a life that others would envy.

Why would such a person develop into such a crazy pervert, using gentle attacks to deceive the country people who came to the capital to work hard, and finally torture those country people to death?

As for those country people, who are already helpless and have no identity in the capital, no one will notice at all if they disappear.

When Itachi saw the tortured corpses in the basement, Itachi was greatly stimulated. The double magatama Sharingan that had not been open for a long time directly evolved into a triple magatama.

At that time, Itachi only felt a cold air rising from his feet to the top of his head, and his body felt cold.

The noble behaved very kindly in his daily life. He would give alms to beggars and smile kindly when he saw poor people.

Itachi didn't expect that the noble would do such a thing at first.

Itachi couldn't understand why he would do such a perverted thing. Torturing those poor country people would not bring any benefit to the nobleman.

Torturing a person cannot increase his family property, nor can he improve his noble rank, so why should he do this?

Even when he was killed by Weasel, the nobleman did not repent and said something like that the lives of those country people were not lives at all.

Because of this nobleman, Itachi once had a very bad impression of the nobles in the capital. It was not until he met a few truly kind-hearted nobles that he changed his mind.

However, he still discovered that those nobles were somewhat arrogant, and only a few were kind-hearted. Some nobles even regarded themselves as two different species from the common people, and even Itachi, a Konoha ninja, did not look down upon them.

There were so many things that Itachi encountered, even though Itachi's mind was far beyond that of his peers, it was a bit inadequate.

Whenever Itachi stayed in a new area for a period of time, he would always encounter things that he couldn't encounter in Konoha.

Itachi even felt that if he wanted to completely put an end to those things, it might not be much easier than making the world peaceful.

"I wonder how Kabuto's training is progressing, is Sasuke growing up smoothly, how are his father and mother, and whether Nagazawa-sensei is still as busy..." Itachi looked at the bright moon and thought of the people in Konoha who were close to him.
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