Fly high in the shadow of fire

Chapter 42
"What, at this time we have to leave the village to do tasks." Tian Tian stared at Maitkai with wide eyes.

Maitekai was also a little helpless, "I can't help it. This time it is a task under the elders' group. I wanted to celebrate Neji's becoming a Chunin."

Neji's amazing performance in the Chunin exam this time made him the only person who was promoted to Chunin in this exam.

"It's okay, Teacher Kai can celebrate at any time, and this time is not suitable." Ning Ci thought of something, and suddenly became a little silent.

Kai knew that Neji thought of Master Hokage's death again, walked over and patted him on the shoulder, "Don't be sad, Master Hokage knew he had a disciple like you, so he must have left with a smile."

"All of you, go get ready. Tomorrow we will escort Gaara to the sand ninja border. This is a diplomatic mission and nothing can go wrong. Do you understand?" Kai then said seriously.

"understand!"

It turned out that Neji and the others were sent to hand over Sand Ninja’s Jinchuriki. Because of Sand Ninja’s total surrender, their Jinchuriki was not suitable for staying in Konoha Village anymore, so they decided to return them to Sand Ninja Village. Of course, Sand Ninja paid for it. How much it cost is not what Ning Ci cares about.

Ning Ci returned home, ready to tidy up.

There was a knock on the door, and it was Hinata Makoto.

Hyuga Makoto looked at the clothes that Ningci was packing up in the room, and asked with some doubts: "Is Ningci going out? Is there a mission to leave the village?"

"Yes, Uncle Cheng, this time I have a mission to go out of the village for a while, so I don't need to prepare my meals." Ning Ci smiled, "Sit down, uncle."

Ning Ci continued to pack his clothes.

Hinata Makoto looked at Neji who was busy, he had a feeling that he might not see Neji for a long time, so he couldn't help but said: "Ningji, you must be careful when you go out."

Ning Ci turned around and smiled at Hinata Cheng, "Understood, Uncle Cheng, I will be careful, I am very strong now, I am a Chunin, not a child anymore"

Hyuga Makoto was still a little worried, but when he heard what Neji said, he didn't say anything. He had heard a lot of rumors about Neji recently. He heard that he directly challenged everyone in the Chunin Exam and even won. .

It was the family's actions that made him feel a little chilled. The family didn't pay attention to such an excellent Neji. Makoto Hinata shook his head. Seeing Neji who was somewhat incompetent in life scrambling around there, he also went to help clean up.

. . . . .

"Hey, I said don't put on that kind of expression that hates ghosts and ghosts." Neji looked at the gloomy Gaara and said angrily. They were performing an escort mission. They and Kai were exploring the way ahead every day, and Neji was at the end Face protection, but Neji has been looking at Gaara unhappy.

"Does my expression make you unhappy, Neiji Hinata?" Gaara said lightly, and he still had some patience for the person who defeated him.

"Che, it's also Jinjuriki, why is Naruto so different from you?" To be honest, Neji quite likes Gaara who was changed by Naruto.

"Is that the kid who likes to yell? I don't think there's anything good." Gaara still had the same expression.

Neji looked at Gaara carefully, and stared at Gaara so angry that he said, "Believe it or not, you can't even beat Naruto if you go on like this, let alone me." Neji smiled playfully .

"Hmph, how is it possible?" Gaara was still quite conceited.

"Don't believe it, the strong are not the ones you hold on to the past and sink day by day. Naruto's experience is very similar to yours, but do you think he is the same as you? He used strong willpower to overcome his heart, and You can't get out of this small box in your heart, to put it bluntly, you are a waste," Ning Ci said disdainfully.

"Is it a waste that even I can't defeat?" Gaara thinks about it, I really have nothing, but Naruto, who is also Jinzhuriki, has the care of his teacher and companions.

"If you can't even face yourself, what's the point of facing others? What's the point of living?" Ning Ci did not forget to make up his sword. , do you think that Naruto’s previous situation was better than yours? No, he changed it bit by bit by himself. This is the quality that a strong man should possess.”

"Changing fate?" Gaara thought of the way others looked at him in the past, but he just wanted to kill that person and make others fear him more, but it still couldn't change anything.

I'm really a coward, I can't even bear other people's eyes, Gaara smiled wryly.

"Thank you, Neiji Hinata," Gaara said, her tone remained the same, but her eyes changed.

"Oh, not bad, I can still listen to it, I just like to help others," Ning Ci said with a big smile.

Gaara also smiled.

"Oh, it's rare that you can still smile. Smile more when you have time. I think you are more popular like this," Ning Ci said in surprise.

"Is that so?" I love to be stunned.

"Of course, the scenery of life is wonderful, and you can smile more wonderfully if you look at you more," Neji said looking at the clear sky.

Is it exciting, let me see how exciting it will be, Gaara thought silently.

"Stop" Ning Ci suddenly shouted, and Kai and Tiantian Li in front also looked at Ning Ci, and Gaara was also a little surprised.

"There are people chasing from behind, there are six of them," Ning Ci said in a deep voice.

Maitekai came over, looked behind them and said, "This is not far from Konoha, let's see who is here first."

After waiting for a while, six figures came running from a distance, which made Kai a little surprised by Neji's perception ability.

Neji's perception method uses spiritual power to spread in a net shape. Although the range is not as wide as that of Baiyan, Neci's spiritual power can also be used to detect in a wider range, and it is not easy to be discovered. No matter how long it takes to hide it, it won't work.

The six figures came not far from Ning Ci and the others. They were all wearing hooded cloaks and couldn't tell who they were. "Stop, who are you?"

The six figures stopped, and a person who should be the leader came out, took off the hood to reveal Konoha's forehead, but wore a mask on his face, "I was ordered to take Hito Ningji back to the village to investigate."

"Let's carry out the mission again. I haven't heard of such an order." Maitkai was relieved when he saw Konoha's attire, but the other party's next words made him vigilant again.

"This is an order from Danzo-sama, are you going to disobey?" The ninja stretched out his hand from the cloak, holding a token in his hand.

Maitekai took a closer look and found that it was true, but he would not release him like this, "I'm sorry, we are also carrying out the tasks of the elders. Without the warrants of the three elders, I will not release him."

"We are the root ninjas. We were ordered to investigate the attack on Naruto-sama. We found that Neiji Hyuga was involved with Orochimaru. We must take him back for investigation," the ninja said with a stern voice.

Ning Ci was also a little surprised, could it be exposed.

Maitekai wanted to say something more, but was stopped by Neji, "I'll go back with you"

"Ningji, this..." Maitekai was in a dilemma.

"Ningji, do you really want to go back?" Tian Tian was a little worried.

"It's okay, every day Xiaoli, you guys accompany Teacher Kai to complete the mission. I can't participate in this mission." Neji said with a smile. Even if they found something, they could only be suspicious. Neji and Dashewan were just Verbal cooperation, and the meeting was only in the forest of death, just kill me and deny it, I am still a disciple of Hokage, and I dare not do anything to judge them.

Gaara is also a little curious, how could a person like Neiji Hinata have something to do with Orochimaru, does he know who Orochimaru is, and he knows all about this plan.

"Don't delay Neji Hyuga, we have to leave immediately." Several other people also surrounded Neji and took care of him.

"Goodbye Teacher Kai." Neji didn't care anymore, waved goodbye to Maitkai and the others, and then left under the supervision of Genbu Ninja.

Maitekai looked at the few people who left, and was a little silent.

"Teacher Kai, nothing will happen to Ningci, right?" Tian Tian said with some concern.

"No, Neji is an excellent ninja, it's impossible for anything to happen, and he's still a disciple of Hokage." In order not to worry his subordinates, Maitekai said with a smile, but when he turned his face, his expression changed Sorrowful, does he know where the roots are, but Hokage-sama has just passed away, so they shouldn't go too far.

Gaara was watching from the side, he didn't know what else was going on, and it was inconvenient for him to say anything because of his captive status.

"Hey, let me tell you what exactly you found out. How could I have any connection with Orochimaru? He killed my teacher." Neji saw that he had been gone for a long time, and the people around him didn't speak, so he wanted to ask what is going on.

The ninja who took the lead before looked around and said, "It's ok."

Several ninjas nearby stopped when they heard it.

Seeing that Ning Ci was puzzled, what was okay.

"Hinata Neji, you should worry about your current situation." A very familiar voice from Neji sounded.

(End of this chapter)