The white in your eyes

After separating from Gaara, Neji rested for a few more hours before starting the road. It was almost noon, and the sun was shining on the ground, making the ground hot. It was also a challenge for Neji to drive in this weather. torture.

Although he knew the general direction they left, the border from Fire Country to Tian Country is not short. After Neji arrived at the border between the two countries, he had searched for nearly two hours, but still could not find Naruto. The traces of Ren and Sasuke, I don't know where they went.

Further ahead is a huge valley. Neji passed by there when he was on a mission before. It was the place where the first Hokage Senjujuma and Uchiha Madara fought. They had a big battle here and split The mountains finally formed this valley. On both sides of the valley are the stone statues of the first Hokage and Uchiha Madara, and in the middle is a huge waterfall with clear water.

As the sky darkened, Neji opened his white eyes and used a lot of chakra to expand the scope of the search to the widest range he could reach.

A loud noise came from not far away, and Neji fixed his eyes on one direction, where a large amount of chakras gathered together, clearly separated and of equal intensity, the one he was familiar with was Naruto's chakra, It belongs to Kyuubi, and the other is the Chakra after the outbreak of the curse mark that I experienced briefly before, which belongs to Sasuke.

He quickly rushed in that direction, and when he arrived, the battle was over.The weather became more and more cloudy, dark clouds gathered above the head, and after a while, rumbling thunder came.The raindrops slowly fell on the ground, and there were water marks on the ground in an instant.

Uchiha Sasuke didn't hesitate too much. Before Neji reached the Valley of the End, he saw him leave that place, and there were Orochimaru's men not far ahead to meet him, and Neji naturally saw those people.

Neji quickly rushed to the Valley of the End and checked Naruto's state. Naruto just exhausted the chakra in his body and passed out due to loss of strength. Although there were some scars on his body, based on what he knew, Naruto From the perspective of human recovery ability, there is actually no serious problem.Not far away, Kakashi and his dog Parker appeared within the range of Neji's vision. Neji thought about it, and placed Naruto in a relatively hidden place. He stood up and chased after him. up.

The person who led Uchiha Sasuke in front was very vigilant, and led him to turn left and right, and made a big circle before arriving at the stronghold of Orochimaru, which was a hidden underground hole, dark and damp, dark The opening of the hole is like a big mouth, trying to swallow anyone who walks next to it.The entrance of the cave seemed to be restricted by someone, and with Ning Ci's white eyes, he couldn't see through it. The entrance of the cave gave Ning Ci a very ominous premonition, as if there was something very powerful in it.Ning Ci didn't approach, he knew that Dashewan had a lot of strong men, maybe someone could spot him, so to be on the safe side, he just noted down the location of the cave entrance, turned around and left.

Returning to Konoha was very fast. Before it was completely dark, Neji arrived at the village. After entering Konoha Village, he was told that Choji and Ya had suffered a lot of injuries, but Ya was only slightly injured. , and there is no danger of life, Choji's situation is not so good, because he took his own secret medicine, his body's functions were damaged, and the Fifth Hokage Tsunade Hime is treating him in the operating room.

It's getting late, but Shikamaru is still waiting outside the door, covering his forehead with one hand, looking very guilty. Sitting opposite is Temari from Sand Ninja Village, Gaara's older sister.Seeing Neji, Shikamaru seemed to be relieved, but at the same time, he thought of something, and said to Neji in frustration: "The mission failed."

Ning Ci nodded and said: "Oshemaru's men are very strong. It is not easy for us to do what we are doing now. As the captain, you don't have to blame yourself too much."

Shikamaru nodded, but still didn't seem to listen to Neji's words. Neji knew that he was too worried about the safety of his companions at this time, so he couldn't listen to anything, so he sat beside him silently waiting for the operation the result of.

"Is my decision wrong?" During the long wait, they felt that the time passed more than twice as slowly as usual. Neji heard Shikamaru beside him talking to himself in frustration, and Temari on the opposite side had been sitting there stay with them.

"No," Neji said, "If I were the captain, I would have made the same choice. Under the circumstances, we had to do this, otherwise, we would have no way to chase Sasuke."

"I didn't expect you to be so fragile," Temari said impatiently, "It's a good thing you're a man."

"Because my ability is not enough, I can only choose to trust everyone. After all, it is because of me that everyone is harmed..." Shikamaru clenched his fists, his face was hidden in the shadows, and he looked down on the expression.

The sky gradually changed from pitch black to bright, and finally there was a faint golden light projected on the cornea of ​​people through the clouds, and the clouds in the sky were blurred and turned into light red. everything.

The emergency lights in the ward went out, and Tsunade Hime pushed open the door of the operating room, announcing that Choji was out of danger.

Now that Choji was out of danger, Neji didn't stay any longer. He had something to report to Tsunade Hime, so he followed her directly to her office.

"Ningji, tell me what you think about this mission." Tsunade Hime clasped her hands, leaning lazily on the chair, and said.

"Yes, Tsunade-sama," Neji said in the tone of reporting the mission: "The team leader of the mission is Nara Shikamaru, and the deputy team leader is me, Hinata Neji. At the beginning we encountered four subordinates of Orochimaru, they One person was sent to stop us, and the other three left with Sasuke. Shikamaru immediately chose the countermeasure of dividing the troops, leaving Choji to stop the opponent, and several others chased after him. The second one was left behind The first is me, the third is Kiba, and the fourth is Shikamaru himself..."

"...After I dealt with the opponent and chased after me, I only saw Shikamaru and Naruto. Shikamaru asked me to go after Naruto first. I met another Orochimaru's subordinate in front, who had a special blood successor limit. He claims to be Kaguya-kun Maro of the Taketori clan, the last remaining member of that clan."

Neji saw that Tsunade Ji was very interested in this kind of blood succession limit, thought about it again, and briefly explained to her about Junmalu's fighting style and the characteristics of blood succession limit, and mentioned Junma Lu seems to be unable to fight normally because of a special disease, and finally died.

Tsunade Hime sighed and said, "I've never seen this kind of disease before, but I'm sure I can cure him." She nodded again, signaling Neji to continue talking.Neji talked about the battle between Naruto and Sasuke in the Valley of the End. In the end, Naruto was defeated by Sasuke. Sasuke followed Orochimaru's people to Orochimaru's base, and told Tsunade Hime about the base of Orochimaru. The location and nearby iconic landforms.In this way, when Konoha has enough manpower, the ninja can be sent there to find Sasuke, and this clue cannot be broken.

"You're tired too," Tsunade Hime raised her head, and said to Neji unquestionably, "Go back and rest, there's nothing to do with you here, besides, after you return to the family, you still have to report to Nizuzu, right?"

"Yes, Tsunade-sama." Neji knew that she had a lot of things to deal with, so he motioned, turned around and walked out of Hokage's office and down the Hokage building.