Witty Naruto Life

Chapter 284 Protecting the White Eye is a Technical Issue

Neji felt a chill run down his spine.

It seemed as if something deep within his bloodline had been awakened.

"one!"

The elders of the Hyuga clan and Hizashi both looked at Sakura, and the former actually spoke:

“You’re not from the Hyuga clan, so you don’t know what he’s carrying, and you won’t understand his fate!”

Sakura sneered, "Do you need someone else to speak for you when you try to refute me? How stupid!"

At this moment, everyone in the memory space turned their heads to look at Sakura, ready to pounce.

"Sakura, don't make things difficult for me!" Neji's eyes bulged with veins, and his expression darkened as he looked at Sakura.

"three."

Sakura exhaled softly, and the next moment, water began to seep into the floor around Neji, gradually enveloping his ankles!

These living waters quickly began to change, turning into a viscous form that stuck to Neji, who simply closed his eyes.

"boom!!"

Suddenly, the fresh water gushed out from under his feet at the same time!
"I know what you're good at, but unfortunately, I can emanate chakra from all parts of my body." Neji stepped out of the pool of water.

The next moment, Sakura formed hand seals again: "Water Release: Hidden Mist Technique!"

She took a deep breath and then exhaled a thick mist, enveloping the surroundings in water vapor and instantly reducing visibility.

But for Neji, who had activated his Byakugan, the smog had little effect. He simply raised a hand, fixed his gaze on Sakura in front of him, and said softly:
"Feel sorry……"

Immediately, he spread his arms and legs out, assuming a fighting stance.

"Eight Trigrams...One Hundred and Twenty-Eight Palms!"

Sakura lowered her eyes and saw a complex green Bagua formation flash beneath her feet, with Neji in the center, placing her within his attack range.

"With such great talent, why do you give up on yourself? Should I call you a genius or an idiot?"

Sakura formed hand seals, and before Neji could make a move, she suddenly activated Water Release: Water Flicker Body, slowing down the surrounding time.

The purpose of using the Hidden Mist Technique was not to obscure Neji's five senses, as she knew this would be of little use to the Byakugan, but it would allow enough moisture to accumulate on Neji's body surface.

In this way, the conditions for her to activate the Water Instantaneous Body technique were met.

next moment,
She instantly appeared beside Neji and delivered a chop to the back of his neck.

"boom!!"

Sakura's pupils contracted, and the chakra vortex deflected her chop to the neck. At the same time, she noticed Neji's gaze following her.

Neji couldn't react to Sakura's speed because she attacked too quickly.

Neji's advantage lies in his ability to unleash chakra from his entire body, allowing every part of his body to participate in the battle.

The back of the neck is a weakness for others, but not for Neji.

Or rather, he has no weaknesses in the traditional sense.

"Eight Trigrams Second Palm!"

Neji instantly used a pressure point technique on Sakura, who was standing nearby!
"Bang! Bang! Bang!"

"Four palms!"

"Eight Palms!"

"Sixteen palms!"

Neji hadn't finished casting his spell when he suddenly realized that Sakura's body had turned into liquid; the pressure point strike he had just used was merely Sakura's water clone.

The next moment, several of Sakura's water clones instantly appeared on the floor around his body, each throwing a heavy punch in his direction!

"Boom! Boom!!"

Neji dodged the punches and then unleashed a barrage of pressure points, pouring all 128 of the Eight Trigrams Palms onto his water clones!

These water droplets exploded one after another, causing the living water to splash all around him instantly.

Just then, he heard a soft shout:
"Water Escape·Water Prison Technique!"

The splashing water instantly gathered on his body, suddenly forming a round water sphere!

Neji glanced back and saw that Sakura, his true form, was behind him, with one hand outstretched, controlling the water prison to prevent Neji from destroying it.

In the original story, Neji was also once subjected to Kisame's Water Prison Technique, so Sakura knew that Neji wouldn't be able to break free of it in the short term.

"..." Neji stared at her, while Sakura simply shook her head and said, "I could have killed you."

"In a single instant, I can boil the water that's trapping you, and you'll immediately suffer severe burns."

“But there’s no point in continuing this infighting, and you’re too deeply affected by your memories. Staying here will only make your mental state worse.”

She took out the black fragment, infused it with chakra, and the Kamui dimension immediately opened.

Then, a new water clone appeared beside Sakura to maintain the water prison technique. The next moment, Sakura lifted him up along with the water sphere and rushed out of the memory space.

Upon exiting, they discovered that the enemy was already locked in combat with Naruto.

……

Going back to reality.

As soon as Neji left the memory space, Sakura released the Water Prison Technique and caused the Kamui Dimension to disappear.

"Thud!" He fell onto the tree trunk, soaking wet, feeling as if he had escaped from a stuffy, poorly ventilated room. He immediately began to gasp for breath, feeling somewhat dazed.

When Kisame saw that there were two more people on Naruto's side, he immediately told Samehada to follow him, and together with White Zetsu and Black Zetsu, they walked to the pit.

The masked man got up, looked at the three of them, and then at Bai Jue.

"Orochimaru is ready. We can go and meet up with Deidara," White Zetsu whispered.

He received a message from the White Zetsu clone that the three of them had bought enough time.

"But what about that black hole just now?" Black Zetsu asked hoarsely, looking at Sakura.

He was very familiar with this black hole; it was exactly the same as the Kamui that Obito used.

The masked man gave Neji a meaningful look: "We'll talk about that later. We should retreat."

The three exchanged another glance, then turned and fled in three different directions without looking back, moving at an extremely fast pace.

"Go! Chase after them!" Naruto shouted to the two. He was in good shape and had a good chance of taking down one of them in one fell swoop.

But then he noticed that Neji was acting strangely. After exchanging a glance with Sakura, he ran to Neji's side.

"It seems we need to rest for a while before continuing."

Neji looked up; the darkness in his eyes had lessened somewhat, but his expression was noticeably worse than before.

He felt as if his old wounds had been reopened and salt had been rubbed into them, causing him unbearable pain.

But the intense self-destructive urge I had felt earlier had faded considerably.

After wandering around for a while, the three of them found a cave nearby.

Upon entering the cave, Neji lit a fire, went deeper inside to change his clothes, and placed his previously damp clothes beside the fire to dry.

The three of them took out food from their backpacks. The surroundings were quiet, except for the sound of sparks hitting the ground.

If they don't have anything urgent to do, they should be able to sleep very soundly by listening to white noise around them.

After a long time.

"How did things go after you went to the memory space? Did you solve the problem?" Naruto asked, looking at Neji.

Neji remained silent. Sakura thought for a moment and said, "Neji's situation is very similar to Tsunade's."

Before resolving Tsunade's inner demons, Naruto led Tsunade to defeat Orochimaru and witnessed the mentor-student relationship between Rock Lee and Might Guy.

After laying these groundworks and arousing Tsunade's desire to "cure her inner demons," they entered the memory space and successfully eliminated her inner demons.

In other words, Neji's problem cannot be solved from within.

“Hmm…” Naruto looked at Neji: “Those white spores you just saw, I suspect they were a kind of psychological suggestion, making you recall unpleasant things from the past.”

"There are experts in Akatsuki who corrupt minds right now, so you most likely came into physical contact with something around that time..."

As Naruto spoke, he noticed that Neji had lowered his eyes and seemed not to be listening to his analysis.

"Hey!" Naruto patted Neji on the shoulder. Neji finally realized what was happening, looked at the two of them, and frowned.

"Naruto, Sakura, I think I should withdraw from this operation," Neji said in a low voice.

"I'm not in the right condition to continue this mission, Naruto. Please send me back to Konoha."

Naruto paused for a moment, then said, "We need your help to open your Sharingan and track the enemy. You might as well talk to me first."

“There’s nothing to talk about,” Neji shook his head. “This is my own destiny to face, and no one else can help me.”

Unlike Tsunade's passivity, Neji's attitude was more stubborn, perhaps because he was known as a genius.

"Alright." Naruto stretched his legs, put his hands behind his back on the ground, and suddenly said, "Do you know what 'when one person attains enlightenment, even his chickens and dogs ascend to heaven' means?"

Neji remained silent, shaking his head quietly.

"It means that when one person becomes successful, those around him will also gain power and influence."

"A typical example is the Third Hokage. After becoming Hokage, Sarutobi Konohamaru received instruction from Ebisu, the special tutor for top students."

"Naruto, what exactly are you trying to say?" Neji asked impatiently. "Are you trying to say that the rise of the main clan will benefit me, and that I should be grateful to the main clan?"

"What kind of enterprise-level understanding is this..." Naruto coughed and pointed to himself: "I meant me, me!"

Neji looked at Naruto with a puzzled expression, and Naruto immediately said, "My 'enlightenment' can make your 'chicken and dogs ascend to heaven'."

"But why..."

“Neji, I know the Hyuga clan is divided into the main family and the branch family,” Naruto said seriously. “You’re from the branch family, and you also hate this system.”

He then pointed to himself: "I can make you the clan chief, and then you can personally abolish this system, understand?"

Neji's eyes widened. He hadn't expected Naruto to ask him to do that, and he was momentarily speechless.

Neji paused for a moment, then retorted, "But the Hyuga clan has always used this system to protect their bloodline limits."

"Do you know a ninja named Ao from Kirigakure?" Naruto suddenly changed the subject:

"One of his eyes is the Byakugan. So theoretically, the Hyuga clan can't defend against it. Besides, the Sharingan of the Uchiha clan is very precious, and they don't have any Brahmanical system, do they?"

At this moment, Sakura couldn't help but say, "And what you're talking about, protecting the Byakugan, is actually a technical issue."

"Ah, right, right, right!" Naruto slapped his forehead: "Let's assume that in the future the Hyuga clan encounters another 'Hinata kidnapping incident,' and now the Land of Lightning demands that you hand over the remains of a Hyuga clan member,"

"Now, assuming we have abolished the system of separate branches and main branches of the family, what should you do?"

(End of this chapter)