Naruto: Becoming Stronger by Pampering Your Sister

The ice flute in Neji's hand slowly dissipated, and with a wave of his hand, three white rays rushed towards the three people outside the wind.

Bagua Mountain-Breaking Strike!

The force, enough to collapse a small mountain, pierced through the chests of the three without any surprise. The system notification sounded one after another, and three stones emitting a strange blue light and bearing special marks appeared in Neji's hand in the blink of an eye.

The reward for fighting them is three Grell Stones.

"This feeling... could it be a crystallization of chakra? Such a high concentration of chakra... but how is that possible? The tailed beasts should be the aggregates of high-concentration chakra." Neji stared intently at the Grell Stone with his Byakugan, his mind filled with countless questions.

"Never mind, I'll put them in the system space first," Neji thought to himself. Then, the three Grell Stones in his hand suddenly disappeared.

"Wow, that's amazing!" Sakura exclaimed in surprise. She had defeated the three of them in an instant, effortlessly and without any effort. Neji's strength was truly incredible.

"Let's go. With Shikamaru's strength, holding off Timothy shouldn't be a problem." Neji ignored the three dead people behind him and quickly disappeared into the mountains with Sakura.

As darkness fell, in a secluded cave halfway up the mountain, Shikamaru, Gaara, and the others stared intently at Timshi, who was bound and gagged.

After the war in the Land of Wind ended, the two sides met here and together subdued Timsi, who had come to cause trouble.

"Grandpa, is there no way to destroy the Grell Stone mine?" Shikamaru rubbed his head, a ton of troubles piling up in his mind, giving him a headache.

He Yan gave Timothy a deep look and shook his head.

"Is there no way? Damn it! If you can't control that power, why did you bring it into this world in the first place?!" Temari shouted.

"No, there must be a way." At that moment, Neji brought Sakura into the cave. The instant they appeared, everyone turned to look at them.

"Hey, how did you find this place?" Shikamaru asked, but Neji didn't answer him. Instead, he looked at Gaara.

He had once subtly inquired of Orochimaru how to extract the Tailed Beast without harming the Jinchuriki, but the answer he received was negative: as long as the Tailed Beast was extracted, the Jinchuriki would die. Although he was mentally prepared, Neji was still somewhat disappointed.

To free Shukaku, the only way is to follow the plot step by step. Taking the tailed beast from Akatsuki is obviously more reassuring for Neji than extracting it from Gaara.

When Gaara saw Neji again, his expression was quite unfriendly. Although he had been moved by Naruto's talk-no-jutsu, he still didn't give Neji a pleasant look.

"What do you mean by 'there's a way'?" Gaara asked coldly.

Neji walked up to Timothy, lifted him up, and said to them, "There is only one way to destroy the Grell Stone mine: use this guy's blood to activate their clan's ancient summoning array."

"Summoning circle?" Naruto scratched his head, asking dumbly, "Is it a kind of summoning jutsu?"

"That's right, it's a kind of spirit summoning. The royal family made a blood pact with it, which can summon the [Space-Time Hole] that devours everything. It connects to another world, and using it can make the Grell Stone mine disappear completely."

"What?! How...how did you know?"

He Yan looked like he'd seen a ghost. This was a secret that his clan had guarded for generations, and even few of his own clan knew about it. But what was going on? It had actually been revealed by an outsider.

“My intelligence network is beyond your imagination.” Neji threw Timsi to the ground and said to He Yan, “You want to protect the last bloodline of the royal family, but they won’t appreciate it. You should know the dangers of the Grell Stone Mine better than anyone else.”

“If Hyde gets his hands on it, or if the vein gets out of control, half of this continent will be devastated.” Neji took out a kunai, cut a wound on Timsi, collected his blood, and said to He Yan again, “Destroying it is the best way.”

He Yan fell into deep thought, and after a moment, he gritted his teeth and made a decision: "I understand."

Soon, led by He Yan, the group arrived at a desolate mountain range. Neji activated Kagura's Mind's Eye and indeed sensed a strong chakra below.

"This is it," He Yan said in a low voice. The spirit communication array was also in this mine. As long as the royal blood was sprinkled in, the [Time-Space Hole] would appear.

"Ah," Neji replied casually, then walked to the stone platform that resembled an elevator, preparing to go down.

"Wait a minute, once the [Space-Time Cave] is activated, it will be uncontrollable, and no one can escape that gravitational pull," He Yan said urgently.

"Heh, ninjas are different from you ordinary people," Neji said dismissively. "Instead of worrying about such trivial matters, you should prepare for the battle ahead."

"What do you mean?"

"Timsi has a tracker on him." As soon as the words were spoken, the mountain wall next to them suddenly collapsed, and a huge mechanical fortress stood in front of everyone.

At the same time, Neji also plummeted down.

Chapter 106 The Grell Stone is actually...

"Is this the Grell Stone mine?" Neji murmured to himself as he stood alone at the entrance of a massive palace.

He pushed open the dusty door and followed his chakra senses up the stone steps to the bottom of the palace. Soon after, he arrived at a vast underground mine.

"Just like I remember, the chakra I sense is extremely dense. This is it." Neji looked up at the giant rocks above him.

The Grell Stone was sealed here, but so much time had passed that the seal had weakened and was difficult to maintain, which allowed Naruto to easily break the seal.

Even without this incident, the Grell Stone mine would soon see the light of day again.

Looking at the blood of Timothy in his hand, Neji's lips curled up. With a slight thought, he stored it in his system space. Do you think he would fall into such a mineral vein? What a joke.

"Eight Trigrams Empty Palm!"

Neji unleashed a powerful palm strike, his full strength causing the shockwave to materialize and take on a clear outline. It exploded with tremendous force, and with a bang, the spell sealing the Grell Stone shattered, sending large swaths of azure light pouring down.

What would be a major problem for others that could only be solved by using the [Time-Space Hole] was nothing but child's play for Neji. With a wave of his hand, all the Grell Stones were collected into the system space, leaving not even a trace of dust behind.

Having resolved this not-so-troublesome issue, Neji walked up to the summoning circle, his eyes filled with curiosity.

"How exactly does a summoning array that can connect with the [Space-Time Cave] achieve this?"

The Space-Time Hole is even more mysterious than the space-time ninjutsu in the ninja world. No one knows where it leads. Perhaps it leads to time travel, another space, or a different world.

"If I can master this summoning technique, where can't I go?" Neji was very excited. Since someone could sign a blood pact with it, so could he.

However, his ambition was even greater; he not only wanted to be able to summon it anytime, anywhere, but also to completely control it.

So, his first step was to carry away the summoning array. Neji suddenly grabbed the stone slab with the array engraved on it and, with a powerful flick, sent Neji flying. At the same time, he seized the opportunity and stored it in his system space.

"Mission accomplished." Neji strode out. Now that he had succeeded, Hyde, the tool used to restrain Naruto and the others, was no longer necessary.

However, when Neji emerged from the underground mine, Hyde had already been defeated by Naruto and the others, which surprised Neji somewhat. But after thinking about it, he understood. Hyde wasn't very strong, and being surrounded by so many people, his defeat was to be expected.

"Aaaaah... Neji, you bastard, why didn't you tell us that Timothy had a tracking device on him?" Naruto shouted, pointing at Neji.

"How else can we lure him over?" After saying that, Neji gave Naruto a deep look, thinking to himself: With your personality, you would have given yourself away long ago.

"Neji, are you still not going back to the village?" Sakura stepped forward and asked with some hope.

"No, the village doesn't have the ability to teach me anything more. I will go back when I have achieved enough in my training," Neji said calmly.

Then, he looked at Gaara and said earnestly, "Think more about your sister."

As soon as he finished speaking, Neji disappeared.

"Huh? What does he mean by that?" Naruto asked, dumbfounded.

Gaara didn't answer him, but stared blankly at Temari, who was in a daze. Indeed, since their mother left, this older sister had taken on the responsibility of taking care of him. Although she was afraid of him, she would sometimes give him warmth.

That's why he never attacks Temari, and he listens to Temari's words to some extent. But now, after Neji pointed it out, he was at a loss.

"It's nothing, let's go," Gaara said, though his tone softened slightly.

Temari and Kankuro clearly noticed Gaara's changes. They were surprised but also very happy because the distance between them and Gaara had lessened. If things continued like this, perhaps one day they could really live like a normal family.

"Thank you, Neji," Temari murmured to herself.

Unlike them, Neji immediately used his intangibility ability to return to Orochimaru's base after leaving them.

As soon as he returned to the base, he took out a Grell Stone and began to examine it closely. This thing was too strange; it could stimulate a person's potential, grant them all sorts of abilities, and even enhance that power by changing a person's physical form.

Suddenly, Neji had a flash of inspiration, his expression filled with disbelief: "This thing is just like... a cursed seal, but its effect is even stronger than a cursed seal."

It's terrifying that an ordinary person, after obtaining these stones, could directly reach the level of Chunin or even Jonin.

This kind of thing could very well create an army of Jonin.

“A crystallization of high-concentration chakra, a power similar to the cursed seal, that can only be Sage Mode.” Neji exclaimed, holding the blue jade in his hand, “That’s it, the power of nature, the chakra of nature.”

Soon, an idea came to Neji's mind: if he absorbed all of these Grell Stones, he could definitely master the most perfect Sage Mode. It was hard to imagine how strong he would become, but it would definitely not be much weaker than the power of the Six Paths.

Just as Neji was racking his brains about how to absorb it, there was a knock on the door, followed by Kabuto's voice from outside.

"Neji, Lord Orochimaru requests your presence in the laboratory."

"Alright, I understand," Neji replied, putting away the Grell Stone in his hand.

When the door opened, Kabuto was still standing there respectfully, smiling in a way that was... incredibly alluring, making Neji shudder slightly.

"This Kabuto is no longer hiding the fact that she is a woman. It gives me goosebumps," Neji thought to himself. Ever since he came here, Kabuto has become more and more... seductive, which has made him even more determined that he should not learn the Undead Reincarnation technique casually.

At that moment, Kabuto was still giving Neji flirtatious glances, which made Neji feel nauseous. He immediately sped up and arrived at Orochimaru's laboratory in the blink of an eye.

"What do you want from me?" Neji casually sat down in a chair, looking at Orochimaru who was doing research in front of him, and Sasuke standing next to him.

When Orochimaru saw Neji arrive, he chuckled and said, "Neji, I need your help with something."

"Stop! You haven't given me those ninjutsu yet." Neji wasn't buying it at all. Orochimaru was dreaming if he thought he could get something for nothing.

"Hehe, Neji, I believe you'll be interested in this mission," Orochimaru said.

Chapter 107 The Strange Red-Robed Man

"What do you mean by that?" Neji stared at Orochimaru, asking in confusion.

"Recently, a group of wandering ninjas has gained fame and attracted a lot of attention. Many people are vying to hire them at high prices." Orochimaru didn't answer Neji's question, but instead continued talking to himself.

"What does this have to do with you?" Neji scoffed. "Have you, Orochimaru, fallen so low that you need someone else to protect you?"

"Hehe, of course not. It's just that one of them has a very special ability that has piqued my interest and made me want to study it." Orochimaru seemed to be thinking of something, so he stuck out his long tongue and licked his cheek.

"What ability?"

Before Neji could speak, Sasuke couldn't help but ask, "An ability that even Orochimaru is interested in must be incredibly powerful, and that's exactly what I need right now."

"Sasuke, you're really impatient," Orochimaru sneered, but he didn't hide anything and said frankly, "He can turn people to stone."

"Petrification? You're actually interested in that ability?" Neji scoffed. "Orochimaru, you're really getting more and more out of touch with reality."

Orochimaru remained unperturbed by Neji's merciless mockery. He strolled leisurely to a table, picked up a wine glass, swirled it, and chuckled, "That's it. I need you to help me bring him back."

"A wandering ninja? Do you have any information on him?" Sasuke asked.

Orochimaru took a sip of his drink and said, "His name is Ishidate. According to intelligence, he should be in the Land of the Moon right now. Although he is only a Jonin, his right hand has the ability to petrify people, which is very troublesome."

“Ishidate? The Land of the Moon?” Neji’s eyes gleamed, and a smile played on his lips. “So that’s it. It’s him.”

Ishidate, the boss of the third Naruto movie, was hired by the Moon Country's minister, Saba Kaba, to attack the Moon Country's prince and his companions who were being protected by Naruto and his friends. He was not very strong, but his right hand had an eye that could petrify people, and he once used this move to injure Kakashi and Naruto.

However, Neji found the petrification ability to be incredibly weak, posing absolutely no obstacle to him. He was surprised that Orochimaru would value such a useless ability, and he felt he needed to reassess Orochimaru.

"Is that all? I can go by myself." Sasuke said coldly, hands in his pockets.