Naruto: The Brightest Star

Chapter 117: Xing's provocation, the beginning of Konoha's collapse

Uchiha Xing looked at Hyuga Neji like this, chuckled, and continued: "I guess, at that time, he must have no choice. After all, the main family will never let Hyuga Hiashi, who is a member of the family, die. Not only did he tell the enemy the secret of the Hyuga clan's Byakugan, but he also threw the dignity of the Hyuga clan to the ground and trampled on it."

"So, your father, Hyuga Hiashi's twin brother, a member of the branch family who died for the main family, must go on the field. His death has long been destined, but he is unwilling to accept it. What he is unwilling to accept is not his own death, but what will happen to his young son after his death!"

"So he volunteered and chose to die, just to make his dear brother feel guilty and train you. He was afraid that your relationship with the Zong family would become strained because of this incident, and they would use any reason to exclude you, so he wrote his last words."

Hyuga Neji clenched his teeth tightly, his eyes filled with anger.

After a long time, Hyuga Neji snorted lightly, then let go of Uchiha Xing.

"You are trying to sow discord between me and the Zong family."

Hyuga Neji regained his composure and looked at Uchiha Xing, then his eyes gradually became firm.

"play off?"

Uchiha Star smiled.

"You think provocation is provocation."

"But you are always smart, so you should be able to see that Hinata Hiashi despises and doesn't care about you. He keeps saying that your father died for him, but nearly ten years have passed. Has he ever done anything for you? Has he ever taught you anything? Even after you graduated, he didn't help you find a suitable teacher."

"Although Might Guy is indeed a strong jonin, is he really suitable for you? He is a man who uses steel fists, and he is teaching you soft fists. Do you think you will make any progress?"

"If it weren't for this competition, where the strength and talent you displayed were beyond his imagination, do you think he would have handed the letter to you?"

Hyuga Neji remained silent as he listened to Uchiha Xing's words.

"These are my affairs, you don't need to interfere."

Hyuga Neji ordered Uchiha Xing to leave.

According to Hyuga Neji's wisdom, after the impulsiveness just now, he could quickly guess some things.

"Do you want to be free?"

Uchiha Star asked Hyuga Neji.

Hyuga Neji's hand froze involuntarily, and then he looked at Uchiha Xing with a sarcastic tone and said: "Didn't you just say that I, a bird in a cage, can never be free."

"I have a way to break the spell on the caged bird."

Uchiha Xing's words stunned Hyuga Neji.

"I never believe in pie in the sky. What is your purpose?"

Hyuga Neji looked at Uchiha Xing warily.

"My purpose is you."

Uchiha Xing suddenly approached and pointed his finger at Hyuga Neji's forehead.

"I admire your talent, so I want to recruit you from Konoha. Don't be so anxious to reply to me. You can tell me the answer when I look for you next time."

Uchiha Xing said as he stood up.

"Ah~ Come to think of it, your father was really unlucky. He was born just a few minutes later than Hinata Hiashi, but he was judged to be a branch family. The patriarch of the main family also had two children, but he still hadn't marked which child would enter the branch family. He loved his own children, but was unwilling to take care of his brother's children. It's a pity that your father was thinking about you until his death and was unwilling to leave you."

Uchiha Xing said with a look of regret on his face.

"What did you say!"

Hyuga Neji looked at Uchiha Xing in shock. After opening his mouth several times, he asked, "You said that my father has been following me? This is impossible."

As Hyuga Neji said this, he suddenly felt like a fool. He was sitting in front of a person from another village and thought the same thing as him.

Thinking of this, Hyuga Neji couldn't help but smile at himself.

"I mean, your father is worried about you and is always watching over you from behind."

Uchiha Xing smiled and then said: "Let me tell you a little secret~"

Uchiha Xing raised his hand to take off his goggles, looked at Hyuga Neji with his blue eyes and said: "My eyes can see the souls of the other world, but usually, they will go directly to the other world after death, and only the spirits with extremely strong obsessions will always stay in the human world, always following their obsessions. Just like your father has always followed you, there is always someone following Gaara..."

Listening to Uchiha Xing's words, Hyuga Neji couldn't help swallowing.

"You are lying..."

"You see me."

Hyuga Neji and Hyuga Hizashi spoke at the same time.

"Well~ Since you say I'm a liar, I'll send him back to the world of the dead. Maybe at that moment, you can see him."

Uchiha Xing said as he took out a knife from somewhere, then walked towards Hyuga Hizashi who was behind Hyuga Neji.

"Don't worry, I will take good care of your son for you."

Uchiha Xing said as he poked Hinata Hizashi's forehead with the hilt of his knife.

Ningci....

Hyuga Hizashi looked at Hyuga Neji worriedly.

At this time, Hyuga Neji saw his father again after ten years.

He was very sure that it was his father. Even though Hyuga Hiashi looked so much like Hyuga Hizashi, Hyuga Neji would not make a mistake.

Send away!

Uchiha Xing nodded with great satisfaction. It was my first time giving a gift to someone and it was so good. I am worthy of it.

"Take your time to think about it. I'll be leaving first. Of course, if you trust the main family, you can tell them or your Hokage about my affairs."

Uchiha Xing waved to Hinata Ningri and then left.

Hyuga Neji looked at Uchiha Xing's back, a little absent-minded.

Can you free the bird from the cage?

Hyuga Neji raised his hand and touched the mark on his forehead.

Freedom... Can I really trust her? No! What am I thinking! I am a member of the Hyuga clan, how could I want to betray my clan and village?

Hyuga Neji couldn't help but hold his forehead and smiled bitterly.

On the other side, Uchiha Xing returned to the viewing stand humming a little tune.

At this time, Kimimaro and Gaara appeared together. At the same time, Uchiha Xing saw Uchiha Sasuke, who was late, on the preparation seat.

"Eh? Is it the fourth exam so soon?"

Uchiha Xing asked Bai in surprise, he even forgot to bring his goggles back.

"Well, in the second match, Kankuro gave up directly. In the third match, although Shikamaru had the upper hand, he chose to admit defeat in the end. So now it's the fourth match."

Bai followed Uchiha Xing as he explained.

"Is this so?"

Uchiha Xing blinked his blue eyes, then his gaze fell downwards.

"Kimimaro~Come on!"

Uchiha Xing made his hands into a trumpet shape and shouted to Kimimaro below.

The teacher is cheering me on! I must win!

Kimimaro thought so and raised his hand, ready to go.

Following the invigilator's order, Kimimaro immediately attacked Gaara.

At the same time, countless sands began to attack Kimimaro.

Gaara's sand is fast, but Kimimaro's is even faster.

Rock Lee in the audience stood up instantly.

He's so fast! So, when he fought me, he didn't use his full strength.

Rock Lee clenched his fists tightly.

Will I ever be defeated by those geniuses?

Rock Lee lowered his head and sat back in his chair.

"Li, don't think too much. In my eyes, you are also a genius, a hard-working genius. You will definitely be able to bloom your inner lotus at the most critical moment!"

Mike Kay, who was standing beside him, spoke to Rock Lee and gave him a thumbs up.

"Teacher Kai!"

Rock Lee's eyes turned red, and then he nodded heavily.

In the competition arena, Kimimaro used instant movement to quickly approach Gaara, and holding the bone blade, he stabbed at Gaara frantically.

Countless sands protected Gaara, but gradually, the speed of the sand blocking could not keep up with Kimimaro's attack speed.

"Pfft!"

Gaara wasn't paying attention and his shoulder was pierced by the bone blade.

“Blood…blood! It hurts, hehe…it hurts!”

Gaara's expression suddenly became a little strange.

"go to hell!"

As Gaara finished speaking, he grabbed the bone blade on his shoulder.

"This time, I won't let you run away."

Gaara smiled, and countless sands attacked Kimimaro.

Kimimaro frowned slightly, then decisively dropped the bone blade in his hand and quickly retreated.

Gaara pulled out the bone blade, and then the gourd he was carrying on his back instantly turned into sand.

The sand controlled by Gaara's hands was obviously much faster than the automatic one, and gradually became as fast as Kimimaro.

It seems that close combat will be a bit troublesome, so use ranged attacks.

While dodging Gaara, Kimimaro used the Storm Kick against Gaara.

Sand was attacking Kimimaro while protecting Gaara.

However, since some of the sand was attacking Kimimaro, the sand protecting Gaara was one step slower than before.

Countless slashing attacks were directed at Gaara, and Gaara had no choice but to reduce the sand that attacked Kimimaro and use it for defense.

opportunity!

Kimimaro turned around and rushed directly towards Gaara.

Just as Gaara blocked the slash, Kimimaro stabbed forward.

The moment Kimimaro finished watching, Gaara curled the corners of his mouth slightly and raised his hand to make a seal.

In an instant, the surrounding sand and Kimimaro's attacking hand wrapped up Gaara.

The sand clung tightly, and Kimimaro was unable to pull his hand free for a moment.

Can't pull it out? If so, just destroy it.

Thinking of this, Kimimaro raised his foot and planned to use the Storm Kick to break it.

At the same time, the surface of the sand was surging, and countless sand thorns shot towards Kimimaro.

"Whoosh!"

"Den!"

Something exploded from Kimimaro's body, forming a skeleton shield that blocked the sand thorns.

The sand kept shrinking, as if trying to break Kimimaro's arm. At the same time, Kimimaro's Storm Foot had already fallen, splitting the sand so that Kimimaro could pull his arm out.

After Kimimaro pulled his hand out, he controlled the bones on his arm to entangle together and form a bone cone. Then he relied on the Tsubaki Dance to quickly dodge the sand thorns while continuously attacking the opponent.

Soon, under Kimimaro's rapid attack, a hole was shattered in the round shield.

In that hole, Kimimaro saw a non-human eye and a beast-like claw attacking Kimimaro.

Kimimaro immediately stepped back upon seeing this, and while he was considering whether or not to use the Joint Killing Ashes, Gaara's sand dispersed.

Kimimaro's attack just now aggravated the injury on Gaara's shoulder.

Just at this moment, white feathers began to fall from the sky for some unknown reason.

"feather?"

Uchiha Xing looked at the falling feathers strangely.

The next second, his whole body went limp and he fell asleep leaning against Bai.

“Ah, huh~ah, huh~”

Uchiha Xing was snoring lightly and sleeping very soundly.

"This is, an illusion!"

The jonins quickly began to make hand seals to break the illusion that was cast on themselves.

"Izumi jonin? Izumi jonin!"

Shiro shook the Uchiha Star gently.

"She was under a genjutsu."

Kakashi walked over at this time, looking at Uchiha Xing who was sleeping soundly, and was speechless.

That day I thought she was joking when she said that she had no ability to resist illusions. This is not about having no ability to resist illusions. This is not about having no ability to resist illusions at all. How did this guy become a jonin?

Kakashi wiped his face, and based on the principle that one more person means one more fighting force, Kakashi helped him remove the illusion.

On the other side, Sarutobi Hiruzen was kidnapped by Orochimaru, who was disguised as the Kazekage.

Kankuro and Temari jumped down from the preparation seat together, went to the battlefield to help Gaara up and take him away.

Uchiha Sasuke felt that something was wrong with the two of them and followed them immediately.

Kimimaro and Genma Shiranui attacked Maki who wanted to stop Uchiha Sasuke from advancing.

"Hmm? Where's the dinner?"

Uchiha Xing sat up in a daze and wiped the suspicious liquid flowing from the corner of his mouth.

Um... Teacher, I know you are pretending, but you can't pretend like this. Aren't you afraid that someone will know who you are?

Bai's mouth twitched slightly as he looked at Uchiha Xing.

"Konoha is facing an emergency right now, can you help us?"

Kakashi said as he fended off the enemy, following the Uchiha Star.

Uchiha Xing looked at the chaotic scene around him, then gave Kakashi a thumbs up and said, "Don't worry, we are all allies after all. If our allies are in trouble, we will naturally help them."

Uchiha Xing said this and then joined the battle on the battlefield. At this time, Karin rushed over.

"Izumi-jounin, Sasuke went after Gaara and the others."

Listening to Karin's words, Kakashi sighed softly, then looked at Haruno Sakura and said, "Sakura, you really have a talent for illusion. Now, quickly go and break Naruto and Shikamaru's illusions. Naruto should be very happy, after all, he hasn't received a mission for a long time."

"Task?"

Haruno Sakura looked at Kakashi with some confusion.

"Well, you have to be careful. This is an A-rank mission after the Land of Waves. Sasuke has gone after Gaara and the others from the Sand Ninja. Your mission is to bring Sasuke back."

Kakashi said as he cut his finger and prepared to start using summoning techniques.

"Hey! In that case, why not wake up Ino and Choji as well? It will be easier with more people."

Haruno Sakura suggested.

"I think that many Sand Ninja and Sound Ninja have already entered the village. If we move in a team of more than four, we will lose the advantage of flexibility and will be easily discovered by the enemy. You should have learned this in the patrol practice class at the Ninja School."

Kakashi reminded Haruno Sakura.

"Yeah! If it's four of us, will Kakashi-sensei join us?"

Haruno Sakura asked Kakashi.

"No, I can't get away for now."

Kakashi said as he began to make hand seals.

"Then let Karin go with them. The Uzumaki clan has a strong sense of perception, which makes them very suitable for hunting."

Uchiha Xing spoke at this time, causing Kakashi to be slightly stunned.