Konoha's Master of Illusion

Chapter 73 Neji’s State

Rizu took Tetsuya to a living room dedicated to entertaining guests. He sat cross-legged on the main seat and asked Tetsuya to take a seat.

Except for a low table, the room was empty.

"Hanabi, you can take a stroll around with your car, and I'll just entertain Tetsuya-kun here."

Hearing this, Hanabi was a little reluctant, but she had to listen to her father's words, so she turned her head and motioned for Karin to follow her.

"Hey! Hey!! Your name is Hanabi, right?"

Not far from the living room, Karin became active and approached Hanabi, who was much shorter than him, and started asking.

"right"

Obviously, my father introduced me just now.
"So Hinata-senpai is your sister? But you sisters don't seem to look particularly alike? Your hair is so messy."

"Whose hair is messed up!"

Hanabi couldn't help but retort:
"I just didn't comb it back or cut it short, and it doesn't look messy. The long hair hanging on both sides looks better!"

"Really? I still think Hinata-senpai's hairstyle is better."

Hanabi stopped talking. This guy was just angry with himself.

She had a flash of idea, she might as well take this guy to her sister and let her deal with this ignorant fool. She should go and practice martial arts instead of wasting time with irrelevant people.

Unexpectedly, just as this thought came to mind, Hinata appeared at the corner of the corridor in the distance.

Before she could react, she heard a cheerful voice in her ear:
"Hinata-senpai!"

Kaoru ran forward as if she had jumped into Keiko's arms, and plunged into Hinata.But after all, they were girls of about the same age. She couldn't bury her head in Hinata's chest, it would be too awkward.So Xiang Ling chose to be cheek to cheek with Hinata, rubbing the side of Hinata's face with her cheek with a happy expression.

"Huh? Xiang Phosphorus? What are you doing?"

The intimate gesture made Hinata's face become red and hot as usual, and she asked in surprise.

"Senior Tetsuya came to visit, and brought this fool with him by the way!"

Hanabi explained.

"Hanabi, don't say that."

Although Hinata, as the older sister, has never been dignified in front of her younger sister, Hanabi's unkindness to call Karin a fool was inappropriate both emotionally and rationally.

"Hmph, isn't it?"

Hanabi was also feeling sour at this time. How could this guy named Xiang Lian be like this? He did such shameless things to his sister in front of his sister, and her sister also defended her. It was simply
"Oh, it's okay, sister Hanabi says I'm a fool, so I am."

Hanabi felt a sour fire build up in her heart, being called her sister again, but after thinking about it, she didn't know what to say.And Xiang Ling was also a guest anyway, so it was hard to say harsh words and cause conflicts. He turned around and left feeling awkward, preparing to go to the room where he usually practiced to continue practicing Rouquan.

On the other hand, Zhe also chatted with Rizu for a while, and after someone brought refreshments, he started to get down to business.

"Speaking of which, Tetsuya-kun is also young and promising. He has been promoted to Chuunin just a few months after graduation, and he has two A-level missions on his resume, which is enough to make many people's jaws drop."

This kind of praise can only be given modestly:

"This is nothing. I heard that Kakashi-senpai was already a chuunin at the age of six, and he also performed on the battlefield. He was already a jounin at the age of 12, and later served in the ANBU. I can't compare it at all."

As far as the brilliance of his resume is concerned, Tetsuya is indeed incomparable to Kakashi.

Kakashi's graduation age, or age at which he was promoted to chuunin and jounin all broke records. Perhaps Itachi later was not worse than him at all, but after all, it was in peacetime and there was a huge difference from wartime.For example, all Konoha genin graduates are now 12 years old, and there is no example of anyone graduating early.

In those wars, Kakashi's achievements were not comparable to just two A-level missions.

"Haha, it is a good thing for young people to be modest, but the example of Hatake Kakashi is too extreme." Hinata Hinata took a sip of tea and said: "And Kakashi Jounin was once a student of the Fourth Hokage. Compared with This, Tetsuya-kun is not bad at all, you have also become Tsunade-sama’s disciple, which is enough to prove that you are the leader among this generation of young people in Konoha.”

"Thank you, Tsunade-sama, for your attention."

"Compared with Tetsuya-kun, my huge Hyuga clan has very few successors, and both of my daughters are mediocre."

As I said, isn’t this your own problem and your family’s problem?
Who let you live up to your expectations and give birth to two daughters but no son, and Neji is a descendant of a separate family.

Naturally, it was impossible to say this.

He had no intention of mentioning it, but Hinata Hizu mentioned this:

"Originally, there was Ningji in the branch family, who was extremely talented, but unfortunately he has been depressed recently."

What do you mean, are you planning to cause trouble for me?Tetsuya thought in his mind and felt that it was unlikely. If he was not a disciple of Tsunade, this possibility would still exist, but at this time, the head of the Hyuga family should not be such an irrational person.

Sure enough, the stern-faced Hinata Hizu continued:
"Actually, I invited Tetsuya-kun here this time because I hope you can take a look at Neji's child. Since he failed the Chunin exam, he has locked himself in the room to practice every day. As an elder, I have nothing to do."

Zhe also feels a little sore in his balls, it doesn't matter.

Should I let myself, the winner, rebuild Neji's confidence?That should be something that Naruto should do, what is he looking for?Speaking of which, I didn't expect anything like this to happen this time. If I had known it, I would have pulled Naruto over and asked him to escape.

But as an elder, he couldn't refuse such a request, so he could only vaguely respond:
"Okay, I'll try my best"

"Thank you very much, Tetsuya-kun!"

It can be seen that the head of the Hyuga family is quite concerned about this matter, and does not seem to be hypocritical.

Originally, according to the setting, Neji's father was also willing to sacrifice for the Hyuga clan and die in place of Hyuga and Hatsuzu.It is not unusual for Rizu, the elder brother, to feel guilty and take more care of his younger brother's child.Regardless of whether it is a fake or genuine feeling, this gesture is always a good one.

And he was still very anxious. Seeing that Tetsuya agreed, he immediately led the people to Neji's side.

Helpless, Tetsuya could only prepare in his heart, what will he say later?

……

In the courtyard, Neji was practicing the soft fist moves seriously in the air.

But although he was serious, his movements were smooth and skillful, and every step was practiced to perfection, he no longer had the confidence and arrogance of the past. The soft fist he was proud of could not allow him to defeat the enemy. The self-proclaimed genius suffered a defeat, and he was fighting against fate. The only thing to rely on is so fragile.

Ever since he was defeated by Tetsuya in the Chuunin Exam and even cracked the Kaitian, Neji had shut himself up at home, never leaving the house except for constant training.

"Neji, take a rest."

Hizu said as he came closer.

Neji stopped and looked at his uncle, then noticed Tetsuya's appearance.

"This is?"

"Haha, it just so happens that Mr. Tetsuya is here to visit today. I think you have been practicing at home every day recently and haven't had friends for a long time, so I brought him over to see you."

Upon hearing this, Neji frowned, and the dissatisfaction and anger in his heart almost overflowed.

friend?this person?

Is your uncle here to see his joke?

"You guys have a chat, I, the elder, won't bother you." Hizu seemed to understand what Neji was thinking, and decisively left Tetsuya behind.

After he left, Tetsuya stood at the door of the small courtyard, staring at each other with Neji.

"Aren't you going to invite the guests to come in and sit down?"

Zhe also felt that it was not a problem to continue like this, and it was quite tiring to stand all the time, so he took the initiative to speak.

"Yamanaka Tetsuya, you are not welcome here."

"Don't be so direct. I know you don't welcome me. But I didn't want to come here on my own. If Senior Rizu hadn't asked me to enlighten you, I wouldn't have bothered to come."

"Hmph, then you can go now."

Zheya really wanted to run away directly, but he did agree to other people's requests before, so he should give it a try anyway.

So he thought carefully before saying:

"Ningji, you have always felt that fate is treating you unfairly, so I can give you some examples to let you know that there are many people who are less fortunate than you."

"I know, so what?" Neji didn't even look at Tetsuya: "For example, Uchiha Sasuke, you may think he is worse off than me, but so what?"

"Do you want to spend your whole life feeling sorry for yourself and lamenting your fate, and then succumb to the so-called fate?"

"So what? I've tried my best, and then I lost at your hands."

Neji closed his eyes and said slowly, although he was unwilling to give in, he lost the battle with Tetsuya completely. If he tried it again, he would not be confident that he could win. It could be said that he was convinced.

So he has to admit:
"This actually has nothing to do with you. I just lost to fate. I am a member of the Hinata branch family. This is the fate of the branch family."

(End of this chapter)