272: Perhaps after the War?

Chapter 272: Perhaps after the War?

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Neji wasn't willing to waste much time so he had left for Hidden Mist right after finishing business in Hidden Rock.

Though he had to slow down the flight due to reasons. Such as Kurenai who wanted to talk about what sort of job she really needed to do, since he didn't protest when he didn't raise her hand to volunteer to become a priestess.

Truthfully, Neji himself had no idea what to do with her. He didn't mean you warm his bed when he said she and her daughter should serve him, and he could feel through his connection with her that she feared he would say that.

"You seem to be thinking of something weird. Well, don't worry I never meant that." He waves his hand. She had seen the girls and heard about their relationship, of course, so it was natural for her to fear he would want to take her as he did with the others. "As beautiful as you are, you have a husband you love and he loves you back as well. I am not telling you to betray him. Just think of something, anything that can define 'serve' and we are good."

"Like… cleaning? Cooking?" She asked before blinking. "Ah, sorry, this place cleans itself and food is the least of worries…" she sighed after a while. "I honestly have no idea how to repay God."

Neji laughed. "Then just stay here until you figure something out. I have time on my hands."

After a while, Kurenai nodded gratefully and left the balcony. He was alone once again and enjoyed the night sky as his planet flew, but not long after another person walked in and jumped on his lap.

"Onii-sama, what did you and Kurenai talk about?" She asked, making herself comfortable and staring at the sky. "Are you going to… to her…" she looked at his face.

"No, I will not. Now I am trying to restrain myself somewhat. I have enough people here, no point in forcing an unwilling married woman. Unlike Jashin, she has done nothing wrong." Neji answered while ruffling her hair. "Why are you awake? It's getting late."

Hanabi nodded to his words, enjoying his pat, and hummed once he asked that question. "It's about Hinata. I heard you found that Anko woman earlier. So I was asking if you can find Hinata-nee too."

Neji sighed. "Well, I saw her multiple times. I have clones running all around the place, remember?"

In fact, Kakashi and Kiba's dogs had smelled his scent in multiple places which got them confused. In the end, they realised Neji's clones were running all around the world for whatever reason and just decided to move towards the Mist.

"...Then why didn't you bring her back yet?" Hanabi asked, her tone light as she asked carefully. "Is there anything wrong?"

"Because she will cause useless dramatic conversations about Naruto," Neji said. "The person isn't even dead yet."

"Wait, Naruto is alive?!" Hanabi blinked as she looked at Neji jn shock. "Then isn't that good news? Hinata-nee will regain her spirit if you tell her that!"

"Except Naruto isn't the same as he was before." Neji let her know. "I don't know the details, one of my clones just happened to notice him at the edge of his vision. Naruto has changed greatly, and I think he may kill Hinata rather than any other possibility. Heck, he may kill anyone with the Konoha headband."

Hanabi's face paled. "Oh no… Wait, then shouldn't we bring Hinata here right away? She will be in danger if Naruto finds her!"

Neji liked how she didn't even doubt his words for a second. He hugged her and bit her ear, making her yelp in confusion. "W-we shouldn't do this now—"

"Don't worry, I have Hinata's group on the edge of my eyes. They should be fine. I will meet with them once I am done in the Mist." Neji told her, making her nod a second later. "Sorry to delay it. The meeting between me and them will be somewhat awkward due to, well, reasons you know already. Anyway, we are close to the Mist. You guys stay back, the Mizukage won't delay my requests and attacking may be the worst idea."

"Alright. Be careful."

He patted her head one last time and then told her to go inside. Then, he teleported from inside his planet to the Mist Village.

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Neji hadn't done anything flashy after coming here. He just dropped right outside the Mizukage's office, knocked out the few Ninjas who didn't recognise him and attacked him, and then ordered one of the Ninjas to go inform the Mizukage about his appearance.

In his opinion, he was being very gentle and tame compared to the last two villages, yet the Ninjas issued an evacuation order and all the civilians started to leave the village. Truthfully, he was somewhat hurt at that rude gesture.

Not long after that, the entire village became a foggy cloud. Neji couldn't understand why though. They knew he had Byakugan powers, what was the point? 

'Oh well, maybe they just want the escaping villagers to feel safer.' Neji concluded upon noticing the Mist was light enough to allow eyesight for normal people.

"Apologies," a calm feminine voice spoke from behind Neji as he turned to face her, the fog clearing a bit to form a sphere-like area around him and the Mizukage. "It is to grant the villagers some mental safety. Though I doubt that would be of any help to those poor, innocent civilians if you wish to destroy this place."

"Except I don't," Neji shook his head. "Neither am I here to take you as my Priest, Lady Mizukage," Neji said, making her flinch as she realised he was spying on her office to listen to her conversation. "Not that you are old enough, neither that you are not beautiful, just that I don't like making beautiful girls feel I am forcing them." Unless they were targeting Kurai. "Let me take all the Mist Jutsus and your Bloodline abilities, and I am alright."

She had already agreed with that in her conversation with Ao, so he wasn’t asking anything too absurd— which was why he expected her to accept his offer in an instant. To his credit, she was about to do that, but right then another person stepped from within the mist into the spherical clearing.

Ao, the Mizukage’s advisor, the man with a Byakugan implanted on his right eye socket. Quite bold of him to show himself.

Neji, as one could guess, didn’t really mind that he had taken the eye of a Hyuga Clan member somewhere in his lifetime, but the other party didn't know that yet he decided to show himself.

“How about you only take the Jutsus? The Mizukage’s Kekkei Genkais aren’t so interesting, amongst Lava Release and Boil Release you already have the former. How about-”

“How about you shut up.” Neji released a thin force of Almighty Push as he said that, causing the mist all around the village to get pushed outside, dispersing immediately. “Or else the one wouldn’t just push the wind.”

Both of the people in front of him lost the air in their lungs as they stared at him in nervousness.

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Ao was silent as Mei closed her eyes and sighed, shaking her head and thanking luck that Ao hadn’t earned a stronger reaction by stepping in without her permission. Seriously, what was this fool thinking? 

She looked at Neji and bowed slightly. “Apologies. Please overlook this as I fully agree with your conditions.”

“Good,” he said, at the same time reaching out a hand towards her face. She didn’t flinch at that gesture, she knew he needed to touch the target to activate his powers— but when he pulled her face towards him, abruptly kissing her, she did flinch. But there was no way out of his grip as she felt her powers leave her, giving up to the dominant and seductive tendrils of will that pulled at them, before he released the kiss. “No, before you ask, I didn’t kiss the Tsuchikage.”

Mei quickly took a step back, finding herself standing beside a surprised and somewhat infuriated Ao, and she couldn’t blame him this time, because she was mad as well. Biting her lips as she gave him a short glare. Sure, he wasn’t going to hurt her or the village, but to just steal her first kiss like that? She felt a bit enraged.

“Anyway, I am done here.” the handsome young man said, wiping his lips and looking up at the Mizukage office behind them, and upon Mei turned there she saw dozens of clones wave hands at her through the window. “My clones are done raiding your Jutsu Vault. Until next time, then.”

As he turned around to leave, Mei could only express her disbelief at this. When did he create those clones? No, how did she miss them while they were clearly dozens of balls of chakra in her senses? What just happened here?

“Oh, before I leave,” the man turned to her once more, smiling softly. “How about a drink after the Fourth Ninja War? I hear you were looking for a husband? I have a perfect guy in mind.” Then he winked, both with his eyes and also out of existence.

It took Mei several seconds before she could focus on the more important thing, her eyes widening in horror as realised what he had just said.

“The Fourth Great Ninja War…”

Shit. She was going to have nightmares tonight.

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