273: Konoha Ninjas (1)

Chapter 273: Konoha Ninjas (1)

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[You have mined Kekkei Genkai: Boil Release - Level 10]

[You have mined Kekkei Genkai: Lava Release - Level 8]

[Lava Release - Level 8 is reacting with Lava Release - Level 10]

[Would you like to merge these two?]

[Y/N]

[Lava Release has evolved!]

[Let’s give a short explanation to save your time, Master. Besides the ability to create and produce Lava— which is much stronger than before— Master can now turn himself into Lava as well. You may think it is similar to the Magma-Magma Fruit from One Piece, except you aren’t immune to physical attacks unless you have already transformed, which would melt anyone who attacks you, anyway.]

[Congrats Master, now you can turn into a Sand human, a Lava human, and consequently a Glass human by activating both these powers at the same time.]

He also had the ‹Particle Release - Level 7› which automatically put him a few tiers above where he was before. It was not max levelled even though Tsuchikage was 79 years old, giving him countless battles to fight in, though that was understandable since it was close to if not the same complexity as Wood Release, also Onoki couldn’t just spam this attack because it would have killed anybody he used it on, which may not always be the goal for the user— so the level was naturally lower than most other bloodlines he had hunted in this world.

“Hold on, if I use glass transformation, will I be able to move?” Neji asked after he realised what Sisty had just said.

[You can always try it out? Don’t ask me for everything, I don’t know.]

Neji frowned. She seemed to be growing rude lately. Shrugging, he teleported to the living room.

“Well, that was fast.” Temari said as Neji reappeared in the living room of the palace, where a huge screen showed the scene below where Neji was a second ago. “Now, do we go to the Sand—”

She paused as Neji did as Sisty had asked, activating both Lava Release and Sand Release to turn into glass, a see-through glass that showed the other side of his body.

He noticed his END go up by a few hundred points, precisely 345 points, though he was sure it would increase more the stronger the Lava and Sand release got.

“Oh,” he said. “I can move.”

He also felt kind of cool, looking at himself in the mirror kept in the far.

“Uh, and Temari, no." he said after remembering what Temari had just said. "I already have the Magnet Release and Sand Release that I got from Shukaku. The only thing missing is the Sand Jutsus, which do not interest me that much. Maybe one day I will demand all the Sand Jutsus from Gaara as a dowry for our marriage?” Neji joked, grabbing her waist and looking at her with his see-through eyes. “Do I look creepy?”

Temari stayed paused for a moment before shaking her head. “No, you look like a beautiful sculpture.” she smiled softly. “Thanks."

Really, there was no need for thanks. Even if he didn't include Temari's existence, he liked Gaara for defending him in that Sand Village meeting anyway.

Neji, controlling one of his wood clones that were close to the Sand Village, grabbed an eagle in the air and cast a Genjutsu on it using the Sharingan properties of his Jogan, before sticking a letter on its legs and ordering it to hand it over to the Sand Ninjas. 

The letter was a small confirmation written by himself that said Gaara had no reason to worry as Neji had no plan to hunt his dear Temari's home. Also that Gaara should thank his sister sometimes.

…Speaking of sisters though, one of his clones had just encountered his grumpy cousin sister in the woods.

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The Konoha Ninjas, all ten members of them (along with two prisoners), had left for the Mist Village two days ago. Until now, they had yet to stop as they feared Neji might slip away this time too if they were too slow. They occasionally stopped in towns they came across to ask about the Mist Village, and from the fact that they hadn't yet heard the news that a Ninja had gone and attacked the Mist, the Konoha Ninjas believed Neji had yet to reach the place.

The Ninjas were currently on a boat that floated across the sea of the Land of Water, moving towards the Mist Village that should take them 4 more hours for them to reach.

"Guys…" Right then Kiba spoke with his nose twitching, indicating that he was smelling something important. "It's Neji. Again."

Kakashi frowned, his hands pausing on the steering wheel of the medium-size boat they were on before he shook his head. "Let him be. It's probably just another clone, it would run away if we got too close."

"That's the problem," Kiba said, making everyone's confusion grow. "He is coming towards us."

Everyone was alerted immediately and stopped what they were doing, though none were scared. To begin with, they had no animosity with Neji and were more-or-less friends. Even though Danzo had sent them on this mission to capture him, nobody planned to hurt or kill Neji. That was the case with Neji as well, as they knew he wouldn't want to hurt anyone on here, one of the biggest evidence of that was that he utterly destroyed the Rain Village in response to the destruction of Konoha.

Yet, everyone still felt a bit nervous.

They watched as the clone soon became visible to their sight, a dot of reflecting light in the sky, who soon sped up to close the distance.

Neji came closer to float in front of the ship and landed casually. "Hey, everyone. Looks like you are enjoying yourselves without me."

"Neji!" It was Guy who spoke first. "You are back!" 

Then he leapt at Neji to hug him, with Lee immediately joining him. Neji just let it happen, smiling awkwardly as the two grown-up men cried on his shoulder. 

"I thought you left forever!" Lee cried, sniffing his nose on Neji's shoulder.

As everyone watched, Guy paused after hearing Lee and drew his face back, looking at Neji after wiping his tears. "That's right, I nearly forgot, why did you leave the village Neji? Was there any emergency?"

"That-"

"It doesn't matter anymore, Guy." Kakashi said with a sigh. "The village is destroyed, the importance of that question has lessened, we can ask him that later. Rather, Neji, it wasn't you who destroyed Konoha, right?"

Everyone here knew that it wasn't Neji, Kakashi did too, but he just wished to receive verbal confirmation.

"So you saw Konoha on your way?" Neji asked back, stepping away from Guy and Lee. "And no, that wasn't me. It was Pain, the leader of Akatsuki, the same guy who killed Lord Jiraiya."

Everyone nodded briefly as the secretive boy of Team Kurenai, Shino Aburame, spoke for the first time. "I suppose that's why Pain's base, the Rain Village, is in such wreckage. You did that?"

Neji didn't answer, but the look in his eye was enough.

"Enough of that." Asuma was the one to speak this time. "Neji, what happened to the survivors of the assault? Did Kurenai…"

He just trailed off, unable to finish his sentence.

"Kurenai survived," Neji confirmed, watching Asuma release a huge breath, as Shikamaru patted his shoulder. "Some… others did too but there is a situation. Anyway, the Hokage survived too. Technically she died but her body was in a good enough condition for me to revive her." He watched everyone blink, unable to comprehend what he meant by 'revive', but he continued. "You guys look pretty confused, as expected. But as I said, since Tsunade is alive I think she can do the explaining instead of me."

Everyone on the ship exchanged glances before nodding.

"Then please," Wheels of Magic Circles appeared around everyone. "Hold tight if you have teleportation sickness."

Then, everyone vanished in thin air, including Hinata—who had just finished vomiting in the ocean in one corner of the ship and had run to the deck after noticing Neji's voice—appearing in a living room as Hinata’s feet swayed and she fell on her face.

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