On the day when the qualifiers ended, Third Hokage also announced the match schedule and time for the third round of exams.
There was a total interval of one month, not only for the examinees to recover their bodies, but also for the village to prepare for the arrival of the fire country daimyo and Kazekage.
Naruto raised his eyebrows as he looked at the number he had drawn and the opponent he had drawn.
"It's actually Gaara..."
"Uzumaki Naruto, I am looking forward to fighting with you."
Gaara has been in 'love' with Naruto since the first day he met him in Konoha. Don't get him wrong, Gaara is only interested in Naruto's blood.
The blood of the strong can always make Gaara excited.
"Hyūga Hinata...just a chance to try out what that eye is capable of!"
Sasuke turned his head and looked, only to remember that Hinata should be in the hospital at this time.
Most of the battle tables were unchanged, only Naruto and Sasuke's opponents were swapped.
When things here were over, Naruto was walking home, and suddenly remembered Neji and Hinata.
"In this case, let's just drop by and have a look."
Konoha Hospital.
Naruto didn't ask the nurse in the hall, he turned on his perception directly and looked for them.
However, Hinata has no way to look at it today, because at this time her ward is crowded with a group of clan members who rushed over after getting the news, they are all studying Hinata's 'upgraded' eye.
When Hinata's father, Hiashi, first got the news, he heard that his weak daughter had defeated the genius Neji. He couldn't believe it, and wondered if someone was joking with him.
Then he learned that Hinata's eyes were upgraded! He was even more shocked.
His own daughter just took a Chūnin exam, how did so many things happen?!
Then, Anbu, Hokage's direct subordinate, sent an order from Third Hokage, saying that he wanted to have a good meal with him in a few days, chat and so on.
Sensitive Hiashi immediately realized that the matter was not simple, and rushed to the hospital, but those clan elders who also got the news chased after him.
They faced Hinata who was lying on the bed and hadn't recovered yet, and they kept asking her one sentence at a time.
But Hinata slew them anyway and said that she didn't know anything, and that it was upgraded suddenly when she was fighting Neji.
If Hinata is not the daughter of Hiashi, the current head of the Hyuga clan, the elders of the clan even want to dig out Hinata's eyes and study them!
They also said that they would definitely give it back to her. In fact, it was just that they wanted to try the ability of this eye, and because Hinata is a clan member, there is no caged bird on her forehead, so even if the eye is removed, there will be no feedback(death).
But in the end it was stopped by Hiashi.
What are you kidding! This is my daughter!
Now that Hinata is able to upgrade her byakugan eyes, maybe Hanabi can too?
Maybe in the future, Hinata's children can also inherit Hinata's new blood succession limit?
That way, they could, like the Uchiha clan, make the evolution of Byakugan the norm.
Hiashi's words dispelled the idea of those old guys taking her eyes, and then began to sell their grandsons in various ways, how powerful, awesome, and how pure their byakugan are.
And Hinata can only cover herself in the quilt, listening to their quarrel, thinking of Naruto in her heart.
If Naruto hadn't 'purified' her eyes, let alone being valued by her father and cared for by the elders, she would definitely be beaten badly by Neji.
In the adjacent ward, compared with Hinata's room, it seemed extremely deserted.
Neji was lying on the hospital bed alone, staring blankly at the ceiling with his eyes open, while his ears were filled with the noise from the next door, and among the voices coming from him, he could not do without
The word 'Hinata'.
Maybe this is the Main House family.
As for himself, apart from his dead father, where did he have any so-called relatives?
"I'm sorry, I came in a hurry, I didn't buy you some fruit or something."
Naruto appeared suddenly, sat by Neji's bed and said.
Although his voice was very soft, it was still exceptionally loud in the silent ward.
"Did you come to see my joke?"
Neji said without turning his head.
"Don't say that, I'm here to claim my share of rewards."
"reward?"
Neji suddenly remembered that when he bet with this guy before, he said that if he wins, he will listen to him, and if he wins, he will give him an extremely precious gift.
At the beginning, because the content of the bet was Hinata, Neji believed that he would win, so he didn't care about the bet.
The result is now…
"What do you want me to do?"
"There is nothing I want you to do right now. Although I said I want you to listen to me in the future, I am actually just inviting you to join my faction."
Naruto explained.
Hearing this, Neji felt relieved, luckily he didn't ask him to do anything too extreme, but, huh?
"..You mean Class Seven?"
"Of course not, it belongs to my personal faction. The temporary candidates for this team include Sasuke, Sakura, Hinata, and you who just joined."
Naruto— words, although Naruto has not invited anyone except Neji, but Naruto though, you have all taken advantage of me, and you have not done anything for me, so you better help me~
If that's too much, then I can only take back the benefits I give you.
"I see."
"By the way, your father actually left you a suicide note. It's in your uncle's hands. You can ask him for it."
"How do you know this!?" Neji asked with a change in expression.
"Don't worry about how I know, anyway, there is the answer you want to know."
"Then, as a gift for joining me, let me give you a reward."
As Naruto said that, he put his hand over Neji's eyes to upgrade it.
"Don't move, don't you want to know what Hinata's power is that can defeat you?"
Naruto's words made Neji quiet down immediately, and then, like Hinata, he felt the change in his left eye.
"Just focus the Chakra on your left eye and use this new eye - Jogan."
Neji listened, and followed what Naruto said, and then discovered the specialness of Jogan.
"Is this... the eye Hinata has? Wait, you gave it to her? You're cheating!!"
Neji suddenly realized that it wasn't that he couldn't defeat Hinata, but that someone was playing tricks behind his back!?
Did this guy do that to win?
"Don't look at me like that. Anyway, it's over and you lost. Okay, I'll go first. You should get used to your new eye. By the way, don't expose it casually, so as not to cause trouble."
Naruto smiled, got up and left, leaving behind a complicated Neji.
So, what exactly are you doing this for?
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