Hokage: I Neji will never go offline

"Lord Neji, what happened?"

"Well, Orochimaru betrayed Akatsuki, and Scorpion is responsible for hunting down Orochimaru. I'm going to hand over the matter to Scorpion and give the scroll to Scorpion."

"Lord Orochimaru defected? Why?"

Shiro looked at Neji in surprise, and Neji shrugged indifferently.

"What else could be the reason for this? Defection means defection. I had long expected that Orochimaru would defect. I even thought that if it weren't for the fact that I hadn't cured Kimimaro of the hemorrhagic disease, Orochimaru would have been there long ago.

Then he defected, do you think it was only a few days after I treated Kimimaro? And Orochimaru really attacked me at that time."

Neji now even suspected that when he was in the Sound Ninja Village, Orochimaru's purpose was to catch him and then defect. In the end, he found that it was not possible, so he said that he was just testing his strength.

Now that Orochimaru's defection has probably confirmed that Kimimaro's blood disease has really been suppressed, this is a good signal for Neji.

A few days later, on a grassland in the country of Sichuan.

Neji and his group were eating barbecue on a shelf, very comfortable, when a white clay bird fell from the sky, and Scorpion and Deidara jumped off the clay bird.

"Oh! Neji-senpai! You guys are so laid-back!"

Deidara greeted Neji very enthusiastically as soon as he got up, and Neji waved to Deidara while holding a barbecue hand.

"Hey, it's Deidara. Long time no see. Do you want to have barbecue together? Shiro's cooking is very good."

"Barbeque? It looks good!"

Deidara rubbed his hands, looking eager to try. Neji also handed the meat skewers in his hand to Deidara without any stinginess, then picked up a skewer from the grill and waved at the scorpion.

"Hey! Xie, do you want to eat something together? Bai's cooking is very good."

"Hmph! I don't care about this kind of thing. Give it to me quickly."

Neji stuffed the barbecue in his hand into his mouth and threw the scroll he had prepared in advance to Scorpion.

"You, the reformer, are really unlucky. This thing was given to me by Orochimaru. Orochimaru is not the kind of careless person. I'm not sure whether this thing is still useful, and even if it is still useful, I'm afraid it will be a

It’s a trap, be careful.”

"I don't need you brat to worry about it yet, Deidara, don't get in my way, I'm going to kill that smelly snake myself!"

Deidara paused while eating the meat skewers and looked at Scorpion in confusion.

"Senior Scorpion, don't you need my help?"

"Hmph, that guy is my prey!"

Neji put his arm around Deidara's shoulders while chewing the barbecue, and raised his head at the scorpion.

"Scorpion, since you don't want Deidara's help, then why not let Deidara go with you? At least give Deidara a break and let him stay here to eat barbecue."

"Hmph, whatever he wants."

After Scorpion said a word, a humanoid puppet flew into the air from under Deidara's clothes. Scorpion jumped on the puppet and left quickly.

"Ouch? I didn't expect that the puppet could be used like this. He is indeed the genius inventor of the Kingdom of Wind, the Red Sand Scorpion."

"Oh! Neji-senpai seems to know Scorpion-senpai very well. Although Scorpion-senpai is usually so fierce, he is actually quite nice. By the way, Miss Bai, can you be less spicy for me? The one just now was a bit too spicy.

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Deidara acted as if he hadn't eaten in three days. Once he started eating, he couldn't finish eating and kept stuffing it into his mouth.

Shiro's head was full of black lines after listening to Deidara's words. Even Itachi, who was usually stern, couldn't help but smile on his face. Neji almost laughed out loud, but luckily he covered his mouth with his hand in time.

Deidara wanted to go to the grill to get the barbecue, but Bai Bai suddenly snatched it away. Deidara clicked his lips twice and went to get another skewer, but Bai grabbed a handful of chili peppers and sprinkled them on the skewers.

Up, Deidara picked up the skewers and put them down again.

"Well, I..."

Deidara was a little at a loss for a moment. Neji grabbed a meat skewer that had a lot of pepper on it and looked at Deidara with a smile.

"Deidara, I think if you don't apologize, you won't be able to eat barbecue in the future."

"Apologise? Neji-senpai, why do you have to apologize? Did I do something wrong?"

"You didn't do anything wrong if you did it, but do you know Bai is a man?"

Deidara's mouth opened slightly, his eyes widened, and he looked at Shiro in disbelief.

"Wha, what? Male? Are you a male?"

Shiro rolled his eyes at Deidara, not even bothering to pay attention to Deidara, and handed Neji a skewer.

"Ningji-sama, this is the spicier flavor you like."

"Well, thanks."

Neji took the roasted meat and stuffed it into his mouth, chewing it with big mouthfuls. Deidara couldn't help but swallow a mouthful of saliva and looked at Shiro with a smile.

"Um, little brother Bai, it was a misunderstanding just now. Um, can you give me a bunch?"

Shiro glanced at Deidara. Shiro heard clearly what Neji just said, so he gave him some face.

"This batch of barbecue is too spicy, let's wait for the next batch."

"Hey, yes, yes."

After eating and drinking enough, Neji was very satisfied lying on the grass and blowing the breeze. Shiro sat next to Neji holding his hair and fell into deep thought. Itachi leaned against a stone and closed his eyes to rest. Only Deidara had nothing to do.

After a while, Deidara arrived in front of Neji.

"Senior Neji, you told me about the shortcomings of my art before. I thought about it for a long time, but I still don't have a clue. I want to ask you for advice. Do you think it's okay?"

"Excuse me? It's really hard to explain your situation."

Neji chirped, sat up, looked at Deidara a little tiredly, and then spoke.

"Leike Tu, your explosive clay is developed based on earth escape. Although it is very different from ordinary earth escape, it is still earth escape in essence. It is impossible to ignore the restraint in attributes. You can only go to

Think of other ways, such as injecting wind-type chakra into your detonating clay, it might be useful."

"Injecting wind properties into the clay?"

Deidara held his chin and fell into deep thought. Neji himself had no interest in Deidara's explosive clay. This analysis was also based on attribute restraint. Deidara fell into deep thought, and Neji also lay down again.

Suddenly, a strong wind blew up. Before Neji could figure out what was going on, the next moment Neji's eyes went dark, and a ball of clay fell on Neji's face, just covering Neji's eyes.

"Lord Neji!"

Shiro on the side quickly helped Neji pull out the clay from his eyes. Neji used one hand to hold himself up and the other to take off the clay from his face and throw it aside.

"Deidara! What are you doing!"

Neji felt that he would fall asleep soon. It was definitely a pleasure to sleep on such a breezy grassland, but after Deidara did this, he suddenly fell asleep.