Hokage: I Neji will never go offline

"A war between ninjas? It's such a familiar word... But I don't think I will lose! Having said that, what role are you going to play in the war you foresee? Konoha ninjas? Or people on my side?"

In Neji's opinion, Itachi would most likely choose the identity of Konoha ninja. Neji knew how loyal Itachi was to Konoha, and he also knew how much sacrifice Itachi had made for Konoha. By asking this, Neji was actually giving Itachi a favor.

Under the stairs, Itachi could choose Konoha's side very naturally, without having to consider his own side.

But Itachi's answer surprised Neji. Itachi shook his head with a wry smile, looked up at the sky, and there was a complicated look in his eyes.

"No matter what the reason and purpose, the crime of killing a fellow clan member cannot be erased in any case. I can no longer go back to Konoha. Moreover, Sasuke has inherited my will and has been guarding Konoha in the dark.

Konoha no longer needs me now. After finally reviving my life, I would rather live a more relaxed life. In my previous life, I was always bound to the village and my family. This time, I want to be as free as you."

As he spoke, Itachi turned his head and showed a gentle smile to Neji. He seemed fine, but Neji couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart.

Itachi seems to have thought about it and is ready to pursue his own freedom. In fact, he is still trapped in the sin of killing his own people, and it is indeed Itachi who did this. This is an understandable fact, so Itachi will also

Carry this sin forever.

Before Itachi died, he told Neji not to resurrect him even if he had the ability. At that time, Neji didn't think about it at all. He always felt worthless for Itachi. Itachi was obviously such a gentle person, but he ended up being a sinner.

Neji could not let go of his identity's death, and it also made Neji very determined to resurrect Itachi, and even used Izumi as a bargaining chip to resurrect Itachi who was unwilling to be resurrected.

Now Neji has more or less understood why Itachi specifically warned him at that time, because Itachi had long expected that he would always bear this sin after his resurrection.

"Neji, where is Shiro? I have something to do with him."

Itachi suddenly interrupted Neji's thoughts. Neji came back to his senses and pointed in the direction he came from.

"They are behind and should be arriving soon. You guys are probably looking for him to discuss matters related to strength, right?"

"Well, I want to borrow something from him."

Itachi didn't explain what he wanted to borrow, and Neji wasn't ready to ask. After all, this was the relationship between Shiro and Itachi, and it didn't have much to do with Neji. If he asked, it would be too lenient.

Itachi turned his head to look in the direction of Neji's finger, and could vaguely see a figure. Neji was about to review the previous battle in his mind, and wanted to seek some improvement from it. At this moment, he suddenly felt a wave of space fluctuations, Sasuke,

Naruto emerged from the twisted space.

As soon as the two appeared, they stared at the scene in front of them with their eyes wide open in disbelief.

"Why...is this happening? Sasuke, are you in the wrong place?"

Naruto couldn't believe what he saw, and quickly asked Sasuke if he had gone to the wrong place. Sasuke's face was very solemn at this time, but he immediately shook his head.

"You're right, this is Orochimaru's base. The traces on the ground are still very new. The battle shouldn't have been going on for long. I didn't expect it to be on such a large scale, destroying all the nearby terrain at once..."

A trace of fear flashed in Sasuke's eyes, and then he suddenly turned his head to look towards Ningci. Ningci had noticed the moment the space fluctuations occurred, and was watching the two of them. Sasuke turned his head and looked over, and Ningci also

He waved towards Sasuke.

Sasuke and Naruto walked over quickly. They were a little anxious at first, but after getting closer, they calmed down a little after seeing that Ningji had no injuries. The lack of injuries on Ningji at least meant that Ningji's side did not lose in this battle.

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"What happened here? Why did it become like this? Where are Orochimaru and the others?"

Sasuke didn't waste any time and asked straight to the point. Neji shrugged and pointed again in the direction he came from.

"Over there, we'll be there soon. Speaking of which, you guys came quite slowly. I finished beating here before you guys came over. It's a shame I didn't point you to help from the beginning, otherwise the day lilies would have been cold.

Already."

Neji deliberately teased Sasuke, and Sasuke immediately realized that he seemed to be a little excited and took a deep breath to calm down.

"We came over immediately after receiving Boruto's message. It seems that we are still late. What enemy are you facing? Although the traces of the battle here are exaggerated, judging from the current situation, it is obvious that this place can only bear

One blow, the opponent should be very powerful, right?"

Speaking of this, a trace of fear flashed in Sasuke's eyes, and Neji nodded, but his expression remained relaxed.

"It's okay. Momoshi and the Shell organization teamed up to find trouble. We moved the battlefield to another world, so it didn't suffer much damage here. Momoshi is dead. I think I won the battle."

, but this battle seems to have created a more powerful enemy."

"Stronger enemies? What do you mean?"

Sasuke immediately grasped the key points and asked. Naruto and Itachi also immediately focused their attention on Ningji. Ningji's eyes narrowed slightly, and finally he was no longer relaxed.

"Otsutsuki Urashiki, if I'm not wrong, he should have obtained all of Momoshi's power now. Momoshiki passed on his power to Urashiki at the last moment of his death. In addition, Otsutsuki Ishiki has been completely resurrected. Then

It is a being far more powerful than Kaguya. Kaguya's sneak attack failed to kill him back then, and now that the Ten-Tails is in my hands, they will definitely come again. Maybe the Ninja World War will break out soon."

Hearing the words "Ninja World War", Naruto and Sasuke's expressions changed. Both of them were familiar with this word and knew what it meant. After all, both of them had experienced the Fourth Ninja World War.

Yes, Itachi's expression was a little complicated at this time.

Although Itachi had a vague premonition of the Ninja World War, and because Itachi was already dead at the time, he did not participate in the Fourth Ninja World War, but Itachi had participated in the Third Ninja World War and was well aware of the cruelty of war.

Naruto's face was full of worry, and he couldn't help mumbling.

"I didn't expect so many things to happen, but since it has developed to this point, it means it is inevitable, right?"

Although Neji was not completely sure, he could roughly guess what Naruto's worries were. After all, Naruto was the Hokage now and had many things to consider. Once a war broke out in the ninja world, the civilians would suffer the most.