Time flew by, and before he knew it, Neji had been with Orochimaru for a month. During this time, Neji had made significant progress and had extremely fine control over his Chakra.
At the same time, he also learned many powerful Ninjutsu. However, he still didn't get any of Orochimaru's own Ninjutsu, but he wasn't in a hurry because he always had the upper hand.
It was still that deserted mountain range. For a month, Neji came here every day to practice his new moves. Compared to a month ago, the mountains here had shrunk a lot, which shows how hard Neji had worked.
Today, Neji did as usual, leaving his clones at Orochimaru's base to study the scrolls, while he came here himself.
But the difference was that today was a little different.
As soon as Neji appeared from the vortex, he heard the sound of horses' hooves coming from the dense forest below. Then, startled birds scattered. Neji was slightly stunned and immediately rushed down.
At this moment, in the dense forest below, a group of people on horseback were chasing a girl in front of them, looking very aggressive.
"Hurry, hurry, hurry! Don't let her get away!"
"We must catch her today."
The girl became more and more nervous after hearing this. However, the horse she was riding was very strong, and those people couldn't catch up with her for a while. But at this moment, two figures suddenly appeared in front of the girl, tightly holding a thick rope.
"Now's the time!"
One of them shouted, and at the same time, the two reached out and pulled the rope, immediately tripping the girl's horse, causing the girl to fall to the ground. The people behind her were relieved to see this and immediately sped up to catch the girl.
However, at this moment, a white shadow flashed past, and the two people at the front suddenly rolled their eyes and fainted.
"What?! Be on guard!" A middle-aged uncle wearing glasses shouted, seemingly the leader of this group.
"Are you talking about them?"
A voice suddenly sounded from behind him, instantly making him sweat cold. He didn't know when, but all of his men had been knocked out. He was the only one still awake.
"Just a bunch of bandits trying to kidnap women, scum," Neji said expressionlessly.
"W-wait!" the middle-aged man shouted in panic, but how could Neji listen to him? With a chop of his hand, the middle-aged man followed in their footsteps.
Neji walked up to the girl and finally noticed her appearance. Her long black hair was tied up, she wore a slightly loose green robe, and she had red eyeliner, which gave him a familiar feeling. But he didn't seem to have met her before.
At this moment, the girl stared blankly at the scene in front of her. Although there was no blood, she still felt scared. She trembled and mustered up the courage to ask, "You, did you kill them all?"
"No, they're just unconscious," Neji said, glancing at all the people lying on the ground.
He wasn't a mindless killer and wouldn't kill people casually. Of course, if they threatened him, that would be another story.
"Phew~"
The girl heard this and breathed a deep sigh of relief, but the fear in her eyes had not completely disappeared.
"You seem very worried about them?" Neji asked puzzledly, and then muttered to himself, "Never mind, what's it to me?"
"Be careful," Neji waved his hand, and then, with a few leaps, he disappeared.
"He doesn't recognize me?" the girl murmured, looking at the place where Neji had left, seeming very surprised by this.
"That's right, everyone..." The girl quickly ran over and woke up the people who had been knocked out by Neji one by one.
If Neji saw this, he would be very surprised. It turned out that they were all in the same group, which was probably why the system didn't give him any reward.
I have to complain, her level of walking into a trap is really high. The result is obvious. After these people woke up, they immediately caught her.
After being caught, the girl shook her head and yelled, "I'm not going, I won't go there."
The middle-aged uncle wearing glasses looked at the girl's appearance and sighed slightly, but soon became firm.
"That young man knocked us down so easily. If he were protecting her, Princess might be able to..."
A light suddenly flashed in his eyes, "Maybe she can regain control of the Land of Snow."
...
On the top of the mountain, Neji stood there, continuing his training.
For him, time was very tight. It was almost impossible to improve himself to that level in three years. Now it was very difficult for him to improve even further.
"But, at least I have to reach the level of Uchiha Madara and Senju Hashirama."
Neji became fierce, formed hand signs, and immediately created five wood clones, and then fought against himself.
With his current strength, even his clones had shadow-level power, making them very good opponents. After all, fighting against himself was the best way to discover his shortcomings and improve his strength the fastest.
So, six identical people instantly wrestled together, completely fighting for their lives. Various Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu were thrown out recklessly. In short, everything but All-Killing Ash Bones were used, and anything was fair game.
Time slowly passed, and the sky gradually became dark. At dusk, Neji lay exhausted on the bare ground.
"Phew~ so tired."
Neji looked up at the fiery clouds in the sky and muttered to himself. But at this moment, he suddenly threw a shuriken, piercing a large tree in the distance.
"You've been watching for so long, are you still not coming out?" Neji said coldly, and at the same time, a few more shuriken appeared in his hand.
In this situation, if that person didn't come out, he would throw them all out. His skill in using shuriken to attack blind spots was now no weaker than Itachi's. Even if he was hiding behind a tree, he could hit him accurately.
"Sigh..."
A sigh came, and a figure slowly walked out from behind the tree. It was the middle-aged uncle wearing glasses from before.
Neji wasn't surprised. After all, his Byakugan wasn't just for show, and he had thought about it for a long time. He might have misunderstood something. They might not be bandits.
However, he still asked, slightly displeased, "How did you find me?"
"I took a gamble on luck, and now it seems I was right," the middle-aged uncle said, with a very sincere expression.
"I see," Neji withdrew his killing intent. He wouldn't attack an ordinary person.
"What do you want from me?"
"I want to ask you to help me with something. Of course, I will pay you accordingly," the middle-aged uncle said somewhat anxiously.
Neji wanted to refuse, but on second thought, completing ninja missions might be a way to train himself. So, he asked:
"What is it?"
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