Chapter 686
【"Ningji..."
"Brother..." Naruto and Hinata's voices trembled. Neji coughed lightly and said intermittently: "Naruto... Lady Hinata is willing to sacrifice herself for you... So, you have more than one life... And now my life... has become one of them..."】
【Listening to his increasingly soft voice, Naruto's mind was blank at this moment: "Why... do you want to do this... You are not against Hinata... Why do you sacrifice for me, risk your life to protect me..."】
【Tears could not stop flowing, Naruto's slightly choked voice reached Neji's ears, making him involuntarily think of what Naruto said to him during the Chunin Exam, and finally everything converged into this answer: "Because you... said I am... a genius..."】
【Ningji smiled with relief, and the caged bird mark on his forehead quickly dissipated: 'Father... I finally understand... when you volunteered to die to protect your companions... the feeling of freedom...'】
【At this time, a blue bird flying in the sky was unfortunately hit by a wooden thorn and fell to the ground and died. 】
["This should be the first time that Naruto has witnessed the death of his companions. It seems that Naruto is about to collapse again."]
["What are you talking about! Jiraiya and Kakashi... Oh, Naruto didn't see them die in person. He got the news from others."]
["In a sense, there was actually one time when Sasuke was seriously injured by Bai. Didn't Naruto think he was dead?"]
["The experiences of the two are too different. Their understanding of death cannot be generalized."]
["Willing to die for Naruto's words, Neji, you are already free enough."]
["Is this ironic? You can only die when you die. The freedom felt by the dead, and the caged bird on his forehead that will disappear after death, the more you look at it, the more ironic it seems. ”]
[“This is a problem that Hinata needs to worry about. We, who are insignificant, just need to experience the current atmosphere.”]
Ya looked at Hinata, who was crying silently, at a loss, and said nervously: “Hey, hey, hey! Don’t cry, Hinata! That happened on the sky, not in reality! Neji is still alive and well, how about we go find him now? ”
“I’m sorry... I lost my composure.” Hinata choked and rubbed her eyes, then looked at the sky with tears in her eyes, and recovered after a long time.
In the Hyuga mansion, there was no emotion on Hyuga Hiashi’s face, but from his clenched fists, it can be seen that his mood at this time is not as calm as he appears.
‘Hizashi, Neji is just like you... But I promise you, this scene on the sky will never happen again, because Neji has broken free from the shackles of the Hyuga and can fly freely in the sky. ’
“That guy Neji, actually...” Naruto was shocked when he saw the sacrificed Neji.
Due to the sky, although Naruto now has a good relationship with Neji, due to the lack of the collision of ideas during the Chunin Exam and the subsequent cooperation, the relationship between Naruto and Neji is actually a little worse than that of other Xiaoqiang of the same period.
So it’s no wonder that Naruto feels at a loss because Neji is willing to die for him.
At the same time, as the person involved, Neji is not proud of himself on the sky, willing to die to save his companions.
On the contrary, he is now annoyed to death.
Neji’s eyes twitched, and he resisted the urge to roar, standing there and letting Akai and Xiao Li hug him and cry bitterly.
"Wuwuwu! Neji, you died so tragically!" Xiao Li burst into tears, conveying his rich emotions to Neji without reservation.
Hearing this, Akai burst into tears, with a relieved smile on his face, patting Xiao Li's shoulder and said: "Lee! As long as we keep thinking about Neji, he will always live in our hearts! We should be proud of his sacrifice! So, don't show such a shameful expression again!"
Because of the activeness of the two live treasures, Tiantian couldn't feel sad at all, and could only sigh for Neji helplessly.
["Didn't you say that you would never let your companions be killed! Naruto!" Obito, who had always been paying attention to Naruto, suddenly shouted: "What about now, look around, do you dare to say it again!"]
[Holding Neji's body, looking at the coalition forces with casualties all around, Naruto's pupils trembled violently, and his face was at a loss, and Obito obviously would not miss this opportunity. With the despair of Lin's death in his arms, he shouted again: "ILet me tell you again! Touch your companion's slowly cooling body and experience...death!"]
[At this time, the surrounding Konoha ninjas came back to their senses from Neji's sacrifice, but everyone's faces were still filled with disbelief. Obito ignored the others and only wanted to persuade Naruto to give up hope.]
["Death will continue, your childish words and thoughts will become lies, this is the result of empty talk about ideals and hopes, this is reality."]
["Naruto, what is there in this reality? There are no parents, no master Jiraiya, and as long as you continue to be my enemy, your companions will fall one by one like this, and you will live in a world where no one recognizes you... What is waiting for you in front of you is what you are most familiar with and most afraid of...loneliness!"]
["Wow! Killing people and breaking their hearts! As soon as Neji died, Obito immediately seized the opportunity to attack Naruto with words!"]
["Damn! Didn't you kill the person? Where on earth do you get the confidence to say such things to Naruto! ”]
[“From Obito’s perspective, it seems that there is nothing wrong with what he said. The key point is that Naruto did say “I will never let my companions be killed” not long ago, but in the blink of an eye, Neji died in front of him. You can imagine how big a blow it was.”]
[“Ha, Naruto used what Nagato said as an excuse to convince the other party before, now I want to see how he will refute his own words.”]
[“Am I the only one who thinks that Obito’s words are sophistry? Obviously, the tragedy in front of him was caused by him, why does he seem to be Naruto’s fault?”]
[“It’s just that Naruto is too principled and too obsessed with his ninja way. If it were a veteran on the battlefield, what Obito said would be worthless. There is no such thing as no death in war.”]
(To be continued)