[Hokage] One day to arrive

?The accident in Konoha came suddenly and ended very quickly.Even though many people have realized that something has changed quietly since then, the current turmoil is over after all.

It’s just that Yuan Weiyang, as a Jōnin, is too busy to score points/doesn’t know how to do it at such an opportunity... Well, the ninjas in service are basically like this, so there’s nothing to worry about.

Thinking of this, Li Huo stretched a lot—after years of brainwashing education, although his teeth still itch when he thinks about it, he has a lot of experience in controlling and regulating emotions. After the incident of Konoha's attack settled, no one would notice any difference in him anymore.

As for Shimura Danzo's reaction after discovering the accident in the laboratory... Who cares about him!

"Master, Big Brother Naruto is injured and hospitalized, shall we visit him together?" It's just that Li Huo has gotten a lot closer to Lu Jiu, and no longer just respects and dares not get close, and even directly tugged on Lu Jiu's sleeve and shook it. , "You don't have to be in a hurry to practice or something, let's go together?"

Lu Jiumu lowered his face and looked at Li Huo, who seemed to be more active for some reason, and thought for a while—in fact, what Li Huo said was right, he was currently accumulating strength to prepare for the next thing, and it was useless to be anxious, indeed. Some lost their sense of normalcy.

Thinking about it this way, although Lu Jiu didn't open his mouth, he answered Li Huo's question with actions, and led Li Huo in the direction of Konoha Hospital—even though Yuan Weiyang never came to take care of his eyes. Followed, but at least a few years ago.

"...Naruto, you should cultivate well, I'm leaving first—ah, I'm sorry!"

When Li Huo followed Lu Jiu to the ward where Naruto was, Haruno Sakura just opened the door to come out, but even though she opened the door and walked outside, she still turned her head and said something to the people in the room, and almost bumped into Lu Jiu, so when he realized it, he smiled awkwardly at Lu Jiu.

Lu Jiu and Lihuo were not familiar with her, so they didn't do anything superficial. After letting her go, Lihuo rushed into the ward first: "Brother Naruto, are you feeling better? I brought some delicious desserts." Come, can you eat?"

"Of course no problem!" Naruto's voice was full of vitality, "My health has long been healed! It's just that they are not at ease, and the hospital is too busy to handle the discharge, so I have been living here."

"No." Ning Ci answered coolly, and instantly knocked Naruto back to his original form. Fortunately, he didn't forget to stuff the freshly peeled apple into Naruto's mouth, "The reason you said It's not true at all, let's talk about it after the injury is healed honestly."

"What--Ningji... You know I'm just a little bit out of strength. Sasuke was injured more than me and was discharged from the hospital. How could I not be well?" Naruto looked at his partner who had just reconciled in front of him, although his tone Sad, but happy in my heart.

Lihuo didn't care about Naruto's wailing, and he believed in Neji's words more than Naruto's. Seeing that he had no room to intervene when the two were talking, he simply found a place to sit down and touched the dessert he brought. Come out and eat.

"Hey——Lihuo! Are you really here to visit the sick?" Naruto, who had just been comforted by Neji, almost exploded again when he saw Lihuo stuffing the last mouthful of three-color balls into his mouth. Jumping up from the hospital bed, he pointed at Lihuo and said loudly.

Lihuo swallowed the food in his mouth unhurriedly before opening his mouth: "Of course it is... But Brother Naruto, you can't eat it, and you can't waste it! Brother Ning Ci, do you want to eat it?"

With that said, he took out a box of mochi and handed it over.

"Thank you." Ning Ci glanced at the energetic Naruto who didn't look like a wounded man at all, then stood up and took the cardboard box that Lihuo handed over.After opening it, he forked a ball and stuffed it into Naruto's mouth, "You're still taking medicine, you can't take more of this kind of thing, just taste it and it's almost the same."

That being said, Ningci didn't eat all the leftover mochi. After eating one by himself, he buckled the box and put it on the bedside cabinet.

Although unwilling, but chewing the sweet and soft sticky mochi in his mouth, Naruto sat down cross-legged obediently, and replied vaguely: "I see..."

After sighing, Naruto finally saw Lu Jiu who came in after Li Huo, but didn't say anything, and was half leaning at the door to carry out the matter of accompanying him to the end. After the first glance, his eyes lit up, and he said to Lu Jiu, "Brother Lu Jiu! Do you know... Wait, is there anyone else around here?"

"...No." Being called suddenly, Lu Jiu followed Naruto and glanced at Ning Ci before responding calmly.

"That's good." With a sigh of relief, Naruto continued to ask, "Then does brother Lu Jiu know about Ningji... um..." Naruto didn't want to tell the story of the "caged bird", but he knew him. Among the people, I can only think that Lu Jiu might be able to help.

It's just that Lu Jiu, who didn't go to the third test rematch at all, didn't know what happened when Naruto and Ningji played against each other. After looking at Ning Ci for a while, his eyes finally stopped at the forehead guard on Ning Ci's forehead.

"Honestly speaking, he is in good health." Lu Jiu frowned slightly, "Then... what worries you is that thing on his forehead?"

Ning Ci raised his head abruptly, and looked at Lu Jiu with sharp eyes—although he knew that Lu Jiu was not simple, but with just one glance, could he really see through the seal of "caged bird"?

Lu Jiu didn't care about the vigilance in Ning Ci's eyes at all. She straightened up and walked in front of Ning Ci, but she didn't rashly use her strength to test the sealing formation, but a little golden light appeared in her originally dark eyes. After a while, he said: "The very interesting formation seal seems to be related to the soul, and it is deeper than most formations and seals I have seen before."

Naruto's hope grew a bit more, and he quickly asked: "Then is there a way to solve this thing?"

After thinking for a while, Lu Jiu suddenly shook his head. Before Naruto and Ning Ci could be disappointed, he heard him say, "Tell me first how this sealing formation came about?"

Naruto looked at Neji with some embarrassment, but after thinking for a while, Neji pursed his lips and said firmly: "...It is the restriction of the Hyuga family clan on the members of the branch family." It was his father's suicide note, but how could the years of obsession and barriers be eliminated so easily, not to mention...no one really wants to be restricted by such things and threaten their lives.

Li Huo, who had been listening quietly all this time, couldn't help frowning and said at this moment: "If this is the case, the Hinata family will be watching if you get rid of this thing rashly?" Especially if the Hinata family knows about Master With such ability... then there will be no peaceful days!

"Lihuo, those things are nothing to worry about." In fact, even if he was found out, Lu Jiu was not worried at all, looking down at Ning Ci's eyes and asking, "The key is you, are you prepared for this? Or do you want to break free from the shackles of this sealing formation at all costs?"

Neji took a deep breath, even though he became more and more calm because of being with the jumping Naruto for too long, at this moment he couldn't help the sudden surge of emotion in his heart: "This kind of thing...of course I want to." Said At this point, I couldn't help but subconsciously glanced sideways at Naruto, then turned back to stare at Lu Jiu's slightly golden eyes and said firmly, "If you don't even have freedom, as a bird in a cage, you want to Changing anything, pursuing anything...is all in vain.”

"Well said." Lu Jiu nodded slightly, approving Ning Ci's answer, turned his head to meet Naruto's eyes full of trust and hope, and couldn't help but chuckle, "Don't look at me like that, after all This is the first time I have seen such a formation, even I need to study it for a while. However, I am [-]% sure."

Lu Jiu didn't say that his so-called solution would not be as simple as Naruto and Neji thought.What he wanted, of course, was a method that would have no sequelae and would not disturb those in the Hinata family.

Lu Jiu looked at Naruto who suddenly burst out laughing, Ningji who couldn't help being excited, and Lihuo who sighed, the golden light in his eyes gradually faded away, and he sank into light thoughts.