Afterward, Naruto indeed kept his promise to Neji. Whenever he made friends with Konoha's ninja and completed the process, Naruto stayed behind to carefully explain that all of this was part of his dream of making friends and had nothing to do with Neji.
The Konoha ninja who had become Naruto's friends lay on the ground, calmly listening to Naruto's explanation and nodding along with him, which made Naruto very happy.
Clearly, once Konoha's ninja became his friends—or perhaps without even needing to become his friends—they were bound to be reasonable people.
It was evident just how high the caliber of Konoha's ninja was.
Surely, after he had explained himself so sincerely, they would reflect on their actions and would no longer rashly go looking for trouble with Brother Neji. That meant he had fulfilled the promise he made to Brother Neji.
Feeling that he had kept his promise, Naruto was delighted and immediately continued with the next round of making friends.
Because of the process involved, making friends naturally took a great deal of time. Otherwise, there was no way to see the other person's sincerity, nor could they see his.
When it came to friendship, sincerity was what mattered most!
There was only one day left to make friends. Though time was tight, the explanation process could not be skipped. Otherwise, if Neji came knocking again someday, Naruto would lose face too.
After today, Naruto planned to set out tomorrow to find Tsunade and have her return to take over, or temporarily fill in for him as Hokage. That way, he could leave Konoha and travel to other Ninja Villages to make friends far and wide.
He could not limit himself to Konoha.
In the world of Boruto: Naruto Next Generations, Naruto had naturally looked into Tsunade. Although