"Hmm? Senior is here too?"
Since Soji was sitting not far from the Hyuga Clan members, Toneri naturally spotted him immediately while greeting the Hyuga Clan.
Toneri had not expected Soji to come watch the Chunin Exams for genin!
After all, never mind Soji—even in Toneri's own eyes, fights between genin were nothing more than children playing around.
He had not expected Soji to be interested in this.
Thus, after nodding to the Hyuga Clan members in greeting, Toneri discreetly greeted Soji as well.
"Toneri? What is it?"
Naruto, who vaguely heard Toneri mutter something, could not help asking curiously.
"Nothing. I just saw the person who brought me to Konoha after I arrived in the Ninja World that day."
Toneri smiled and shook his head as he answered Naruto's question.
Toneri still chose not to reveal anything about Soji.
In Toneri's account, he had come to the Ninja World ahead of time after discovering that the Starry Sky Otsutsuki Clan was preparing to invade it.
Then he happened to meet Soji, who was also planning to come to Konoha to watch the Chunin Exams, and the two of them had traveled to Konoha together.
What Naruto did not know was that the person Toneri had mentioned—the one who brought him to Konoha—was precisely the Otsutsuki whom he and Sasuke had monitored all night yesterday.
Because Toneri had only mentioned Soji in passing, Naruto had never connected the two in his mind.
Besides, he had been swamped lately. How could he have had the time to specifically investigate Soji, who had come to Konoha with Toneri?
Toneri had not brought him up himself, so why should Naruto meddle?
Likewise, Toneri had not expected Soji's identity to have already been exposed by Sasuke after he ran into him while wandering around