"Ahhh!"
Pain shot from Neji's eyes straight into his brain.
This attack from underground had come far too suddenly. Neji had never expected it.
Ever since these puppets had appeared, and from the time Neji listened to Toneri explain the relationship between the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and the Hyuga Clan of the Ninja World, he had never guarded against an attack from beneath his feet.
At some point, Toneri had actually arranged for a puppet to burrow into the ground beneath Neji.
The moment Neji let down his guard, it launched a sudden attack!
And Neji's Byakugan successfully fell into Toneri's hands.
"Mm-hmm. What beautiful, pure Byakugan!"
When the puppet that had ambushed Neji from underground and gouged out his Byakugan handed them to Toneri, Toneri could not help but sigh in admiration.
He had waited far too long for this day.
And now, the opportunity had finally come.
It turned out that Toneri had appeared only when Neji's Chakra was nearly depleted, then spoken to him about the relationship between the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and the Hyuga Clan of the Ninja World, all to make Neji lower his guard toward the ground beneath his feet.
Clearly, judging by the outcome, Toneri had succeeded.
It could be said that Toneri had calculated everything from the very beginning.
Otherwise, what fool would waste time chatting before their plan had succeeded?
Toneri had merely been brainwashed by the Branch House of the Moon Otsutsuki Clan and misunderstood the truth behind their so-called ancestor's will. That did not mean he was stupid!
The only reason he had brought up those subjects was to pique Neji's interest.
Of course, even if he had attacked by force, Toneri could still have taken Neji's Byakugan.
After all, Haku and Kimimaro were unconscious, Kurama Yakumo had suffered