Only by truly living in this world had Soji realized that the future Fifth Raikage from the original story was actually this easy to fool!
This was Kumogakure territory. If they had been outside, then with Darui's gullible nature, he would probably still be helping count the money after being sold off!
Since Darui was so easy to fool, Soji immediately became interested.
"Yes, your teacher and I could be called both friends and enemies. Back during the Third Ninja World War, we got to know each other through fighting. It really was..." Soji slung an arm around Darui's shoulders and began spinning wild tales right in front of Abdō.
The sight left Abdō, one of the people involved, utterly stunned.
Were they really that close?
And were the people Hyuga Soji was talking about really the two of them back then?
Watching Soji lie without even blinking, Abdō briefly began to believe that everything Soji said was true!
It was not just Abdō. Even Samui was now looking at him suspiciously.
Perhaps she was wondering whether Abdō had collaborated with the enemy during the Third Ninja World War and had too many dealings with Konoha shinobi.
As for Darui, he was listening to Soji's fabricated stories about his teacher with rapt attention.
Whenever Soji reached an exciting part, Darui kept nodding along in agreement.
"Mm-hmm, so that's how it was. So this is friendship that transcends ninja villages!" As he listened, Darui was nearly moved to tears by Soji's nonsense.
Of course, Soji was not entirely making things up. He had merely taken Madara Uchiha's diary entries about Hashirama Senju and replaced the protagonists with himself and Abdō.
So the events were real; only the people were fake!
No wonder Darui could empathize so deeply.
It could be said