"How did you know, Neji?"
Cold sweat streamed down Hiruzen Sarutobi's back. If it was true...
Then Konoha was truly finished.
He, the Third Hokage, was already old. Of Konoha's Legendary Sannin in their prime, some had betrayed the village, some had left Konoha, and one spent all year outside searching for the Child of Destiny. How were they supposed to withstand a Madara Uchiha who had once fought the God of Shinobi?
"You can regard me as the one destined to end this chaotic age and bring peace to the world." Neji Hyuga calmly picked up the teapot again and poured himself a cup.
He saw nothing wrong with saying that. In the end, he would conquer and rule this world anyway. Whether it was the Child of Destiny chosen by this world or those who resisted him, they would ultimately be forced by him to become this world's destiny.
Heaven's will could not stand against him!
He was heaven!
His commands were destiny itself!
Neji Hyuga was domineering and indifferent, radiating the bearing of a grandmaster as deep as an abyss and as lofty as a mountain, treating all beneath heaven as nothing.
Hiruzen Sarutobi was left stunned by those words.
Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that his disciple Jiraiya had always been searching for the so-called Child of Destiny. Could it be... Neji was that Child of Destiny?
Hiruzen Sarutobi fell into confusion, but quickly stopped dwelling on it.
Because now was not the time to argue over or confirm whether Neji Hyuga was destined by heaven. What concerned him more was Madara Uchiha, as well as the previous Nine-Tails attack on the village. Had the Sharingan in the Nine-Tails' eyes been Madara Uchiha's doing?
"When the Nine-Tails appeared in the village, was the Sharingan in its eyes used