"You!" At Neji Hyuga's words, Hiruzen Sarutobi felt rage surge up from his heart.
He no longer regarded Neji Hyuga as a six-year-old child.
Whether it was the Primordial Body Magnetic Field Fist Style Neji Hyuga had taught the Hyuga Branch Family members, or Neji Hyuga's personal insights regarding Madara Uchiha, Obito Uchiha, and other matters that had yet to be confirmed, no one could treat him as a six-year-old child.
Hearing Neji Hyuga call him Konoha's monkey king and say that his mind had fused with the Hokage seat beneath his ass, inseparable from it, that he would make no contribution to the Shinobi World, that his existence had become like rotten wood beyond carving, his thoughts as useless as stubborn rocks, unable to stir even the slightest ripple even if power brushed across the water's surface—Hiruzen Sarutobi truly lost his composure.
No one had ever dared speak to him like that.
Lies did not hurt people. The truth was the sharp blade.
The wrinkles on Hiruzen Sarutobi's face twitched and trembled several times. After taking a few breaths, the veins on his forehead bulged. He wanted nothing more than to seize Neji Hyuga immediately.
He could no longer allow Neji Hyuga, who knew so much, to speak recklessly under his watch.
But Hiruzen Sarutobi did not attack at once.
If he acted against a Hyuga Clan member now—especially Hiashi Hyuga's nephew from the Hyuga Main Family—it would cause trouble between himself and the Hyuga Clan, both emotionally and politically.
Hiruzen Sarutobi took several deep breaths and swallowed his rage with a grim expression, planning to return and arrange for Hiashi Hyuga to deal with Neji Hyuga.
Danzo Shimura could also mobilize Root to deal with Neji Hyuga.
Since Neji Hyuga thought himself so formidable, it would not be