This guy...
How did he get out?!
As Chiba looked at the boy sitting upright at the low table, the surprise on his face gradually faded, slowly turning into a grave expression.
At this moment, sitting before him was the one person who absolutely should not have been sitting here.
And faintly, Chiba could sense that this guy was about to bring him a huge problem.
"I need to talk to you about something important."
At that moment, the boy who had noticed Chiba long ago slowly raised his head and spoke solemnly.
Something important?
It's probably nothing good! Looking into the intense gaze of the boy's one remaining eye, Chiba frowned slightly as the thought crossed his mind.
"You shouldn't be here."
Then, he spoke in a serious tone.
"Don't worry. Although I've lost an eye and my Byakugan's abilities have been greatly weakened, if I dared to come out and wait for you here, then there definitely isn't anyone nearby, and no one will discover me. As for you, I don't care, but Teacher Kushina, Lady Yukina, Hirohiko... even if I die, I would never drag them into this."
The boy clearly understood what Chiba meant and replied at once.
Indeed, as a wanted criminal of the Hyuga Clan and a major criminal in the village, he should not have been sitting here so openly, much less inside this Japanese-style wooden house. What he was doing carried enormous risks and could even implicate many people he cared about, people who had saved him.
But he was not stupid enough to sit here so blatantly under circumstances where he might be discovered, risking exposure just to wait for someone he could basically see at any time.
This guy! Is he saying it's fine to drag me into this?
So