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"Uh..."

Caught off guard by Hyuga Kagami's sudden question, Neji did not know how to answer.

In his mind, his teacher should have understood better than anyone what the Three Great Sage Regions represented, so he could not understand why his teacher was asking such a question.

Before Neji could come up with an answer, Hyuga Kagami casually asked again, "The giant snake Garaga, Gamabunta, and the like—are they strong?"

"This..." Neji froze again, then hurriedly said, "Teacher, perhaps you haven't seen Naruto's summoned beast Garaga, or Sasuke's summoned beast Gamabunta. They really are incredibly powerful summoned beasts!"

Neji knew very well that during the last combat exercise, Hyuga Kagami had only arrived after Garaga had left. He therefore guessed that Hyuga Kagami had not seen Naruto's summoned beast with his own eyes, nor had he seen Gamabunta of Mount Myoboku. Otherwise, given his teacher's discernment, he would not have asked such an obvious question.

Hyuga Kagami smiled and turned his gaze toward the horizon.

It was already dusk. Only a faint remnant of the setting sun remained in the western sky, while on the other side of the heavens, a bright moon appeared and vanished amid the clouds.

Gazing at the moon that flickered in and out of view, Hyuga Kagami said calmly, "Mount Myoboku and Ryūchi Cave are nothing more than dispensable support!"

Neji looked utterly baffled. "Dispensable!?"

Just then, a burst of clamor came from the distant street.

Neji looked over and saw a large group of fellow Ninja Academy students heading toward them.

At the front were none other than Naruto and Sasuke. Shikamaru, Rock Lee, Ino, Sakura, and the rest of their classmates followed noisily behind them, arguing over something all at once and looking extremely worked up.

Before long, the students arrived before Hyuga