Because he was facing the setting sun, Neji, standing in the shadows, could not clearly make out the enormous creature before him. But instinctively, he sensed an immensely powerful pressure.
It was a pressure no less imposing than that of Garaga or Gamabunta!
"It's huge!"
Once he had recovered his wits, Neji hurriedly activated his Byakugan and examined it closely.
Only then did he see clearly that the enormous creature blocking his path was actually a wild boar with a pair of sharp tusks, a ragged mane, and countless old scars covering its body.
"A... a wild boar!?"
Neji froze in place, completely at a loss.
The wild boar lowered its head, blasting steaming hot air from its nostrils as it lazily cast Neji below a sideways glance.
"Uh..."
Compared to the mountain-sized wild boar before him, Neji was as tiny as an insect. Unable to bear the immense pressure radiating from it, he instinctively took a step back.
Then he noticed that although the boar looked fierce and clearly seemed like something not to be trifled with, its eyes were filled with laziness and even a trace of confusion, giving it the impression of not being particularly bright.
At the same time, he inexplicably felt an unusual sense of familiarity coming from the wild boar.
Clearly, Neji was not the only one surprised. Hyuga Kagami, standing atop the boar's head, wore a startled expression as well. He clicked his tongue. "Tsk, tsk, you've grown this big already..."
Hyuga Kagami knew this wild boar could grow.
Back when he had first encountered the little boar in the Forest of Death, it had only been as tall as his knee. Yet just over half a year later, it had become a local tyrant in the Forest of Death, bullying everything in