Two days remained before the main force of Iwagakure reached the coastline of the Land of Lightning.
"Hey, Mihai."
A figure leaned out of the window and called out to Hyuga Sho.
Hyuga Sho sat cross-legged on the floor, cultivating Storm Release.
It was Yugito Nii.
She had slipped out of her residence today.
"Why haven't you come to see me these past few days..."
After visiting Yugito Nii every day for a month, he had suddenly stopped going for four days.
She had grown slightly unused to it.
Thinking something might have happened to Hyuga Sho, she had come over to check on him.
"..."
Hyuga Sho raised his head and looked away.
He stood up, reached out, and plucked a weed from Yugito's hair.
She must have encountered attacks from passersby on her way here.
After all, a Jinchuriki was a creature everyone loved to beat down.
People threw rotten eggs, weeds, stones, and all sorts of things at her.
That was simply the kind of life she had before earning the acceptance of others.
This intimate gesture instantly broke through Yugito's defenses.
She squatted on the ground and wiped away her tears several times.
Sometimes, when she thought about it, she felt terribly wronged.
She clearly loved the village and everyone in it.
Why did she have to be treated this way?
"The situation hasn't been very peaceful lately..."
Hyuga Sho did not take the opportunity to flirt with her.
Because he was an emotionless cultivation machine.
His behavior just now was nothing more than a perfect performance in the role of a Kumogakure ninja.
"I have a bad feeling..."
Hyuga Sho said.
This was not nonsense.
In two days... ten thousand Rock Ninja would attack this place.
When that happened, Hyuga Sho figured that both the