A Tree Dies If It's Moved, But People Thrive; Fugaku, Take the Uchiha to the Hidden Cloud Village

"Neji."

Just as Neji was heartbroken, a pleasant female voice sounded behind him.

Yugito emerged from the bathroom, running her slender fingers through her still-dripping hair with elegant ease.

She wasn't wearing a bathrobe, but a T-shirt whose hem barely covered her thighs, leaving her long, shapely legs exposed.

Neji couldn't help taking a few extra glances.

Her legs were beautiful, their smooth, rounded lines and fair, rosy skin like a carefully sculpted work of art.

Wait.

Where had that T-shirt come from?

Neji suddenly realized something and exclaimed, "Captain, why are you wearing my T-shirt?"

Yugito turned around and said, entirely unapologetically, "The bathrobe got wet. I saw your T-shirt hanging on the balcony and borrowed it in a pinch. You don't mind, do you?"

Neji gave an awkward smile. "I don't mind. Not at all."

"Good."

Yugito smiled and sat on the sofa, crossing her right leg over her left as she playfully swung her foot back and forth.

From Neji's angle, he could see that she wasn't wearing anything underneath.

"I'm going out to buy breakfast."

Neji's cheeks burned. He took a deep breath and dashed out the door.

Seeing Neji's flustered expression, Yugito laughed so hard she could barely contain herself.

Now this was the kind of Neji who seemed like a child.

Before long, Neji returned with breakfast, carrying two large boxes as well.

The boxes were, of course, full of money.

Unfortunately, there was only eighty million.

If the Chunin Exams hadn't ended early, that amount would have been at least three times as much.

Yugito munched on Three-color Dango as she watched Neji count the money, chuckling to herself.

"Neji, you sure made that money easily."

"Easy?"

Neji curled his lip. "This is all hard-earned money, and most of it came from the