It was getting late, so Neji arranged, "Miss Izumi, let's rest for the night and continue our journey tomorrow."
"Understood!"
Uchiha Izumi responded respectfully.
After finding a suitable campsite, Neji chewed on some rations while watching Uchiha Izumi set traps around the camp with wire.
Just then, Neji seemed to sense something. He leaped to his feet and ran into the depths of the forest.
Bang.
When Neji reached a secluded, deserted spot, a cloud of white smoke suddenly burst out in front of him.
A golden cat emerged from the smoke and waved a forepaw at Neji, mewing sweetly, "Meow. That'll be one fish tin, please!"
"I don't have a fish tin. How about I give you money instead?"
"Then that'll be two thousand yen."
Neji's mouth twitched. He took two thousand yen from his pocket and handed it to the cat, then took a scroll from its paw.
This wasn't an ordinary cat, but a Summoning Ninja Cat that Neji had bought from the Uchiha clan.
To transmit intelligence securely, Neji and the Hyuga spies in Konoha had both signed contracts with this Ninja Cat.
Neji unrolled the scroll, and a short message appeared before his eyes.
"Strange. I've searched through more than three hundred years of clan history, and there's no record of Hyuga Tenin during that period, much less any Shinobi World War."
"If your information is correct, the Hyuga probably covered up their clan history. With my identity, I can't access their core secrets."
"So I'm planning to find an opportunity to pull off something big."
Neji frowned and put away the scroll.
The histories of both the Yozuki clan and the Uchiha clan explicitly mentioned Hyuga Tenin, but no such record could be found in the Hyuga clan's history. The Hyuga had clearly covered