Awakened 'H'

Evening.

Neji and Kimimaro emerged from the interrogation rooms in the ANBU Building.

Konoha's investigation into the Akatsuki Organization's previous invasion was still ongoing. During the battle, Neji and Kimimaro had fought Shinnō after he opened the Eight Gates. According to eyewitness accounts, the two of them had worked together to hold off Shinnō in his Gate of Wonder state for quite some time, so they had also been summoned to the ANBU Building under the pretext of "assisting with the investigation."

They ran into each other at the entrance to the ANBU Building and exchanged a glance.

"What did they ask you?" Neji asked.

Kimimaro shook his head and replied calmly, "Same as before. About the battle."

"Oh."

Neji secretly breathed a sigh of relief.

Fortunately, the village had only wanted to confirm how the two of them had held off Shinnō in his Gate of Wonder state and gather some information about him. They hadn't actually launched an investigation into the two of them. Otherwise, there was no way they could have kept the "biological exoskeletons" on their bodies hidden.

After a brief chat, Neji and Kimimaro parted ways without needing to say anything more.

They both knew full well that they each had too many secrets.

They were both members of the Akatsuki Organization, for starters. One of them had been entrusted with a mission by the spirit of Hagoromo Otsutsuki on the moon: to prevent the Otsutsuki Branch Family from destroying the world. The other was a spy Orochimaru had planted in the village.

If any one of these identities were exposed, it would cause an uproar in the village.

What worried them even more was the "biological exoskeleton" slumbering on each of them.

Ever since the last battle, the "biological exoskeletons" had fallen dormant, no