"This!?"
The scene before him left Shinji stunned.
Reality had once again taught him what it meant to be caught off guard, and that anything was possible!
Neji was frantic. "M-Master, what's happening to us? Why... why is this happening?"
Neji wasn't the only one. Even Kimimaro, usually so impassive, looked utterly bewildered.
"Don't panic!"
Shinji gave them a brief instruction, then stepped forward to examine them.
Before him, Neji and Kimimaro were stuck together back-to-back. The parts joined in the middle were the halves of the "biological exoskeleton" attached to each of them.
From the outside, the two halves of the "biological exoskeleton" seemed to have temporarily fused into one.
Shinji hurriedly used the Byakugan controlled by the Susanoo Lamp to examine the inside of the "biological exoskeleton" in detail. The surprise in his eyes gradually gave way to grave concern.
He had summoned Kimimaro because he hoped to use the half of the "biological exoskeleton" on Kimimaro to control the activated half on Neji.
But before he could do anything, the activated half on Neji had used resonance to take control of the half on Kimimaro. Not only had they forcibly fused into one, but the fusion had also allowed the exoskeleton to break through all the seals inside the half attached to Kimimaro.
This had really cost him dearly and gained him nothing!
After getting a general sense of the situation, Shinji asked Neji and Kimimaro, "How do you two feel?"
"Uh..."
Neji opened his mouth, but didn't know what to say.
Kimimaro was straightforward. "Good!"
"Good?!"
Shinji furrowed his brow.
As he moved his arms and legs, Kimimaro explained, "I feel like my Chakra has increased many times over. The tightness in my chest caused by the Bloodline Disease has also eased a lot."
Neji added,