Not long after Neji and Kimimaro returned to Konoha, Shinji also slipped back into the village and replaced the Shadow Clone in his apartment.
After washing away the dust of the road, Shinji lay on his bed and gazed through the window at the moon hanging in the night sky.
Who would have imagined that one day soon, this full moon high above would become a weapon that crashed into the surface and destroyed the Shinobi World?
He got out of bed. It wasn't time to rest easy yet.
The "biological exoskeletons" on Neji and Kimimaro had fallen dormant for reasons unknown, but no one could say when they would awaken—or what unexpected things they might do once they did.
Neji and Kimimaro were essential to his "Tenseigan plan," and he couldn't afford to lose them. He had to deal with this hidden danger as soon as possible.
After leaving behind another Shadow Clone, Shinji's real body flashed out of the village and quietly made its way to the secret laboratory outside.
All the materials he'd used to create the "biological exoskeleton" had already been moved here.
As he leafed through the pages, the corners of his mouth occasionally lifted, while his brows furrowed at other times.
Clearly,
with his current level of expertise, looking back at the records he'd kept while creating the "biological exoskeleton," he could see that many things in them didn't make sense.
Of course, there were also plenty of brilliant ideas that were either wildly imaginative or had worked by sheer luck.
Setting down the materials in his hand, Shinji let out a quiet sigh. "I was too careless with the seals. I knew the Tenseigan Chakra was too powerful, yet I actually thought I could use the Four Symbols Seal to restrain the 'biological