"Neji!"
Kankuro, captain of the surprise attack unit, leaped out of the dense forest ahead with his puppet, Crow, strapped to his back and a host of team members following him like raindrops.
"Huh? What's going on?"
Seeing so many people gathered around Hyuga Neji, Kankuro looked astonished. Hadn't he been told that, aside from Neji and Hyuga Tokuma, everyone in the scouting unit had already died?
"Kankuro, we only returned a few days late. We didn't die!" one of the shinobi beside Hyuga Neji suddenly spoke.
Kankuro looked curiously at the speaker. He... didn't seem to know this guy.
"Kankuro, why are you here?"
Hyuga Neji spoke as he walked over with a smile.
"It was an order from above. We were sent to test Akatsuki's clone army and the powerful shinobi revived through Impure World Reincarnation," Kankuro responded.
"Then you came at just the right time. This clone army..." Hyuga Neji smiled as he walked to Kankuro's side. Then he turned to face the scouting unit "companions" behind him, his tone abruptly turning cold as he shouted, "They're right here!!"
"What?" Kankuro froze.
"Captain, what are you talking about?" Aburame Muta stepped forward, intending to explain.
"You changed into Muta's appearance and even perfectly copied his presence and Chakra fluctuations, but you still gave yourself away." Hyuga Neji said coldly, "Muta may be our companion, but he has always been a man of few words. He would never take the initiative to comfort me. And besides! The Aburame Clan's Secret Insect Technique cannot run out of insects unless its Chakra is exhausted. So you're lying. You are definitely not Muta!"
Aburame Muta froze, then a bizarre smile spread across his face. "I see. In other words, if I had remained silent from the start, you wouldn't have discovered