"Why do you keep staring at me?"
The female Sunagakure ninja addressed the owner of that gaze.
And that person was none other than Hyuga Shinichi. He knew she had noticed him watching her, but he was currently disguised as a blind man, so he put on an act as though he had no idea she was speaking to him.
At that moment, Inuzuka Gai, who was closest to Hyuga Shinichi, spoke up in perfect coordination.
"Are you talking about me? I wasn't looking at you."
"Not you. I mean the person beside you holding the wooden stick."
Inuzuka Gai immediately put on an expression of sudden realization that she had not meant him, then replied with a puzzled look.
"Did you get something wrong? My little brother is blind. How could he possibly be staring at you?"
As he spoke, Inuzuka Gai casually flipped back Hyuga Shinichi's hood and brushed aside his messy long hair, exposing the bandages wrapped around his eyes directly before the female Sunagakure ninja.
This allowed everyone nearby to clearly see Hyuga Shinichi's eyes covered by bandages.
Hyuga Shinichi had wrapped them tightly, even covering the Yin Seal on his forehead.
Nawaki, who was chatting with someone not far away, naturally noticed the commotion. He deliberately raised his voice so everyone present could hear him.
"Ah, my little brother is the youngest among us. When he was young, a fire suddenly broke out at home. His parents couldn't escape and died in the blaze. He survived, but the smoke blinded both his eyes.
"So wherever we go, we have to take him with us. We're worried that his blindness will make life inconvenient for him."
While Nawaki was explaining things to everyone, Inuzuka Gai leaned close to Hyuga Shinichi's ear under the guise of straightening