Neji had emerged from seclusion, but Guy, Tenten, and Rock Lee had no idea.
Ever since he had become a Jonin, Neji had rarely gone on missions with the other members of Team Guy.
Hiruzen would never send a Kage Level fighter on low-level missions.
Team Guy's Rock Lee and Tenten were both still Genin.
So Guy could only take them on low- and mid-level missions.
The next day, at the Hokage Office in Konoha.
The doors to the Hokage Office opened.
Neji slowly walked in.
Everyone in the office turned to look at him.
Neji looked toward his target.
"Sasuke, I was just looking for you."
Sasuke was about to accept a mission from Hiruzen.
Tsunade and Sakura were beside him.
Tsunade glanced at Sasuke and Neji, finding the situation rather interesting.
The two of them were now the strongest of their generation in Konoha.
Yeyu didn't count. He was excluded from all the rankings compiled by Konoha's leadership.
No one would include Yeyu in a ranking.
Sasuke looked at Neji, the corners of his mouth lifting. "After thinking about it for a whole year, have you finally figured out how to beat me?"
Neji wasn't angry. He sneered. "Let's see if you're still so confident in a little while."
The tension between them was palpable.
But the others weren't worried. The two had a good relationship.
They were rivals, but also close friends.
Hiruzen looked at them and smiled. "You should pick a Training Ground farther from the village. Don't destroy it."
Hiruzen knew just how destructive the two of them could be.
So he would never let them choose a battlefield near the village.
Konoha had many Training Grounds, and each one was enormous, with a radius of at least a dozen kilometers, sometimes even dozens.
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