So he couldn't understand Chiba's feelings.
Chiba had thought Neji was merely being stubborn.
"You killed so many people. How could people not be afraid of you?"
"They treat you like some kind of monster."
Neji turned around and looked at Chiba with a serious expression.
Seeing how agitated she was, Neji sensed that something was off.
"So you were rejected by many people in Sunagakure?"
Neji's words immediately left Chiba stunned.
After that, she didn't say another word.
"Looks like I was right, and you seem to really hate that feeling."
"Who would like that feeling? Everyone treats me like a monster."
Chiba spoke with a complicated expression.
Neji nodded. "Is that so? Then you've had it worse than Naruto."
Konoha did indeed reject Naruto out of fear.
It could be said that Jinchuriki in every ninja village were treated that way.
But with the Third Hokage around, although Naruto was rejected by the villagers, he still acted like a little tyrant, causing trouble everywhere.
After all, causing trouble required the right conditions.
Without anyone to back you up, the moment you did something, you'd be locked up or beaten badly. You'd remember the lesson right away.
But Chiba truly had been treated like a monster by the people in her village.
Judging from her personality and the things she had just said, she had probably kept those feelings bottled up for a long time.
Chiba didn't know who Naruto was.
She asked Neji, "Don't the people in your village treat you like that?"
For a moment, Neji didn't know how to respond.
"The people in our village are pretty nice. More people like me than dislike me, and there aren't many who dislike me anyway."
The only people in Konoha who probably hated Neji were the former Main