The thick-browed boy, his face brimming with excitement, acted as though he had not heard the girl in the qipao at all.
His entire attention had already been completely drawn to the examinees around him, each radiating a different kind of presence!
Seeing him like that, the girl could not help lightly furrowing her brows, looking utterly helpless.
At that moment, the boy on her other side, his hair tied back and his pupils pale white, glanced at Lee before speaking coolly to the girl in the qipao.
"Let him be, Tenten."
As he spoke, he casually swept his gaze over the gathered examinees and said calmly.
"Still, it seems this year's examinees really are different... Is it because of that reward jointly offered by the Five Kage?"
Without waiting for Tenten to respond, he fell silent for a moment before continuing.
"Tenten, I'll have to leave Lee to you during the written test."
Hearing him, Tenten's expression improved somewhat. She looked at the Byakugan boy beside her, nodded lightly, and said in a crisp voice.
"Don't worry, Neji. I'll take good care of that idiot."
Just as her words fell, Neji's gaze was drawn to a figure elsewhere.
Tenten noticed the change in his expression and could not help following his gaze in that direction.
Among the crowd of examinees to the northwest, three figures slowly squeezed their way through.
In the middle of the three was a girl who looked somewhat shy. She had beautiful deep-blue hair that lightly covered her forehead, while a faint blush colored her fair cheeks.
Her fingers were lightly pressed together before her chest. Her white eyes, identical to Neji's, were lowered slightly like those of a startled fawn, not daring to meet the eyes of those around her.
The moment Neji saw