After a long while, Hinata nodded. "I understand. I'll make the arrangements."
Neji was surprised, but when he considered Hinata's current status and the strength of those under her command, he ultimately said nothing more.
Hinata suddenly smiled. "Still, Konoha seems like it's about to get lively. I'm planning to return to Konoha. Do you want to come with me?"
Neji Hyuga looked at Hinata, as though trying to read the meaning behind her words from her face.
So he did not agree right away.
Seeing this, Hinata said, "No need to doubt it. If I say Konoha is truly going to get lively, then it truly will."
Hearing that, Neji's expression immediately changed. Clearly, if Hinata had not been joking and was telling the truth, then Konoha...
He had already felt that Konoha was different from usual. Although that was related to Naruto's departure and the turbulent situation in the ninja world,
now that he thought about it, something did seem wrong.
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Konoha was too quiet. Yes, far too quiet.
Perhaps he had been too close to the situation while in Konoha to see it clearly,
but after Hinata pointed it out, there really did seem to be a problem.
At this point in time, Naruto had left. Although Konoha had the Clan Heads of the three great clans and Shizune, Naruto's assistant, handling matters,
Konoha had remained calm from beginning to end.
It was not that calm was bad.
But it was simply too calm. It was understandable that there had been no major turmoil, since Shizune and the others would never just sit around waiting.
Yet over these past few days, not only had there been no signs of major upheaval, even the minor troubles that Naruto had sometimes struggled to deal with
had completely vanished