The Land of Bears, Hoshigakure 2

The young man frowned as well. "Shouldn't I be the one asking you that?"

The atmosphere was quite unfriendly from the very start, as if they had already fallen into a complete standoff.

Of course, that atmosphere could not last long.

Land of Bears, Hoshigakure 2

Perhaps it was because they were of different genders.

Sakura stepped forward at that moment and smiled awkwardly. "All right, all right."

"Let me introduce myself first. My name is Sakura, and I'm from Konoha in the Land of Fire."

"The other two are Uzumaki Naruto and Neji Hyuga."

"The reason we came to Hoshigakure is naturally because of the bounty posted by your Star Ninja."

"Because of that, Lord Hokage assigned us to come and complete the mission."

After Sakura finished speaking, the young man before them showed no change in expression.

However, the atmosphere eased slightly.

Upon hearing this, the young man first fell into thought. Then, after looking the three of them over once more, he said:

"What the hell? Konoha actually sent three brats like you to complete the mission? Are they trying to fool Hoshigakure?"

Naruto and the others showed no reaction to those words. It was not because their temperaments were that good; they had simply heard such remarks far too many times.

They had naturally developed an immunity to them.

Neji Hyuga stepped forward at that moment. "First of all, we introduced ourselves. Aren't you going to introduce yourself as well?"

"Besides, Lord Hokage personally assigned this mission. If she wanted to fool Hoshigakure, there would be no need to use the names of three brats like us to fool you."

The meaning behind his words was simple enough: don't talk nonsense. If they lacked the strength, they naturally would not have come.

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