Neji immediately changed his plan.
He followed like a ghost, but cautiously stopped at a blind spot about fifty meters away from the Raikage's office.
At this distance, his senses could vaguely detect the chakra fluctuations inside, but he could not make out the actual conversation. The Raikage's office had exceptionally powerful soundproofing and anti-eavesdropping barriers.
Can't hear them... Neji's thoughts raced. He drew upon the power within his inner space and, within a "layer" of space, instantly condensed a perfectly transparent Mystic Crystal rod roughly fifty meters long and as thin as a finger from pure chakra!
One end of the rod silently passed through the barrier of real space. Like the most precise probe, it lightly pressed against the Raikage's heavy metal door without the slightest energy fluctuation!
At once, the voices inside the room became as clear as if they were right beside his ears:
The Raikage's voice was deep and restrained, filled with fury. "...That last raid on Konoha Fortress, cooperation? Hmph! I lost six Jonin and dozens of core men. Even I was nearly blasted to death by that damned cannon! Danzo, the intelligence you gave me was wrong! That brat is no ordinary genius. His power... and the strength of that fortress far exceeded our estimates! How did that old fox Hiruzen allow someone like him to grow right under his nose?"
Danzo's voice was hoarse, like a venomous snake hissing. "A, failure is the mother of success. You lost manpower, while I lost the foundation I had built in Konoha over many years! Hmph, Hiruzen and his indecisive nature. If I were Hokage, I would have dissected every secret in Neji's body long ago! And the Raikage Village may seem powerful, but it is actually surrounded by danger! You only see that brat