The water-filled Container shattered under Neji's long-range Air Palm, freeing Suigetsu from inside.
"Hey, kid from Konoha, answer my question. Where's Orochimaru now? If he's still alive, I've got a score to settle with him."
Once freed, Suigetsu didn't reveal his true form to Neji. Instead, he hid himself.
"Didn't your teacher tell you not to play these little tricks against the Hyuga Clan?"
The sound of splashing water erupted behind Neji. While asking his question, Suigetsu had turned into water and approached him. Though nothing in his appearance distinguished him from the flowing water, his powerful chakra fluctuations had nowhere to hide before the Byakugan.
Neji scattered Suigetsu's liquid form with a palm strike, and Suigetsu immediately re-formed some distance away.
"The Hyuga Clan's Byakugan really is a pain."
Suigetsu hadn't fought many ninja from Konoha. Though he'd heard of the Hyuga Clan, this was his first time facing one of its ninja, so he hadn't known his disguise would be seen through so easily.
Neji tossed the clothes he'd stripped from the samurai in front of Suigetsu.
"Put these on. You're coming with me to meet my companion in a moment. He doesn't like people showing up naked in front of him."
Suigetsu had been considering how to fight Neji, but seeing Neji throw him some clothes first struck him as rather amusing.
"Kid, you sure are confident in your strength. Seeing through my disguise doesn't mean you can stand up to me. Oh well, you did save me, after all. I'll listen to you."
Unhurriedly, Suigetsu took his own clothes out of a nearby drawer and put them on.
Once dressed, Suigetsu looked at Neji.
"Now we can fight."
So fast!
Suigetsu had barely finished speaking when Neji appeared beside him at incredible speed.
A kunai pierced