Seeing Neji accept the red envelope, Tetsuya smiled and reminded him.
"Neji, I suggest you open it right now, just in case it leads to any unpleasant accidents."
"What kind of person do you take me for? Sure, I like fighting with explosive tags, but that doesn't mean I'd stuff them into a red envelope."
No sooner had Konan finished speaking than Neji opened the red envelope and pulled out a stack of explosive tags.
"Pfft, hahahahaha!"
Tetsuya couldn't help slapping his thigh and laughing. Beside him, Rin couldn't hold back either.
Only Yahiko sat there stiff as a board, cold sweat pouring off him.
Konan's expression darkened at once.
"Yahiko, I need an explanation! Why did you swap out the red envelope I prepared?"
"Ahahaha, it was just an accident. I can explain!"
Yahiko raised both hands and hurried to explain.
"Well, I figured that since this was our first time meeting our junior fellow disciple, we should give him a gift that represented us and left a lasting impression. Just giving him an ordinary red envelope would be so dull."
"So you replaced the money in the red envelope with explosive tags?"
"Exactly! Look, these are explosive tags you made with your ninjutsu. Doesn't that make them the perfect gift to represent you?"
Once Tetsuya had finished laughing, he stepped in to smooth things over.
"All right, all right. I think it's a pretty good gift. Explosive tags aren't cheap, and they're useful, too. Neji, go ahead and keep them."
Neji nodded and accepted the red envelope.
"Thank you, Senior Brother, Senior Sister."
He was genuinely happy to receive the red envelope, though his image of Senior Brother Yahiko had taken something of a hit.
He'd thought Yahiko was a cheerful, upbeat, and motivated senior brother. He hadn't