"Stop shoving me, you smug jerk, Sasuke!! You bastard!!! I told you we had class today! Why did you have to skip school with me?!"
Naruto shoved at Sasuke beside him in annoyance, craning his neck to look at the crowd ahead.
Seeing countless people sending Bai Ye off, Naruto's eyes filled with envy.
At that moment, Naruto suddenly felt that being Hokage really was great.
He was so popular!
It set Naruto's Hokage spirit ablaze all over again.
He was fired up!
Wasn't this more exciting than Boruto?!
"None of your business."
Sasuke gave him a cold glance, then turned his gaze back to Bai Ye.
Sasuke wasn't the only one skipping class today.
In fact, plenty of Ninja Academy students had run off.
Even Shikamaru and Choji from their class had come along.
Then, when Ino, Sakura, and the others noticed Sasuke was missing too, they immediately followed.
"Could you two keep it down?"
Neji spoke calmly.
Watching Bai Ye's retreating figure, Neji couldn't help recalling some of the things Hyuga Hiashi had told him yesterday.
Removing my Caged Bird Seal...
Was that really possible?!
When he had learned the news yesterday, Neji had felt excited. Not a single member of the Hyuga Clan's Branch Family wanted the Caged Bird Seal.
Even afterward, when the Clan Elders learned that he had become Bai Ye's student.
Quite a few of them had protested and demanded that Hyuga Hiashi choose someone else.
But Hyuga Hiashi had stood firm against them all and rejected the demand.
For Neji, this was an opportunity.
"Why did it have to turn out like this...? Why did some Byakugan guy get the last spot...?"
Ino and Sakura were so dejected that they could barely muster any enthusiasm for the send-off.
Ever since they had learned