"All right, I know you've been wronged."
Even he felt insincere saying that. How could living so peacefully outside the village count as being wronged?
Did there have to be war raging everywhere?
"Quite a few people have their eyes on you now. You shouldn't make any rash moves for the time being." Danzo pondered for a moment before saying, "Once this blows over, I'll keep assigning you missions."
"Fine, I'll wait for your missions." Hyuga Akira patted Danzo's shoulder and spoke meaningfully.
His figure turned into flames and vanished.
Danzo frowned at his own shoulder. "That brat is getting more and more arrogant."
Now that Hyuga Akira's status had risen, he posed a real threat to him. And the brat was just as unscrupulous as he was.
He was a little difficult to deal with.
Hyuga Akira returned home.
"You're... back." Hyuga Xia Nai gave Hyuga Akira a hesitant look. After all, he had fully grown into his looks now and was quite different from three years ago. His face had only matured a little, though, so she could still recognize him on closer inspection.
"Xia Nai?" Hyuga Akira looked at the delicate-looking youth with an impressive figure before him and hesitated for three seconds.
"Yes, it's me." Hyuga Xia Nai's voice was soft, and she looked easy to bully.
Hyuga Akira shook his head, throwing that thought away.
Girls really did change as they grew up. Hyuga Xia Na no longer looked like the spoiled, willful young lady she had once been.
Whoosh. Just then, a masked woman wearing an Anbu uniform appeared beside him.
Hyuga Xia Nai obediently turned away and went back to tidying the room.
"You're back." Machi took off her mask and spoke expressionlessly.
Three years had left no trace on her.
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