Inside the narrow passage, Neji, with his Byakugan open, was leading Sakura with a clear goal.
The Byakugan truly has unique advantages in investigation. Even inside the ventilation duct, Neji could clearly follow the two women without being noticed.
"If I'm guessing right, those two should be the female knights under Hyde's command." Neji looked at the two women below through layers of obstacles.
"They both have Gelel Stones. Should we attack now?" Neji narrowed his eyes. There are only five people in this fortress with Gelel Stones, and with his strength, it wouldn't be hard to take them all.
But in the end, Neji dismissed the idea. He can't alert them yet. Even though Shikamaru is smart, it's unlikely he'll get the location of the mine from that merchant group. This is when bad guys are needed.
"The mantis stalks the cicada, unaware of the oriole behind."
Soon, light appeared ahead of Neji and Sakura. They arrived at another vent. Through the vent, Neji saw a middle-aged man with a monocle sitting in the main hall, listening to his subordinates' reports.
"Hyde..." Neji muttered. The outfit allowed Neji to recognize him immediately.
Below, Hyde took a sip of tea and said calmly with a smile, "The losses are heavy, but these are necessary sacrifices for building a perfect world."
Then, he turned to a female knight beside him and asked, "Has Temujin not returned yet?"
"No, Master Hyde. Should I go out and look for him?" Fugai asked respectfully.
"No, no need. That child won't let me down." Hyde said with a smile.
Speak of the devil, and he appears. As soon as Hyde finished speaking, Temujin pushed the door open, with Naruto following behind him.
"Why is Naruto with them?" Sakura wondered, surprised.
"Why did he arrive so quickly?" Neji was shocked. Logically, Naruto and his team shouldn't arrive until tomorrow.
"Could it be..." Neji opened his Byakugan, but didn't see many injuries on Naruto and Temujin.
"As expected, because of me, Naruto and Temujin didn't fall off the cliff. But I already told him Hyde's purpose, so Naruto shouldn't be so friendly with Temujin." Neji thought to himself.
At this time, Temujin walked up to Hyde, knelt on one knee, and said respectfully, "Master Hyde, I discovered a very special power within this person's body."
"Special power?"
"Yes, Master Hyde, please watch."
While speaking, Temujin suddenly drew his sword. A faint mark appeared on his right chest. Then, a blue-green sword light roared towards Naruto.
"What are you doing all of a sudden?" Naruto flipped back to dodge, and said angrily.
"Show me your power." Temujin kicked hard, and instantly appeared in front of Naruto, splitting him in two with his sword. But at this moment, Naruto suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared. At the same time, another Naruto suddenly appeared behind him, hugging him while he wasn't paying attention.
"Hehe, I'm the man who will become Hokage. Today I'll personally stop you guys."
As soon as he finished speaking, dozens of Shadow Clones appeared one after another, filling the entire hall.
"It ends here for all of you." Dozens of Narutos said in unison. This shocking scene naturally stunned Hyde and the others, who had never interacted with ninjas before, and they were secretly surprised by this power.
"So it's Shadow Clone. He used the chance to enter the fortress to wipe them out in one go. I didn't expect Naruto to become so smart after not seeing him for over a month." Neji couldn't help but praise him. Training with Jiraiya really had some effect.
However, Naruto clearly underestimated Hyde's strength. With his current power, he has no hope of winning against these five people at the same time.
"Fugai, Camilla, Ranke." Hyde glanced at the three people beside him calmly.
Upon hearing this, the three women revealed bloodthirsty smiles, and their forms instantly changed. One turned into a werewolf, one turned into a bat-person, and the other turned into a giant. Their appearances and bodies were extremely hideous and terrifying.
"What is that?" Sakura was shocked by this scene and asked.
Neji replied calmly, "That's one of the uses of the Gelel Stone, to mutate the body into other species to enhance one's fighting ability."
"What about Naruto?"
"He'll be fine." Neji said with certainty. The current Hyde is still wearing a fake mask and won't kill Naruto.
Sure enough, Naruto's Shadow Clones quickly collapsed under the attacks of Fugai and the others. Temujin also broke free from the Naruto behind him at this time, and pointed his sword at Naruto's neck.
"You dare to disrespect Master Hyde."
"Stop, Temujin." At this time, Hyde slowly walked over, moved the sword away from Naruto's neck, and said earnestly to Temujin, "Temujin, fighting is bad, you can't be so rude."
Temujin knelt on one knee and said respectfully, "Yes! Master Hyde."
Then, Hyde reached out to help Naruto up, took him to the window, and began his false and passionate speech. But Neji had already told Naruto everything. How could Naruto believe Hyde?
"You bunch of bastards, what perfect world? Can the death of a comrade be written off with a so-called noble sacrifice for the perfect world? I won't agree with you. In my eyes, comrades are the most important thing, and I will never let them die in vain."
Naruto shouted, smashed the glass window in front of him with a punch, and jumped down. But his voice clearly reached Temujin and the others' ears.
"I will definitely stop you."
"Master Hyde, he..." Temujin started to speak, but was interrupted by Hyde, "It's okay, Temujin. The process of building a perfect world is always difficult and won't be understood by people. Time will make him
understand everything."
"Yes! Master Hyde."
"Speaking of which, I have a mission to give you." Hyde patted Temujin on the shoulder and said, "There's a merchant group nearby. They know the location of the Gelel Stone mine. I need you to take a trip."
"Yes! Master Hyde, I will definitely not disappoint you." Temujin promised in a deep voice, and then left.
After he left, Hyde's kind face instantly turned gloomy, and he said coldly to his female knights, "Find that little brat and kill him."
Neji, who had witnessed everything, smirked and left the fortress with Sakura.
The Gelel Stone, it delivered itself to our door.
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