Naruto: The Byakugan is weak? I’m super strong! Chapter 054

Bang!

No greetings, no gifts.

Only a lone figure.

On a sickbed at the Ninja Hospital.

After seeing Hinata off, Hyuga Neji arrived here not long after.

He sat directly on a chair.

He stared at Hyuga Kōgetsu on the bed without saying a word.

Kōgetsu was equally bewildered.

What’s going on?

Why is he here?

To apologize, or to submit another challenge letter!

Neither of them spoke first, so they just sat there foolishly.

Hyuga Neji’s hands were clenched into fists, resting on his knees; this was probably a very proper way of sitting.

One minute, ten minutes, thirty minutes passed without them realizing it.

The two of them just stared at each other, not a single word exchanged.

Kōgetsu was so embarrassed he wished he could dig out a Hidden Leaf Village with his toes.

Bang!

Another entry without knocking.

Uzumaki Naruto burst in, holding a large box of milk and three cups of instant noodles.

“Kōgetsu-nii, look what good stuff I brought!”

Naruto was grinning foolishly with narrowed eyes.

When he opened his eyes and saw Hyuga Neji sitting by the sickbed, he was so surprised that his instant noodles fell to the ground.

“It’s you, the defeated general who lost to me!”

“Nani?”

Neji’s face instantly turned ugly.

Lost?

When had he ever lost?

“I clearly got first place in that covert mission, even Sasuke benefited from me!”

Naruto crossed his arms, his face showing an expression of being taken advantage of by Sasuke.

“I didn’t lose, that was a mission.”

Neji’s face was serious; in his opinion, Naruto was someone who hadn’t figured things out.

Caught in the unusual Shura battlefield between the two.

Kōgetsu was stunned.

If he hadn’t made the Hidden Leaf Village a land of conscription, strengthening the ninja school’s training.

Naruto and Neji would at most just brush past each other; there was no way they would have gotten to know each other so early.

Now, the two rivals met early, and in this manner.

“Why are you here, you guy? Are you trying to kill Kōgetsu-nii while he’s sick?”

Naruto quickly jumped onto the sickbed, forming hand seals at his fastest speed.

But even with the fastest hand seals, his poisonous tongue was faster.

“Clone Jutsu!”

Bang!

He barely managed to create two; one died on the spot, the other seemed fine.

But Kōgetsu, sitting behind him, saw clearly that it was just a piece of paper!

“I don’t have time to play with you. I came today just to visit Hyuga Kōgetsu.”

Neji finally stated his purpose for coming.

Although he was completely forced to, as he didn’t know what other strange jutsus Naruto might use.

“Sō ka, at least you have some conscience.

My Kōgetsu-nii is very strong.

He wasn’t going all out that day, otherwise, you’d be the one lying here.”

Naruto said, hinting smugly:

“Do you know who holds the record for eating noodles in the youth division at Ichiraku Ramen?”

“I don’t know.”

Neji was starting to regret it; he should have known not to come today.

What kind of creature was Naruto?

Didn’t they say fox demons were reclusive?

How did he seem optimistic and outgoing, almost a social butterfly?

“Cough cough, Naruto, quiet down. I’m hungry.”

“Just three cup noodles. I’ll reluctantly give you one, you guy!”

Naruto huffily went to prepare the noodles.

Kōgetsu picked up the milk, twisted open the cap, and guzzled it down.

Hyuga Neji seemed to have something more to say, but felt the atmosphere wasn’t right, so he remained silent.

“Kōgetsu-nii, you have to be careful. You must finish the milk before twelve o’clock.”

Naruto brought the cup noodles, distributing one to each person.

Neji’s was placed at the foot of the bed, steaming.

“Why?”

“Because it’s expiring milk, it’s almost time.”

Naruto said calmly.

“Why can’t you bring me a good one, you brat!”

Kōgetsu was about to explode with anger.

He had treated Naruto to noodles, taken him for barbecue, walked every river and forest in the Hidden Leaf Village.

And this brat gave him milk that was about to expire.

“No, it’s not like that! That’s the only milk in my fridge that hasn’t expired.”

Naruto scratched the back of his head with a (hānxiào – simple, honest smile).

To him, this was indeed quite generous.

“Let’s eat!”

“Let’s eat!”

The two argued for a short while, then began to open their cup noodles and feast.

Compared to fresh milk, instant noodles clearly had a longer shelf life.

“The soup is good!”

Kōgetsu gave a satisfied review.

Thanks to Naruto, he got to eat all sorts of unhealthy things at the Ninja Academy.

“Why aren’t you eating, Mr. Grumpy?”

Naruto stared at Neji with wide eyes, making his face even more unpleasant.

Grumble grumble~

His stomach made an ill-timed rumble.

Neji frowned deeply; how could he eat charity food at a time like this!

“Are you thinking too much? Let’s talk after you eat the noodles.”

Kōgetsu slurped his cup noodles, looking up to add another sentence.

“No need.”

Neji and Kōgetsu exchanged glances, swallowing a mouthful of saliva.

He still didn’t make a move.

The aroma of the cup noodles wafted out, making his mouth water continuously.

“I’m eating again!”

Naruto opened another cup, happily eating.

“Eat slowly, it’s hot.”

Kōgetsu helplessly drank his milk.

Hyuga Neji observed their every move throughout.

He didn’t understand, and was even very puzzled, why they seemed so familiar even though they had only known each other for a few tens of days.

“You should go home and rest early.

Tomorrow there’s a very important training session.

If you want to surpass Kōgetsu-nii, you have to surpass Sasuke first!”

Naruto’s belly was round.

He had just said goodbye to Kōgetsu and left.

What was he doing just now?

Was he just making up the numbers, or wasting time?

Neji understood even less.

It seemed.

Uzumaki Naruto had completely found Kōgetsu to deal with the expiring milk.

“Find it strange?”

Hyuga Kōgetsu drank his milk with great ease.

“That guy is an idiot.

He calls me ‘big brother’ just because I can eat a lot.

At first, he wanted to call me ‘senior,’ but I thought that title was too silly.

He always eats, talks, and daydreams alone.

So, coming here to eat noodles with me probably gives him a strange sense of emptiness when he opens his fridge or food cabinet.

I sometimes feel that way too, because I’m the only one in my family.

What about you?”

Kōgetsu turned the topic to Neji.

Hyuga Neji, who had originally found Naruto and Kōgetsu strange, was suddenly at a loss.

His gaze at Kōgetsu was filled with confusion.

“You didn’t come here just to purely visit the sick, otherwise, you’d at least bring a rotten orange, wouldn’t you?”

Kōgetsu gulped down all the milk in two swigs, hoping it would help him sleep.

“I…”

Neji looked up, meeting Hyuga Kōgetsu’s gaze.

“I want to know your opinion on it.”

The bandage wrapped around his forehead was untied.

Revealing a chilling cursed seal.

The pattern was like a caged bird hooking a soul.

“No opinion.”

Kōgetsu’s expression was unusually calm; he knew his main body still had to return to school and graduate from the Ninja Academy.

Otherwise, he would now flip the table and tell him: “This thing must be broken!”

Hyuga Neji was silent for a moment, then stood up and walked towards the door.

When he stood at the doorway, his steps paused.

“After the mysterious person appeared, no one can leave the village without permission.

Do you like the moon you see outside the village?

I used to go out to train often.”

Holy crap!

Kōgetsu didn’t expect Neji to say so many words in one breath.

“I like it.”

He wasn’t being insincere.

Hyuga Kōgetsu truly liked the moon outside the village, not having to worry about high walls blocking it when it rose.

“Me too, that’s all.”

Neji walked out the door, never looking back.

The young man had gotten the answer he wanted.