Naruto Blackened Neji

"If you say so, that girl"

Neji's astonished face showed a hint of shock, and he looked at Kisame.

Finding out the origin of the Water Release Ninjutsu is not the focus of this matter.

Why did a common girl from the Iron Kingdom possess a ninjutsu scroll that recorded the secret techniques passed down by the Senju clan?

"Do you suspect that girl is a descendant of the Thousand Hands clan back then?"

There was also doubt in Kisame's eyes, and for now, this was the most intuitive guess.

This was indeed Neji's first reaction, but after thinking about it carefully.

He shook his head and said: "Let's not talk about why the members of the Senju clan chose to stay in the Kingdom of Iron. Judging from the girl's reaction when she saw me, it should be her first time seeing a real ninja. "

The Senju clan was once the strongest ninja clan, even the Uchiha were slightly behind.

Even if they choose to live in seclusion and the family declines, they will not reach the point where there are no ninjas in the clan.

Kisame said: "In this case, why the girl holds the ninjutsu scroll that records the secret techniques passed down by the Senju clan is worth investigating."

Neji immediately said: "Let's go back and check the card."

Regardless of whether the girl is related to the Senju clan, at least she really holds the ninjutsu scroll of that clan.

If he followed this clue, he might be able to get the information he had always wanted to know.

Why the Senju Clan suddenly disappeared in the ninja world, and the ancient books of the Senju Clan.

Country of Iron, at the foot of a mountain.

Neji also immediately locked the direction, first heading towards the fault area where he met the girl.

More than an hour later, Neji arrived at his destination.

"It seems that the child doesn't come here often."

When he left last time, Neji did not carefully examine the surrounding environment. Although the raised part of the fault did have traces left after being washed away by the Water Release Ninjutsu, the extent was not obvious.

This shows that girls do not often come here to practice ninjutsu.

But the place where she lives shouldn't be too far from here.

Although the girl has strong chakra, she has not undergone systematic ninja training, so her leg strength is limited.

In this case, the radius of the area that needs to be searched is not particularly large.

However, Neji still sat down on the spot, holding back his breath and concentrating.

Gradually, blue and white patterns appeared on her face.

"bang"

After entering sage mode, Neji quickly stood up and formed a seal, creating three shadow clones.

swish

Immediately afterwards, Neji's body and her three shadow clones flew out in four directions: east, south, west, and north.

The range of perception in sage mode is extremely large, and luckily Neji recorded the girl's chakra fluctuations that day.

About ten minutes later.

Neji, who was searching to the west, suddenly received a burst of information in his mind.

"found it"

Neji murmured, the information was sent back to the main body after the shadow clone was released.

His shadow clone had sensed the girl's chakra fluctuations.

Just as Neji thought, the girl was only a few kilometers away from the fault area.

And although her shadow clone directly released the spell in order to send the message to the main body.

But before that, he had also used psychic skills and asked the Slug Immortal to keep an eye on the girl to prevent her from leaving again before the main body arrived.

For Neji, a distance of several kilometers can be reached in a minute or two.

"crash"

There are waterfalls pouring down the mountain stream tens of meters high, and the crisp sound of running water keeps echoing.

At the edge of the woods near the mountain stream, the Slug Immortal sat on the branches, paying close attention to the girl's every move.

"bang"

Suddenly, Slug Sento turned into light smoke and disappeared, and what appeared in his place was Neji who had just arrived.

The girl's alertness was very low, and she did not notice the sound made when the psychic spell was lifted.

However, she was standing at the bottom of the waterfall at this time, and the sound of flowing water was noisy. Of course, it was impossible for a girl's hearing to catch the sound that was still some distance away.

Neji stared at the girl he met in the Iron Kingdom two days ago. At this time, the latter was making obscure seals in her hands.

After the seal fell, the water next to the girl only undulated slightly.

"I'm practicing other water escape ninjutsu."

This time, Neji saw clearly the whole process of the girl forming the seal.

Although she observed that it was some kind of water escape seal, she still couldn't name the technique that combined those seals.

"Ugh."

In front of the waterfall, the girl sighed and shook her head.

Even if they are escape techniques of the same attribute, each ninjutsu has a different way of running chakra, so even if the girl has already practiced the previous "Takitsubo Jutsu".

It won't be of any help to learn other water escape techniques.

Her training method, let alone in Neji's eyes, even a genin like Konohamaru who had just graduated could see a lot of problems.

Although the speed of forming seals mostly only determines the speed of performing ninjutsu.

But if the knot seal is still very jerky, it will affect the operation of chakra in the body, resulting in the failure of ninjutsu release.

At the edge of the woods, Neji did not immediately come forward to talk to the girl.

Although she believed that the girl herself had no direct relationship with the Thousand Hands clan, if she wanted to follow this clue to investigate, it was best to be cautious.

Neji wasn't in a hurry either.

She stayed there for the time being, watching the girl's practice.

The crisp sound of rushing water continued to echo, and the sunlight pouring down from the sky gradually became less scorching.

Practicing ninjutsu in this wrong way, the efficiency of practice is naturally quite low.

As the afternoon passed, the water splashing beside the girl only became slightly larger.

The girl raised her eyes and looked at the sky.

She said to herself: "It's time to go back."

Immediately he ran quickly in a certain direction.

Neji followed directly.

With the strength of the girl's feet, after running for an hour, she arrived at a village more than 20 kilometers away.

She strode in from the village entrance.

Neji first observed around the outside of the village.

This village is not big, only a few dozen families.

And excluding the case of shielded perception, the girl was the only one in the whole village who had obvious chakra fluctuations.

After the girl entered the village, she walked on the bumpy dirt road and chatted with the villagers from time to time.

Neji was following the girl secretly. Of course, no one in this village could detect her presence.

There is a small courtyard in the center of the village. Although the area is larger than other villagers' houses, they are all made of the simplest wood and thatch.

According to the observations so far, such villages can be seen everywhere in the Iron Country, and there is nothing unusual about them.

The door of the small courtyard was also made of wooden fence. The girl pushed open the fence familiarly and walked in.

This should be her home

"Xiaoyi, where have you been? You haven't seen anyone all day."

As soon as she walked into the courtyard, an angry face appeared at the window of the wooden house.

Even before the person walked out of the house, reprimands continued to come.

"You kid, you're already so old, but you're still lazy at work."

This is a peasant woman about 40 years old. Judging from her age, she should be the mother of a girl.

The middle-aged peasant woman pushed open the wooden door and was about to step out and continue to teach her incompetent daughter a lesson. A look of helplessness, mixed with a bit of fear, appeared on the girl's face, and she immediately ran towards another wooden house.

The peasant woman shouted and called to the girl: "Just stop here. It's useless even if you hide behind grandpa today."

"Mom, don't be angry."

The girl immediately stood still and turned around, with an awkward smile on her face.

The mother walked up to the girl. Just as she was about to start the training, the door of another wooden house was opened and an old man with gray hair walked out.

"Okay, okay, you and your daughter are like this every day, can you please leave me, an old man, alone?"

The old man's face is very kind. Although he is old, he still looks very energetic.

"It's because you've always been so spoiled by Xiaoyi that she's always lazy at work."

The middle-aged woman complained slightly, but the elder had already spoken, so she didn't continue.

The silver-haired girl curled her lips and said, "I'm not lazy, it's just some work. I'll just finish it tomorrow."

Next, there are some common idle locks.

After a period of observation, Neji has determined that the girl's grandfather and parents do not know about her practicing ninjutsu.

The whole village is ordinary, nothing special.

Until late at night, everyone in the family fell asleep.

The girl gently opened the door and walked out of the room.

She walked to the yard, holding a scroll in her hand, using the faint moonlight to check the contents, muttering in a low voice from time to time.

Of course Neji was always nearby.

Although he couldn't rush up immediately to check the contents on the scroll, he could already confirm it from the girl's murmur.

The girl's ninjutsu all comes from this scroll.

After a while, the girl returned to the room with the scroll.

When she was asleep, Neji sneaked into the girl's room.

In fact, for Neji who is good at illusions, the whole process does not need to be so troublesome.

It's just that there are unwritten rules in the ninja world that ninjas cannot use illusions to interrogate ordinary civilians.

Neji took the scroll. The scroll was quite old and incomplete, with considerable wear and tear.

In addition to the wear and tear that has been retained for a long time, judging from other traces, it is caused by the cutting of the enduring tool.

On the back of the scroll, some kind of family crest can be vaguely seen.

Although it was blurry, Neji recognized it.

It is the emblem of the Senju clan

What is recorded on the scroll are some chakra refining methods, several water escape ninjutsu seals, and the twelve most basic seal gestures.

On this incomplete scroll, there are only three types that can be practiced, including the "Takitsubo Technique".

After observing, Neji put the scroll back to its original position.

What he did this time was not this incomplete scroll.

I want to know where the scroll came from so that I can continue to investigate. Without using illusions to force the inquiry, I have to start with the girl.