Looking at the little boy with white eyes who walked in, Nagase thought for a moment and quickly identified his identity: Hyuga Neji, the genius of the Hyuga clan's branch family.
In the early stage of the original work, Neji should be the kind of person who brings a sense of oppression when he appears, like a master, but he stands on the opposite side of the protagonist.
During the Chunin Exam, after Neji failed to persuade Hinata to quit, he beat Hinata until she vomited blood, and then mocked Hinata and Naruto who was cheering for Hinata.
But it would not be accurate to regard Neji as a cold-blooded and heartless person.
The reason why Neji acted so harshly was because he had a great hatred for the Hyuga family. When Hinata was three years old, a Hidden Cloud Ninja came to kidnap Hinata, but was discovered and killed by Hyuga Hiashi.
The plan of the Byakugan failed. Instead of admitting their mistakes, the Cloud Village turned the tables and said that if Konoha did not give them a satisfactory answer, they would go to war.
At that time, the Third Ninja World War had just ended. Konoha was no longer able to fight, and Iwagakure was also ready to make a move, so Konoha was forced to make a deal with Kumogakure, a life for a life.
Originally, it should have been Hyuga Hiashi who died, but in the end Hyuga Hizashi took the initiative to die and died in place of his brother.
Ningji always believed that it was the main family that forced his father to die in his place, so he always hated the main family, Hyuga Hiashi and Hinata.
How could Neji hold back when facing the "enemy who murdered his father"? Since he was unwilling to admit defeat, of course he would be as ruthless as possible.
But Neji is not an unreasonable person. When he saw his father's suicide note and knew that his father had really died voluntarily, he no longer hated Hinata and Hyuga Hiashi, and felt guilty for his previous behavior.
Finally, during the Fourth Ninja World War, Neji used his life to block the attack of the Ten-Tails and protected Hinata and Naruto, and died in this way. He was the only one of the Twelve Guardians of Konoha to die in battle.
I have to say, this is a role that makes people feel a little sad.
He is gifted and is the most talented ninja in the Hyuga clan. The Hyuga clan only passes on the secret techniques of the main family, which he successfully learned on his own. Although he failed in the Chunin Exam, he was the first among the Twelve Ninjas to be promoted to Jonin.
The tragedy in his childhood distorted his values, values and outlook on life but failed to distort him as a whole person. He was able to admit his mistakes after learning the truth.
He doesn't like to talk, always has a blank expression on his face, and seems to have no emotions, but he is a person who cares about his companions. He even died to protect his companions.
Recalling Ningji's tragic experience in the original work, Nagase was filled with thoughts and he quickly looked away.
The tragic experience of Neji in the original work can no longer be repeated. The Cloud Village is very honest now. Not to mention coming to Konoha to steal Byakugan, even if the Konoha ninjas go to their village to steal the Blood Ninjas, they have to hold it in.
If there hadn't been the troublemaker Kumogakure to steal the eye, Neji's father wouldn't have died, and Neji wouldn't have become the Ningji who is pessimistic about fate all day long.
"Ah, you are the one from that day..." Naruto recognized Neji as the person who had helped Hinata to convey the message before, but when he thought about it carefully, he found that he couldn't call out the other person's name at all, and he couldn't help scratching his hair in embarrassment.
Neji first spoke respectfully to the adults in the room with a calm face, then took out the letter Hinata gave him, handed it to Naruto and said, "This is from Hinata. She can't get out, so I'm helping you give it to you."
"She said it was the story about the Shodaime-sama and the others that you requested earlier."
When Naruto heard that it was the information of Hashirama and Madara, his eyes lit up instantly. He took the letter and started to express his gratitude.
Neji nodded and was about to turn and leave, but was stopped by Naruto.
"Um, what's your name? Thank you so much." Naruto asked directly to avoid the embarrassment of not being able to call your name next time they meet.
Neji paused, then thought for a moment and said, "Hinata Neji."
"Would you like some tea, Neiji-chan? Or any snacks?" Kushina asked in a kind voice.
"No, thank you." After saying that, Neji prepared to say goodbye.
Seeing Neji about to leave, Naruto had a thoughtful expression.
"I feel like she is the same type of person as Yurihana."
Naruto feels that the aloof Neji and Yurika have similar personalities, but he doesn't know if Neji is as powerful as Yurika.
"How's Hizashi doing lately?" Nagase suddenly asked.
Neji was stunned and looked at Nagase with a puzzled look. Obviously, he didn't know why Nagase suddenly asked about his father. No, why he knew that his father was Hyuga Hizashi.
There is a lot of information in this sentence.
"I know your father. He once said that he had a genius son." Yongze said with a faint smile.
He was not talking nonsense, he not only knew Hinata Hizashi, but also Hinata Hiashi. It was not just an acquaintance by name, but they had had some communication.
As for the reasons, there are many. Apart from some miscellaneous small things, there are two main reasons.
First, as a high-ranking member of Konoha, he sometimes has intersections with others because of work. The Hyuga are also considered an important force in Konoha, and the strategic value of the Byakugan is huge.
For example, the time when the Hyuga ninjas were not allowed to leave the village was discussed by Nagase and Hyuga Hiashi.
The second reason is the training team.
Nagase set the tone for the training team's development very early on. The ninja version of the Six Styles that he improved would not become the Anbu Six Styles unique to the Anbu, but the Six Styles of the Konoha Ninja.
After completing the training of all the Anbu, Nagase quickly developed a new training plan, allowing some ninjas in the village who were good at physical skills and ninjutsu to learn the Six Styles.
When talking about physical skills in Konoha, we can't avoid the Hyuga clan. The entire Hyuga ninja clan is a family that practices their ancestral physical skill, the soft fist.
They do not practice other ninjutsu, only the gentle fist that can be used in conjunction with the Byakugan.
Soft Fist is a special physical technique that can only be unleashed by one who possesses the Byakugan, because Soft Fist is a physical technique that strikes the internal organs of the human body. Without the perspective ability of the Byakugan, Soft Fist cannot be performed at all.
The reason why the Hyuga clan only practices the Gentle Fist and not other ninjutsu is because the Gentle Fist is strong enough. The internal organs of the human body are difficult to train, and even a powerful ninja would be fatally hit by the Gentle Fist.
Therefore, the Hyuga clan is not short of jonin. Like the Uchiha clan, there are quite a few jonin in their clan.
However, unlike the Uchiha clan who opened the Mangekyō, it is extremely difficult for the Hyuga clan to open the Rinnegan. Now no one in the Hyuga clan knows about the existence of the Rinnegan, so there is a lack of top-level strong people.
Twenty years ago, and even now in the five major countries, the Jonin could be said to be the main fighting force of the village.
But Nagase knew that times would soon change, and the strength of the later Jonins would be nothing.
If the Hyuga clan continues to be complacent like this, they might as well rely on sniping with their Byakugan in the future.
Keeping the little things you have all the time, or even passing on the only thing of value to the heir of the clan, is obviously not a wise move in the face of great changes.
Therefore, the training plan of the training team also includes some ninjas from the Hyuga clan, including Hyuga Hizashi.
"He's fine, thank you for your concern." Neji said quickly after reacting.
"How's your soft fist training going?" Nagase asked.
"It's OK." Neji said modestly.
"Then go out and fight me, I want to see how powerful Hizashi's son is." Nagase said with a smile, then said something to Minato and walked out.
Neji hesitated for a moment, then followed him, as if this man was indeed his father's friend.
Curious Naruto also went up to watch the fun.
In the open space, Neji took a deep breath, then got into position, and immediately launched a fierce attack towards the air in front of him.
Naruto scratched his head, feeling a bit awe-inspiring. Although he couldn't put his finger on it, he just felt that there was a sense of power.
Nagase nodded. Neji's soft fist was very smooth, which was not easy at his age.
"That's really good. You haven't let your father down." Yongze praised.
"You're too kind." Neji said modestly, but he was actually quite happy in his heart. Who doesn't like to be praised? Besides, it also helps his father to gain face.
"However," Nagase suddenly changed the subject, "Although the Hyuga clan's soft fist has some skills, it is still too simple, and you are a branch family, so you cannot learn the secret techniques of the main family."
Neji remained silent.
Then Nagase suddenly kicked out with a sharp crescent-shaped strike, creating a big hole in the ground.
The sudden noise made Minato check quickly, and he went back with peace of mind when he saw that it was Nagase who took action.
"I have a set of physical skills called Six Styles. What I just performed is Storm Kick, one of the Six Styles. If I give you a chance, would you like to learn it?" Nagase said with a smile.
The Hyuga clan's broken rules for the main and branch families are truly perverted. There is only one main family in a generation, and even if there are twins, only the later-born one can be the branch family.
Moreover, the lives of the branch families are completely controlled by the main family.
Since it was their own family's own business, Nagase was too lazy to interfere. He chose to train Neji and let Neji change the self-satisfied Hyuga clan on his own.
Ningji looked at the more than ten-meter-deep pit that was created by Nagase's light kick and fell into deep thought.
There was no doubt that he was shocked by the power displayed by Nagase, and it would be a lie to say that he didn't want to learn.
But Nagase was a stranger he had only met once after all, which made Neji a little hesitant. He was a man who could think calmly, and it was not certain whether Nagase was his father's friend.
"Well, it seems you don't want to learn, so forget it." Seeing that Neji didn't speak for a while, Nagase sighed with a regretful look.
Neji opened his mouth and finally closed it, but his slightly trembling hands proved how uneasy he was at the moment.
I don’t know if I’m regretting not agreeing just now.
Nagasawa smiled and tapped Neji on the head three times as he looked at him in confusion.
Naruto's eyes lit up when he saw this scene. Wasn't this a famous scene from a story that Nagase had once told him
Naruto said excitedly: "Ningji, Uncle Nagase didn't reject you. Knock three times to ask you to get up in the middle of the night to find him."
Neji looked at Naruto with a question mark on his face, not quite understanding what Naruto said.
Naruto, with a look of disappointment on his face, quickly told Neci the story of how Sun Wukong became a disciple and learned martial arts.
Ningji was speechless, he had never heard of this story. He looked at Nagase.
Nagasawa neither admitted nor denied it, but instead tapped Naruto on the head with his hand, "You are the only one who knows the most."
"Hehe." Naruto scratched his head and smiled. He was not unhappy because Nagaze did not use any strength and it did not hurt.
In the end, Ningji sent the letter away, but returned home with a lot of doubts.
After returning home, Neji found his father Hyuga Hizashi and told him what happened today.
"Today I went to the home of a man named Namikaze Naruto and met a..."
"Namikaze Naruto? Isn't that the child of the Fourth Hokage? What are you doing in the Fourth Hokage's house? Are you friends?" Hizashi asked curiously.
Neji shook his head. He and Naruto had only met twice and exchanged a few words, so they could not be considered friends.
"I was delivering something for Hinata," Neji explained.
"Then I met a man who claimed to be your friend, his name seemed to be Nagasawa?" Neji continued, and then he found that his father was stunned for a moment.
"Are you sure that man's name is Nagasawa?" Hizashi couldn't help but ask. Although he had some interactions with Nagasawa, they were basically his subordinates. It turned out that Nagasawa actually treated him as a friend. Hizashi was a little flattered.
Although he is a few years older than Nagase, there is no comparison between the two in terms of status, position and strength. Even if his brother, Hinata Hiashi, the patriarch of the Hyuga clan, came, he is still no match for him.
"Yes, that's what Namikaze Naruto is called." Neji said affirmatively, and then described Nagase's appearance.
"That's right, it's Nagasawa Sukeza." Hiashi nodded.
As they talked further, Hizashi was shocked to hear that Nagase actually thought highly of Neci and was prepared to teach him the Six Styles. After learning that Neci was hesitant, Nagase said forget it and looked regretful.
Seeing his father showing such a rich expression in such a short period of time, Ningji realized something. It seemed that this man named Nagase was very unusual, so Ningji asked about Nagase.
Hinata Hiashi smiled and said: "Nagazawa Fuzuo is a remarkable person, he is the Hokage Fuzuo of our Konoha, and he is the strongest person in the ninja world today.
He once defeated the elite ninja troops led by the Fourth Raikage of Kumogakure and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki with his own strength, captured the Raikage and the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki alive, and led Konoha to defeat Kumogakure.
When the Nine-Tails went berserk, he suppressed it, saving Konoha from great losses."
"Although he is not very old, his contribution to Konoha is far greater than that of people like me." Hinata Hizashi sighed. Compared with Nagase, he is like a dog.
Ningji's eyes widened as he listened to Nagase's legendary story. He didn't expect that he would meet such a legendary figure when he just went to deliver a letter, and he almost learned his physical skills.
Even a calm kid like Neji felt endless regret in his heart at this moment. How great it would have been if he had agreed at that time.