Naruto: Reborn as Neji Hyuga After Dying in One Piece-Chapter 120. These Little Fists? I Can’t Take It!

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Cough cough!

Kabuto clutched his stomach, a dull ache pulsing through his gut as he blinked the dizziness from his eyes.

What just happened?

He remembered Neji collapsing, blood erupting from his wounds, and had seized the chance to strike.

And then...

A pressure.

A presence.

One that bent the very air around him, knocked his thoughts into darkness, and left only a flicker of memory the moment the world lost its color.

His body still hurt. His pride even more.

Kabuto scanned the battlefield, carefully regulating his healing as he sat low, staying unreadable.

He hated the unknown.

Because in battle, the unknown meant death.

BOOM!

The ground cracked open like an eggshell beneath a single punch.

Everyone froze.

Even Jiraiya and Orochimaru paused mid-fight, both turning toward the impact with tense eyes.

The blast zone?

A crater fresh and steaming with Tsunade at the center, arm still extended, fist embedded in the earth.

Naruto had landed flat on his back in terror. Shizune held her breath.

Neji had barely rolled away in time, his face pale with shock.

She almost crushed me... and she wasn't even aiming properly.

Tsunade stood tall, fury pulsing like a heatwave from her. Her twin ponytails floated upward, defying gravity, shaped by the storm gathering around her.

Her voice was low, gritted between clenched teeth.

"So... You two really thought it was a good idea to trick me?"

Neji calmly brushed himself off, silently activating a seal. The blood from his body gathered in a floating orb before him, swirling neatly in his palm. His robes, now dry and pristine, flared as he stood straight.

No, he hadn't stripped to look cool.

He needed to bleed a lot to convince Tsunade. Clothes just got in the way of the theatrics.

Now, though?

Now came the consequences.

Tsunade was pissed.

He glanced to the side. Any chance Snake wants to switch aggro right about now...?

Tension rippled across the battlefield.

Even Jiraiya and Orochimaru paused, unsure of what had happened, unsure why Tsunade, mere moments ago trembling from hemophobia, was now radiating enough rage to make the air crackle.

Orochimaru glanced toward Kabuto, who immediately vanished and reappeared by his side.

"What happened?" the snake Sannin asked coldly.

Kabuto's brow furrowed.

"Neji attacked me hard. Looked like his wounds reopened. When I went in for the kill, something... something else happened. I blacked out. When I woke up, the kid was fine, and Tsunade..."

"...was angry," Orochimaru finished.

Kabuto nodded once. "She's... healed. Her phobia is gone. Should we retreat?"

Orochimaru didn't answer—yet.

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Meanwhile, Tsunade lifted her fist from the shattered earth, debris crumbling off her knuckles. Her glare landed on Shizune first.

"You... you helped that brat trick me?! After all these years?!"

Shizune bowed instantly. "I'm sorry, Lady Tsunade! I just—he—he said it might help..."

"Hmph."

Tsunade didn't even finish the sentence. She turned, eyes locking on Neji.

Her gaze was sharp enough to cut steel.

He responded with a calm smile and raised the orb of blood in his hand.

"I must say... congratulations, Lady Tsunade. Your hemophobia has been cured."

Her eyes widened just slightly, but she quickly scowled again, cheeks puffing with irritation.

"You smug little bastard... You faked it."

A memory flashed through her mind, his body trembling and bloodied. The fear she'd swallowed. The healing chakra she'd forced through shaky hands. Her desperation not to fail again.

And all of it...

Was staged.

She scanned his body with chakra. Instantly detected every wound.

Superficial. Surface-level. Dramatic but harmless.

"YOU FAKED THE WHOLE DAMN THING!"

The healing chakra dissipated.

She raised a trembling fist.

"YOU—LITTLE—!!"

BOOM!

The ground next to Neji exploded, chunks of rock flying as her "Little Fisties" nearly cratered the world again.

Neji was already halfway across the field.

"She's trying to kill me!"

No, she hadn't actually aimed at him. But the message was clear.

And Tsunade wasn't done fuming. Her rage now turned outward toward the snake.

Orochimaru.

She cracked her knuckles. The sound echoed like gunshots.

Orochimaru chuckled. "Well... Kabuto looks like we have a problem."

Kabuto's face paled slightly. "Tsunade is fully recovered, and Jiraiya's chakra is stabilizing. This is... not ideal."

"Retreat?" he offered again.

Orochimaru's golden slits narrowed. "Tempting. But..."

He looked around.

"...they're not giving us that option."

In perfect sync, the three Legendary Sannins bit their thumbs. Blood smeared, hand seals formed, and chakra pulsed across the battlefield.

"Summoning Jutsu!"

BOOM!

A surge of smoke erupted from the battlefield.

From Myoboku: Gamabunta!

From Shikkotsu Forest: Katsuyu!

From Ryuchi Cave: Manda!

Three titanic beasts materialized, staring one another down, shaking the very ground beneath them.

Neji, now beside Shizune and Naruto, gave a little shrug.

"Oh right," he said, lifting Naruto with one hand and setting him behind the nearest boulder. "This part doesn't need us."

"Don't forget the pig," he added, motioning for Tonton to hop up.

He sat down beside them as the ground rumbled, casually opening his system menu.

His XP bar ticked upward ever so slightly.

Level 40 → 40.02%

"Nice," he murmured. "Thanks, Kabuto-senpai."

And then—

BOOM!!!

The battlefield exploded into chaos as Three of them clashed once more.

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