Now, Neji doesn't dare to look down on Naruto at all. After several rounds of battles, he knows that Naruto is good at the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, Taijutsu, strategic planning, the Summoning Jutsu, and possesses strange Chakra. He even took Lee down.
Can an underdog have these abilities? Who on earth spread the rumor that Naruto is an underdog? This is nothing but slander!
Neji graduated last year and is not in the same class as Naruto. But he has always heard that Naruto is the last - ranked student in this class and a well - known underdog in the whole class.
Judging from the current situation, this is definitely a rumor. The person who spread the rumor that Naruto is an underdog must have ulterior motives.
Neji shouts angrily in his heart: If anyone dares to tell me that Naruto is an underdog, I'll definitely punch him in the mouth with the Gentle Fist.
Naruto's strength is definitely above Sasuke's! Neji raises his guard and stares at the big frog in front of him. The six - meter - tall giant frog squatted on the ground is like a small mountain.
Neji feels unprecedented pressure. Suddenly, he realizes something and quickly activates the through - sight ability of his Byakugan.
Neji thinks to himself: Naruto, why did you summon such a big frog and have it land right in front of my line of sight? Is it to block something?
The six - meter - tall giant frog blocks the figures of Naruto and Hinata. Neji uses the through - sight ability of his Byakugan to take a look.
When his sight penetrates directly through the big frog and looks behind it, he finds that Naruto and Hinata have switched positions.
Naruto and Hinata exchanged positions. Could it be... Neji is guessing Naruto's strategy. Soon, he sees Naruto and Hinata rushing out from behind the giant frog.
Naruto! Your tricks have been completely seen through by me. Your schemes can never succeed in front of my Byakugan!
"Gentle Fist Technique! Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms!" Neji intends to use his killing move, wearing a murderous expression, and the target he wants to kill is...
Neji strikes out with the Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms, directly locking onto Naruto Uzumaki. One palm after another hits Naruto.
Neji thinks: Naruto summoned the giant frog to block my sight. Then Naruto transformed into Hinata, and Hinata transformed into Naruto. After they switched appearances, they charged at me.
"Kill Hinata first." Neji shouts angrily in his heart: Hinata, you're only fit to be the main family's young lady, not a Ninja...
All the Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms hit Naruto. After Naruto falls to the ground, he actually vanishes in a puff of white smoke. It's just a Shadow Clone.
"What!" Neji is furious. A Shadow Clone has tricked him into using a whole set of Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms. This is a real bad deal. His Chakra is almost exhausted.
It's impossible. I clearly saw through the Byakugan that Naruto and Hinata behind the giant frog exchanged positions. It should be Naruto transformed into Hinata, and Hinata transformed into Naruto. The Naruto I knocked down should have been Hinata. Why is it a Shadow Clone?
At this time, Hinata rushes over and grapples with Neji. Neji can only barely hold on.
Neji looks at Hinata in front of him and feels something is wrong. Who is this Hinata in front of me? And where is Naruto? Where has Naruto gone?
Just as Neji was distracted, the big frog opened its mouth wide and spat out a long tongue. A figure rushed out of the frog's mouth.
"Gentle Fist: Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!" The person who rushed out of the big frog's mouth was Hinata.
Hinata looked determined. She wanted to defeat Neji to prove that Neji not only misjudged her but also underestimated her determination.
Hinata unleashed the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms. The palm wind was sharp. She struck continuously, targeting the thirty-two major acupoints of the human body, making Neji spit out blood.
Neji finally fell. Until the last moment before he fell, he couldn't understand why he had been defeated so thoroughly.
At this time, white smoke emerged from 'Hinata's' body, and she transformed back into Naruto's appearance.
Just before Neji closed his eyes, Naruto smiled and said, "Neji, at the last moment of the battle, you made a choice. You thought Hinata was a greater threat than me. You really do recognize Hinata."
Do I recognize Hinata? Naruto actually said so... Thinking of this, Neji closed his eyes and passed out due to excessive chakra consumption and severe injuries.
Hinata rushed up to Naruto and asked, "Naruto, how on earth did we defeat Neji?"
Naruto began to explain the previous battle process:
Naruto first summoned the big frog and had it swallow Hinata into its belly, hiding her.
At this time, Hinata, who was swallowed into the frog's belly, was in a dark and unknown space, looking totally confused and lost.
Naruto then created a Shadow Clone. The clone stood in Hinata's original position, while Naruto used the Transformation Jutsu to turn into Hinata's appearance.
When Neji used the Byakugan's through-sight ability, he saw that Naruto and Hinata had switched positions.
The clever Neji immediately guessed that both Naruto and Hinata had used the Transformation Jutsu and transformed into each other.
So in Neji's eyes, the current Hinata was transformed by Naruto, and the current Naruto was transformed by Hinata.
Little did he know. Neji only guessed half right. Hinata was indeed transformed by Naruto, but that Naruto was just a Shadow Clone.
Neji unleashed the Eight Trigrams Sixty Four Palms, using all his most powerful techniques on a Shadow Clone.
After that, when the big frog opened its mouth, it spat out the real Hinata.
Hinata was actually quite surprised. Although she didn't know Naruto's strategy, she wasn't stupid.
Although Hinata knew nothing, as soon as she came out of the frog's mouth, she saw Neji with his back turned to her. She knew this was Naruto's plan.
So Hinata didn't hold back and directly hit Neji's back with a set of Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms, like kicking a man when he's down.
After Naruto finished telling all this, Hinata admired Naruto very much, and her admiration for him grew even stronger.
"Hehe." Naruto said with a big smile, "I knew I didn't need to tell you in advance, Hinata-chan. You'd cooperate with me perfectly."
"Naruto-kun..." Hinata didn't know what to say and just stood there, feeling shy.
The most brilliant part of Naruto's strategic plan was that he didn't need to tell Hinata in advance, yet he could let Hinata defeat Neji with her own hands at the most appropriate moment.
Beating Neji wasn't Naruto's objective. His real aim was to have Hinata defeat Neji herself.
After all, it wasn't easy to help a delicate girl grow.
Naruto knew he had to expose Hinata to more thrilling battles. Only by pouring her sweat and passion into a full - blown battle could she undergo a transformation.
After dealing with Neji, Naruto turned his gaze to another battlefield. Sasuke was fighting desperately with Gaara.
The two were evenly matched, and the battle was at a stalemate. For the time being, it was hard to tell who was gaining the upper hand.
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