A ball of water was held in Soji's hand, like jelly, yet it did not wet a single inch of his skin.
At the sight, Neji's eyes gleamed with fascination.
Then, right before Neji's eyes, Soji pushed the ball of water toward an empty patch of ground in the courtyard.
Bang!
In an instant, the fist-sized ball of water blasted a small crater nearly half a meter across into the ground!
And this was merely a casual strike from Soji!
Of course, Soji had definitely added the force of Repulsion Palm to it. Otherwise, how could an ordinary ball of water possibly produce such an effect?
"Teacher, is this also a power of the Byakugan?" Neji asked in a trembling voice.
Today, it seemed he had discovered some incredible secret about the Byakugan from his teacher!
"This is merely one very simple application of the Byakugan's power. I could not go all out in the village, so I pulled you into a genjutsu.
"I wanted you to see the true power of the Hyuga Clan's Byakugan!
"So you do not need to doubt it. Everything I displayed in the illusion just now was real.
"Otherwise, have you ever seen a member of the Hyuga Clan who could use genjutsu?"
Soji looked utterly calm and composed, his manner unfathomably profound.
Hearing Soji's question, Neji repeatedly shook his head.
That was right. His teacher had demonstrated the ability to use genjutsu just now!
"Ah, right, Teacher—your eyes just now?" Thinking of something, Neji asked urgently.
Those one yellow and one purple eyes seemed, to Neji, mysterious beyond measure—and powerful beyond words!
A single glance had made it impossible for him to summon even the slightest thought of resistance.
Neji felt that way because superior Dojutsu abilities inherently suppressed inferior ones.
"That was