I Was Livestreamed While Taking the Chunin Exam!

In other words, Neji probably knew that Hinata would also be taking this Chunin Exam...

And Neji had graduated top of his class last year, so he would definitely be taking the Chunin Exam this year.

So... he and Hinata would be taking it together, which meant they might even have to face each other in one of the exams.

But that was unfair.

Because Neji had been assigned to the Branch Family, whose duty was to protect the Main Family. So for someone from the Branch Family to fight Hinata... that was absolutely something the Hyuga Clan would not allow.

But Neji had always wanted to prove himself, so he... did not want to stop at the Chunin Exam.

So... he had come to persuade Hinata to surrender and give up the exam.

"Anyway, it doesn't matter even if you don't become a Chunin."

"After all... no one has ever thought highly of you—you can live just fine as long as you remain Kitahara Kaede's attachment."

Neji continued.

Bang!

But his voice was suddenly cut off.

Then—

"Hinata... what are you doing?!"

Neji's voice seemed to carry a trace of panic.

Kitahara Kaede walked straight in.

Bang!

Someone could be seen embedded in the wall. He had straight black hair, and his forehead protector had fallen off, revealing the green X-shaped mark of the Caged Bird.

Neji Hyuga had been beaten into the wall.

That was only natural.

Although Kitahara Kaede had helped Naruto, Sasuke, and Hinata with Taijutsu training.

Hinata's talent was far inferior to that of the cheat-like Naruto and Sasuke, but... if talent was lacking, then she would make up for it with time.

Use quantity to achieve qualitative change.

So.

The moment Kitahara Kaede entered the alley, he saw a famous scene... Hinata beating Neji.

"..." Kitahara Kaede.

Hinata was beating Neji.

Hinata's personality was gentle, even somewhat introverted. Though she might become more proactive when she was jealous.

But... she was not the kind of person who would simply strike someone.

And this Hinata's state was somewhat peculiar.

First.

She had activated her Byakugan.

Her eyes were pure white and filled with piercing force.

At the same time.

Her short hair had become black hair that fell to her shoulders.

Even her skin had darkened slightly.

And this state... Kitahara Kaede had seen it before, in his Tsukuyomi Space.

In order to improve Hinata's Taijutsu abilities, he had created a whole bunch of inverted Hinatas to train her.

Wasn't there a saying? Defeating yourself was the true path to becoming stronger.

So he had used another version of Hinata as a sparring partner.

But now...

The normal Hinata had turned into one with straight black hair falling over her shoulders... Black Hinata?!

Could it be that the training had been too intense, causing Hinata to split off a new personality?

Had those two thousand Black Hinatas materialized?!

No matter which possibility it was... neither seemed very good.

Kitahara Kaede observed this violent Hinata, who had one hand clamped around Neji's throat.

"Ki... Kitahara..."

Neji struggled to speak with his throat gripped. He looked miserable, his entire face flushed red from lack of air.

But Neji also possessed the Byakugan. Even while embedded in the wall, the corner of his eye caught sight of Kitahara Kaede standing to the side.

So he hurriedly began calling Kitahara Kaede's name.

"Don't change the subject!" Black Hinata said.

"I've been sick of you for a long time."

"So what if you've got a little talent?"

"You hate my old man, so go pick a fight with him! Why take it out on me?"

"And you're worried that if we face each other in the Chunin Exam, you won't be able to hit me because of my Branch Family status!"

"Do you really think you're that strong?"

"You think you'd automatically lose if you faced me? I'm telling you, you can't beat me!"

Black Hinata was overflowing with darkness.

Her negative emotions were extremely high.

"..." Kitahara Kaede.

The old man Hinata referred to should have been Hyuga Hiashi, right?

And Hinata called her own father old man?

"..." Kitahara Kaede.

It could be confirmed. Hinata had indeed developed a new personality—Black Hinata—due to the use of Tsukuyomi Space.

Kitahara Kaede's left foot paused slightly mid-step.

"Kitahara Kaede is here!"

"Kitahara Kaede is here!" However, Neji's survival instincts completely erupted at that moment.

His gaze immediately turned toward Kitahara Kaede.

He had never imagined that the weak Hinata Hyuga... would become this terrifying!

"Who?" Only then did this Hinata notice that something was wrong.

"!"

The moment Hinata turned around, she saw a black-haired, golden-eyed boy standing off to the side.

His gaze... seemed to be fixed on this place.

Oh, no.

He was backing away.

"..." Black Hinata.

This boy was retreating. This boy was trying to escape.

"..." Black Hinata.

"Wait!" Hinata immediately threw Neji aside, then flashed in front of Kitahara Kaede.

"Wait!"

"Things aren't what they look like."

"Um..." Black Hinata lightly rubbed her hands together, putting on an aggrieved expression.

"What you just saw was all fake."

"Well..."

"I'm not that violent." She put on a demure appearance as she spoke.

"..." Kitahara Kaede.

Not that violent?

She had grabbed Neji by the throat and then thrown him away.

And that wasn't violent?

"Don't disbelieve me!" Seeing that Kitahara Kaede seemed about to leave, Black Hinata hurriedly added, "Brother Neji, right? I didn't hit you, did I? Right, Bro-ther Ne-ji—"

"!!" Neji!?

Neji had just been thrown away like garbage by Hinata. He had only just climbed back up when he heard Black Hinata defending herself.

And now she seemed to be demanding that he speak up?

What kind of nonsense was that!

He had been beaten, and now he had to say he hadn't been beaten?

Was she asking him to go against his conscience?

"How could I possibly..." Neji had just begun to argue when he suddenly saw Black Hinata standing on Kitahara Kaede's right, hugging his right arm as she faced Neji.

But Black Hinata's lips moved slightly.

They seemed to be conveying the meaning: [If you tell the truth, I'll kill you.]

What a direct threat...

"..." Neji.

Neji was completely dumbfounded.

But his survival instincts made Neji swallow his bitterness. "I... I fell down by myself!"

Hinata was just too strange today.

Ever since they were little, Hinata had always seemed weak and untalented, but the strength she displayed today completely overturned Neji's worldview.

So... the weakest one had never been Hinata, but... him.

It made him feel utterly defeated.

Under Might Guy's instruction, although he could not learn the Reverse Lotus like Rock Lee, he had still worked very hard.

But before Hinata... he had no ability to fight back at all.

Was he... really this weak?

"See, Fu? Even Brother Neji said I wasn't hitting him." After noticing that Neji had backed down, Black Hinata hurriedly argued... no, explained.

"..." Neji.

Hinata used to call him Brother Neji, and he had never felt anything about it then.

But when Hinata called him that now... it made him feel... terrified.

His body had just been embedded in the wall... and it still hurt badly.

Neji chose to stay silent, seemingly not denying that explanation.