Mirai's Strength

Neji's expression turned grave. He recognized that stance—it was the opening move of the Reverse Lotus! During the Chunin Exam three years ago, Lee had said that he had trained this move specifically to defeat him. And when Neji saw Lee stylishly thrash Gaara back then, he had even thought Lee wanted to kill him. Otherwise, who would train such a violent taijutsu just to defeat a companion?

But that had been three years ago. Now that Neji had mastered Water Style Flow and Sage Art: Thousand-Armed Buddha Palm, he was completely unafraid. He even somewhat wanted to take the initiative and spar with Lee. It was only because both the Eight Inner Gates and Sage Art: Thousand-Armed Buddha Palm were immensely powerful, and neither of them had fully mastered them yet, that he had never brought it up, fearing they might accidentally kill each other.

But now, there was no need to worry at all!

"If I accidentally beat you to death, please don't blame me." Neji pressed his palms together. It was time to show what he had learned!

"What arrogance, Neji! But the current me definitely won't lose to you!" Fake Lee's hair shot upward, and his skin turned red. Then he pushed off the ground and charged forward, moving so fast that an afterimage remained where he had stood.

But Neji was different from Gaara, because Neji had the Byakugan!

Through the Byakugan's vision, Fake Lee was incredibly fast, but not so fast that he left no trace. Every time Fake Lee changed direction, his speed dropped slightly. Therefore, Neji would not be like Gaara, intimidated by Lee's speed and thrown into disarray, allowing Lee to seize the chance to break through his defenses and stylishly beat him down.

"As expected, if my speed isn't fast