Several minutes later...
Beside Riverbank Park.
"Aren't those the underclassmen? What are they doing?"
Neji, Rock Lee, and Tenten.
They happened to be passing by the river today.
The reason was... they were planning to visit Rock Lee's home.
The three of them happened to see Naruko and Sasuke, both bristling with hostility.
"Eh~~? Their expressions look kind of scary."
The bun-haired girl, Tenten, sized them up and spoke in her sweet voice.
"Perhaps... they're having some kind of match," Rock Lee said.
"A match?"
Neji was somewhat dismissive.
What could children like them accomplish even if they had a match?
As a genius among the upperclassmen.
Neji was very confident in his own strength.
Of course, he had also heard about the genius boy Sasuke.
At once.
He became slightly interested in this genius underclassman.
The Hyuga and Uchiha were Konoha's two great clans.
The antiquity of their surnames could be traced back a thousand years.
They belonged to exceptionally illustrious clans.
Under that lord's management, the Hyuga Clan was flourishing even more. Whenever they opened their mouths, they would proclaim, "Our Hyuga Clan is Konoha's number-one clan."
No one objected.
That meant they agreed.
"Look... they're starting!"
Tenten immediately settled in to watch the spectacle, thoroughly enjoying the trouble.
"Oh-oh~."
Rock Lee also grew fired up.
In the arena.
After exchanging threats, Naruko and Sasuke made their move.
"Dead Last, let me see how much you've improved lately..."
"You too, little~ Sasuke~!"
Naruko adopted the attitude of an older sister, enraging Sasuke.
"Narutooo--!!!!!"
"Sasuke--!!!!!!"
The two roared and charged at each other.
"They didn't even use Shuriken or Kunai to probe each other at the start. They just charged straight in...?"
Tenten was puzzled.
Generally speaking, this did not match the usual approach.
The so-called genius boy of