"Stop. Sōsuke, get down. Nagahiko, you try."
Since the two sides were completely mismatched, the Hyuga ninja on the platform immediately called a halt to the battle and then changed Neji Hyuga's opponent.
The newly chosen Hyuga Nagahiko was already ten years old. In theory, a battle between a four-year-old ninja and a ten-year-old ninja was like a kindergarten junior-class student fighting a fifth-grader. The gap could even be more outrageous than that. After all, ordinary people did not have Chakra bolstering their bodies... A four-year-old little ninja had practically no Chakra, but ten was different. He had already spent four years studying at the Ninja Academy.
However, that was merely the usual situation. Neji Hyuga was definitely an exception. On one hand, he had always been highly talented. On the other, he had just undergone a special "biological modification."
At the referee's command, the battle on the platform began. Hyuga Nagahiko's arm was as flexible as a snake's body. Almost the instant he heard the signal, he lunged forward violently, his joined palm striking toward Neji's neck from the side.
Compared with a four-year-old's body, a ten-year-old had the advantage of height and arm length. The two were clearly unequal in attack range during close combat. Yet in the face of that fierce attack, Neji's Chakra intensity surged again and again in an instant, rising steadily.
He clenched his left fist and bent his left arm upward, using the middle of his forearm to block the other boy's arm. With only a push of his upper arm, he flung the attack aside. Then he released his left hand, pinched his thumb, index finger, and middle finger together, lowered his wrist, and swung his arm. His fingertips struck the opponent's shoulder with pinpoint accuracy.
Hyuga Neji immediately lost control of