In the square, Naruto, Sasuke, and Neji faced one another.
Minato Namikaze and the others had already retreated to the edge of the square, watching the three figures in the middle with great interest.
Standing beside Sasuke, Neji could only feel speechless, his expression somewhat innocent.
He had been dragged into this by Sasuke.
When he sparred with Sasuke normally, although he would lose, they at least remained locked in a stalemate for a while before that happened, allowing him to see his own shortcomings.
But against Naruto, he probably would not even be able to see his opponent move before going down.
Still, seeing Sasuke so focused and serious, he could not keep looking unmotivated. He patted his face, the veins around his eyes bulging as he became serious as well.
"Sasuke, logically speaking, your Three-Tomoe Sharingan isn't qualified to fight me. After all, the Mangekyo is the threshold for facing me."
Looking at stubborn Sasuke, Naruto kindly offered some advice before continuing, "But I accepted your challenge so you can see the gap between us clearly."
"You bastard!"
Seeing Naruto act so arrogantly, Sasuke could not help gritting his teeth. The three tomoe in his eyes spun rapidly.
"I'm not the same as before!"
"Neji, I'll go first!"
After saying that, Sasuke stared at Naruto with determined eyes, his hands rapidly forming seals.
As the final seal ended, his right hand tightly gripped his left wrist, as though he were gathering all the strength in his body into that hand. His left palm faced downward and trembled slightly.
Sizzle, sizzle, sizzle—
Suddenly, the sound of crackling electricity rang out from Sasuke's palm, growing louder and louder, as if a thousand birds were shrieking.
At the same time, a powerful lightning-nature Chakra began gathering in his palm, forming a