Tenten: I'm tired. Just end it all!

"Tenten, I think I just heard something unbelievable, Kazeka..."

Rock Lee stared at Kazeka in shock.

"Just like Neji said, will this really make us stronger?"

"I don't want to hear it, I don't want to hear it..."

Tenten covered her ears in despair.

"I'm still an innocent girl. I don't want to hear something this shocking..."

Tenten's expression was crumbling.

"Might Guy Sensei, hurry up and show up! If I'd known this would happen, I should've gone to get you right away.

The situation's so bad, I feel like the whole world has been defiled!"

"Tenten, I'm right here!"

With a passionate shout, Might Guy appeared. He had a bowl cut, wore a green jumpsuit, and was a Jonin.

Though he was incredibly dense and Kisame Hoshigaki had called him a "rare beast,"

he was still their team leader, and he knew how to read a situation.

Seeing what was happening, he immediately stepped in front of Neji.

"Neji, stop right there. I'll help you get back to normal!"

"Sensei, are you saying I'm not normal? That can't be right!

I feel better than ever. And not only that..."

Neji looked at Might Guy.

"Yeh... I feel like I've gained wisdom that will shake the world!"

"I won't argue with 'shake the world'..."

Looking at Neji, Tenten shouted without thinking.

"But let's forget the wisdom part. You don't have anything like that right now!"

"Yeh... Sensei, Tenten, Rock Lee, it looks like you're all going to stop me..."

Neji's expression suddenly turned grave, and then tears streamed down his face.

"Now that you know the more I resist, the stronger I get, you're planning to stop me and give your lives for it!

Don't worry. I won't let your sacrifice go to waste!

I swear, I'll use every means at my disposal to kill you. I'll carry your convictions with me and keep getting stronger!

Tenten..."

Neji looked at Tenten, tears pouring from his eyes.

"As a girl, I won't make you wait long. I'll kill you first!"

"No!"

Tenten was stunned. She shrieked at Neji.

"I haven't even had a boyfriend yet, and I haven't become a great ninja like Lady Tsunade! I don't want to die, Sensei..."

Tenten cried out in despair.

"You have to stop him!"

"Don't worry..."

Might Guy flashed Tenten a thumbs-up, his big teeth gleaming.

"As your guide, it's my duty to step in and save my students when they're in danger.

I'll save Neji without a scratch. Neji..."

Might Guy took up a defensive stance.

"Attack me! I'll prove to you that strength gained by going down the wrong path is inferior to strength earned by hard work and training your body..."

"Thud!"

A dull thump interrupted Might Guy. Neji was only a Genin, and even though he unleashed his power and threw punches like mad, Might Guy, who was already skilled in Taijutsu, easily blocked them.

But Might Guy's words of reassurance did nothing to make Neji back down. His gaze only grew more frenzied.

"Guhahahaha! You think blocking one attack will put an end to this, you bastard?

Gwah! Byakugan trembling at fifteen hundred horsepower—burst forth!"

"Still too weak, still too weak! Byakugan trembling at two thousand horsepower—gwah!"

"For victory, even draining every last bit of strength from my body isn't enough! Byakugan trembling at three thousand horsepower!"

"Thud!"

Neji's initial strength had been surprisingly powerful, but Might Guy had been able to block it with ease.

However, as Neji continued to increase his strength, Might Guy began to struggle to defend himself.

Caught off guard, he was sent flying by a brutal punch from Neji!

Though he crashed through a wall, the impact didn't affect Might Guy at all.

What worried him was Neji's body. As his strength continued to increase, it was draining his life force.

His body, once firm and well-built from training and good nutrition, was growing gaunt!

"Neji, your strength is beyond anything I expected. If you were fighting a Jonin who wasn't skilled in Taijutsu, you might even be able to overpower them.

But I can't let you go on like this!"

At some point, tears had begun streaming from Might Guy's eyes too.

In a flash, he rushed behind Neji and pinned him to the ground!

No matter how much Neji struggled, Might Guy held him down like a mountain.

"Kazeka, you said there was nothing wrong with your experiment!"

Seeing Neji, Tenten, his friend, glared at Kazeka.

"Look me in the eye and tell me Neji's fine right now!"

"Since it was his first time testing the limits of his potential, the test subject might have had a little trouble controlling himself.

But it's completely fine. If he faces mortal danger, the surge of power will stop in time!"

Kazeka pointed at Neji.

"Look. Once he realized he was up against Might Guy Sensei, Neji stopped pushing himself further!"

Sure enough, Tenten looked over at Neji and saw that he had stopped draining his life force.

But what he said still left everyone speechless!

"Kazeka, your method really did make me stronger. Before today, I'd never managed to send Sensei flying.

Thanks to your experiment, I finally did it today.

To thank you, I'll make sure to slaughter the Hyuga Clan selectively.

At the very least, I'll leave Hinata and Hanabi for you!

You're from the Main Family. You must resent them too. Go ahead and do whatever you want to them—that'll give me a thrill too!"

"Neji, do you have to be such a creep?!"

Tenten shrieked, but Neji ignored her and turned to Might Guy instead.

"Might Guy Sensei, even though I failed this time, I won't give up. I'll keep training hard, and I'll do my best to kill you as soon as possible!"

"Neji!"

Seeing that Neji had been captured but still "stuck to his convictions," Might Guy was moved by his persistence. Tears welled in his eyes once more.

"Don't worry. Sensei believes in your strength. I'll wait for the day you kill me. This is our fate!"

"Sensei, don't leave me behind..."

Swept up in the mood, Rock Lee rushed to Might Guy's side in tears.

"I'll keep making myself stronger too. Whether I kill Neji or Neji kills me, we have to die together! Tenten..."

Rock Lee looked at Tenten through his tears.

"You'll be there with us too, right? We're Team Three—we're supposed to die together!"

"I don't want to die! Neji's the one acting crazy. Why are you all going crazy along with him?!"

Tenten yelled angrily, then stared blankly up at the ceiling, apparently having given up on thinking.

"Forget it. I'm tired. Just end it all!"