Haku wore a kimono and wooden sandals, and his long hair fell past his shoulders. With a gentle smile playing on his lips, he looked every bit like a young girl accompanying her "boyfriend" on a spring outing to admire flowers and enjoy the water.
But in reality, this "pretty boy" was charging at Neji Hyuga with a kunai held in reverse, his movements swift and agile!
Bring it on!
Neji Hyuga raised an eyebrow and immediately countered, trading blows with Haku using his bare hands.
The spectators in the stands cheered as if they were on stimulants, but the greater their expectations, the greater their disappointment. Before long, their cheers had turned into a buzzing chorus of skepticism.
"This is exactly the same as the fights before."
"Talk about a letdown."
"Isn't the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist renowned in the Ninja World? Why hasn't he used it?"
"And that Yuki Clan girl—is she really a Hyoton Kekkei Genkai Ninja?"
But no matter how much the spectators doubted them, Neji Hyuga and Haku continued to trade blows up close without revealing their true abilities.
After several minutes of testing each other.
Neji Hyuga felt he had figured out his opponent's limits and said coldly, "If that's all you can do, then this ends now."
Haku said nothing and continued swinging his kunai.
"Byakugan, activate!"
Neji Hyuga gave a sharp shout. Chakra surged into his eyes, and as veins bulged around them, his vision abruptly turned gray and white.
There!
Every one of Haku's major pressure points and the flow of Chakra through his body were exposed to Neji's Byakugan.
Having predicted Haku's next move from the flow of his Chakra, Neji dodged his attack a step ahead of time, then launched a relentless assault.
"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams—Two Palms!"