"So fast!" As her teammate, Kiba knew Hinata's personality better than anyone. He had never imagined she could reach this point!
Sasuke watched Neji fighting, thinking to himself that he had indeed grown much stronger again. But now that Sasuke had activated his Three-Tomoe, he was completely confident he could defeat Neji as he was now.
Faced with their attacks, Hyuga Mokujin used both hands to deflect their offensives at the same time!
"Forty-six palms, forty-seven palms..." As the fight went on, Hinata began to feel the strain. Her lips were pressed tight and her brows deeply furrowed. Keep going, just hold on a little longer. Naruto is still watching me!
In truth, this battle was extremely unfair to the two youngsters. Even if Mokujin forcibly suppressed his strength, they could never defeat him. Gentle Fist techniques like chakra-point strikes were basically useless against him.
Shikamaru, watching from the stands with his head propped on one hand, looked utterly unmotivated. Though he could see that Hinata had improved greatly, he figured this was probably as far as she could go. The greater pressure in this training battle was still on Neji.
And in fact, that was indeed the case...
Just as everyone watched intently, they suddenly heard a crisp child's voice shout, "Big Sister! You can do it!"
When they turned around, they saw Hanabi Hyuga holding Hyuga Hiashi's hand with one hand while excitedly waving the other through the air.
Hinata naturally heard her little sister's voice, but she could not afford to be distracted now. Mokujin had sternly warned her about this before. Yet when she thought of her sister watching her, the offensive she had been about to relax faintly picked up again.
Hanabi's little face flushed red with excitement. Her sister had become stronger, so she