Those threads were far too thin—so thin that he would never have noticed them without looking closely. Was this the hidden follow-up Hinata had set up during her earlier attack? But what use could something like this possibly have? To trap him?
What a joke! The vicious look on Toneri's face grew even more intense.
Toneri spread his hands and tore every thin thread wrapped around his body apart. He simply had not used his true strength just now. Did this girl really think that was all he was capable of?
But the instant Toneri tore the threads from his body, he suddenly saw a flash of red before his eyes. It felt as though he had triggered some special switch, and the moment it was activated, Hinata pounced like a beast. At the same time, Toneri felt several of his acupoints suddenly go numb.
How was that possible?! Surprise flashed across Toneri's face. He had activated the Tenseigan's special state, and massive amounts of chakra covered his entire body. With chakra like that, the most she could do with the Gentle Fist was attack his body over a wide area and affect his chakra pathways. Forget striking his acupoints successfully—she should not even have been able to see them.
Yet she had actually struck his acupoints! And after the first eight acupoints were hit, Hinata's attacks suddenly doubled in speed. Then, in an instant, sixteen more acupoints were struck. At that point, the chakra in Toneri's body nearly stopped flowing altogether. Counterattacking was out of the question; he found it difficult enough just to maintain the Tenseigan state.
Seizing the opportunity, Hinata had already moved behind him. "W-Wait..."
Smack! Smack! Smack! Smack! Toneri felt numbness spread across his side and back, but he could clearly sense it: thirty-two of