As several ninja appeared one after another, Neji wiped them out in a single move, letting Shikamaru and the others truly witness Neji's terrifying strength.
They had rarely gone on missions with Neji.
So, they had only heard about Neji's strength from others.
But this time, they saw it with their own eyes. Those ninja had looked clearly powerful, and Shikamaru and the others had even been thinking about how they might defeat them.
Yet Neji had merely used a ninjutsu casually and turned them to ashes.
They had not even slowed their pace.
Watching Neji travel on with a calm expression, Shikamaru and the others finally realized that he was no longer on the same level as them.
Neji was no longer the peer who had taken the Chunin Exams alongside them.
Back then, although Neji had been immensely talented and was called the genius of their generation,
they had felt that his strength was not all that much greater than theirs.
But after witnessing Neji's fight just now, perhaps it could not even be called a fight.
With a mere point of his finger, his opponents turned to ashes. What kind of fight was that?
They had not even had time to react before the enemies were gone.
Some ninja had been slightly luckier. They had at least gotten to show off a little and spout a few arrogant words.
Then they were burned to nothing.
The ninja Hiruko had sent to stop Neji and the others had fallen without accomplishing anything at all.
They had been incinerated outright.
Even Hiruko had not expected Neji to be this strong.
Because whether it was Neji or Sasuke, the strength they had displayed in the Ninja World was far below their true power.
It was not that they deliberately hid