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The veins beside her eyes immediately bulged. Her already pale pupils, set off by those veins, seemed even more fiercely radiant.

This marked the complete transition of the match from the first stage into the second.

Sakura immediately cast aside the sympathy she had felt. Hinata had looked rather pitiful just now, but after seeing her activate the Byakugan—

she absolutely could not underestimate her opponent because of that.

Besides, during this time, she had specifically investigated Hinata's Byakugan, and with Kakashi's explanations—

she naturally understood how terrifying the Byakugan was. Without absolute strength, everything about her would be laid bare beneath it.

After Hinata activated the Byakugan, some of the techniques Sakura had originally planned to use were declared completely useless. Under the Byakugan's full three-hundred-and-sixty-degree vision, those techniques would only give her opponent the chance to turn them against her.

So now it had come down to a contest of raw strength. But Sakura also knew that in terms of raw strength alone, there was no way a civilian ninja like her could surpass Hinata, a member of the Hyuga Clan with its inherited legacy.

At that moment, she seemed to have fallen completely into a dilemma.

After activating the Byakugan, Hinata's long hair danced in the wind behind her. Compared to before, her actions now let everyone see the strength in her heart.

As the standoff continued, Hinata launched the first attack. Her feet lightly tapped the ground in swift steps, her right hand drawn back before her chest as she rushed toward Sakura in that stance.

Sakura reacted at once, lowering her legs into a horse stance and staring intently at Hinata's fists.

When Hinata reached her and struck first with a palm, Sakura did not hesitate.

She immediately dodged aside. Now that she knew how