Don't Worry, Sasuke Will Win

At this point, Neji was dissatisfied with his family.

But his father was still alive, so that resentment had not yet reached its peak.

Sasuke said, "I understand. Don't think I don't know—you suffered unfair treatment from the family, yet you didn't dare vent your anger on the clan head or your father. You could only take out that resentment on your sister, who was treated differently from you!"

Neji turned back to look at Sasuke. Sasuke was telling the truth, but it was also something Neji did not want to hear!

The Hyuga clan's Byakugan did not merely grant three-hundred-and-sixty-degree vision; it also allowed one to see an opponent's chakra pathways!

Originally, Neji had been a genius of the Hyuga clan!

But precisely because of the distinction between the branch family and main family...

This genius, Neji, had been branded with the [Caged Bird] curse seal. The seal damaged Neji's brain nerves, preventing him from attaining three-hundred-and-sixty-degree vision and from fully seeing an opponent's chakra pathways and chakra points!

Even so, through his own efforts, Neji had learned the Rotation and the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, techniques only the main family was allowed to learn!

Yet whenever Neji saw Hinata, so frail and weak, he felt terrible inside.

If the main family's eldest daughter had been a genius, then so be it. Neji would have had no complaints. But Hinata was so weak...

It made Neji feel that it was unfair!

Neji's thoughts returned to the present. Looking at Sasuke before him, he said directly, "Are you asking for a beating?"

Sasuke showed no fear at all. "Are you asking for a beating?"

Neji smiled. "As a member of the Uchiha clan, you are like me—we both possess different bloodline limits. But that is not a reason for your arrogance!"

Neji shoved Hinata aside and assumed a stance. "I'll make you understand what cruel reality is. This is not your Uchiha clan, nor is it your cradle!"

Three tomoe appeared in Sasuke's eyes.

Neji shouted, "Byakugan!"

The next moment, tiny veins bulged around his eyes, and Sasuke's physical condition appeared before Neji's gaze!

It greatly startled Neji!

In Neji's eyes, after activating the Byakugan, other people's bodies appeared as chakra points connected by chakra pathways, forming the shape of a human body.

At the center of this "human body" was a flame of the soul.

The strength of the soul flame determined the amount of chakra one possessed!

The soul flames Neji usually saw in those his age were all extremely weak!

But Sasuke's soul flame blazed fiercely!

Judging by chakra reserves alone, the chakra contained within Sasuke's body had already surpassed that of the Hyuga clan head!

Hinata watched the two of them nervously. She did not want her brother to be hurt, nor did she want Sasuke to be hurt.

Itachi said to Hinata, "Don't worry, Sasuke will win."

Sasuke formed hand seals, then spat out a huge orange fireball.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Jutsu!"

Neji circulated chakra through both hands. Chakra spun around him, stirring up a whirlwind that swallowed the fireball!

Neji quickly arrived before Sasuke, intending to strike his chakra points.

But Sasuke formed hand seals, and five more Sasukes appeared around him!

"Body Flicker Shadow Clone!"

"Shadow Clone Jutsu? That won't fool my eyes!"

Neji confidently looked over the clones around him, only to discover that every single one possessed complete chakra pathways and a soul flame!

Neji could not tell which one was the original!

Until one of the clones appeared behind Neji and pressed a kunai against his throat. Sasuke said, "You lost."

The remaining clones vanished in puffs of white smoke.