"Miss Hinata, I would like to advise you for the last time..."
Neji turned sideways to avoid Hinata's obviously deformed Eight Trigrams Palm pusher.
The two fingers of his right hand were pressed together and aimed at Shanzhong Point in the center of Hinata's chest.
Hinata no longer has the energy to answer.
She just moved her gaze to the second floor again, pausing for a moment to move her lips slightly on the blond figure who had been standing upright.
Naruto saw the mouth shape of Hinata's lips and knew that it probably meant. "Naruto-kun, you saw it, right?"
Then Hinata's body slowly fell backwards, and was about to fall to the ground.
A yellow light flashed, and then Naruto was squatting in the center of the field, his arms firmly catching Hinata's fallen body.
Naruto gently handed Hinata to the medical ninja who rushed from the sidelines, then stood up and looked at Neji.
His expression was very calm, so calm that even the curvature of the corners of his mouth did not change at all, but this calmness was completely different from the polite smile he had shown when he finished the game with Ya.
In the stands, Shikamaru took a half step back when he saw Naruto's expression and took his hand out of his pocket.
He has known Naruto for so many years, but he has never seen such calmness on Naruto's face.
"Neji Hyuga, although I don't know what you have gone through specifically, but it is not a good behavior to deal such a heavy hand to your own clan sister."
"I know you, Naruto Uzumaki, crane tail."
Neji wiped the bloody fingers clean, raised his eyes and looked at Naruto, with a sneer on his lips, "The tail of the crane is the tail of the crane, even if it becomes a little stronger, it is still the tail of the crane at heart."
"This is a destined fate, and no one can change it."
"I used to be the tail end of a crane."
Naruto spoke slowly, his voice not loud but every word clearly passed into everyone's ears: I don't deny it, this is a fact."
"I have been at the bottom of my class for six whole years, and no one cares whether I can learn the new Ninjutsu."
"But so what?"
"I also practiced step by step on my own, so I got rid of this title."
"These things have nothing to do with the word destiny."
Naruto took a step forward and stared at Neji's face, which was beginning to lose its composure.
"It's better than those people who talk about the unchangeable fate all day long, right?"
"You keep saying that fate is doomed, so tell me, are you standing here arguing with me now, because you believe in fate, or because you are complaining about fate?"
"You..."
Neji's face turned extremely ugly in an instant.
The muscles on his face twitched, and veins appeared around Byakugan's eyes, Byakugan was activated by anger.
He took a step forward, and Chakra began to condense on the edge of his palm.
At this time, a thick arm stretched out from the side and stood firmly in front of Neji.
Kai's face was more serious than ever before.
"Neji, that's enough."
Neji stared at Kai for a few seconds, then slowly retracted the half-formed Gentle Fist starting hand.
His lips moved, as if he wanted to say something else, but in the end he just snorted from his nose, turned around and walked towards the stands.
After taking a few steps, he turned around and saw a pair of cold white pupils facing Naruto's blue pupils.
Naruto smiled. There was no provocation in the smile, but there was no concession either.
"If I have the chance, I'm looking forward to a formal fight with you."
After saying that, he turned around and Naruto walked quickly towards the direction where the medical class left.
Behind him, Gekko Hayate's voice announcing that Neji Hyuga was the winner echoed in the hall.
Naruto knows that next is the match between Rock Lee and Gaara.
In this match, Rock Lee took the initiative to activate Eight Inner Gates when no one was optimistic about it, blasting all the way from the third gate to Five Gates. The skin all over his body turned red due to the extreme load. Each punch was so fast that even Gaara's Sand Shield couldn't keep up.
This battle is the most exciting battle in Chunin Ninja Exams, and it is also Rock Lee's peak burn as a ninja, but now Naruto has no time to watch it.
He has more important places to go now.
Naruto walked quickly along the passage where the medical team left, and opened the door of the temporary medical room at the end of the corridor.
The room was filled with the smell of disinfectant, and several medical ninjas were busy between different beds.
Hinata was lying on a bed by the window. The bruise on his chest had been bandaged with a thick medical bandage, and the blood marks on his face that were scratched by Neji's fingertips had also been covered with medicine.
At this time, she was breathing very steadily and was still in a coma.
The sunlight outside the window shines on Hinata's pale face, making Hinata look even quieter.
Naruto pulled a chair and sat down beside Hinata's bed.
After a while, a burst of extremely violent exclamations suddenly broke out at the end of the corridor, followed by Kai shouting in a tearful tone:
"Lee!!"
The chaotic footsteps of medical ninjas and the stretcher wheels quickly rolled across the corridor floor.
The door to the medical room was knocked open, and medical ninjas rushed in pushing a stretcher.
On the stretcher, Rock Lee was covered in blood, his green tights were torn several times, and the calf bone of his left leg was twisted unnaturally.
Naruto stood up from the chair, walked to the other side of the curtain, and made room for the medical ninja to operate.
He looked at Rock Lee's silhouette wrapped in needles and bandages through the gap in the emergency curtain.
Soon after, Hinata's eyelids moved slightly.
Naruto If he felt something, he walked back to Hinata's bed and sat down.
Hinata slowly opened his eyes, his white pupils slowly focused after being pricked by the sunlight outside the window, and then he saw Naruto sitting by the bed.
Her pupils dilated slightly for a moment, and her lips moved to say something, but the words were blocked in her throat for a while.
"Don't move, the injury hasn't healed yet."
Naruto handed a glass of warm water to Hinata, supported Hinata and raised her back slightly, letting her take a few sips.
"Naruto-kun... I lost."
"You didn't lose."
"You let everyone in the audience see how strong Hinata Hyuga is."
"Those who can use their own will to block Neji's persuasion to surrender will never lose."
Hinata's eyes turned slightly red, and he said in a very soft voice, "Thank you Naruto-kun."
Outside the medical room, the sound of the end of the last qualifying match came from the direction of the hall.
Chōji lost to Otogakure Ninja, and the top ten list was finally determined.
Naruto stayed by Hinata's bedside until the medical ninja said that the patient needed to rest before leaving. When he walked out of the medical room, he happened to encounter all the candidates who had passed the pre-selection being summoned back to the lobby.
Ten candidates who passed the pre-selection lined up in front of Hiruzen Sarutobi.
Naruto is standing in the team, Neji is standing two people away from him on the left, Gaara is standing at the far left end of the team with his arms folded, Sasuke has returned, but his face is pale.
Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the ten young ninjas in front of him who were selected from dozens of teams and nodded slowly.
He announced that the third official exam will be held in one month, and there will be big names and distinguished guests from all over the world competing. This one-month preparation time is not only to allow the candidates to fully prepare for the exam, but also to allow time for guests from all parties to arrive at Konoha.
Then he asked all the candidates to come forward and draw their own battle numbers from the lottery box.
Naruto reached into the box and touched a square piece of paper.
He took it out and unfolded it, and there was a number 1 written on it.