In the audience, Hinata sat upright with his hands folded on his knees and looked at Naruto.
The moment their eyes met in mid-air, the tips of Hinata's ears quickly turned red, but she did not lower her head, but said to Naruto, "Naruto-kun, come on!"
Naruto didn't hear it, but from the shape of Hinata's mouth, I could probably guess what Hinata meant.
Hinata sat next to Ya and Akamaru. Yazheng held Akamaru and rushed to the center of the field and shouted, "Hey, Naruto, if you lose, I will laugh at you forever!"
"Woof woof..."
Akamaru also shouted to cheer.
Sakura and Ino were sitting side by side in the row behind Hinata. When the two women saw Naruto looking towards the audience, they raised their hands and waved.
"Naruto, come on!"
However, the sound was instantly drowned out by the roar of the audience.
"Naruto, Shikamaru, come on!"
Ino put his hands to his mouth and shouted, then Sakura turned him over Byakugan.
Naruto continued to glance upward and saw Kai, Asuma, Yuhi Kurenai and some faces he didn't recognize next to the VIP seats high up.
There were several people wearing dark gray cloaks sitting at the back of the west side of the stands. The hoods of the cloaks were pulled down so that the ninja village to which Forehead Protector belonged could not be clearly seen.
There are a few people on the north side who have been writing something on their wrists with very subtle movements. They are probably intelligence officers sent by other ninja villages taking notes.
There were several people wearing ANBU masks standing in the shadows at the entrance below the stands, responsible for maintaining order on the scene.
It was lively, but Naruto knew better than anyone present what was hidden beneath the bustle.
At this moment, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi stood up in the VIP seat, put his hands behind his back, and looked around the entire arena.
The next second Fourth Kazekage walked slowly over and nodded slightly to Third Hokage.
Naruto glanced at Fourth Kazekage pretending to be Orochimaru.
"Your Excellency Hokage, it seems that Genin Sasuke Uchiha from your village has not arrived yet."
Orochimaru said in the voice of Kazekage, his tone was calm, as if he was just confirming an insignificant detail casually.
"Kazekage Sir, please be patient. If the contestant does not show up at the specified time, it will be deemed as automatic abandonment."
Hiruzen Sarutobi said, then slowly walked to the front of the VIP seat and announced to the entire arena that the third official exam of Chunin Ninja Exams would now begin.
After Hiruzen Sarutobi sat back in his seat, a Jōnin with a Senbon in his mouth stood up from the examiner's seat, and a Body Flicker Technique landed steadily in the center of the venue.
Genma Shiranui
Temporarily became the examiner for the third exam.
He glanced at the candidates standing in the center of the venue, then raised his right hand. "The first game, Naruto Uzumaki vs. Neji Hyuga."
"Other candidates please retreat to the contestant waiting area temporarily."
In an instant, the whole place was in a commotion.
The chatter, cheers, applause and whistles of thousands of spectators resounded throughout the examination room.
The opening match pitted the genius of the Hyuga Clan against the newcomer Genin of Konoha. This matchup arrangement raised everyone's expectations to the highest point.
When Shikamaru passed by Naruto, he said lazily, "That guy from the Hyuga Clan is quite troublesome. Come on!"
After saying that, he put his hands in his pockets and walked towards the aisle of the player waiting area.
Kankuro and Temari exchanged unexplained glances, and walked to the sidelines with Gaara.
Gaara glanced at Naruto, with a glimmer of expectation in his eyes. Through this battle, he would like to know how much this guy who claims to be the same person as him really weighs.
After Neji stands in position, slowly move his hands into the starting position of Eight Trigrams Palm, slide his left foot half a step forward, right hand in front and left hand behind, and lock the meridian nodes of Naruto with the palms of his hands.
In the stands, Ya lifted Akamaru off his head and put it on his knees, then moved closer to Hinata: "Hinata, do you think Naruto can win?"
Hinata held his hands in front of his chest, stared at the center of the field, and said in a firm voice, "Naruto-kun will definitely do it."
Genma Shiranui raised his right hand and then waved it down neatly.
"The game begins!"
Before he finished speaking, the veins around Neji's temples bulged, and the skin near the corners of his eyes trembled slightly.
He directly turned on Byakugan.
In the Byakugan state, Neji can see the flow direction of Chakra in every meridian in the enemy's body.
This ability allows him to accurately attack the enemy's Chakra acupoints. Once the acupoints are sealed, no Taijutsu can activate Chakra again.
In the stands far behind him, Hyuga Hiashi watched Neji open Byakugan at the beginning. There was not much expression on the corner of his mouth, but the hand on his knee tightened slightly.
"Naruto Uzumaki, this time I will let you experience for yourself what an unchangeable fate is."
Naruto put his hand into the ninja bag, and then threw Kunai out of his palm at an extremely fast speed. Three rays of silver light flew towards Neji in a straight-line shape, and the trajectory was neither fast nor slow.
"Kunai test?"
Neji The corners of his mouth curled up slightly.
This level of throwing Kunai in front of Byakugan is no different from slow motion.
"That's it?"
Neji stood on one side, with his toes lightly tapping on the ground, preparing to dodge the three Kunai with the smallest amount of sideways movement.
His Byakugan has clearly captured the rotation angle and flight trajectory of each Kunai. He only needs to shift his center of gravity by half a hand to avoid them all. Then he will use the gap between Naruto's hand to cut in close, and a set of Eight Trigrams Palm directly seals the acupuncture points of Naruto's arms.
Then he saw Naruto's hands on Hand Seals.
Neji:"?"
"Shadow Clone Shuriken."
moment
Three Kunais in mid-air split into two, two into four, and four into eight the moment they flew over the midpoint of the distance between the two.
Dozens of Kunai appeared out of thin air in mid-air, spreading out densely, filling Neji's and Byakugan's vision.
The sunlight was cut into countless tiny rays by the dense Kunai array, and the entire area was shrouded in the cold light of steel.
"What?"
Kai, who was in the front row of the stands, suddenly stood up from his seat and unconsciously grasped the railing with his fingers.
Asuma The cigarette he held in his mouth slipped from the corner of his mouth, and he almost burned his knees before he hurriedly took the cigarette back.
Yuhi Kurenai's eyes narrowed slightly. She remembered that Naruto did not use this move against Ya in the preliminaries.
"Did you learn it this month?"
"Still..."
On the field
Neji's pupils shrank sharply.
His Byakugan instantly saw that there were too many Kunai, the coverage was too wide, and the angle blocked all his dodge space in front, back, left, and right.
"What happened, it's too late..."
"Rotation..."
Neji didn't dare to keep it, the Chakra in the body spurted out from the acupuncture points all over the body with maximum power, and the body rotated at high speed at the same time.
A hemispherical Chakra whirlwind suddenly opened around him, enveloping his entire body.
"That is?" Hyuga Hiashi was shocked in the stands.
"Ding-ding-dang-dang-dang..."
The high-speed rotating Chakra collided violently with the densely attacking Kunai in mid-air, and the sound of metal collisions was heard. The Kunai that was ejected by Rotation flew everywhere and was nailed into the surrounding ground and walls.
After blocking the last Kunai, Rotation dissipated. Neji adjusted its center of gravity the moment the rotation stopped, preparing to find the position of Naruto.
At this moment, with a flash of yellow light, Naruto suddenly appeared in front of Neji, and then punched out.
"So fast..."
In the stands, Temari tightened his fingers on the iron fan.