Battle

"Begin!"

At Uchiha You's command, the atmosphere on the training ground suddenly tightened.

Neji was the first to make a move.

After activating his Byakugan, veins bulged at his temples. Everything within dozens of meters entered his field of vision, leaving almost no blind spots.

He could clearly see every senbon Haku had fired earlier.

"Gentle Fist Technique: Eight Trigrams Palm!"

Neji bent his knees slightly and assumed the opening stance of the Hyuga Clan's Gentle Fist.

His advantage lay in close combat.

As long as someone entered his Eight Trigrams domain, neither their meridians, acupoints, nor chakra flow could escape the Byakugan's observation.

Once struck by the Gentle Fist, their internal acupoints would be sealed, and the battle would essentially be over.

Neji did not hesitate and immediately charged at Haku.

He was not slow.

At least among the Konoha Twelve, aside from Rock Lee, who specialized in taijutsu, almost no one could reliably surpass him in close-range speed.

But just as Neji took a few steps forward, Haku vanished from where he stood.

"So fast!"

Kiba could not help crying out.

Neji's pupils contracted as well.

With the Byakugan, he could barely make out Haku's path of movement.

But seeing him did not mean he could catch him!

Haku lightly tapped the ground with his toes, his body gliding away like a weightless snowflake. In the blink of an eye, he had opened a gap of more than ten meters.

At the same time, several senbon flew from his hands.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

The senbon flew toward Neji's shoulder, knee, and wrist.

Every one of them targeted places that would restrict his movements without inflicting fatal wounds.

Neji quickly twisted aside to evade two, then knocked away the third with a palm strike.

But the final senbon collided