The Tight-Fitted Man frowned when he saw Hinata step into the arena.
He knew Hinata was with Naruto and Karin. Both of them were powerful, so was this girl Hinata just as strong?
At that thought, the Tight-Fitted Man tightened his grip on the Crimson Long Saber and stuck a Divine Wind Talisman onto himself to boost his speed.
Hinata was about to say something when the Tight-Fitted Man vanished without a trace.
Sensing danger, Hinata immediately spun around. A blue shield of spiritual power appeared several meters around her and began rotating at high speed.
Rotation!
And she had powered it with spiritual power—senjutsu chakra!
Bang!
The force was so great that it sent the Tight-Fitted Man flying into the air as he tried to sneak in close for an attack. A stream of blood sprayed from his mouth.
But the Tight-Fitted Man reacted quickly.
Although that single blow had badly injured him and left him coughing up blood, he gritted his teeth and flung a black iron chain from his waist toward the arena floor.
The black iron chain rapidly lengthened. At one end was a sharp spearhead resembling that of a red-tasseled spear, which stabbed hard into the arena floor.
Gripping the chain artifact, the Tight-Fitted Man used it to pull himself swiftly back into the arena, narrowly avoiding being knocked out and losing the match outright.
Meanwhile, Hinata turned to look at Naruto below the arena, conflict and a question flickering in her eyes.
Naruto understood what she meant and shook his head at her: Don't activate the Byakugan!
Hinata nodded, reassured.
Like Naruto, she worried that activating her Byakugan now would draw the attention of someone with ulterior motives, and that Yellow Maple Valley might even gouge out her eyes someday.
That might not happen,