"...How do we do this?"
Sasuke looked at Neji, who seemed to share his thoughts, and rolled his wrists, his face brimming with fighting spirit.
"Besides that Fire Release technique, do you have any other trump cards saved for that guy?"
Neji abruptly asked the seemingly unrelated question.
"Of course I do. What about you?"
"I do too. Does yours put your life at risk?"
"I guess so... Tch, sounds like yours is a pain?"
"It's a little hard to control right now."
"Then everything except our trump cards?"
"Agreed."
As Neji nodded, Sasuke slowly closed his eyes. When he opened them again, both their auras surged to their peaks!
The Sharingan and Byakugan activated simultaneously!
Neji attacked first. Gathering chakra in his hand, he stood his ground and thrust a powerful palm toward Sasuke—
Eight Trigrams Vacuum Palm!
A palm strike without even moving, and it packs that much force?
Sasuke was startled. Through his Sharingan, he saw the vacuum shock wave formed by the blindingly fast palm strike hurtling toward him.
I can't dodge it!
Realizing this, Sasuke crossed his arms in front of himself, taking the blow head-on and using its force to propel himself backward.
Enduring the pain of the impact, Sasuke counterattacked in midair, throwing several shuriken that curved toward Neji from either side with exquisite precision.
Even with the swordsmanship Kakashi had personally taught him, Sasuke had no desire to fight Neji at close range.
He had already experienced the Hyuga Gentle Fist firsthand, so he would keep his distance and attack from afar!
The instant he released the shuriken, Sasuke began forming hand seals again while still flying backward, then opened his mouth and spat.
Fire Release: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!
Another volley of fireballs enveloped the shuriken and flew toward Neji.
But Neji