Madara Uchiha turned his gaze toward Jiraiya, who was watching Naruto fight from the shadows. Faced with Madara's openly questioning look, Jiraiya shuddered.
How could some brat put more pressure on me than Teacher Sarutobi?
Jiraiya looked back at Madara, his eyes telling him to just keep watching!
In the Arena, Naruto's speed ranked among the better Shinobi, but Neji's was at the very top.
Only Sasuke and Rock Lee could match Neji in taijutsu.
As though dancing, Neji wove between Naruto's clones and the shuriken he had thrown. As Neji's fingertips brushed lightly over the acupoints of Naruto's clones, his shadow clones dissolved into smoke.
"That's Neji for you. Four shadow clones really aren't enough to beat you."
While Neji was busy defeating his shadow clones, Naruto had already retreated a considerable distance. As his final clone turned to smoke, Naruto crossed his fingers again.
"Multiple Shadow Clone Technique!"
This time, over a hundred Narutos appeared around the Arena. They hurled shuriken at Neji simultaneously, while dozens more closed in around him.
"If four won't do, then forty! If forty won't do, then four hundred! Neji, let's fight to our hearts' content!"
Use your strengths to overwhelm your enemy's weaknesses—that was the principle Naruto had learned under Shisui's guidance.
Naruto's strength was his limitless chakra. Since Neji excelled at close combat, he would use his chakra to exhaust Neji's stamina!
"Is this guy really that strong?!"
In the stands, Kiba Inuzuka was startled to see Naruto produce hundreds of shadow clones in an instant. It seemed Naruto had been nowhere near going all out when they fought.
"Interesting."
Seeing Naruto unleash so many shadow clones, Neji dared not take him lightly. With a faint smile, he began spinning on the spot.
"Is that...?"
Up on the platform, Hyuga Hiashi