By this time, Shin Uchiha had arrived in a grove.
"Gentle Fist-Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms!"
With a sharp cry, a petite figure stood in the clearing, what looked like a yin-yang diagram appearing beneath her feet. Standing at its very center, she unleashed the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms in rapid succession at a shapely woman with long black hair.
However, her opponent this time was far stronger than she was. Though her own strength was already quite impressive, not a single palm strike landed.
Huff... huff...
After finishing the sequence, the petite figure finally stopped, panting slightly.
Watching Hinata Hyuga's somewhat bedraggled state, Kurenai Yuhi shook her head helplessly before trying to persuade her:
"Hinata, you're already very strong. You're more than qualified to become a Chunin. Don't push yourself so hard, or your body won't be able to take it."
Kurenai Yuhi had been training with Hinata Hyuga here since early that morning, so she knew exactly how intense her training had been.
Seeing Hinata flag after a single round of the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms was no reason to assume she wasn't strong enough.
She had already practiced it countless times before this, and this round of the Eight Trigrams Thirty-Two Palms had been just another ordinary repetition.
But upon hearing her teacher's words, Hinata Hyuga merely wiped the sweat from her forehead and shook her head, still slightly breathless.
"Sensei, Shin... Shin is already someone so powerful that I can only look up to him from afar. If I want to follow in his footsteps, my only chance is to train even harder.
"I... I want to become strong. Only then will I be able to help Shin."
Kurenai Yuhi hadn't expected Hinata to feel this way. After a moment of surprise, her expression softened considerably. She