Seeing Hinata Hyuga activate her Byakugan and prepare to fight, Neji Hyuga gave up trying to persuade her.
"Still so stubborn? Fine..."
Neji Hyuga took his fighting stance and began trading taijutsu blows with Hinata Hyuga.
Push, strike, palm, low block!
As they exchanged blows, perhaps Hinata Hyuga had received a boost, or perhaps Neji Hyuga still considered her a weak opponent-or perhaps he was doing it deliberately.
Scrape-
Her ninja sandals scraped across the floor. Hinata Hyuga actually found an opening and struck Neji Hyuga with her palm.
"Wow, amazing!"
Watching from the spectator seats, Naruto Uzumaki sounded like a hype man.
"But why does it look so weak?"
"Is it because she's a girl and doesn't have much strength?"
"What nonsense are you talking about?"
Kakashi rolled his eyes and reluctantly took over the explanation.
"This is the taijutsu passed down through generations of the Hyuga Clan: Gentle Fist. The attacks look light, but they damage the chakra pathways and can even injure the internal organs."
As he explained, their exchange approached its conclusion, bringing them within range of a decisive blow.
Hinata Hyuga and Neji Hyuga closed in rapidly. Both wanted to strike the other's heart.
Crack!
Their attacks connected at the same time, but Neji Hyuga reacted with remarkable agility and struck her shoulder again.
A great deal of blood spilled from Hinata Hyuga's mouth, but she did not stop.
"I'm not done yet!"
She raised her hand again to attack Neji Hyuga's shoulder, but he swiftly pulled his hand back and struck her arm once more.
Her petite body instantly froze in place.
Her pupils trembled violently as she stared at Neji Hyuga in disbelief, as though asking, Did you know all along?
Watching the exchange turn just as brutal as in the original story,