Genma Shiranui gave the order, announcing the start of the fight.
As he was now, Naruto was actually no match for Neji.
Neji had him on the defensive right from the start.
Naruto endured the first wave of attacks through sheer determination.
Then Neji activated his Byakugan.
Naruto also played to his own strength, using the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique.
The Byakugan could not see through Shadow Clones, so Neji could not locate the real Naruto.
But Naruto's taijutsu was far, far inferior to Neji's.
Even with the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique, he could not get close to Neji.
Neji took the clones down one by one.
Then Neji began taunting Naruto.
"A dead last will always be a dead last. That will never change!"
"A person's fate is decided the moment they are born!"
"Why do you insist on fighting your own fate?"
"Fate cannot be changed!"
Naruto did not give up when he heard Neji's words.
Instead, he shouted his own convictions back at him.
"I won't accept a fate I can't stand!"
"Giving up means it's over!"
"Why? Why do you always insist on jumping to conclusions?"
Unfortunately, Neji eventually sealed Naruto's chakra points.
He could no longer use any chakra.
Left with no other choice, Naruto asked the Nine-Tails inside him for help.
He asked the Nine-Tails to lend him some chakra.
And so Naruto gained the most basic Tailed Beast Cloak.
Everyone watching was startled by the sheer amount of chakra surrounding Naruto.
How could a mere genin, a ten-year-old child, possess so much chakra?
Only a handful of people recognized the source of Naruto's chakra.
Zhou Cheng sat in the spectator stands, watching Naruto fight.
A complicated smile appeared on his face.
That guy Naruto finally knows how to start using his cheat.
Hiruzen