At the sight of that look, Hinata involuntarily took half a step back, raising one hand to press lightly against her lips.
Her gaze began to wander.
Neji, standing before her, was putting her under overwhelming pressure!
The bulging veins around his eyes and those utterly cold pupils seemed capable of seeing straight through a person, inside and out.
Hinata even felt that if she met those eyes for another moment, they would strip away the courage she needed just to stand there.
But just as Hinata drew her other hand back in front of her, hoping to find some sense of security...
Neji suddenly spoke:
"You can't fool my eyes."
As he finished speaking, a shadow abruptly fell over Neji's entire face.
"Under my pressure just now, your gaze drifted to the upper left."
"That means you were recalling past experiences."
"Your painful past."
"Ah..."
Hinata's eyes filled with disbelief, along with the embarrassment of having been exposed.
She instinctively tried to look away, but those eyes seemed to have already locked onto every direction she might turn.
Far from stopping there, Neji continued without regard for her reaction:
"Then your gaze quickly shifted to the lower right."
"That means you were imagining physical and mental pain."
"In other words, by imagining your past self..."
"And drawing on all your experience up to now, you figured out how this match would end."
"You knew you would lose..."
As his words fell, the veins around Neji's cheeks bulged again, making his expression look even more inhuman.
"And the way you put both hands in front of your chest, including touching your lips..."
"Were you trying to turn them into a barrier against me, to protect yourself?"
"You should know this."
"Before my eyes, nothing in your heart is hidden."
"So