Gekko Hayate watched Hinata activate her Byakugan and drew the Tachi from his back, keeping his guard up.
"Eight Trigrams: Air Palm!"
Hinata struck first, gathering power in her small hand before thrusting her palm forward through the air!
Gekko Hayate reacted quickly. Chakra surged through him, coating his Tachi in wind-nature chakra as he swung it forward.
Bang!
Feeling the tremendous force transmitted through his blade, Gekko Hayate gave a bitter grimace. Head-on combat had never been his strong suit.
Now his invisibility was a joke before Hinata's Byakugan. Whether he concealed himself or not made no difference!
There's no other choice! I'll have to face her head-on! After a moment's thought, Hayate made up his mind, his gaze gradually hardening with resolve!
"Don't underestimate me, junior!" Gekko Hayate called in a low voice.
Then he charged straight at Hinata!
After firing her Air Palm, Hinata didn't rush toward Gekko Hayate. Instead, she stayed where she was and adopted a strange stance!
She placed her feet slightly apart and bent her knees a little, raising her right hand diagonally upward while holding her left hand level in front of her.
"Tai chi! Arise!"
At Hinata's sharp command, a circular yin-yang symbol seven or eight meters across appeared beneath her feet!
Charging toward her, Hayate grew wary at the sight of her strange stance and the yin-yang symbol rising beneath her feet!
As he charged, Hayate turned his head to glance at Hatake Ziyan in the stands. He couldn't read anything from Hatake Ziyan's expression, but he was certain of one thing: this strange technique Hinata was using had to have come from him!
Gekko Hayate had no idea what the symbol did, but he could only deal with whatever came his way!
Steeling himself, he charged straight into the