Qian Feng faced Sasuke alone, still looking perfectly composed.
His teammates, however, were another story.
Falcon's Eye roamed the edges of the battlefield with his summoned beast, Night Owl, doing his best to get some "candid footage."
Although he did not have to fight, he was bound to draw someone's attention.
Kiba Inuzuka and Hinata Hyuga, who had just reached the battlefield, headed straight for Falcon's Eye.
Naturally, Konoha's contestants had to help one another.
Especially since Naruto's future wife, Hinata Hyuga, was among them.
Seeing Naruto's team surrounded and attacked, she naturally spared no effort to help.
Kiba Inuzuka was a hot-blooded youth himself and barely gave it any thought.
The moment he saw Konoha's contestants being surrounded, he charged out, howling.
With his speed to fall back on, Falcon's Eye was doing somewhat better.
Qian Feng's other teammate was in a truly miserable situation.
Both Konoha and Sunagakure had a female ninja.
Both were also taijutsu users, and as soon as the melee began, they became locked in combat.
Every punch landed on flesh; their fight was downright savage.
Qian Feng's teammate had intended to go around the two and support Qian Feng.
But unexpectedly, Temari, a ninja from Sunagakure's core ranks, did something that might or might not have been deliberate.
She swung the enormous gunbai in her hands, whipping up a hurricane that hurled Sakura Haruno toward Qian Feng's teammate.
Qian Feng's teammate instinctively caught Sakura Haruno as she was about to fall, too flustered to pay any attention to where his hands landed.
Sakura Haruno avoided being knocked down by the hurricane, then slapped Qian Feng's teammate with a backhand.
Knowing he was in the wrong, Qian Feng's teammate did not dodge.
He took the slap squarely, and the matter could have ended there.
Unexpectedly,