Even Neji, who was usually quite dense, now knew what Naruto was doing: he was avenging Hinata. Neji was both annoyed and amused; he never imagined that Naruto would hold a grudge against him.
The grudges between him and Hinata had long since vanished with her calling him "brother." I wonder what Naruto is doing now—just to avenge Hinata?
However, this is the kind of person Hinata can entrust her with, it's just so embarrassing.
Neji covered his swollen face and glared at Naruto. He had already decided that he would definitely go and gossip about Hyuga Hiashi Naruto when the time came.
Amidst the enthusiastic cheers of the audience, the second match began. Naruto was taken aback when the names that appeared on the big screen appeared, but he quickly realized that some people were probably getting impatient and were about to make their move.
"The next match will be between Sasuke Uchiha and Gaara of the Sandstorm. Both players, please get to the stage as soon as possible."
As the two stepped onto the arena, the audience erupted in thunderous applause. They were all eagerly anticipating a fierce battle between the two. One was the second son of the Uchiha Clan Head head, and the other had red hair and looked like someone not to be trifled with. As for who was stronger, that would only be known after the fight.
Who do you think is more powerful?
"That redhead, I suppose. After all, he doesn't even have eyebrows; someone like that must have some extraordinary talent."
"Hmm? How did you determine that he has extraordinary abilities? Was it simply because he has no eyebrows? Are you a fortune teller?"
"Huh? I guessed."
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The atmosphere in the arena was also tense and fraught with danger.
Gaara looked at Sasuke standing opposite him, his eyes filled with excitement—the excitement of prey. He lowered his head, his voice hoarse, like sandpaper rubbing his throat.
"Finally, finally, I've met you. I told you long ago, I would kill you with my own hands."
Sasuke looked at Gaara crazy, and clicked his tongue in dissatisfaction. He had thought Gaara would be a good opponent, but it turned out that Gaara was mentally unstable.
"Tch, another mentally unstable guy."
Sasuke spoke quite loudly, and Naruto happened to hear him. Naruto's lips twitched. If we're talking about being mentally unstable, the Uchiha is no less so.
The battle between the two officially began.
Sasuke the first move. He had already witnessed Gaara's duel with Rock Lee. Although the sand around Gaara was a bit troublesome, as long as he was fast enough, he could keep up with it.
Now that we've got this idea, why not give it a try?
A crimson Sharingan appeared, and a straight punch struck Gaara's face with great speed, but it was still blocked by the sand beside Gaara. Then Sasuke reacted quickly, pulling himself behind Gaara and delivering another whip kick, which was once again blocked by the sand just before it was about to touch Gaara.
After Sasuke came into contact with Gaara's sand twice, he had an idea in mind: since the sand can protect you, then I will attack you from all sides and see if your sand can still protect you.
Having made up his mind, Sasuke quickly distanced himself from Gaara, several Shuriken appearing in his hand, which he began to throw in directions that no one could understand.
The audience was stunned. Had this Uchiha kid lost his mind? Why was he throwing Shuriken like that?
"No, that Shuriken was thrown way off course. I could have thrown it much better."
"That's right, that's right."
On the uppermost stands, Hiruzen Sarutobi and the Fourth Kazekage watched the performance below with great interest.
Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke first.
" Lord Hokage, are there quite a few geniuses in your village this generation?"
"Haha, Lord Kazekage Fengying is too kind. Your son is truly an outstanding individual."
At this moment, the Fourth Kazekage —or rather, Orochimaru disguised as the Fourth Kazekage —simply smiled and nodded. However, when he looked at Sasuke in the match, a hint of fanaticism flashed in his eyes. He was all too familiar with this scene; he had seen it when Itachi was a child. Could it be that Itachi's younger brother was also a genius?
His eyes were filled with fanaticism and greed, but he was soon stung by two pairs of gazes.
Looking down, one was from Naruto, and the other was from Uchiha Itachi. Orochimaru hadn't expected this guy to be here too, hiding among the audience.
Seeing Naruto's unexpected warning, Orochimaru could only avert his gaze and suppress his inappropriate thoughts. Compared to Sasuke, this little Uchiha, immortality was clearly more important.
Just as Orochimaru predicted, Sasuke's seemingly random Kunai collided in mid-air and ultimately attacked Gaara from different positions.
This scene left the audience stunned.
"No way, this even works? This guy's cheating, we can't beat him."
"Hei Zi, speak up."
However, Sasuke's attacks were extremely tricky; each Shuriken struck a spot Gaara couldn't see, as Gaara's sand would protect him. But what if all the attacks came from behind him?
What should Gaara do? The sand protected his blind spots, but it also deprived him of any means of defense. It will take some time for the sand to return.
The moment the gate opened wide, Sasuke moved, charging up his Chidori and charging straight in.
Sasuke was decisive, launching a killing blow. Even if he couldn't kill Gaara, this attack would definitely incapacitate Gaara.
Gaara's pupils contracted sharply as he watched Sasuke charge towards him. He never expected that his previously disadvantageous sand technique would be broken twice in a row in Konoha.
But Gaara reacted quickly, immediately using Shukaku's power to wrap himself in sand, forming a giant sand sphere.
Sasuke's attack just now seemed to have no effect on this huge sand sphere.
"Tsk, it's really hard."
The attack, Chidori, only left a small crater on the giant sand sphere. As Sasuke pulled his hand out, he inadvertently saw an unusual pupil, which gave off a sense of oppressive, solid, beast-like power.
Sasuke was puzzled, but he still didn't intend to stop. "Chidori can't hurt you, so how about we try this?"
Sasuke lifted it up with one hand, and a blue Rasengan condensed in his palm.
This scene stunned everyone. Even Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was sitting at the very top of the stands, couldn't stay seated and stood up immediately, because he was extremely familiar with this Ninjutsu.
"Impossible, this is... Rasengan, but he's Uchiha."
As Hiruzen Sarutobi spoke the last few words, his voice trailed off. He suddenly felt as if things were slipping out of his control...