Chapter 104 Tenten: Neji's Kappa Transformation, Yay!
Neji, a genius, but without any cheat codes.
Therefore, his current strength is actually no stronger than that of the students who are a year younger than him.
He didn't believe it at first. Although the young lady had defeated him, no one else would have the same strength as her!
absolute!
However, after watching Naruto and Sasuke's battle from next door, Neji fell into deep self-doubt.
Is this really a student at the ninja academy?
This is Neji's penultimate year at the Ninja Academy. His teachers say he's strong enough to graduate early, but he hasn't.
He wanted to take care of his younger sister, Hinata Hyuga, at school.
Don't get the wrong idea. It's not about showing favoritism in terms of strength, but rather about making compensation when Hinata accidentally uses too much force and breaks something.
They also paid the compensation to Naruto and the others, but not to Sasuke.
After all, they are rivals, both vying for the title of Konoha's number one ninja clan.
Moreover, Sasuke would be unhappy if he actually lost out.
They might say something like, "You're disrespecting the honor of the Uchiha clan," or "You shouldn't give it to me."
So many years have passed in the blink of an eye. Neji's strength has been steadily increasing, and now, in his fifth year, there is a precipitous gap in strength among his peers.
After all, Neji has now mastered the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms and is showing signs of mastering the Rotation Technique.
Those in his grade who are still throwing kunai and waving their fists are no match for him.
Oh right, except for Tenten, since if she threw all her ninja tools at once, I might not be able to catch them.
Although she's not a match for me, she's a real pain to fight. Once she creates distance, I'll be kited around.
Perhaps I can learn a quick movement and grab technique in the future, which would effectively prevent me from being kited.
As for why he didn't use the chakra impact from Gentle Fist to clash with Tenten, Neji said that his chakra couldn't compare to Tenten's ninja tools!
Despite the existence of that disgusting monster, Tenten, I am still number one in this grade, a precipitous number one!
Therefore, I am a genius!
Neji thought so until he saw Naruto and Sasuke sparring.
Its eyes are open, its mouth is agape, its form is invisible, and its power is unbearable.
Am I really a genius?
After defeating his opponent, a small kappa, Neji stared blankly at the distant blue sky.
Is all this hard training and eating really worth it?
"Hey, Neji, come down now that it's over~"
A girl with a bun hairstyle shouted at Neji from the ground.
"Uh, oh."
Neji helped up the little green-skinned kappa who had fallen to the ground, also known as Rock Lee.
Ouch, why is it so heavy?
Rock Lee saw Neji grab his hand, he struggled to get up from the ground.
"Damn it! I failed to defeat you again this time!"
After getting up, he seemed to regain his usual excitement, pointing at Neji with his dusty fingers.
"But I will definitely defeat you someday!!!"
Neji's lips twitched, and for a moment he didn't know what to say.
Rock Lee wasn't particularly talented in his class, and his talent in ninjutsu and genjutsu was extremely poor.
His talent was only average in physical skills, so he devoted himself to training every day.
Until one day, he put on a green bodysuit, and his whole appearance became... abstract.
From then on, "youth" became his motto. Aside from classes, he would go outside to run, do frog jumps, and handstands...
As Neji led the youthful kappa off the field, a hint of confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Hey, Rock Lee, why do you want to defeat me?"
Upon hearing Neji's voice, Lee's eyes lit up, his mouth opened, and his white teeth gleamed in the sunlight.
"Because I want to prove that hard work is worthwhile, and that a hardworking genius can defeat a gifted genius."
Does "talented" refer to himself?
"But what if that person's talent is terrifyingly strong?"
"Then I'll work even harder!"
"What if he also works very hard?"
"Then I will work tirelessly day and night until I defeat him!"
Neji's lips twitched. What an idiot.
"Hey, Neji, what are you doing?"
Tenten ran over and reached out to brush the dust off Neji's clothes.
"Oh! Neji is asking me about the importance of hard work and genius!"
Rock Lee raised his trembling hand and answered happily.
Ah, youth is truly something!!!
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"If Neji, you also want to be like me, why don't you come and train with me?"
Rock Lee looked into Neji's eyes, thought for a moment, and then said.
"Although there's one more person, as long as it's youthful, I believe Might Guy will definitely accept you!"
Every day, a black line appeared on Xiao Li's forehead. Rock Lee looks so awkward like this.
How could Neji possibly agree to that?
"Um, can you take me there tonight?"
Neji was silent for a moment, then looked up into Rock Lee's eyes.
"no problem!"
A big thumbs-up was given to Neji.
Rock Lee is not a petty person.
Even if the other party is someone he wants to defeat, he will not hesitate to pull the other party into embracing youth together when the other party begins to doubt their efforts.
Even if the other person works harder because of this, he won't be afraid, because that's what youth is all about!
"Wait a minute, Neji, are you really going to go with Rock Lee to find that Guy-sensei?"
Tenten's eyes were filled with shock and worry.
Neji nodded, then patted Tenten on the shoulder.
"What about you? Want to come along?"
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"Ah, me? Well, actually, it's not that I can't do it."
Tenten was embarrassed by Neji's sudden invitation; this was the first time Neji had invited her in a long time, except for his birthday.
Well, aside from the usual things like students at school asking me to borrow money or asking me to find their sister, etc.
But looking at Neji's gentle, disdainful look, how could she bear to refuse?
Also, I need to be careful that Lee doesn't lead Neji astray!
If Neji were to be corrupted and become a green-skinned kappa who shouts about youth every day, I really wouldn't be able to sleep!
The kind of person who would be scared to death even in their dreams.
"Alright, let's do it together tonight."
Rock Lee said happily, "After all, it's rare to have so many people together to enjoy our youth."
I'm sure Might Guy will be very happy.
At this moment, Naruto was completely unaware that he was about to face the nightmare of his childhood.
He went back to class and whispered to Hinata.
Kushina, inside the sealed space, agreed, since the current lessons had already been of little help to Naruto and Hinata.
Didn't you see that Iruka didn't do anything about it?
Ya expressed great envy for them, but realized that she could not be like them.
As a result of not paying attention in class, my older sister already gave me a good talking-to last time.
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