Chapter 94: Sasuke vs. Hinata, Hinata Wins!
After the Third Hokage's long-winded nonsense, Sasuke and Hinata took the stage.
Since both Hinata and Sasuke were from the two great Konoha clans, and both belonged to the same village, the match was highly anticipated.
Once the two took the stage, the cheers never stopped.
Because Hinata and Sasuke had often trained together in the past, they were very familiar with each other, so neither Hinata nor Sasuke dared to make the first move.
Naruto watched the two in the arena, also somewhat unsure of who would win.
Sasuke's current Ninjutsu and Taijutsu were both quite good; his only shortcoming should be Genjutsu. He didn't know if Kakashi had taught Sasuke Genjutsu during this month of special training.
If Sasuke had learned Genjutsu, then Hinata would definitely lose this match.
However, Naruto also felt that Kakashi probably didn't have time to teach Sasuke Genjutsu. After all, with only one month, Sasuke had to learn the Lightning Release: Chidori as well as combat techniques and instincts; his schedule was quite tight.
While Naruto was lost in thought, Sasuke had already made the first move.
First, Sasuke directly launched a Great Fireball Technique.
Hinata used Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin, directly dispersing the Great Fireball Technique.
Following Naruto, Hinata had not only learned Revolving Heaven and Eight Trigrams Empty Palmbut also used the Tai Chi Fist Naruto taught her to integrate the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms.
As long as the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palmsdomain was deployed, one could attack rapidly within a certain range. Hinata had complemented her strengths and weaknesses; Tai Chi Fist was suited for close-quarters combat but not long-range attacks. By combining it with the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, she made up for this shortcoming. This was why Sasuke didn't dare to get close to Hinata and only dared to use long-range Ninjutsu.
Sasuke didn't dare to approach, but Hinata didn't have as many concerns. She first created two Shadow Clones and quickly formed a triangular encirclement.
Sasuke also didn't dare let Hinata surround him, otherwise his range of movement would be restricted. He dodged left and right but was eventually caught in the middle of the triangular encirclement.
Sasuke had no choice but to use the Shadow Clone Jutsu. Using the white mist from the Shadow Clone, he quickly transformed himself into a shuriken and had a Shadow Clone throw him out.
However, Hinata's Byakugan wasn't just for show; she immediately spotted the shuriken that Sasukehad transformed into.
Hinata used the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm to strike the thrown shuriken.
But to Hinata's surprise, that shuriken turned out to be a Shadow Clone.
Sasuke took advantage of the time gap while Hinata used the Eight Trigrams Empty Palm and used his other two Shadow Clones to quickly perform Ninjutsu.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Dragon Technique!"
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Technique!"
"Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!"
Seeing this, Hinata performed two consecutive backflips and then immediately used Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin again.
Meanwhile, Sasuke took advantage of this opening to gather Chidori in his hand; he also wanted to test this newly learned Ninjutsu.
Just as Hinata finished her Eight Trigrams Palms Heavenly Spin, Sasuke's Chidori had already lunged right in front of her.
But to Sasuke's surprise, Hinata smiled and dispelled her Shadow Clone.
Sasuke realized he had been tricked. Just as he was about to quickly leave the spot, he heard Hinata's shout from behind.
"Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms!"
After a series of Hinata's combos, Sasuke lay flat on the ground, unable to stand up.
Shiranui Genma checked on Sasuke and announced Hinata as the winner.
Hiashi, seeing Hinata's victory from the stands, revealed a rare smile. He hadn't expected Hinata to be able to defeat the genius Sasuke.
However, when Hiashi thought of the word "genius," his smile grew even wider. Neji was called a genius, yet he was defeated by his daughter. Sasuke was called a genius, and he too was defeated by his daughter.
Seeing Hinata's victory, Naruto didn't know whether to cry or laugh.
Hinata's victory could be attributed to Sasukebeing somewhat careless, combined with his desire to experiment with his newly learned Ninjutsu, which led to his defeat in this match.
Actually, what Naruto didn't know was that Sasukedidn't want to be careless either, but Hinatacountered him too much. Furthermore, with his current Chakra capacity, he could only manage to use Chidori twice at most. Before that, Sasuke had already performed three Fire Release Ninjutsu and the Multiple Shadow Clone Jutsu, leaving him with only enough Chakra for one Chidori.
Hinata jogged up to the stands and immediately found Naruto. With a look of shy joy, she walked up to him.
"Na... Na... Naruto-kun! I won!"
Naruto smiled, rubbed Hinata's hair, and said, "Congratulations! But you can't get too proud, okay?"
When Naruto's hand rested on Hinata's head...
Hinata stood at attention again, her face flushed red and white mist rising from her head, looking like she was determined not to faint.
Seeing Hinata's flushed face and her determined look, Naruto found her even cuter. However, no matter how cute she was, Naruto withdrew his hand.
Not far away, Hiashi saw Naruto and Hinatatogether. His Byakugan almost turned into a Sharingan as he stared intently at the two of them.
Hanabi, sitting next to Hiashi, felt the chill emanating from her father and looked in the direction of his gaze.
When she saw a blond boy bullying her sister, she hopped off her seat in a huff and jogged between Naruto and Hinata.
"You big bully! Don't bully my sister!"
Hanabi spoke while shielding Hinata, like a little hen protecting her chick.
Naruto thought Hanabi's pouting look was also quite cute and was about to rub her hair...
Hinata quickly picked up Hanabi and said, "Don't talk nonsense! Naruto-kun isn't bullying me!"
"Sister is lying! Your face was so red with anger just now, and smoke was coming out of your head, yet you say you weren't being bullied! Don't be afraid of him, sister, I'll protect you."
Hanabi's words made Hinata even more embarrassed. She quickly covered Hanabi's mouth and said, "Shut up, don't say another word!"
But Hanabi wasn't one to be intimidated by Hinata. She pulled Hinata's hand away and said, "Don't be afraid of him, sister! Even if we can't beat him, there's still Father! Father was staring at you two just now! If he dares to do anything, Father will definitely rush over and beat him up."
Hearing that Hiashi was watching them, Hinata's neck moved stiffly as she turned around and saw Hiashi staring at them with his Byakugan.
Naruto naturally heard their conversation and also looked toward Hiashi.
When Naruto saw Hiashi's darkened face, he realized he had been a bit frivolous and shouldn't have rubbed Hinata's hair.
It was only because of Hiashi's good upbringing; otherwise, he would have definitely given Narutoan Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms right away.
Naruto gave an awkward smile and nodded at Hiashi. Just as Naruto was debating whether to go over and greet Hiashi...
Kakashi walked over and said, "What are you still standing here for? It's your turn to take the stage."
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