Hinata's blush faded a little, she raised her head and looked directly into Kaoru's eyes, and after a moment of silence, she firmly said: "Kaoru-kun, I want to try!"
Quietly looking at the expression on Hinata's face, Kaoru knew that she had thought of other things again, Kaoru couldn't help but fall silent, at this time the determination in Hinata's eyes made Kaoru couldn't help but be a little moved.
Kaoru had read the original story, and knew what kind of person Hinata was, she was gentle, kind, and would also show her strong side at critical moments, but everything was as Kaoru had thought, she was indeed not suitable to be a ninja.
After a moment of silence, Kaoru nodded lightly, and then said: "Alright, but, if I find that you've reached your limit, I'll immediately stop this battle."
Hearing Kaoru's words, a gentle smile finally bloomed on Hinata's face, and she said softly: "Kaoru-kun, thank you!"
"Hmm." Kaoru nodded, and didn't know what else to say, he could only stand quietly in place, and watch Hinata walk down the stands.
And at this time, Neji had already been waiting below for a long time, looking at Hinata who slowly walked in front of him, Neji still had no expression on his face.
"Hinata-ojousama, give up, you can't beat me." Neji advised: "You're not suitable to be a ninja at all, you're too kind, and always expect peace and avoid all disputes, so give up."
Hearing Neji's words, Hinata's face stiffened slightly, and she said softly: "Neji-niisan......"
"Cough cough, alright, there's no need to say any more superfluous words, let's start the match now!" Hayate Gekkō coughed twice, and announced the start of the match.
"I'm sorry, Hinata-ojousama, even if you're from the main family, I won't hold back!" Neji snorted coldly, and then his eyes widened: "Byakugan!"
In the next moment, Neji's Byakugan directly opened, and his eyes stared coldly at Hinata in front of him, and said in a cold voice: "Either give up, or attack! Hinata-ojousama!"
Different from the Hinata in the original story, in the conversation with Kaoru just now, Hinata already had the determination to fight, at this time hearing Neji's words, Hinata directly responded, and her line of sight subconsciously swept over Kaoru on the stands, and then she also activated the Byakugan.
Seeing Hinata activate the Byakugan, Neji's eyes narrowed: "You don't intend to give up, in that case, don't blame me, a branch family member, for being disrespectful!"
At the same time, he posed the starting stance for Gentle Fist, and in the next moment, the two moved their feet, and directly rushed towards each other, and began to fight.
Although Hinata was introverted, her strength was not too weak, and with her understanding of Gentle Fist, she actually fought Neji evenly for a while.
But it was only for a while, as the two sides came and went, Kaoru's brows on the stands furrowed deeper and deeper, although the two looked evenly matched, Neji had already hit many of Hinata's acupoints, but Hinata hadn't hit Neji even once, Neji had completely suppressed Hinata.
Sure enough, after a moment, the two collided again, Hinata's whole body shook violently, and she couldn't help but cough up a mouthful of blood, seeing this scene, Kaoru's whole body tightened, and his hands couldn't help but grab the railing on the stairs.
Although she was injured, Hinata still didn't give up, and pushed Neji's arm away, and then struck Neji with a palm again.
Faced with Hinata's attack, Neji easily dodged, and then waved his palms at Hinata again.
Hinata was instantly sent flying, and fell to the ground.
"Hinata-ojousama, all your acupoints have been blocked by me, you can't use chakra anymore, give up now." Neji said coldly.
Hinata stood up from the ground again with an ugly face, and her face already had some hesitation.
This match was obvious to all, the strength of the two sides was too disparate, if it continued like this, Hinata would only be beaten more and more miserably.
And at this time, Naruto, who couldn't stand Neji, started mouth escape again.
"Hinata, don't give up, defeat Neji, defeat this guy who only knows how to talk big!" Naruto started to shout loudly and frantically.
"Shut up!" Without waiting for Naruto to finish speaking, Kaoru directly spoke and interrupted Naruto's words.
"Do you think everyone is the protagonist like you, and can revive with full health after shouting a few times?" Kaoru said, frowning.
"The protagonist?" Naruto was stunned, and didn't know what Kaoru was saying at all.
And on the other side, in the field, after Hinata stood up, she kindly said to Neji: "Neji-niisan, I can see that you're more painful than me, the fate of the main family and the branch family makes you more painful, and more confused......"
The understanding Hinata had already seen that Neji had a lot of resentment on the issue of the main family and the branch family.
And it was this sentence that completely angered Neji, his head heated up, and he actually punched towards Hinata's heart.
At this time, a cold light flashed in Kaoru's eyes on the stands, and his whole person instantly disappeared from the spot.
At the same time, Hinata and Neji below suddenly felt an afterimage flash before their eyes, and Kaoru's figure appeared abruptly between the two of them.
Holding Hinata's body, Kaoru gently moved slightly to the left, and dodged Neji's threatening palm.
"Kaoru-kun?!" Seeing Kaoru in front of her, Hinata was all 1 was startled, her face instantly turned red.
"He actually dodged it so easily, and he's still holding Hinata Hyūga in his arms!" Seeing Kaoru suddenly save Hinata, Neji, who had lost his mind, didn't stop at all, he posed, and continued to rush towards Kaoru.
"Ever since the last time we fought on the streets of Konoha, I've really wanted to fight you again!"
Neji roared, and his right palm was full of chakra, and he slapped towards Kaoru.
"Swish!" Kaoru didn't even look at Neji, but instead directly disappeared in place with Hinata's figure, and in the next second, he directly appeared on the stands.
"Are you alright?" Kaoru asked.
"I'm fine......" Hinata's cheeks were red, and she shook her head slightly.
"That's good." Kaoru nodded, and then turned his head to look at Hayate Gekkō in the competition venue, and said softly: "Let this match end here, count Hinata as losing."
"Hinata, you've already done your best!" Wan'er also came to Hinata's side, and comforted her.
"I know." Hinata nodded with a smile, "I just hoped to be able to resolve the hatred in Neji-niisan's heart towards the main family, so I wanted to persevere."
"Sigh, Hinata ah, what a kind-hearted girl......." Hearing Hinata say this, Kaoru sighed.
"Damn it, you're completely ignoring me?!" Seeing Kaoru easily dodge his Gentle Fist twice while holding Hinata, Neji's heart was greatly shocked, after being defeated by Kaoru's genjutsu last time, Neji had worked even harder to cultivate than before, now it seemed that the gap between himself and Kaoru was still quite large ah.......
Hearing Kaoru's words, Hayate Gekkō nodded slightly, anyone with eyes could see that Hinata couldn't beat Neji at all, and with Kaoru, this Jonin, intervening, then Hinata naturally counted as a failure.
"Cough cough!" Unable to help but cough, Hayate Gekkō directly said loudly: "The winner of the eighth match is Neji Hyūga!"
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