"Might Guy, do you remember me? Your strength is indeed impressive, but having met me here, this time you can only stop here." Hyuga Kamon said regretfully, making the Seal of Opposition.
Although Might Guy had the strength to be second, upon encountering him, who was first, he could only fall in the second round.
"Uh, who are you?" Might Guy scratched his head, trying hard to recall his opponent in front of him, but couldn't remember.
"Could it be you're Hyuga Daimon?" Might Guy vaguely recalled the examiner's announcement just now.
Tense, his fists clenched.
Hyuga Kamon felt as if Might Guy was humiliating him.
"I am Hyuga Kamon, who defeated you in the last exam. Kamon, not Daimon!" Hyuga Kamon couldn't help but correct him, deciding that in the fight he must teach Might Guy a lesson.
"I understand." Might Guy made the Seal of Opposition and nodded.
"The exam begins!"
As soon as the examiner's words fell, Hyuga Kamon activated his Byakugan, with the veins around his eyes bulging, making Hyuga Kamon's face look somewhat fierce.
With the aid of the Byakugan, everything about Might Guy was laid bare to Hyuga Kamon. He could easily see Might Guy's meridians and the flowing chakra.
Without hesitation, Hyuga Kamon chose to gather chakra in his palms and actively attack.
With the two powerful close combat tools of the Gentle Fist and Byakugan, Hyuga Kamon didn't believe anyone in the Ninja Academy could be stronger in close combat.
The Byakugan allowed him to see through the enemy's moves, and with the Gentle Fist accompanying it, he could directly inject chakra into the enemy's meridians to block the flow of chakra.
But something Hyuga Kamon didn't expect happened. His punch directed at Might Guy was quickly caught by him.
Hyuga Kamon's other hand continued its assault on Might Guy's meridians, but it was also caught.
Hyuga Kamon quickly began to attack with his legs, but kicking techniques were what Might Guy was best at. Might Guy released Hyuga Kamon's hands and swiftly delivered a Tornado Kick, sending Hyuga Kamon staggering three meters back.
"How is this possible, I clearly saw through it, but my body..." Hyuga Kamon's hands trembled as he looked at Might Guy in disbelief.
Just now, he had seen through Might Guy's moves but found his body was unable to respond.
This was the first time he encountered such a situation.
"Hyuga Kamon actually fell into a disadvantage in a Taijutsu exchange!" The observing students were stunned.
Since Kakashi graduated, their cohort had basically been under Hyuga Kamon's dominance, and everyone who attempted to match him in Taijutsu paid a painful price.
"Is Might Guy really that fierce? He reached second place in the grade last time, and this time he might hit the top spot."
Might Guy's ferocity instantly garnered much amazement.
"Go, Might Guy!" Iketani Isamu, seeing Might Guy suppress the previous exam's first place, Hyuga Kamon, couldn't help but cheer him on.
He seemed to see the hefty prize money beckoning him.
"Ahem, Iketani-sensei, you're the examiner this time, please be mindful." The examiner beside him softly reminded Iketani Isamu, who was excitedly cheering.
Iketani Isamu quickly realized and closed his mouth, but he couldn't stop smiling.
"Although Might Guy has the upper hand, the final result is still uncertain. As long as he is hit by the Gentle Fist once, his attack rhythm will be completely disrupted," a teacher commented.
Some teachers nodded in agreement.
If Hyuga Kamon made a mistake, it would at most hurt for a while, but if Might Guy was hit by the Gentle Fist, it would be a big deal; having chakra forcibly injected into one's body was no joke.
In other words, Hyuga Kamon had many chances to make mistakes, while Might Guy risked defeat with just a single error.
Iketani Isamu glanced over, noticing it was Hyuga Kamon's homeroom teacher speaking.
He didn't argue back, as after all, Hyuga Kamon had been number one so many times, Iketani Isamu wasn't entirely confident.
What happened next exceeded many people's expectations.
Hyuga Kamon tried hard to launch multiple attacks on Might Guy, but none hit, and instead, he was caught by Might Guy during an attack and kicked once more.
"Wow, cover your eyes, people might think Might Guy has the Byakugan!" Students were awed by Might Guy.
Previously, it was always Hyuga Kamon seeing through opponents' moves and dodging easily, but this time, the roles were completely reversed.
"You guys only see Guy's current body technique but don't know what he's been through." Obito, hearing the students' discussions nearby, couldn't help but recall the miserable experience he and Might Guy went through.
Getting hit once meant doing two questions, starting with dozens of questions right from the fight, and having to decrease the questions by hitting the opponent without getting hit oneself.
It was enduring such terrifying training that forged Might Guy's current body technique.
The questions Obito had divided up were still a bit unfinished.
"Damn it, what's going on." Always being on the losing side, Hyuga Kamon started to feel anxious.
He didn't understand why things turned out like this, clearly during the last battle Might Guy wasn't this strong, so how had his strength increased so much in just two months?
In his anxiousness to turn the tide, Hyuga Kamon revealed more flaws.
Might Guy concentrated chakra in his legs, seizing the flaws and unleashed his best kick.
"Leaf Great Whirlwind!"
Bam!
The leg, strengthened and spinning at high speed with chakra, struck Hyuga Kamon squarely, sending him crashing down and losing the ability to fight.
"Contestant number four, Might Guy wins!" The examiner announced Might Guy's victory.
All the grading examiners gave Might Guy full marks, a perfect ten, in Taijutsu.
Hyuga Kamon's Taijutsu score was given a 9.9, but the teachers knew the gap between them was more than just that 0.1 point.
"Fighting Hyuga Kamon was indeed tough for Might Guy, good thing he wasn't hit by the Gentle Fist even once, otherwise it would've been bad." Iketani Isamu chuckled, feeling the prize money's presence.
Hyuga Kamon's homeroom teacher opened his mouth but said nothing in the end.
"It seems like this time's top spot is Might Guy's for the taking, having even defeated Hyuga Kamon," spectators felt the outcome was already decided in this grade exam.
"Not necessarily, Uchiha Obito's Fire Release Ninjutsu is very strong. No matter how strong Might Guy's Taijutsu is, can he really withstand Fire Release Ninjutsu at his current level?" Uchiha Tekka couldn't help but retort.
He had lost to Obito again in the class battles, so he hoped Obito could claim first place.
Soon, Obito also demonstrated his combat prowess, proving Uchiha Tekka's words were true.
The first place from Class Six, Shiranui Genma, was easily defeated by Obito.
The powerful Fire Release and considerable Taijutsu made Obito replace the already defeated Hyuga Kamon as the strongest contender for first place.
If it weren't for still needing examination scores, Iketani Isamu would've already dragged Mokgetsu to the izakaya for a drink.
With these two students, why worry about not having bonus money, or not enough bonuses?