My ninjutsu is not right

Chapter 96 The end of the qualifiers
[Hinata Neji and Gaara have a terrible compatibility]

Link stood outside the arena and watched, shaking his head. He was not optimistic that Hyuga Neji, who was constantly dodging sand attacks, could win.

The soft fist is very powerful for internal attacks, and blocking chakra can restrain quite a number of ninjas, but it is useless against Gaara who is protected by sand at all times.

It's a typical case of a melee fighter with short arms encountering a ranged wizard. There's no way he can avoid being at a disadvantage. It's purely a matter of compatibility.

Unless the speed can reach a level that makes Gaara completely unable to react like Rock Lee who has opened five gates, or the strength can penetrate two layers of defense like Chidori, it is difficult to cause actual damage.

Obviously, Hyuga Neji cannot do either of these two methods, but he can observe the opponent's information through his Byakugan, so he falls into a vicious cycle of constantly dodging and looking for opportunities.

[There are quite a lot of plot changes, except that the group with Kabuto Yakushi is missing, and Xiao Li didn't meet Gaara...]

Link couldn't tell whether he was happy or not. He missed an opportunity to win over Rock Lee and Might Guy. In theory, he should feel it was a pity.

But when he thought of Might Guy, he felt somewhat relieved.

In the field, Hyuga Neji, who had been avoiding the sand attack, suddenly gathered his chakra at the soles of his feet and quickly came close to Gaara like a suicide charge.

"sand!"

Gaara was naturally prepared. The sand that he had arranged around him surged up instantly and blocked in front of him like an eggshell.

"Boom!" A palm that gathered a large amount of chakra was deeply embedded in the sand shield and was about to touch the sand armor on the surface of his skin. Unfortunately, after penetrating a large amount of sand, the power had been exhausted.

A cruel smile appeared on his face, and the sand that formed the sand shield quickly spread along the enemy's arm, wrapping it up, and was about to crush the opponent into broken flesh and blood.

"call!"

The whirlwind caused by the frantic release of chakra howled in the sand.

【Baguazhang·Return to Heaven! 】

Hyuga Neji spun like a top, and the sand filled with chakra was bounced out with a crackling sound.

At such a close distance, even Gaara couldn't control the sand accurately. The sand that bounced back made dense cracks on his sand armor. At the same time, he was also lifted into the air by the spiral force that was so close to him.

A confident smile appeared on Hyuga Neji's face.

[You are already within the range of my soft fist and Baguazhang! ]

[Win or lose——]

[Soft Fist·Eight Trigrams Sixty-four Palms!!!]

"Pa!" Two palms!
"Pa!" Four palms!
"Pa!" Eight palms!
"Crack~" The sound of the sand armor shattering was heard, sixteen palms!
"Boom!" Thirty-two palms! The palms finally broke through all defenses and attacked the acupuncture points.

Hyuga Neji, who was attacking with all his might, didn't notice at all that his feet and legs were being silently entangled by sand.

[Oh no…] Might Guy’s expression turned serious.

"Pah!" Sixty-four palms! The sixty-four palms that were supposed to be the end still slapped on the sand.

"Crack~" The pain from being squeezed spread up from the lower body.

[How could this be? I clearly sealed his acupuncture points, so he shouldn't be able to use chakra normally?! ]

It was then that Hyuga Neji suddenly realized that [some of the chakra in the sand... was not his own!] He raised his head with all his strength and looked at Gaara, who was standing on the floating sand in the air, with his sand armor shattered and a ferocious smile on his face.

[The chakra in this guy's body is increasing abnormally...]

Then, his vision was completely blocked by sand.

"Bang!" Might Guy appeared on the scene at some point and waved his hand to disperse the sand.

[Gaara...] Maki looked at the embarrassed Jinchuriki and had already refined his chakra, ready to go up and stop Gaara who might go berserk at any time.

"Gaara wins!" Gekko Gale announced the result.

Gaara, who was standing on the sand, suddenly squatted down with his head in his hands in pain. He saw that someone was concerned about a tool called "Ninja". He thought it was a weapon and he couldn't understand it. At the same time, many memories surged up, bringing endless pain.

"Medical team!" Before Moonlight Gale finished speaking, a dwarf wearing a medical team uniform appeared in front of him.

"?!" He was startled by the dangerous look and leaned back slightly.

Link pressed down on Hyuga Neji's body, quickly checking his injuries.

"Both legs are shattered, most of the muscles and waist are broken..." He released chakra to perform emergency treatment.

Fortunately, the person who was attacked by the sand squeezing was a member of the Hyuga clan who was able to release chakra from his whole body. After being attacked, he quickly tried to release chakra to return to the sky. If he had not wanted to attack recklessly, he would not have suffered such serious injuries.

If treated in time, the injury would be much less serious than Rock Lee's injury in the comics, where bone fragments entered the nerve center, but he would probably have to stay in the hospital for at least a month or two.

However, this is already very lucky.

"Ningci!" Rock Lee rushed over, looked at his unconscious teammate, and asked with concern: "Ningci, how are you!"

Link looked up at him and said, "Don't yell around the patient."

"Ah... yes!" Rock Lee took a few steps back, turned his head to look at Gaara who was about to leave, raised his thumb and shouted, "Wait for me, Sand Village over there, I will defeat you in the official competition!"

It was not hatred, nor was it affected by the anger of his companion being seriously injured, but rather he wanted to defeat the opponent fairly.

[Well done, Rock Lee!] Knowing that his subordinate was fine, Might Guy also gave Rock Lee a thumbs up.

[It's really... incomprehensible] Gaarasa instantly returned to his two 'teammates' and looked at the harmonious Konoha ninjas with confusion in his eyes. It seemed as if something was gnawing at his sanity in his heart.

[Gaara has become so dangerous, he almost...] Kankuro shrank back a little scared.

Kusunoki carried Hyuga Neji onto a stretcher and rushed him to the hospital. Although his injuries were not fatal or would cause permanent damage, he still needed timely treatment.

Link stayed where he was. He had to deal with the curse seal on Sasuke's body, so he couldn't move with the other medical team members.

"Well, the preliminaries for the third exam are over now."

After Gekko Hayate announced the end of the preliminaries, the Sandaime Hokage took over and began to explain the time, content, and draw of the third game.

Link walked up to Uchiha Sasuke and asked softly, "How is it, can you still hold on?"

The curse seal's ability to absorb a mixture of natural energy and the host's chakra meant that even if it wasn't gathered in large quantities, there would be some reaction even if it was just refined.

(End of this chapter)