Naruto, what kind of Hokage would you be if you didn't roll around!

"Huh? Ah... It started at six in the morning, and I didn't even eat lunch!"

Naruto:"……"

"Do you want to die?!"

"Even if you work your hardest, you can't neglect your health! If you keep going like this, you might not even get stronger before you can't keep going!"

Rock Lee shook his head: "I ate breakfast, and..."

"I have no time to waste."

"I'm graduating soon, and I don't want to continue being a bottom-of-the-class student!"

"I will prove that one can become an excellent and powerful ninja solely through taijutsu!"

Naruto's heart moved.

really……

The assessment that came a month later—no, to be precise, less than half a month later—was merely a test of my successful cultivation over the past year.

But for Rock Lee and the other first-year students, it was already graduation day from the Ninja Academy...

He works so hard because he wants to get good grades in his graduation exams and truly prove himself.

"Oh I see!"

"With less than two weeks left, I also want to prove myself and never be at the bottom again!"

"Well said, Naruto! Let's work together!"

"Burn, youth!"

"Oh!"

Just when the two were full of fighting spirit and high aspirations.

A figure suddenly appeared on the training field.

"Hmph, the bottom of the class is the bottom of the class."

Do you think you can change your destiny through hard work?

"What wishful thinking..."

Naruto was startled: "Who is it?!"

Lee Rock was startled when he heard that familiar voice.

"Neji?!"

Naruto looked into the newcomer's eyes and suddenly understood.

"Those eyes, the same Byakugan as Hinata's..."

"You're Hyuga Neji?!"

Hyuga Neji gave the two of them a cold and aloof glance.

"This is really interesting..."

"The bottom-ranked students from two different years have teamed up; it seems the weak really do like to stick together for warmth..."

"What did you say, you bastard?!"

Rock Lee might be able to tolerate it, but Naruto's fiery temper won't allow it.

Hearing Neji Hyuga's sarcastic remarks, Naruto was about to explode.

Hyuga Neji, however, completely disregarded it.

"Did you think you could swagger around just because you killed a Chunin named Mizuki?"

"Naruto Uzumaki, remember my words..."

"A genius is a genius, and a loser is a loser. No matter what you do, you can't change your fate."

Naruto's fists clenched so tightly they made a cracking sound.

"Hyuga Neji, since you consider yourself a genius, then come and fight me!"

"I will definitely defeat you!"

However, Hyuga Neji coldly shook his head.

"You are not worthy enough to fight me."

"I'm not a piece of trash like Hinata!"

Naruto was jolted, his anger and rage causing him to freeze in a daze.

"You, what did you say..."

Neji Hyuga said indifferently, "I saw the battle where you defeated Hinata Hyuga."

"That doesn't prove your strength, it only proves that you are Hinata, the young lady of the main family..."

"They're just utterly incompetent!"

Before the words were even finished, a fist filled with rage, accompanied by Naruto's furious roar, slammed down towards Hyuga Neji!

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Naruto couldn't stand what Hyuga Neji said.

Even if you say you're at the bottom of the class...

It doesn't matter!

To say that you are weak...

It doesn't matter!

but……

Just today, I received Hinata's approval. Aside from Iruka-sensei, it was the first time I had felt care and love from someone else. I even heard Hinata's vow to protect me at all costs...

Now, Neji Hyuga is humiliating Hinata right in front of her!

Naruto absolutely cannot tolerate this.

He may not fully understand Hinata's feelings, or he may not understand whether her attachment to him is friendship or love...

But that doesn't matter!

Hinata has now become someone she acknowledges, cares about, and vows to protect.

and so……

Before Neji Hyuga could finish speaking, he saw Naruto's furious fist rapidly enlarging in front of him!

He was also taken aback.

I never expected Naruto to be so furious because of my words.

but……

Hyuga Neji snorted coldly, not taking it seriously.

In his eyes, no one in the entire ninja academy could compare to him.

His class didn't exist.

There are no younger students!

Facing Naruto's punch, Hyuga Neji's eyes suddenly burst forth with powerful chakra and ocular power.

hum-

Rolling my eyes...

open!

Then, he exhaled gently, his arms moving seemingly slowly, yet with complete ease, effortlessly adopting a defensive stance.

Snapped--

With a loud bang, Naruto unleashed a terrifying punch fueled by his rage, but Neji Hyuga easily and completely defended against it!

"what?!"

Naruto was taken aback; he had used this punch in real combat countless times.

Even Sasuke couldn't possibly take that so easily while he was asleep!

Hyuga Neji kept sneering.

"Is that all?"

He swung his hands sharply, twisting his arms as if forming a Tai Chi diagram. The seemingly gentle, yet not fierce, force burst forth instantly, sending Naruto flying!

boom--

Naruto staggered and fell to the ground, unable to stop his retreat. He stumbled back seven or eight steps before finally stopping!

"What kind of martial art is that?!"

"Your strength is nowhere near mine, nor is it as good as Li's, but..."

"Although it's similar to Hinata's taijutsu, it's completely incomparable..."

Rock Lee quickly reminded him, "Naruto, that's Neji's Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm!"

"Although I don't want to say it, Neji's talent, training, and experience in Gentle Fist are far beyond what Hinata can match right now!"

"Although you defeated Hinata, you are still far inferior to Neji..."

Naruto clenched his fists, his eyes blazing with fury.

"is it?"

"That's the Gentle Fist and Eight Trigrams Palm of the Hyuga clan..."

Hyuga Neji coldly replied, "That's right, even if it's just a branch family, what I used was the true Gentle Fist Eight Trigrams Palm!"

"Lady Hinata hasn't even grasped the basics!"

Naruto retorted, not to be outdone: "Forget it!"

"You're just older than Hinata and have been training for longer!"

"Give Hinata another year, and she'll definitely be much better than you!"

This statement struck a nerve with Hyuga Neji.

His expression changed drastically in an instant.

"What right do you have to say that?!"

Naruto shouted, "Because she said she would work hard and cheer me on!"

Hyuga Neji was taken aback for a moment, then burst into laughter.

"Is this all the evidence you have to back you up?!"

"What a joke!"

"Don't even mention my talent and hard work; I'm already far superior to hers..."

"What difference would it make if you were added to the list of losers?!"

Rock Lee couldn't help but interject, "Neji, don't say that..."

"Hmph, that's just the truth!"

"Only Li, you still can't see your destiny. You keep talking about youth and hard work, but you don't realize that destiny has already been determined, and no matter what you do, you can't change it!"

Rock Lee wanted to refute, but he couldn't come up with any rebuttal until he truly defeated Neji.

But Naruto is different.

He actually burst into laughter.

"why are you laughing?!"

Neji Hyuga frowned deeply.