"Sorry, are you injured?" Hizashi half-crouched in front of Mikoto, who was sitting on the ground, panting heavily. The exertion from using the Palm Rotation and Sixty-Four Palms had pushed him to his limits while maintaining the Byakugan. If Mikoto had used the Great Fireball instead of the Phoenix Flower Jutsu, he could only have defended with Palm Rotation, but in that case, he would have lost.
"Well, I'm fine," Mikoto said, putting her hands behind her back and supporting herself as she slowly got up. In the final analysis, she had been a little careless. She never thought that Hyuga Hizashi had actually mastered the Eight Trigrams Sixty-Four Palms, a difficult Taijutsu that even many Hyuga clan Chunins cannot master.
At this time, several figures jumped down from the second floor. Minato and Kushina appeared beside Mikoto, who helped her up and asked about her current situation. Hinata Hiashi also helped Hizashi up, though he looked a little inconvenienced as his right hand was temporarily disabled. Another person came up and supported Hizashi's arm around his neck. It was Miyazaki Satoshi.
The two Hinata brothers were a little stunned. In the past, they had never had such contact with classmates in the same class. Seeing the awkward expressions on their faces, Miyazaki Satoshi smiled faintly and said, "After all, we are classmates and in the same class. We got here together. It won't be a problem to help a little." He glanced at Hiashi's disabled right arm vaguely, and there was a trace of guilt in the depths of his smiling eyes. It seemed he also understood what Hiashi had done before.
Everyone gradually left the stage, and Nawaki also jumped down directly, stretching out his waist in the field. "It's finally my turn!" In the next moment, his lazy eyes suddenly became extremely sharp. A figure with a smile on his face stood opposite him. Nawaki raised his head and smiled back at him. It seemed that the two of them were close friends, not rivals.
Hatake Sakumo naturally stood between the two of them with a body movement that no one could predict, but for this duel, his face was full of expectations. "The sixth game, Nawaki VS Sarutobi Ao." Everyone who returned to the stands heard this and suddenly cast their eyes over. It was known that Nawaki is the grandson of the first Hokage, and his opponent, the boy who had previously blocked the unconvinced Genin's actions, was actually a member of the Sarutobi clan. The most famous person in the Sarutobi clan today is the third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen!
"It's been almost a year? These two are actually facing each other again?" Nawaki's teammates sighed not far from Minato and others.
"Senior Suki, have Senior Nawaki and Senior Ao ever competed with each other?" Minato asked a female Genin in Nawaki's team, who had defeated her opponent in the previous battle.
Suki's pretty face immediately showed a smile and said, "Competing with each other? Not only that, these two have been competing throughout their ninja school career, but Nawaki always suppresses Sarutobi Ao. They are rivals." She was very happy to explain the reason to Minato, not only because Minato was Nawaki's friend, but also because girls of this age naturally have a good impression of handsome boys. Minato didn't know, but when Kushina saw the two talking, she actually flashed between them.
"Kushina, what's wrong?" Minato asked in confusion, as she should have been supporting Mikoto, but she suddenly came to his side. Kushina didn't know how to explain, so she ignored him and pretended to stare at the field intently. Mikoto, who was not far away, smiled and sighed inwardly. "Minato, Minato, you can be so slow sometimes."
Seeing that he could not get an answer from Kushina, Minato did not ask any more questions and quickly turned his attention to the battlefield. After all, as Senior Suki said, the strength of these two should not be far apart. Otherwise, they would not have been entangled for several years.
"Since graduation, I have not fought with you again. I wonder how much you have grown in this year?" Sarutobi Ao, who was also very handsome, even a little feminine, gave people a very friendly feeling. Nawaki stretched out his left arm to grab the wrist of his right hand, moved it, and then smiled, "I can't tell you how much I have grown. Only you can know it by trying it yourself." There was some provocation in his words. Hearing this, Sarutobi Ao's eyes gradually stabilized and said, "That's what I want."
The battle had not yet begun, and the two were on the verge of a fight. "Start!" Sakumo announced immediately. Bang! The moment he finished speaking, the two men had already collided with each other, resisting with their arms. Both had heavy strength, making a loud collision sound, so clear that even the people on the second floor could hear it clearly. The distance between their faces was very short, and their eyes were fixed on each other, with a burning flame of war rising from them.
"What heavy force," Sarutobi Ao said. Nawaki had always been good at strength, after all, he inherited the powerful blood of that clan. Nawaki smiled and said, "You are not bad either." Sarutobi Ao looked a little thin, but Nawaki, who had fought with him countless times, knew that the strength this guy possessed was not much less than his own.
The next moment, the other arms of the two men swung their fists at each other, and they turned their heads almost at the same time. The arms that were colliding with each other withdrew their strength and then collided fiercely again, while the other hands, clenched fists, and collided with each other. It was a complete battle of strength. The movements of the two men were like flowing clouds and water, without any flaws, especially the strength. Even if they only looked at it, they seemed to be able to feel the heaviness. This was a force that most people present could not resist, and it was difficult to dodge. Because of the excessive force, the arms of both men were trembling slightly, and neither of them was willing to withdraw any strength, to expose a flaw first and end this stalemate.
It's not that they will lose because of this, but the confrontation between the two men is a tit-for-tat, and neither of them is willing to give in.
"You are a genius of the Sarutobi clan; you can't be like me, only using brute force, right?" During the confrontation, Nawaki smiled, then withdrew the strength from his arms and suddenly retreated. At the same time, his hands also began to form seals quickly. On the opposite side of Nawaki, Sarutobi Ao's hands turned into afterimages!