Chapter 106: Ch.106 A Different Sage Body
Neji was still in a daze on the ground.
It wasn't that he couldn't accept defeat—he had already prepared himself for the possibility of losing to Uchiha Shinji. But the way he lost was what he couldn't accept.
Taijutsu was his pride and joy!
Losing to ninjutsu, tools, or even genjutsu would be something he could face with equanimity. But to lose in taijutsu—it was a blow he struggled to digest.
At this moment, Rock Lee and Tenten rushed over to help Neji up and offered quiet words of comfort.
But Neji just stared blankly at Shinji's back as he left the field.
...
From afar.
Sasuke had a grim expression, surprised at what he had witnessed. "I thought that guy had been slacking off, always spending time with the medical-nin team... I didn't expect this."
Like Neji, Sasuke had been keeping an eye on Shinji in secret.
Seeing Shinji visiting the medical unit so often, Sasuke had assumed that Shinji's progress in training would be slower. He hadn't expected Shinji to defeat Neji so easily.