Chapter 73: "Announcement of Defeat...!?

" – Ino is forced

from Sakura’s body by her inner spirit. It comes down to one
final blow, which results in a double KO as neither girl will let
the other win. The two converse as Temari and Tenten line up
for their next match. Temari defeats the mistress of weapons,
Tenten, with ease. Hokage remarks on their abilities, reminded
that all 3 passed in 97 minutes without any problems.

Chapter 74: "The Sixth

Match and Them..." – The
Sand team’s arrogance
upsets Gai’s team and Lee,
who takes Gaara’s interest.
Next, Shikamaru and Kin face
each other. Despite Kin’s
sound-based disruption of his
senses, Shikamaru
demonstrates his amazing
brain and outsmarts her
completely with his Shadow
Imitation. The participants
eagerly await the next match,
which turns out to be Naruto
VS Kiba.

Chapter 75: "Naruto’s

Growth" – Naruto feels
uncomfortable fighting Kiba
and Akamaru, especially with
Kiba’s taunting. With
confidence, Kiba makes the
first move with his animalistic
fighting style. Naruto takes
his trash-talking personally
and returns the words. Kiba’s
smoke bomb combined with
Akamaru’s quick attacks gain
him the advantage until
Naruto turns it around. While
everyone sees Naruto’s
improvement, he and Kiba
 decide to raise the bar.

Chapter 76: "Kiba’s

Comeback!! Naruto’s
Comeback!?" – Kiba and
Akamaru boost their strength
together, then amalgamate
each other into feral humans.
Naruto falls victim to their
specialty, Gatsuuda (Dual
Piercing Fang) as they spin
and shred everything in their
way. Naruto shows resiliency
and even though he can’t
stop the Dual Piercing Fang, a
quick-thinking tactic grants
him an opening.

Chapter 77: "Naruto’s

Trick" – Naruto’s prankster
mind takes Akamaru out of
the fight. Put into a desperate
situation as Kiba attempts
payback, Naruto lets himself
go literally and quickly dishes
out an adaptation of Sasuke’s
adaptation, the Uzumaki
Naruto Combo. Hinata
rejoices, to Neji’s chagrin.

Chapter 78: "Neji and

Hinata" – The random
decisions place the Hyuga
family members against each
other. The noble Hyuga family
is split into two, with each
one from a different side.
Political separation makes the
fight even more bitter as Neji
 discourages Hinata. Neji’s
words also hit Naruto hard,
making him scream
encouragement to Hinata in
rage.

Chapter 79: "The Hyuuga

Clan" – Gai explains the
elegant fighting style of the
Hyuga, the Juuken (Gentle
Fist), being based on palm
strikes infused with Chakra
doing damage to internal
organs. The Hyuga’s
Byakugan, or White Eye,
makes X-Ray vision possible
and the organs clear as day
to them. Furthermore, it
makes Chakra pressure
points visible. Hinata is
severely wounded by Neji,
but she refuses to quit.

Chapter 80: "Surpass the

Limit" – Naruto’s
cheerleading gives Hinata
strength. Even after another
devastating assault on
Hinata’s internal system, she
still stands, coughing up
blood. Neji’s rage causes him
to throw a fatal blow, but
before it makes contact, all
three Leaf Jounin team
leaders and Hayate stop him.
This only fuels his hate for
the main house even more as
the no-killing rule is ignored.
Naruto is disgusted at Neji.
Chapter 81: "Gaara VS..." –
Naruto vows to take Neji
down, more for his comments
on “losers” than out of
revenge for Hinata. With only
two matches remaining and
only four combatants; Lee,
Dosu, Chouji and Gaara,
tension grows. Gaara makes
his way into the match early
before it is even decided that
Lee will be his opponent. Lee
jumps in just as eager, ready
to crush the Sand’s
arrogance.