Shamu stood to the side with his arms crossed, watching Sasuke reel from the blow.
Sasuke had thought that once he obtained the Mangekyō Sharingan, he would be an expert.
When he killed those three Snow Ninjas, he had performed quite well too.
But now that he was here, he realized that real combat differed greatly from what he had imagined.
His Susanoo still had no long-range attack methods.
Against high-speed ninjas, Susanoo's greatest use was defense.
But aside from Susanoo, genjutsu, taijutsu, and ocular techniques, he had been utterly defeated in every aspect.
Although Shamu had told Shisui and Yoya to go all out, both of them possessed Mangekyō Sharingan, yet neither had used their Mangekyō abilities.
Sasuke stood in the middle of the field, his expression shifting constantly.
The clansmen below whispered among themselves. "Sasuke has Susanoo too."
"Sasuke isn't even sixteen yet, and he already has the Mangekyō."
"Shisui and Yoya are too strong."
Shamu folded his arms. Ever since discovering that Sasuke's Susanoo backlash was severe, he had come up with today's idea.
In Shamu's view, Sasuke's growth in strength was directly tied to his age.
Using Susanoo as a standard offensive method was detrimental to Sasuke's development.
The severe side effects of using Susanoo meant Sasuke's body simply was not up to the required standard.
The only reason Sasuke had reached that level at seventeen in the original timeline was entirely due to the advantages brought by Indra's Chakra.
Otherwise, how could he have completed Susanoo at seventeen and still endured its side effects?
Besides, Sasuke was only fifteen now.
And while the Rinnegan Hagoromo Otsutsuki had given Sasuke had greatly raised his combat strength,
it had also been a case of forcing a seedling to grow, cutting off Sasuke's future path.
After Sasuke used