"Shisui, don't worry about us. Retreat quickly," Takagi Shinji said as he fended off the Hidden Mist Village's attacks.
There were too many enemies. Whether Shisui stayed or not could not change the final outcome of the battle; the only difference was that if Shisui remained, he could inflict a few more casualties on the enemy.
But compared to that, Takagi Shinji believed Shisui surviving would be more meaningful.
Unlike ordinary people like them, Shisui was a true genius. If he continued to grow normally, he would definitely become a powerful ninja.
If possible, Takagi Shinji even wanted all the other disciples to retreat with him, but he knew that was impossible.
The Hidden Mist ninjas outnumbered them several times over. Takagi Shinji could not hold back that many enemies, and if his disciples scattered, they would only die faster. Only Shisui, whose strength surpassed his own, had any hope of breaking through the encirclement and retreating successfully.
"If you manage to retreat, you might even find reinforcements to save us if you move fast enough. If you don't leave now, we'll all die."
It was a well-intentioned lie. Unless reinforcements were extremely close, there was no way they could arrive in time.
Shisui remained unmoved and continued fighting. Like Kakashi, he was an all-around fighter, well versed in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, Genjutsu. Even several Hidden Mist ninjas working together found it difficult to gain any advantage against him.
Though Shisui was young, he had read many books. Takagi Shinji's outrageous lie naturally could not fool him.
If he left, Takagi Shinji's squad definitely would not last three minutes.
There were three Hidden Mist jonin, along with nine chunin and genin.
"Shisui, you may be a genius, but just this once, let me look cool." Uesugi Tetsu struggled to locate Shisui