I couldn't shake the feeling that my emotions were rather complicated.
As he watched string after string of bubbles rise and burst, a complicated expression flickered across Uchiha Nobuhiko's face.
The corners of his mouth curled up slightly, yet also seemed to dip downward.
He seemed pleased, yet disappointed at the same time.
But this was good too! At least he would not misjudge Taki Chiba's strength, nor would he need to cautiously doubt anything anymore.
Now, this moment, was the end!
And as those feelings of pleasure and disappointment passed through him, the last trace of confusion in Uchiha Nobuhiko's heart vanished completely.
Then, he straightened slightly and slowly drew back his downward-chopping right hand.
If he had been dealt with that easily, I would only have grown more suspicious. This is perfect—just perfect! I do not have much Chakra left either!
This ends here! This time, I will crush him—crush him completely!
At that moment, as he withdrew his hand, he raised his head slightly. Beneath his tousled bangs, his Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan shone with a brilliant scarlet light. The fierce fighting spirit that had not appeared in his eyes for so long erupted completely at this instant.
"Boom!"
At that moment, the right arm of the Amaterasu-form Perfect Susanoo suddenly rose. Under the tremendous force of the giant blade being pulled free, the lake surface abruptly exploded.
Then, amid the scattering spray and towering cascades, a pair of enormous wooden hands—held together in prayer, yet resembling the stance of catching a blade barehanded—seemed caught off guard and were dragged out by that sudden pull.
"Clang!"
Amid the screech of metal grinding against metal, the giant blade that had been violently pulled upward came to a halt in midair the instant it emerged from the water, dragging the