Hand...
It didn't break? The vivid red Sharingan rapidly swept over the scenery flashing past from the side, but Kakashi's gaze fell on the slightly oddly bent arm pressed almost against his face, covering a depression in the shadowed part of his face. A faintly relieved yet unsurprised thought flashed through his mind.
"When?"
At that moment, a wave of shocked cries rose from among the new Genin.
At this instant, everyone's gaze—including those of Asuma, Kurenai Yuhi, and Might Guy—fell upon the spot where Kakashi had been standing before he was sent flying.
At that moment, in the air behind where Kakashi had been standing—or rather, where he had originally stood—a pale-haired young man hung in the posture of a midair side kick, beginning to descend slightly.
"You didn't see it either? Isn't the Sharingan able to see through Chakra flow?"
At that moment, Uzumaki Naruto's startled voice came from Team 7's position. He was clearly speaking to Second Pillar beside him.
"No."
In response to his teammate's astonished question, Second Pillar frowned slightly, nodded, and said so.
He truly had not seen how Chiba had appeared behind Kakashi, even with his Sharingan activated.
This was already the second time he had failed to see how Chiba had appeared.
The first was when Chiba's three clones had launched the same attack earlier. The second was now.
There had been absolutely no warning.
This guy...
So he trusts me that much? At that moment, compared to his frustration over failing twice to see Chiba's attacks, Second Pillar was more concerned with his teammate's attitude toward him.
Although Naruto's words sounded as if he were rubbing salt into his wounds, beneath them lay deep trust in him.
Rather than saying, "You have the Sharingan, yet you still couldn't see it?" it