I'll be hit first! With the spiraling water spear reflected in his eyes, along with the cloud of white mist blasted out by the Shadow Clone Jutsu that was dispersing faster after being pierced by it, the Third Raikage was shocked. Yet a thought naturally surfaced in his mind, as though it had surpassed the shock of the sudden attack itself: he had to stop his attack on the Uchiha Clan brat. Even if he did not stop, the water spear would strike his chest first. And judging by its momentum, it would most likely interrupt his attack just as Hell Stab touched the Uchiha brat's chest, cutting it off! At almost the same time, more information flooded his mind. The speed of his downward thrust gradually slowed, but the lightning current did not diminish in the slightest. The three-fingered claw formed from the Lightning Release Chakra Cloak grew even more solid.
Damn it!
He had held something back? That look, that stance, the aura radiating from his entire body—had it all been an act? That Taki Chiba!
I was fooled! And by the same simple tactic I use, a tactic so simple it could not be any simpler—launching an attack I cannot evade at the very instant I attack! As those thoughts surfaced in his mind, this thought rose in his heart as well.
Perhaps Taki Chiba, like me, had not been certain he could absolutely injure me with his previous attack or achieve the result he wanted, so he set up this backup...
No! Or perhaps this time, he used the original body's attack as bait, while this hidden move was the real attack! Whether from my current position or from where I had originally fought Taki Chiba, this hidden move could snipe me perfectly! The Third Raikage