Come and Go in a Hurry

Itachi Uchiha could not figure out how that young man and Kurenai Yuhi had vanished. With his reflexes and eyesight, it was impossible for him not to notice even a trace. Over the years, he had encountered countless powerful fighters, and he had that much confidence in himself.

"Spatial ninjutsu?"

Turning his gaze toward the shore, he saw Yinsen standing there, not far behind Asuma, while Kurenai Yuhi was crouched halfway down.

Unlike Yinsen, who was completely unaffected, Kurenai Yuhi did not feel very well after experiencing Instant Transmission through spatial ninjutsu for the first time. The abrupt shift in space left her dazed for an instant. At that moment, she realized that the Flying Thunder God Technique was not something just anyone could use. To kill as effortlessly as the Fourth Hokage, one needed not only to master this spatial ninjutsu, but also possess incredibly strong balance and reaction speed.

Clearly, Yinsen was a young man with that kind of talent. Perhaps the Third Hokage had seen that and allowed him to learn this ninjutsu.

"Are you all right?"

"I'm fine."

With Yinsen's support, Kurenai Yuhi had not suffered any injury. However, her specialty had been countered by the enemy, and that awkward situation left her looking grim.

The correct choice at this moment was for her to leave and seek reinforcements, leaving the enemy to Yinsen and Asuma.

But as a strong-willed woman, Kurenai Yuhi could not accept fleeing in the middle of a battle and leaving the enemy to a Genin. She had heard that Yinsen was about to be promoted to Chunin, but there was no real difference. Not long ago, Yinsen had still been receiving her instruction under her command.

"How could I let a student stand at the front?"

So she did not leave.