Shinno spun around at lightning speed and drove his knee into Uchiha Fugaku's abdomen.
Although Uchiha Fugaku switched from offense to defense in an instant,
he blocked with both arms.
he was still struck by Shinno's high-speed reactive knee strike.
"Planning to launch a sneak attack?"
Shinno mocked him.
"Unfortunately..."
Bang!!
Uchiha Fugaku was sent flying.
"Fight back, 'Fugaku of the Fierce Eyes'... use the power hidden within you..."
Watching Uchiha Fugaku fall and then struggle back to his feet, Shinno assumed an attacking stance.
"..."
Uchiha Fugaku did not answer. Instead, he expressed his response through his eyes.
Facing the intimidating gaze of the Three-Tomoe Sharingan,
Shinno was merely somewhat puzzled.
"Why refuse...? I can perceive the negative emotions in people's hearts, and I have deeply sensed a power sleeping within you that interests this old man..."
"..."
Uchiha Fugaku charged over and thrust his Kunai toward Shinno's neck.
Shinno's arm swept out, leaving afterimages.
he easily blocked the attack.
The Kunai pierced into his forearm.
Shinno extended his other hand and grabbed Uchiha Fugaku's wrist.
"Fugaku of the Fierce Eyes... the Uchiha leader who makes shinobi from every nation tremble... what a pity. This is where it ends..."
Shinno looked towards the ground, sorrow appearing in his eyes.
That was right. It truly was sorrow.
"All your arduous training, that so-called 'power gained through the accumulation of time,' amounts to nothing in the end..."
Training is inferior to supernatural power.
Accumulation over time is inferior to a single instant.
"Humans are very fragile..."
Shinno easily pried Uchiha Fugaku's wrist open.
Uchiha Fugaku gritted his teeth, his arm trembling, yet he could not shake Shinno's grip in the slightest.
Meanwhile, the wound on Shinno's arm began healing again.
"...Without sharp fangs or claws, they accomplish nothing but weeping. But...