The fist, as large as a cooking pot, arrived in the blink of an eye.
The rope in his hand was just as clear.
Before Uchiha Izumi's Mangekyō ability had fully matured,
he would seize her by physical means as much as possible.
That was Hyuga Sho's strategy.
Or rather... Uchiha Izumi's weakness.
"Ugh..."
Within the slow flow of time,
Uchiha Izumi thought for a moment.
She gritted her teeth.
She seemed very unhappy that her weakness had been temporarily exposed.
"As expected of my master... You always go straight for my weaknesses..."
Uchiha Izumi muttered.
"But, Master, you also taught me that as long as the green hills remain, there will never be a shortage of firewood... If you're facing a powerful enemy and aren't their match, running away isn't shameful..."
Uchiha Izumi put what she had learned into practice as her thoughts raced.
Having been thoroughly molded into her master's shape, she had naturally inherited some of her master's distinctive ways of thinking.
"There's no other choice... Since I'm at a temporary disadvantage, I'll retreat first... I'll find somewhere to hide and slowly cultivate my Eye Power. Once I've fully adapted to it, I'll come back... and make Master mine..."
Uchiha Izumi took one last reluctant look at her master.
Then she activated the Mangekyō's acceleration ability once more.
In an instant... she vanished from before her master.
"!"
Hyuga Sho's grasping hand missed Uchiha Izumi by the narrowest margin. It had nearly caught her.
But in the end...
"She got away..."
Hyuga Sho looked into the distance.
A blurry shadow was rapidly moving away.
At that speed,
he most likely couldn't catch up.
Rather...
"She's gotten even faster..."
Hyuga Sho muttered.
At the instant he had made his move, Hyuga Sho had been confident that he could