Scoundrel Tactics Succeed, Uchiha Itachi Captured

With a low shout from Minagawa Uchiha, a black Half-Body Giant appeared, clad in ancient Chinese-style scale armor, wearing a face-covering helmet, and wielding a long spear.

Feeling that he could control the Susanoo Half-Body Giant as easily as his own limbs, Minagawa Uchiha raised its spear at the red Half-Body Giant before him and brought it down in a savage slash.

Sensing the intense Chakra fluctuations behind him, Uchiha Itachi immediately became alert. Turning around, he saw Minagawa Uchiha directly form a Susanoo. Though he was greatly surprised that Minagawa Uchiha could manifest a Susanoo so effortlessly, Uchiha Itachi was not one to wait helplessly for death. He immediately raised his shield to block the opponent's heavy downward strike.

Then, the gourd in his right hand spewed sword light like flames, sweeping toward Minagawa Uchiha's Susanoo in a waist-level slash. Minagawa Uchiha did not evade. With a turn of his Mangekyō Sharingan, he clearly saw the Totsuka Blade's attack path. With a flick of the spear shaft, its tip struck the Totsuka Blade's edge.

Bang!

A thunderous crash erupted between the two giants, forcing them each back a step. Then they traded blows, and the two Half-Body Giants became locked in battle once more.

Minagawa Uchiha knew full well that the only reason he could exchange blows with Uchiha Itachi was the Mangekyō Sharingan's powerful dynamic vision, which let him track the other man's attack paths and defend accordingly. But he also understood that prolonged defense would inevitably lead to a mistake.

Moreover, in a battle between beings of such enormous size, Minagawa Uchiha was inside the Susanoo and could not observe the entire situation through his Sharingan. If Uchiha Itachi seized this point and attacked from one of the Sharingan's blind spots, he would be in danger.

Knowing that, Minagawa Uchiha grew somewhat anxious. Besides, if this battle continued, not only would more nearby buildings be destroyed, but his clone would have no chance to make a move at all.

This can't continue. At this point, I can only try a shameless street-brawler style!

His combat experience could not compare to Uchiha Itachi's, but Minagawa Uchiha came up with a countermeasure. Since he was inferior in combat experience, he would simply abandon combat experience altogether. Not only would he stop relying on it himself—he could make his opponent abandon it too.

That was the street-brawler style, also known as the rolling-on-the-ground style!

During their next clash, Minagawa Uchiha seized the right moment and diverted Uchiha Itachi's blade to the side. At the same time, he abandoned his spear, rushed straight into the other giant's embrace, spread his Susanoo's arms, and tightly locked around the other's arms before suddenly exerting force through its waist.

A comical scene appeared on the battlefield!

The red and black Half-Body Giants pressed their chests together, their foreheads butting against each other. The black giant's arms tightly embraced the red giant, while the red giant's shield arm was pinned by its own shield and could not exert any strength. Only the wrist holding the sword could move slightly. Its range of motion was far too limited, and it could not reach any other part of the black giant at all.

With no other choice, the red giant could only strain with all its strength, trying to force apart the black giant's arms. Its head also shoved forward with all its might, attempting to knock the black giant to the ground...

Uchiha Itachi was somewhat dumbfounded. There was actually such a shameless fighting style? He had just discovered the weakness of his opponent's lack of combat experience and was about to seize the chance to deliver a ruthless blow, yet his opponent had suddenly pulled something like this. Even with his abundant battle experience, he could not think of a good response for the moment.

The only way to break free now was to disperse his Susanoo. But if he did, he would not be able to defeat his opponent. If he formed it again, his expenditure would certainly be greater than the other man's, making it a poor trade. Worse, he might very well end up in this same awkward situation again.

If he did not disperse his Susanoo and instead competed in consumption, that was indeed a more promising approach. The other man had to restrict his movements, which would inevitably consume more Dojutsu Power. In the end, the one who could not hold out would surely be his opponent.

And once his opponent's energy was sufficiently depleted, when the Anbu on the perimeter charged in, he would have no way to escape. Then he could only perish alongside the Uchiha Clan, and Uchiha Itachi would have fulfilled his agreement with Shimura Danzō.

Having made up his mind, Uchiha Itachi silently began competing with his opponent in consumption.

But at that moment, Minagawa Uchiha's clone seized the huge opening created by their struggle.

Earth Release: Double Suicide Decapitation Technique!

Just as Uchiha Itachi was focusing entirely on draining Minagawa Uchiha's Dojutsu Power, a pair of small hands suddenly reached up from beneath his feet and instantly pulled him into the earth. His entire body was restrained by the solid ground, leaving only his head exposed.

Without his Dojutsu Power continuing to sustain it, his Susanoo dispersed into the air.

The instant the red Half-Body Giant vanished, Minagawa Uchiha's embrace closed on empty air from sheer momentum. The black Half-Body Giant also staggered forward out of control, nearly falling over.

Rather than being alarmed, Minagawa Uchiha was delighted. He immediately knew his clone had succeeded, hurriedly dispelled his Susanoo, and rushed toward the restrained Uchiha Itachi.

When Minagawa Uchiha arrived at his clone's location, he saw Uchiha Itachi tightly bound on the ground, with the Chakra fluctuations from his body nearly nonexistent. Minagawa Uchiha relaxed, knowing that his clone must have already used Fuinjutsu to seal Uchiha Itachi's Chakra.

After dismissing the clone, Minagawa Uchiha also learned how it had captured Uchiha Itachi just now.

"What a dramatic scene. A proud Uchiha genius who awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan actually fell to a mere C-rank ninjutsu. That really is the Ninja World's special charm!"

He had long known that ninja were the type of profession with high offense and low defense. No matter how powerful a ninja was, as long as their weakness was exposed, they could be targeted and killed. Yet seeing Uchiha Itachi, so powerful that many netizens praised him as the "Itachi God," lose because of a single C-rank ninjutsu still made him sigh inwardly.

Thinking that the same thing could happen to him, and that he had no way to find a suitable countermeasure, Minagawa Uchiha felt deeply irritated.

After all, in the Ninja World, aside from the Complete Body Susanoo and Lightning Armor, which could somewhat withstand attacks, every other form of defense relied entirely on dodging. Even the Complete Body Susanoo and Lightning Armor could not be maintained at all times. Even lions had moments of drowsiness, and intangibility was not a passive skill.

And the Ninja World's tactics favored exploiting people's weaknesses for sneak attacks. Even someone as powerful as Kaguya Otsutsuki could be sealed after losing focus for an instant. One could only lament that ninja truly were not a profession that pursued balance.

Minagawa Uchiha could only remind himself to take this as a warning. Before he solved these problems, he could only remain vigilant at all times, refuse to stand out, and keep a low profile. That was the way to survive for the long term.