"Wait a little longer. Don't rush in the moment they grab the cards. Stay calm."
Shiyu kept waiting until Kakashi and Obito had picked up their third card.
"Now! Move!" Shiyu called, and Kurenai and Nao charged out alongside him.
Nao quickly formed Hand Seals. "Wind Release: Breakthrough!"
Shiyu coordinated with Nao. "Fire Style: Fire Dragon Bullet!"
The Fire Dragon Bullet was already powerful on its own. With Nao's Wind Release boosting it, it didn't become a Compound Ninjutsu, but the increase in its power was still considerable.
"Dodge!" Kakashi shouted. He narrowly evaded the attack, then glanced over his shoulder. The ground beside the tower had been blasted into a huge crater.
"What incredible power!" Kakashi was stunned.
Shiyu hadn't missed. He'd deliberately aimed wide. After breathing out the Fire Dragon Bullet, he controlled the dragon of flame, deliberately separating the three of them.
Kurenai had already engaged Rin Nohara, while Obito was fighting Kakashi Nao.
Kakashi, meanwhile, had spotted Shiyu.
"It's you! Uchiha Shigure!" Kakashi said. "I never thought you'd be the one to ambush us. I've been wondering when I'd get the chance to fight you. I truly hope you'll fall by my hand."
"Shiyu!" Obito was stunned too.
"Distracted while fighting me?" Nao's attacks came one after another, leaving Obito struggling to defend himself.
"So it was you, Shiyu-sensei!" Rin Nohara recognized them.
"As your senior, I don't want you saying I picked on you. You carelessly turned your backs on us just now. Our jutsu could have eliminated all three of you, but I deliberately aimed wide and only separated you. I've done more than enough as your senior, haven't I?"
"Kakashi, Obito, Rin, I'll give you a chance!"
"If any one of you defeats the opponent in front of you, we'll concede. We'll hand