"We got him!"
"Good!"
"Senior Guy, nice one!"
Seeing Guy seize the timing with incredible precision and land a flying kick squarely on 'Itachi Uchiha,' the whole team was instantly elated.
To be honest, the sight of 'Itachi Uchiha' instantly killing Sasuke had genuinely frightened them.
No matter how one looked at it, Sasuke was a Mangekyō Sharingan Uchiha, and he had not made any obvious mistakes in their exchange just now.
So everyone found it hard to accept how quickly—and how miserably—Sasuke had been defeated.
Caw, caw, caw.
Yet before the joy could spread across their faces, a cawing sound came from the sky.
Then everyone saw that Itachi, who had been kicked by Guy, had split apart in midair, transforming into several pitch-black Ninja Crows.
"A Crow Clone!?" Kakashi was stunned. "When did he—?"
The one who had fought Sasuke just now had to have been Itachi's real body. Otherwise, he could not possibly have used 'Susanoo.'
Kakashi had privately confirmed this point with Sasuke.
At least at the Mangekyō Sharingan stage—or at least for Sasuke—it was impossible to use a Shadow Clone to activate 'Susanoo.'
Whoosh.
Just then, Itachi appeared behind Darui in a flash.
Darui was startled and instinctively whipped around, coincidentally meeting 'Itachi Uchiha's' scarlet eyes.
Their gazes met!
In the next instant, Darui's pupils contracted, then began to lose focus.
Thud.
Before Ryūsetsuna or Chiyo could react, Darui collapsed to the ground and passed out.
"Don't look him in the eye!"
As Kakashi shouted the warning, he also activated his own Mangekyō Sharingan and closed his ordinary right eye.
Having one Mangekyō Sharingan himself, Kakashi knew all too well how greatly it enhanced genjutsu. Thus, although he was not an Uchiha, he firmly believed in the saying that only the Mangekyō Sharingan could oppose