Making a Name for Himself!

The tide of battle changed in an instant.

What had been Yakumo struggling alone against Hiruko became a fight between Yakumo, Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto on one side, and two Akatsuki Organization members—Hiruko and Raiga Kurosuki—on the other!

Seeing Raiga Kurosuki, who had just joined the battle, standing opposite them with the Lightning Blade Fang in hand, the Konoha side didn't dare let their guard down. They no longer dared underestimate any Akatsuki Organization member wearing a Red Cloud outfit.

Hiruko, his five senses restored, glared at Yakumo through gritted teeth. "That was a very clever genjutsu! I never thought that besides Wood Release and Dojutsu Kekkei Genkai, you'd also have such a remarkable talent for genjutsu. You've really surprised me!"

Raiga Kurosuki tilted his head and glanced at Hiruko.

For a moment, he couldn't tell whether Hiruko was being sincere or just making excuses for getting caught in a genjutsu.

Kakashi, Sasuke, and Naruto glanced at Yakumo.

It wasn't hard to tell from Hiruko's words that Yakumo had just engaged him in a genjutsu battle—and won.

Considering that Shinji had also defeated Hiruko with genjutsu, the three immediately concluded that Hiruko might be strong in other areas, but genjutsu was probably his weakness!

Seeing the expressions on their faces, Hiruko guessed what they were thinking, and his face grew even more unpleasant.

For the briefest moment, even he began to wonder if his genjutsu was so pathetic that he kept getting taken by surprise by kids.

Yakumo, however, felt no sense of triumph. On the contrary, her feelings were complicated.

"Ido" was shouting in her mindscape. "Damn it, damn it! We were so close to killing him! If only we had the Red Dragon Eye, we would've killed him just now!"

Yakumo replied in her mind, "His Dojutsu is