Trap!

Shinji had every reason to be dissatisfied.

First, Hiruko was clearly very unfamiliar with using Susanoo. Second, Hiruko had already fought fiercely against Yakumo and the other Konoha Ninja for a long time using Susanoo, and his Dojutsu had been greatly depleted.

Under these circumstances, Shinji had gone all out with the Twelve Palaces, yet it had taken him a full six punches to shatter Hiruko's Susanoo. There was nothing to be proud of.

But to everyone else, what Shinji had just done was utterly astonishing.

"He—he punched a huge hole through Susanoo?"

Naruto rubbed his eyes and asked Yakumo and Sasuke beside him, his voice uncertain.

Yakumo stared blankly. "I-I think so!"

"How is that possible?!"

Sasuke swallowed, his eyes full of disbelief.

Over the past few days, he had kept adjusting his assessment of Shinji's strength, but now he realized he had still underestimated him.

Kakashi was no less shocked than Naruto and the others. He stared wide-eyed, baffled, and wondered, How did he do that?

After all, even his Lightning Blade hadn't pierced Hiruko's Susanoo. Yet Shinji had punched a huge hole through it with nothing but his fists. It completely upended Kakashi's understanding.

Some distance away.

"Huh?"

Standing in a tree and watching the battlefield closely, the Third couldn't help letting out a surprised exclamation.

As the man known as the Ninjutsu Professor, he could tell that Shinji had used some kind of Taijutsu secret technique to shatter Hiruko's Susanoo. But no matter how hard he racked his brain, he couldn't think of a single Taijutsu secret technique that fit what he had just seen.

The Third's ANBU exchanged glances.

"What was that move just now?"

"It definitely wasn't the Eight Gates!"

"Could it have been Lord Tsunade's Superhuman Strength Punch?"

They whispered among themselves, trying