"How is that possible?!"
"What kind of jutsu is this?"
"'A' is actually this strong?"
Shielding themselves from the dust and gusts kicked up by the towering Susanoo's collapse, everyone stared in disbelief.
According to the village's records, Akatsuki Organization's "A" was only a Mangekyō Sharingan-wielding Uchiha. Compared with Hiruko, who possessed five different Kekkei Genkai and an equally powerful pair of Mangekyō Sharingan, he shouldn't have had any advantage.
And yet the battle had become completely one-sided.
Not only the Konoha shinobi, but even Neji and Kimimaro, standing behind Shinji, were taken aback.
Others might not have recognized it, but having recently used the Tenseigan themselves, they immediately recognized the ocular jutsu their leader had used to repel Hiruko's Susanoo: the repulsion ability of the Tenseigan!
Yakumo and Shion also looked stunned.
Just as everyone braced themselves, waiting for Hiruko to control the Susanoo and launch another attack, Neji suddenly cried out, "No good! He's escaped!"
Nearby, Temari heard him and, forcing herself to act, unleashed Wind Release Ninjutsu to blow away the dust.
As the dust cleared, everyone on the battlefield stared wide-eyed. Hiruko was nowhere to be seen beneath the Susanoo.
Clearly,
Hiruko had only summoned the Susanoo at the end to bluff them. The moment Ranmaru fled, he had decided to retreat as well.
But intimidated by Shinji's power, he hadn't dared to flee outright. Afraid Shinji would pursue him relentlessly, he had summoned the Susanoo to create confusion.
"How did he manage that?"
Yakumo stared blankly.
Neji and Kimimaro exchanged bewildered looks.
Shinji wasn't particularly surprised. As long as one had enough Dojutsu, leaving a Susanoo empty was nothing. Even summoning five or ten Susanoo at once wasn't beyond imagination.
During the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original timeline, Madara Uchiha had summoned twenty-five