Watching the vines lash out across an ever-widening area at ever-increasing speed, Sasuke, who had been dodging nonstop, couldn't help shouting, "Yakumo, have you gone crazy? You're using a jutsu this powerful at school! Aren't you afraid you'll hurt someone?"
As soon as the words left his mouth, he froze.
Then he looked around and realized the area was completely deserted. He was the only one on the entire training field.
"Genjutsu!?"
Realizing he'd fallen victim to a genjutsu, Sasuke was both shocked and furious, his face flushing red.
He'd never imagined that he, with his newly awakened Three-Tomoe Sharingan, would fall for a genjutsu—especially during a practice match against one of his classmates at the Ninja Academy.
He then bit through his lip and used the sharp pain to break free of Yakumo's genjutsu.
As the genjutsu faded, everything around him returned to normal. The bustling training field, the classmates watching from the sidelines, and Yakumo sitting on the ground nearby, catching her breath—all of them came into view.
"Damn it!"
Sasuke was mortified and furious.
He wouldn't have been this angry if he'd been defeated by ninjutsu or taijutsu. Being defeated by genjutsu, the Uchiha Clan's greatest specialty, was simply too humiliating.
Nearby.
"Just as expected of Sasuke!"
Kakashi nodded slightly.
Asuma chuckled in agreement. "He really is a sharp kid!"
Since Naruto had been taken away by Jiraiya and Tsunade for special training, the two of them no longer needed to divide their attention. They only had to keep an eye on Sasuke.
So they'd seen what had just happened on the training field.
They'd been a little surprised that Sasuke had fallen for Yakumo's genjutsu. But on second thought, the Kurama Clan was also a clan of genjutsu masters. They also knew, more or less, that