Kokushibo was startled when he heard the voice. He whipped around, and all six pupils in his three pairs of eyes contracted at once. The Sasuke he had just cut in half at the waist was standing right before him, completely unharmed!
Then his gaze swept over the ground.
Not only were the two halves of the body gone, but the blood that had splattered everywhere moments ago had vanished without a trace.
To his horror, even the fresh scent of blood in the air had disappeared.
"How is this possible!?"
The sight before him was beyond his understanding.
He had roamed the Shinobi World for a long time and seen plenty of strange and unusual ninjutsu. But beneath his Clear World, he could see through more than just the Clone Technique used as a distraction. Even high-level techniques like the Shadow Clone Technique, which created tangible copies, could be exposed by his Clear World and a demon's precise perception of the scent of flesh and blood.
In other words,
even the Shadow Clone Technique, which was difficult to distinguish from reality even with various visual techniques, could hardly fool Kokushibo.
Besides, the sensation of his blade cutting through Sasuke and the enticing blood sprayed from Sasuke's body had left Kokushibo utterly certain that he had killed him.
So, seeing Sasuke standing before him completely unharmed, he lost his composure for once.
Haku looked surprised too, but with a powerful enemy before them, he didn't ask any questions.
Sasuke looked past Kokushibo at Haku. "Don't interfere. This time, I'm going to tear him apart for good!"
"Okay. Be careful!"
Haku hesitated briefly, then nodded and stepped aside.
With Haku's answer, Sasuke fixed his gaze on Upper Moon Two again and said through gritted teeth, "I'm going to kill you today!"