The person who had launched a sneak attack from the shadows was immediately hauled out, then tumbled awkwardly onto the water, splashing mud all over his face.
"Damn it, how are the Uchiha Clan so strong?"
The man had thought his Kage Level strength would let him put up a fight against someone from the Uchiha Clan. He might even have been able to kill his opponent.
Unfortunately, it had taken only one exchange for him to realize he was nowhere near a match for the Uchiha Clan.
He had no way to break through Susanoo alone.
"So you're the Kage Level ninja in charge of this area?" Izori looked him up and down.
Then she seemed a little disappointed. "You're pretty average. You're Kage Level, yet you have to rely on sneak attacks to win. You're pathetic."
The man's clothes were tattered, just like a Ronin's, so he had to be the one guarding this place.
Hearing how contemptuously Izori spoke of him, he flew into a rage. "Cut the crap! Besides your bloodline, what else does the Uchiha Clan have to brag about? You're just a bunch of lucky bastards!"
Then he laughed maniacally. "You and I are both Kage Level ninja. How much stronger can you be than me? I'll kill you right now!"
The man swung his steel whip with all his might and began forming Hand Seals. As he poured out Chakra, the steel whip in his hand, which had been lashing toward Izori, split into three.
He seemed able to control them freely with his thoughts, too.
One came straight at Izori, while the other two rapidly closed in from outside her field of vision.
To make the steel whips sharp enough to tear through Susanoo, the man had even coated them with a