Heat waves rolled through the air.
Another massive fireball shot forth, striking a nearby tree.
"I hit it! I hit it!"
Uchiha Tekka said excitedly.
"..."
Uchiha Shisui was speechless.
He had still been fighting a battle of wits against thin air.
Uchiha Shisui stepped forward and looked at Hikawa. After exchanging glances for several seconds, he stopped in front of Uchiha Tekka.
He reached out and sent Chakra into Tekka's body, dispelling his genjutsu.
The Hikawa before his eyes turned into a tree.
The delight on Uchiha Tekka's face instantly froze. He blurted out, "What's going on?!"
"Brother Tekka, you were caught in a genjutsu."
Uchiha Shisui said gravely.
"Impossible!"
Uchiha Tekka immediately denied it.
But after glancing at the scorched tree, then at Hikawa in the distance, he soon looked dejected.
"I... I'm an Uchiha, yet I was defeated by genjutsu."
Uchiha Tekka said listlessly.
"Brother Tekka, it's not your fault."
Uchiha Shisui shook his head and comforted him.
"..."
Uchiha Tekka did not know what to say.
"Are we still fighting?"
At that moment, Hikawa's voice rang out.
Uchiha Tekka subconsciously looked up, only to realize Hikawa was not looking at him, but at Uchiha Shisui.
He could not help feeling angry, but soon found it perfectly natural.
The weak deserved humiliation.
That had always been the Uchiha Clan's creed. They acknowledged only the strong.
"Me?"
Uchiha Shisui was somewhat surprised.
"I've heard your name before."
Hikawa smiled.
Uchiha Shisui immediately felt flattered.
After hesitating for several seconds, he said, "Please guide me."
After seeing Uchiha Tekka's crushing defeat, he had planned to challenge Hikawa after some time had passed, when he might have had a better chance.
But now that it had come to this, there was no reason to back down.
Hikawa and Uchiha Shisui