The Third Kazekage raised a hand, and Sand Iron once again filled the sky. But—
He understood that dealing with this Mirror Clone would be easy. However, he had already expended a great deal and was wounded. Trying to pursue Akashi Uchiha's fleeing real body now was probably unrealistic.
If the Third Kazekage had known Akashi well enough, he would have realized—
Akashi was more accustomed to holding a sickle in his right hand and a war fan in his left. More importantly, the remaining arm of Akashi's Susanoo was on the right!
That "mirror-image Akashi" should have held the sickle in his left hand, yet other than when drawing his bow, he had always held it in his right. Meanwhile, the Akashi who looked like the real body had his Susanoo on his left arm—
What should have been mirrored was not, while what should not have been mirrored was.
If he had responded carefully, he would definitely have noticed something was off.
Unfortunately, the Third Kazekage had known nothing about Akashi before this!
If the Kazekage had been in the village from the start, he might have remembered some of Akashi's characteristics after seeing that crude Susanoo.
But the Kazekage had never met him before. In his eyes, Akashi Uchiha had merely been an insignificant nobody, so naturally he had never bothered to inquire closely into his habits.
More importantly—
The Third Kazekage had never considered that a clone could use Susanoo!
Was this thing really that casual?
Akashi's real body, sprinting at high speed, saw the battle through their shared vision and could not help stopping to look back—
But after staring for a moment, he lowered his head and continued running wildly.
If Akashi had known his plan would succeed so well, he would not have