Uchiha Shisui reacted with incredible speed, promptly letting go of the ninja blade that had been heated red-hot. He retreated rapidly, narrowly avoiding the massive blue flames.
As he fell back, he swiftly formed hand seals. The tomoe in his Sharingan spun rapidly, and when Yugito turned to look back, he used the crossing of their gazes to cast a genjutsu.
"Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique!"
Shisui successfully dragged Yugito into the genjutsu, but the Two-Tails Matatabi immediately broke it.
Yugito Nii asked with a smug smile, "Do Konoha ninja not know that I'm a Jinchuriki, or do they not know that Jinchuriki are immune to genjutsu?"
As she spoke, her figure flashed forward. Her hands grabbed for Uchiha Shisui's face, while the two tails behind her formed fists of condensed chakra and smashed down at Shisui's head from above.
How could such a crude attack possibly hit him?
Uchiha Shisui merely lowered his body, kicked off sideways from the ground, and easily evaded the attack. Seizing the opening Yugito exposed by committing fully to her assault, he launched a fierce counterattack.
To be honest, Shisui had been extremely cautious when he attacked. He had held back at least half his strength in reserve for any sudden changes.
Yugito Nii's all-out attack had come out of nowhere, and the way she exposed such an opening was as immature as a freshly graduated genin.
So Shisui worried that the opening had been deliberately offered by the enemy, a trap aimed at his overwhelming speed.
Yet he still attacked without hesitation.
Even if it was a trap, the opening was real—a chance to kill a ninja!
What Uchiha Shisui had not expected was that his counterattack succeeded. The kunai in his hand pierced into Yugito's left side, beneath her ribs.
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