Kisame Hoshigaki looked at Itachi and asked, "Mr. Itachi, can he withstand your Mangekyō Sharingan?"
Yeyu's ninjutsu was incredibly powerful. If he could even block Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan, then his strength was simply absurd.
Itachi nodded. "He can."
Just one word, yet Kisame Hoshigaki's face filled with shock.
"That guy can actually block Mr. Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan? You've got to be kidding me?!"
Kisame Hoshigaki was utterly stunned, hardly daring to believe it.
In Kisame Hoshigaki's eyes, Itachi was second only to the leader within Akatsuki.
Over the years, he had seen Itachi fight many times.
He was truly powerful.
Especially his Mangekyō Sharingan—once activated, no one could possibly be his opponent.
No one could resist the Mangekyō Sharingan.
Yet that kid, who was about the same age as Second Pillar, could actually withstand Itachi's Mangekyō Sharingan.
It was too great a shock to him.
Itachi Uchiha glanced at Kisame Hoshigaki. "Like you, I only exchanged one move with him."
"My Mangekyō Sharingan's genjutsu had no effect on him whatsoever. He blocked my genjutsu with sheer spiritual power alone. My genjutsu did not affect him for even a second."
Kisame Hoshigaki was even more shocked.
"It didn't even work on him?"
He had assumed Yeyu had dispelled Itachi Uchiha's genjutsu himself.
That would have been equally unbelievable.
But he could still understand it.
Yet Itachi had said it had not even taken effect. That was simply terrifying.
It meant Yeyu's power was even more frightening than he had previously imagined.
Everyone else was stunned as well.
No one in Akatsuki doubted Itachi's strength.
They simply had not expected that someone in this world could render Itachi's genjutsu ineffective.
Ineffective, not resisted.
Though the outcome was the same, the difference was enormous.
Even Nagato wore a grave expression and remained silent.