Forget it, forget it.
Sasuke no longer felt like staying here, either. With a thought, he left Cell No. 1 and arrived in Cell No. 3, where Elder Nobuhiko was.
"Sasuke, that Mangekyo's Dojutsu is...?" The moment Sasuke appeared, Elder Nobuhiko eagerly asked.
"Kamui!" Sasuke didn't hide it, simply explaining, "It's a Dojutsu that can distort space."
"A space-based Dojutsu?" Elder Nobuhiko drew in a sharp breath.
Though he hadn't seen the Dojutsu's power with his own eyes, just the words "distort space" were enough for him to easily judge how terrifying it was!
"Sasuke, can this Dojutsu be retained?"
Elder Nobuhiko knew Sasuke had fused his Mangekyo, but didn't know it had been fused as a second eye. He thought it had replaced Sasuke's own, so he couldn't help worrying.
"Of course."
Sasuke had already looked into it: abilities obtained through the Soul Space retained their Dojutsu after fusion.
"That's a relief." Elder Nobuhiko finally let out a breath.
If Sasuke couldn't keep it, then his decision to let Sasuke fuse with his eye would have made him a sinner.
Using its ocular power to replace the blind Izanagi Dojutsu in Sasuke's left eye seemed like a good deal, but compared to the space-distorting Kamui, it didn't even come close. After all, Elder Nobuhiko's vision was limited to the current shinobi world. He hadn't witnessed Six Paths Mode or the Ōtsutsuki aliens, and didn't believe anyone in the future could kill Sasuke.
Without paying Elder Nobuhiko any further attention, Sasuke focused on why he'd come here: to fuse abilities. He formed the thought.
Extract and fuse Kakashi's abilities!
Ding!
Fusion in progress... Fusion successful!
Sasuke closed and reopened his eyes. They turned scarlet Mangekyo, and the pattern in his left eye had changed!
Great. I guess I have a Single-Eye Eternal now, right?
Feeling the immense ocular power in his left eye, he knew it had evolved into an Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan!
Remembering that he still had the Kamui eye he'd dug out of Kakashi's socket, his gaze flickered.
That eye's a left eye too, and I didn't obtain it through the Soul Space. Without Obito's blood relation, I can't even fuse it into my left eye...
Time flew by. It was now Konoha, Year 51.
Inside the Soul Space.
Nearly eight years old now, Uchiha Izumi leapt down from the tree where she'd been hiding, swinging her long sword down in a flash of cold light!
"Your movements are too big." Hearing the rush of air behind him, Elder Nobuhiko casually offered his criticism. With his hands behind his back, he stepped his right foot back and to the left, then lightly leaned his body to the right as if strolling through a garden.
"Crap~" Seeing her sword strike down right beside Elder Nobuhiko, Uchiha Izumi's pupils contracted. Her momentum was spent, and she couldn't change her move.
Then a fist shot upward like lightning!
"Pfft~!!!"
Uchiha Izumi doubled over in pain as the punch struck her abdomen. With a poof, she turned into smoke.
"Shadow Clone..." Clan Head Nobuhiko raised an eyebrow. He knew this had only been a feint and that the next attack would come soon. His gaze kept darting from side to side.
A moment later,
He seemed to sense something. Pushing off hard with his feet, he leapt backward and flipped his right hand, sending several Kunai flying in streaks of cold light. They riddled the arm that had burst out of the ground where he'd been standing!
That was Earth Style: Headhunter Jutsu... Elder Nobuhiko had predicted it precisely, but before he could feel pleased, the arm turned into smoke with another poof. A powerful sense of danger came from above, making his scalp prickle.
Above! He jerked his head up.
Izumi can make two Shadow Clones, so this one has to be the real one!
Uchiha Izumi had somehow leapt right over him, her hand signs already complete!
"Fire Style: Dragon Flame Song Jutsu!"
Out of tricks? She knows how much stronger I am, yet she's put herself in midair, where she can't get any leverage, to use a jutsu? Watching several dragon-shaped flames plummet down like meteors trailing fire, Elder Nobuhiko looked displeased and his hands became a blur.
"Fire Style: Majestic Destroyer Flame!"
In the blink of an eye, he formed the final "Horse" hand sign and drew in a deep breath, his chest swelling. Just before the flames could engulf him, red fire erupted from his mouth!
Boom~!
The powerful Majestic Destroyer Flame swallowed the dragon flames raining down from the sky in an instant, but Elder Nobuhiko couldn't feel the least bit pleased. A sharp sword had already come to rest against his neck!
Uchiha Izumi smiled as she drew back her sword. "Elder Nobuhiko, you lost!"
"Not bad." Elder Nobuhiko wasn't upset. He glanced at Uchiha Izumi's Shadow Clone dissolving into smoke above them, stopped releasing his jutsu, and stroked his beard with a smile. "You used what you know about me to conceal a third Shadow Clone, deliberately put it in the air, and led me to make the wrong judgment so you could win by surprise. Izumi, you're very good!"
As the teacher who trained Uchiha Izumi every day, he knew her well, and she naturally knew his personality just as well.
If he hadn't thought Uchiha Izumi could only make two Shadow Clones, he wouldn't have chosen to clash with her jutsu.
After all, a little Dragon Flame Song was easy for him to dodge.
He'd only chosen to clash with her jutsu because he disapproved of Izumi putting herself in midair. He'd meant to teach her a lesson, never expecting her to use his own mindset against him.
"Thank you for the praise, Elder Nobuhiko." This was the first time Uchiha Izumi had won after so many sparring matches, and she smiled from ear to ear. But she soon looked regretful again. "It's a shame I can only use this little trick once."
Elder Nobuhiko nodded. He wouldn't be so careless next time.
Besides, the point of this spar had only been to test Uchiha Izumi's combat skills. If she hadn't been forbidden from using her Sharingan or initiating jutsu, and had been restricted to counterattacks, ten of her still couldn't have beaten him.
After all, with such an overwhelming gap in strength, even the best tactics had no chance to be put into practice.
"Isn't there only one chance to fight between shinobi?" Sasuke, who'd been watching nearby, came over and gave her a thumbs-up. "Amazing, my Izumi-chan! You even managed to take down Elder Nobuhiko!"
"My Izumi-chan"? Elder Nobuhiko's right here... Uchiha Izumi rolled her eyes at Sasuke. Still, she couldn't help feeling pleased by his praise. The bashful yet delighted look she gave him was rather alluring.
Huh? Why would I think that? I'm not a lolicon! Sasuke jolted and quickly pictured a few older girls in his mind, including what Uchiha Izumi would look like when she grew up.
Huh? Wait, wouldn't she still be thirteen?
Sasuke gave up trying to fix himself.
What do you mean, there's only one chance to fight between shinobi? And "take down"? You're trying to cheer up your little girlfriend and haven't mentioned the nearly hundred sparring matches you lost before this one, Sasuke... Elder Nobuhiko looked exasperated.
Of course, he could only say that in his head. He had no desire to lecture Sasuke...
Sasuke was now a little over two and a half years old, and the network of meridians in his body had nearly finished developing. He could circulate chakra freely. Though his physical abilities were poor and his combat experience was still shallow, if he went all out—with Single-Eye Eternal, an instant shift into Sage Fox Mode, and then Susanoo Setsuna Armor—Elder Nobuhiko could only stand there and stare.
Remembering the several times he'd sparred with Sasuke recently... He hadn't won once!
Whenever he was about to win, Sasuke would just use Susanoo Setsuna Armor. What a sore loser. It was exhausting...
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