The Hot Water Ninja Leader stared at Chiyu in disbelief.
He had clearly and accurately thrown a kunai at Chiyu, and it had indeed struck him. Yet Chiyu's body had turned illusory, appearing elsewhere.
All signs indicated that he had fallen under a genjutsu.
But... when had he been caught in it?
The Hot Water Ninja Leader's body trembled as he recalled Chiyu using Seventh Form: Fire Thunder God to unleash an iaijutsu slash against him. He had clearly seen Chiyu's spinning Sharingan.
The Hot Water Ninja Leader's expression darkened. "I see. I was caught in the Sharingan's ocular genjutsu at that moment."
Chiyu admitted, "Yeah, that's right. Looks like you figured out when you fell under the genjutsu. I said I couldn't kill you, so naturally, I had to leave myself a backup plan.
But I don't really like using genjutsu. I prefer direct fights between opponents. To be honest, this is my first time using genjutsu on someone."
The Hot Water Ninja Leader said with a grim face, "Impressive. If your Chakra hadn't been insufficient, this elite jonin might really have fallen at your hands. But your own Chakra is running low too, so the effects of your genjutsu have been greatly weakened.
Normally, ocular genjutsu can only be broken when someone else disrupts the flow of Chakra. But now, there is another way to break it!"
A kunai appeared in the Hot Water Ninja Leader's hand, and he viciously drove it into his own thigh.
The pain allowed the Hot Water Ninja Leader to break free from the genjutsu.
The Hot Water Ninja Leader pulled the kunai from his thigh and looked coldly at Chiyu. "Now, you should be out of options, right?"
The smile on Chiyu's face grew even brighter. Looking at the Hot Water Ninja