The Wise Man's Heavenly Gambit, the Silent Lamb!

Inside Ninggu Pagoda, Sasuke Uchiha buried his head deep between his knees and muttered to himself.

"Oh, I get it now. That guy was here to whitewash Shadow. From beginning to end, he only talked about Itachi and never mentioned Shadow at all. Did he think I, Sasuke Uchiha, was some kid with no judgment? What a joke. I don't accept it. I absolutely won't accept it..."

Whoosh!

The Rinnegan relief above his head released another Kamui Vortex.

"Heh, here again. Whose turn is it this time?" Sasuke sneered and looked up. When he saw who had arrived, the fear carved into his soul since childhood surged back. He instinctively shuddered. "U-Uzuki... Sensei!?"

Crack!

Yugao drew her ninja blade and strode over with a cold, beautiful expression.

"D-Don't come any closer..." Sasuke scrambled backward on all fours until his back struck the wall.

Yugao stopped in front of Sasuke, raised her ninja blade... and with a crack, plunged it into the ground an inch from between his legs!

"!" Sasuke jolted violently, then calmed down.

Yugao smiled. "Oh? I remember that back then, one slash from me made you wet your pants. Hehehe, looks like your foreskin has finally pulled back..."

Yugao had been Sasuke's instructor and the shadow of his childhood. Even now, the fear lingering in the depths of his memory had not entirely faded.

But Sasuke was, after all, a Uchiha prodigy who had awakened the Eternal Mangekyo Sharingan. He was no longer that little brat with a Single Tomoe. Once he had steadied himself, he said, "Sensei... at a time like this, are you still planning to lecture me?"

Yugao cocked her head. "Hehehe... lecture? Such a soft, flimsy word is just as laughable as your limp little balls!"

"I heard that in Phantom City, you