The forest was deathly silent, broken only by Tayuya's heavy breathing.
She could not comprehend what had just happened. Waves of pain throbbed through the wrist that had been numbed by the impact.
"Strength?"
Sasuke's Sharingan spun. The tomoe locked not onto anyone's chakra flow, but onto every coordinate in the space around him, calculating wind speed, humidity, and the slightest muscle twitch of each of the four before him.
Those eyes were the finest fire-control system in the world.
"What do you know?!" Kidomaru was utterly enraged by such contempt. He instantly arched backward and spat dozens of tough spider threads from his mouth, sealing off every possible angle Sasuke could use to evade.
At the same time, Sakon and Ukon closed in from two entirely different directions, moving so fast they left only afterimages.
Faced with such a net-like three-dimensional assault, Sasuke's response was simplicity itself.
He did not even move his feet.
Bang! Bang! Bang!
The custom Bolter in his hand gave three short, muffled explosions. Three rounds left the barrel, tracing three unimaginable trajectories under the Sharingan's precise calculations.
The first bullet grazed the edge of Kidomaru's spiderweb and struck a large tree behind him. The tree toppled over, crashing down across Sakon's path.
The second bullet shot directly into the ground. The flying rubble and shockwave disrupted Ukon's charge at exactly the right moment, making him falter.
The third bullet was the true killing blow. It slipped through the weakest gap in the spiderweb and went straight for Kidomaru himself.
Kidomaru's face drained of color. He forcibly twisted his body, and the bullet grazed his waist, spraying blood. The agony sent him falling from midair. Sakon and Ukon were also forced back by those two bizarre bullets, stopping in a sorry state, their eyes filled