Genjutsu Clash

Konoha Training Ground No. 98.

"Using Genjutsu on your fellow villagers so casually damages the Uchiha's reputation. Looks like the Uchiha have fallen!"

Tobitake Tonbo said from within.

He was no longer afraid of the Uchiha. Shisui Uchiha could not possibly use Kotoamatsukami against him, and even if he did, Tobitake had ways to deal with it.

Mayuri Kurotsuchi's method of backing up memories in Shinigami was something he could learn from. He had even cracked Tsukishima's ability to rewrite history.

He had brought that technique into the world of the Hokage. He had the talent for it.

Especially since his Mind Reading Technique was professional among professionals. Granting memories was no difficult matter for him.

"You, what did you do to him? Hey, Mura, wake up." The skinny Uchiha saw that Tobitake Tonbo was completely unaffected and looked in shock at his motionless teammate.

But the slightly chubby Uchiha still did not move.

"He's under Genjutsu."

Shisui Uchiha disrupted the chubby Uchiha's chakra, and only then did the man's eyes gradually regain focus.

"Be careful, he can reflect Genjutsu." The instant he woke up, he relayed the intelligence to his teammates.

In that brief moment, his ocular technique had been broken and reflected back at him. It was terrifying.

Shisui Uchiha and the other man tightened their grips on their weapons.

"Attacking the Military Police Force... are you trying to become a rogue ninja?" Shisui asked Tobitake Tonbo.

Though he was displeased that the chubby Uchiha had attacked without warning, Tobitake Tonbo's actions angered him even more.

"Oh my, don't go pinning labels on me. I'm an inheritor of the Will of Fire. That was merely an instinctive response, yet you're being completely unreasonable." Tobitake Tonbo was angry as well. He had thought Shisui would be one of the mature Uchiha, but apparently that depended on whom he was dealing with.

"Come with me to see Lord Hokage." Shisui Uchiha formed a hand seal with one hand and vanished before everyone's eyes. When he reappeared, his blade was already pressed toward Tobitake Tonbo's neck.

Clang!

"Ayame, go watch from the side for now. Watch your husband display his might and meet these Uchiha who claim to protect the village."

Tobitake Tonbo blocked the katana with a kunai, formed a hand seal with one hand, and made a bird beneath Ayame's feet grow larger. It carried her into the sky before he turned to face Shisui.

"Come, Body Flicker Shisui. I've heard of your reputation for a long time. Let me see whether you truly live up to it."

The wielder of Kotoamatsukami—now this was an exciting fight!

Clang! Clang!

In an instant, the two figures clashed with lightning speed. Kunai and longsword collided, spraying countless sparks.

"Impossible! Someone can actually keep up with Shisui's Body Flicker Technique?" The chubby Uchiha stared at the two evenly matched fighters with his Sharingan, his face filled with shock.

Even with the Sharingan's dynamic vision, he could barely make out the battle.

He could tell that the other man's Body Flicker Technique was no weaker than their captain's, and he even seemed to hold a slight advantage.

Without the Sharingan, how could someone achieve such speed? How could he track his enemy and control his body?

The skinny Uchiha was the same.

He had also activated his Sharingan to watch the battle and retreated from the battlefield.

Only Ayame, high in the sky, clung to the giant eagle's back and watched the battle below anxiously.

Tobitake Tonbo always said he was strong, but she was still worried, afraid that something might happen to him.

She did not possess the Uchiha's eyesight. From above, she could only hear the collisions and watch the afterimages that burst forth in the wake of their speed.

After exchanging another Taijutsu strike with Tobitake Tonbo, Shisui Uchiha swiftly retreated and frowned.

"His Body Flicker Technique is no weaker than mine. Judging by Mura's reaction, he has a specialized ability for dealing with Genjutsu. His Taijutsu is also first-rate.

Looks like I can't hold back anymore."

With that thought, Shisui stopped holding back. He formed hand seals, and countless Shisuis appeared.

"Phantom Body Flicker Technique."

A mass of Shisuis charged toward Tobitake Tonbo.

"How naive. The future's strongest Uchiha, huh? Let me give you some pointers." Tobitake Tonbo gave a disdainful smile in the face of the Phantom Body Flicker Technique.

Using Phantom Clone Technique before a sensory ninja was simply a joke.

Tiger—Rat—Boar—

Genjutsu, Modified Hell Viewing Technique.

At the moment his opponent's focus was at its greatest, he cast a Genjutsu.

The Uchiha relied far too heavily on the Sharingan. Visual Genjutsu like his worked every single time against them.

The Sharingan had a natural advantage over ordinary Genjutsu users, but...

He was no ordinary ninja.

"You know I'm an Uchiha, yet you still used Genjutsu on me?" Shisui Uchiha frowned, but his movements did not stop. With the Sharingan, dealing with Genjutsu users was practically suppression.

His Three-Tomoe spun rapidly, using ocular power to protect his mind. As long as...

Bang!

Fugaku Uchiha suddenly appeared before him, leading the Uchiha in a rebellion against Konoha. Konoha lay in ruins, and its residents wept.

The villages beyond Konoha were also taking advantage of the chaos, seeking to claim a share of the spoils.

"Release."

Shisui's Sharingan spun, and his vision returned to normal. Tobitake Tonbo stood before him, surrounded by numerous clones attacking together.

Suddenly.

Bang!

The previous scene appeared again: crumbled walls and broken rubble, Konoha withering away.

Tobitake Tonbo drew ever closer, but every time Shisui dispelled the Genjutsu, he would fall under it again in less than the blink of an eye.

"He only cast Genjutsu once, yet whenever I think it has been dispelled, I get caught again. So his Genjutsu isn't ordinary Genjutsu. There must be some mechanism behind it."

Shisui did not expect this. He stopped attacking and instead retreated, focusing intently on Tobitake Tonbo.

But the Genjutsu continued to assault him.

Meanwhile, his opponent, Tobitake Tonbo, merely stood with his arms folded and did not take advantage of the opening to attack.

"Do I use that?" The constant interference of the Genjutsu put Shisui under tremendous pressure.

No, Genjutsu could not reform after being dispelled. There had to be a crucial point he had overlooked. Repetition... and repetition.

He shut his eyes tightly. Within them, his Sharingan quietly changed, no longer taking the form of Three-Tomoe as he sensed the abnormalities in his chakra.

Suddenly.

Less than a breath after he dispelled the Genjutsu again, his chakra flowed abnormally and a portion of it was consumed.

"So that's it. Terrifying Genjutsu. It actually uses the enemy's chakra to cast Genjutsu on the enemy himself. Without the Sharingan, breaking it would be incredibly difficult."

Shisui marveled at his opponent's mastery of Genjutsu, while also thinking of a way to break it.

Outside, Tobitake Tonbo watched him with a smile. He should have nearly broken it by now. As long as one found the key point of this technique, even Sheng Shimon could break it. Tobitake did not believe that, given enough time, the Uchiha's most gifted Genjutsu ninja would fail to break it.

At the same time, he was very satisfied with this Genjutsu. Over years of battle, it was the technique he used most frequently. Many newly developed Genjutsu had only been used once, during experimentation.

In all other situations, this Genjutsu paired with shuriken had been enough to take down his enemies.

Because of that, his squadmates called him a one-trick wonder.

Though he had no fondness for that title.