Land of Fire.
Border.
"Be careful."
Tobitake Tonbo took a breath and slashed his tachi down at Itachi with his right hand, while his left hand casually formed a Genjutsu seal.
Itachi's Sharingan spun rapidly. In his eyes, Tobitake Tonbo's movements were incredibly slow, and the tachi's trajectory lay plainly before him. He could have tracked it even without activating the Sharingan. This was completely different from their previous sparring sessions.
Could this be a trick?
Suddenly.
He caught sight of one of Tobitake Tonbo's hands disappearing from view, obscured by his body. Remembering Tobitake Tonbo's favored techniques and seeing him form seals with one hand, Itachi realized something was wrong.
The hand that had originally intended to use his ninja blade to block the attack instead tried to quickly retreat from Tobitake Tonbo.
Rip!
Too late.
Although his senses told him Tobitake Tonbo and his ninja blade were still about ten centimeters apart, his sleeve was suddenly torn open.
It was as though Tobitake Tonbo's blade had invisibly lengthened.
Tap tap!
After rapidly backing away several steps, Itachi Uchiha frowned at the tachi.
"What just happened?
Did the blade really lengthen?"
"What's with Itachi?
Tonbo's bastard blade had already entered a range where it was hard to defend against before he raised his sword to block it. How could he make such a basic mistake? That doesn't seem like him!" Mitaraishi Anko frowned as she watched from behind.
After spending two months together, she had come to understand Itachi's strength very well. Forget Itachi—even an ordinary Ninja Academy Genin graduate would not make such a mistake.
Itachi was bound to lose against Tobitake Tonbo, but he should not lose like this, right?
Hayama Shirakumo pondered for a moment before saying, "Did you see the hand he hid? He