"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"
So this is what an Uchiha with the Sharingan can do?
That was Kisame Hoshigaki's thought in the instant before his mind entered the Genjutsu space.
Now he was pinned in midair by four rusted iron stakes. His limbs were held fast, his body seemed to float in a void, and nothing lay before him.
He could still see the outside world. He simply couldn't move.
"Tell me!"
"Where is that guy?!"
Uchiha Yehuo drew the Steel Cutter and held it against Kisame Hoshigaki's neck without letting it touch him. According to the intelligence...
This man could absorb chakra.
Yehuo would not fail because he had been careless!
Not this time. No matter what!
The night was black as ink. The hours before dawn were the darkest of the day.
Rustle, rustle...
Up in a tree, Kakashi held a kunai in a reverse grip.
His face was taut with vigilance.
Below him, Uzuki Yugao and Mitaraishi Anko stood ready for a fight.
The two had only just woken up. A gust of cold wind brought fine beads of sweat to their foreheads.
The forest ahead looked like a giant beast crouching in the dark, ready to open its bloody jaws and swallow all three of them whole.
"Hey... Kakashi, who's the enemy?"
Mitaraishi Anko gripped her tachi and scanned their surroundings. She found nothing. Even the cicadas had fallen silent.
"I don't know."
Kakashi's three-word answer made Uzuki Yugao loosen her grip on her tachi, then tighten it again. She did it over and over.
Her heart was in her throat.
"Where's Yehuo...?"
Kakashi shook his head again, staring into the darkness ahead. "I don't know."
"..."
"..."
Both women below the tree fell silent.
Kakashi had led their team for nearly half a