"You two should fall back. Keep wearing yourselves down like this, and you'll get hurt."
The Rasengan clashed with Rotation once again, but this time, the Fourth Hokage used a Big Ball Rasengan.
Under the assault of this higher-level Ninjutsu, Hayato, who had already been struggling to hold out, was finally sent flying. But in the next instant, Shisui split into several figures and attacked the Fourth Hokage.
Shisui's interference stopped the Fourth Hokage from following his combat instincts and pressing his advantage against Hayato.
"The Body Flicker Technique? Very good, but I'm a bad matchup for you."
Shisui had always used his speed to overwhelm his opponents, leaving them unable to fight back. Against the Fourth Hokage, however, even his greatest strength was countered.
Even the Fourth Raikage, currently the fastest in the Shinobi World, wouldn't dare claim that he was faster than the Fourth Hokage.
Beyond his movement speed, the Fourth Hokage's reactions were astonishingly quick, and his sensory abilities were far stronger than Shisui had expected.
As Shisui's Body Flicker clones slashed at the Fourth Hokage, the Fourth Hokage identified Shisui's real body.
The instant the Fourth Hokage vanished from Shisui's sight, a Rasengan struck Shisui in the abdomen.
"Gah!"
Shisui spat blood after taking the heavy blow. Even the Mangekyō Sharingan he took such pride in could do nothing against the battle-hardened Fourth Hokage.
"Go, quickly, while I can still control myself. If Kabuto takes control of me, you'll be in danger."
Hearing that, Shisui and Hayato desperately wanted to tell him that they would much rather have Kabuto controlling him.
After all, not everyone possessed the Fourth Hokage's freakish reflexes. If Kabuto took over, the Fourth Hokage would pose at least half as much of a threat, and these two outstanding young fighters might have