"Heh heh!"
Just then, another man leaped out of a puddle behind them, holding wire in his hands and trying to wrap it around Tazuna!
Shouting during a sneak attack? Luo Mang quickly turned his head.
"Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes Technique!"
Luo Mang wore colored contact lenses, but beneath them, his three-tomoe Sharingan had already activated.
In the intelligence-driven Shinobi World, deception was essential, whether the targets were teammates or anyone else.
Sasuke had the diary, but at most, he would only notice a fluctuation from a Sharingan and assume it had been activated to check on Sakura out of concern.
Then a long-range genjutsu or some form of control had been hastily cast. As for whatever was up in the sky, there was no apparent connection.
And when Luo Mang turned his head afterward, there were no obvious traces or fluctuations left behind, so Sasuke automatically dismissed the possibility that Luo Mang had cast it and instead suspected the powerful figure behind him.
It had never occurred to Sasuke Uchiha that someone might awaken the Sharingan and then wear colored contacts specifically to hide it.
The Sharingan was the pride of their Uchiha Clan. It was their symbol, their faith; they could hardly go three sentences without mentioning it.
How could anyone launch an attack without revealing their Sharingan? If Sasuke had not seen a Sharingan, then in his mind, it had not been used.
Thud!
One of the Water Brothers attacking from behind was brought under control immediately and fell straight to the ground.
Hypnotized, he collapsed without even a cry, lying facedown with a vacant expression.
With this side easily dealt with, the other side was not particularly complicated either.
The Great Fireball was easy to dodge. The Water Brothers were not so weak that an attack