Although Pakura had expended quite a bit of energy, she clearly still had strength to spare.
Looks like relying on Number One to take Pakura down is a lost cause.
Uchiha Makoto quickly reached his conclusion.
And if this drags on until the Sunagakure reinforcements arrive, getting surrounded will be a headache.
He had no desire to face Pakura and a whole group of Sunagakure ninja at once, especially when he had no idea whether there were other powerful fighters among the reinforcements.
I need to finish this quickly.
More importantly, Test Subject Number One, an accidental creation, had demonstrated value far beyond his expectations.
Especially during that desperate attempt to take his opponent down with him just now, he seemed to have shown signs of a budding "new consciousness"!
This was a rare research specimen, with greater long-term research value than Pakura, who merely possessed a Kekkei Genkai!
He could not simply stand by and watch this "treasure" get killed by Pakura or hacked to death by the reinforcements.
With that in mind, Uchiha Makoto hesitated no longer.
He took a deep breath, and the dormant Yin-Yang: Dual Extremes Seal within him quietly began to operate.
The faint yin-yang symbol appeared on his forehead once again.
There was no earth-shattering display, only an aura that was utterly restrained yet as vast as an abyss rising from his body.
"Time's short. I'm done playing with you."
He muttered under his breath, and the chakra beneath his feet erupted in an extremely unusual, violent burst!
"Shave!"
His step left a shallow crater in the ground, and his figure vanished as though he had teleported.
Only a barely perceptible afterimage and a faint explosive crack remained in the air.
Pakura was concentrating on controlling her Scorch Release fireballs to suppress Test Subject