But his attack struck nothing. There was no one behind him.
Not good!
He cried out inwardly, but made no attempt to reposition himself.
It was already too late to make another move.
His hands rapidly formed hand seals.
Poof!
A cloud of smoke rose, and he had turned into a log.
He was just about to breathe a sigh of relief. That rapid series of reactions
had demanded absolute concentration even from him.
"Where are you looking?"
Yet a voice sounded behind him again, as though it were his own inescapable shadow.
He abruptly froze. Only then did he realize that the spot he had moved to with the Substitution Technique
was somewhere Yuya had already reached ahead of him...
"I... lost..."
Minato Namikaze said bitterly.
At his age, his already limited chakra reserves had been completely exhausted.
And he realized that the gap between him and Yuya might be far greater than he had imagined.
"Was that... genjutsu just now?"
After a long silence, Minato Namikaze asked.
After throwing his shuriken, he hadn't seen Yuya form any hand seals,
yet a voice had sounded behind him all the same.
Instinctively, he had attacked behind him,
then immediately used the Substitution Technique when his attack missed, truly falling into Yuya's trap.
It was as though Yuya had anticipated every move and response he made.
If that really was the case... it was simply terrifying...
"You could say that."
Yuya answered without denying it.
Poof!
The next instant, this Yuya also dissolved into smoke.
They had all been his Shadow Clones.
The real Yuya had remained in the same spot, never moving from beginning to end.
Aside from making him tilt his head at the start, Minato Namikaze hadn't even managed to force him to take a single step.
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