Despite Chihane's overconfidence, Kakashi did not underestimate him in the slightest. He knew just how much astonishing strength lay hidden within the slender body of the man facing him.
Kakashi watched Chihane solemnly as he slowly drew the White Fang short sword from his back.
He had waited a long time for this fight. Today, he would prove to Chihane that the Hatake Clan had more than just an Asura Swordmaster. It also had him, Kakashi Hatake.
Whoosh!
Cold steel flashed!
Kakashi crossed dozens of meters and appeared before Chihane in an instant, wind-nature chakra gathering around the White Fang in his hand.
The White Fang gleamed coldly as it slashed toward Chihane, carrying a chilling murderous intent.
Completely confident in his own strength, Chihane did not retreat an inch from Kakashi's slash.
He tightly wrapped Black Haki around the Kodachi and brought it straight up to meet Kakashi's White Fang.
But the clash Chihane had expected never came.
Kakashi knew the gap between their raw strength.
If they traded slashes, even if Chihane refrained from using his secret iron-cutting technique out of consideration for the White Fang short sword, his immense strength would still be more than Kakashi could withstand.
So, just before their weapons collided, Kakashi twisted around and swept behind Chihane with the White Fang.
Several full moons appeared behind Chihane at the same time, gleaming coldly.
White Fang secret technique: Twenty-Four Bridges Under the Moonlight!!!
But fast as Kakashi was, he could not outpace Chihane's Observation Haki.
Faced with the streaks of blade light behind him, Chihane advanced rather than retreated. He gently closed his eyes, relying on his keen Observation Haki to sense every movement Kakashi made.
No matter how many phantom slashes there were, only one was real.
His keen Observation Haki quickly locked