The Third Kazekage frowned. So what was wrong?
Hyuga Akira chuckled and pointed at his forehead. "Aren't you forgetting something?"
The Third Kazekage looked at the eye on Hyuga Akira's forehead. Three tomoe slowly rotated within its scarlet pupil.
"The Sharingan!!"
Why did a member of the Hyuga Clan have the Sharingan?!
Hadn't he already thought about that once?
A scarlet Sharingan appeared behind him, and the world shattered in an instant.
The two floated in midair. The Iron Sand World Method had yet to unfold.
The Third Kazekage reached out. He had been about to do something.
That instant of distraction, however, instantly upset the balance of victory.
Whoosh.
A blade of flame swept across his shoulder. Boom! A violent explosion swallowed his body.
The Third Kazekage appeared on a distant rooftop, dropping to one knee and clutching his severed arm.
He looked at Hyuga Akira and said coldly, "You can actually manipulate memories!"
"Not just that." The voice came from beside him. The Third Kazekage's pupils contracted, and countless grains of iron sand swiftly wrapped around him.
Boom! Flames exploded against the iron sand, and countless iron spikes shot outward in every direction.
Hyuga Akira flashed into midair. Looking at the rooftop covered in iron spikes, he glanced out of the corner of his eye at the iron sand spread throughout the distance.
In truth, he hadn't changed the course of the battle much.
Looking down at the Third Kazekage encased in a ball of iron sand, he clicked his tongue. "You really are a man who became a Kage. Your reactions are fast."
He had already manipulated his opponent's five senses and even distorted his spatial perception. Yet, unexpectedly, his opponent had immediately spread attacks all around himself and hit him instead.
Hyuga Akira stretched out his