"Not at all... it was all thanks to the Fourth giving me so much guidance."
Shisui smiled as his pupils slowly transformed into the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.
The moment Itachi heard that, he knew Shisui was being modest.
Although genjutsu was no weakness of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze, he was still somewhat unqualified to instruct Shisui, a genjutsu master renowned even within the Uchiha Clan.
"Here I come!"
Uchiha Itachi's hands flashed beneath his sleeves, sending countless shuriken raining down on Shisui Uchiha!
Uchiha Itachi's hands became streaks of afterimages, leaving only phantom traces of his throws in the air.
"Itachi's gotten quite a bit faster at throwing shuriken again..."
Shisui sighed in admiration as he watched the shuriken fill the sky.
The Uchiha Clan excelled at using shuriken.
This was largely due to the Sharingan's ability to predict movement.
But few members of the clan could reach Uchiha Itachi's level.
That was because the shuriken skills Uchiha Itachi was displaying now required more than visual prowess as a foundation.
They also required a technique developed through countless repetitions of practice.
On closer inspection, there was something subtle about the way Uchiha Itachi threw his shuriken.
He barely paused at all. Ordinary ninja needed some time to draw fresh shuriken after throwing the ones in their hands.
But Uchiha Itachi had shortened that interval until it was almost imperceptible.
"Fire Release! Great Fireball Technique!"
With Uchiha Itachi seizing the initiative, Shisui knew he could not possibly counter that imposing barrage with shuriken of his own on such short notice.
He could only respond with the wide-ranging Fire Release he excelled at!
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh...
The fireball roared past, and the shuriken filling the sky struck it and were reduced to debris...
"Uchiha Style..."
Suddenly, Shisui Uchiha's body turned slightly intangible,