"You'll die today—"
Before the final syllable had even faded, Tobirama vanished. Shin'yu's pupils contracted sharply as he shifted his feet, turned sideways, and tilted his head—all in one fluid motion, without the slightest hesitation.
"Slash."
A streak of blood sprayed from his right face. The searing pain twisted his features slightly as Tobirama, kunai in hand, struck from beside him without warning.
Shin'yu reacted quickly. His right hand whipped out, his arm's afterimage resembling a long whip. With a crack, he tightly seized Tobirama's wrist, the force so great that the kunai slipped from his hand and fell.
He gripped Tobirama's wrist tightly while blue light burst from the palm of his other hand. Autumn Dew transformed into an icy-blue blade and stabbed straight toward Tobirama's heart.
"Whoosh!"
Tobirama's body vanished again. Shin'yu sensed a faint disturbance in the air behind him, and a bone-piercing chill shot straight to the top of his head. He had no time to turn around; his scarlet pupils could only dart back in terror.
A dim light flashed brilliantly as Tobirama gripped the kunai in reverse and viciously gouged toward his eye!
"Got you!" Tobirama's gaze darkened. The tip of the kunai tore through the air with a long, piercing shriek.
Without a sound, the kunai stabbed into empty air. Shin'yu's body vanished as well, instantly reappearing five meters away. He stumbled, nearly falling over.
"That was close!"
Shin'yu's breathing was ragged. Even after escaping danger, panic still flickered in his eyes, like a wary young beast.
He had been just a little too late. Tobirama would have blinded his right eye!
Yet Tobirama's expression was even more intriguing than his.
"Space-Time Ninjutsu? Your eye technique doesn't merely restore things? It can also move through space?" His brow furrowed, and a dim glint