Chapter 448 When did you have the illusion that you were not under the illusion?

“Shisui, don’t mind us, retreat quickly,” Takagi Shinji said while fending off the Hidden Mist’s attacks.

There were too many enemies; Shisui’s presence wouldn’t change the battle’s outcome. The only difference was that if Shisui stayed, he would only cause more casualties for the enemy.

But compared to that, Takagi Shinji believed that Shisui’s survival would be more meaningful.

Unlike ordinary people like them, Shisui was a true genius; he could definitely become a strong individual if he grew up normally.

If he could, Takagi Shinji even wanted his other disciples to retreat with him, but he knew it wouldn’t work.

The number of Mist Ninja was several times their own. Takagi Shinji couldn’t hold back so many enemies; his disciples running off would only lead to a quicker death. Only Shisui, whose strength was even greater than his, had hope of breaking through the encirclement and successfully retreating.

“If you manage to retreat, if you’re quick enough, you might even find reinforcements to save us. If we don’t leave now, everyone will die.”

This was a well-intentioned lie; unless they were very close, it would be impossible to make it in time.

Shisui continued to fight, unmoved. He was a hexagonal warrior like Kakashi, developing comprehensively in Ninjutsu, Taijutsu, and Genjutsu. Several Mist Ninja working together found it difficult to gain an advantage against him.

Although Shisui was not old, he had read a lot of books, so Takagi Shinji’s absurd lie, of course, couldn’t fool him.

If he left, Takagi Shinji’s squad would definitely not last more than three minutes.

These were three Mist Village Jonin, plus nine Chunin and Genin.

“Shisui, although you are a genius, just this once, let me be the cool one.” Uesugi Tooru tried hard to find Shisui’s position in the dense fog.

He wanted to use his Fire Release to create an opportunity for Shisui to escape.

Kobayashi Kenji, who was closest to Shisui, endured his injuries and tried his best to help Shisui fight and relieve his pressure.

Shisui sighed inwardly, his longing for strength constantly rising.

In fact, they hadn’t known each other for long, only a month.

But perhaps it was because they were on the battlefield, performing missions together every day, facing life and death, that everyone became familiar very quickly and soon recognized each other.

Shisui believed that if it weren’t for the heavy fog, the others would rather get injured than cover his retreat.

“This is war…” Shisui’s heart could no longer remain calm.

This trap made Shisui feel the cruelty of war even more than the previous encounter with the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist.

Because last time, most of his teammates were Muzuki’s disciples, each with impressive burst capabilities. Even when facing formidable enemies like the Seven Ninja Swordsmen of the Mist, they could repel them after extreme bursts.

This time was different. This time, none of his teammates had mastered Eight Gates, nor could anyone enter Transparent World. Even if they performed exceptionally, it wouldn’t be much stronger than usual.

So, even if the opponents weren’t famous strong individuals, they were still in a desperate situation.

“Then let me become their reliance!” Shisui clenched his fists, and a flame ignited within him.

Shisui was not an arrogant person, but he never underestimated himself. He was a genius, and not just an ordinary genius, but a genius of the Uchiha Clan. He was only eight years old and already had the Three-Tomoe Sharingan.

He had an excellent and reliable teacher who taught him many powerful secret Ninjutsu.

With so many elements stacked upon him, he should be qualified to become someone else’s reliance.

At this thought, Shisui no longer had any internal struggle. He truly couldn’t bring himself to calmly enjoy the retreat opportunity his teammates were fighting for with their lives.

Compared to the retreat opportunity his teammates fought for with their lives, Shisui wanted to save his teammates like Might Guy.

The moment his thoughts cleared, memories of asking Teacher Muzuki about the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode technique constantly surfaced in Shisui’s mind, and his breathing changed.

“So that’s it, this is the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.” After feeling the endless power surging within his body, Shisui’s expression returned to its usual calm.

The Flame Breathing Chakra Mode gave Shisui a wonderful, ineffable feeling, as if his body was burning like a furnace, and the energy produced by the burning transformed into power flowing into his limbs and bones.

A major breakthrough in a key secret technique was something to be very happy about, but right now, what made Shisui even happier than the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode itself was that he had the power to break the deadlock.

Whoosh whoosh!!!

Just as Shisui was about to test the boost of the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode on the Hidden Mist, a fierce hurricane swept up.

Whoosh whoosh!!

The leaves of numerous trees rustled, and dust, leaves, and small stones on the ground were swept up by the hurricane.

Under this sudden strong wind, the Hidden Mist’s dense fog was also blown away, and everyone regained their vision.

Shisui’s eyes lit up; this was simply a godsend.

As Shisui condensed Chakra in his eyes, his eyes once again turned blood-red.

“What kind of weather is this? Why is such a strong wind blowing without any warning?” The Mist Village Jonin was secretly cursing in his heart, then prepared to continue attacking Shisui, only to meet Shisui’s blood-red eyes.

The Mist Village Jonin’s outstretched hand froze, looking dazed.

“It’s a Sharingan Genjutsu, quickly help him disrupt his Chakra flow!” another Mist Village Jonin immediately shouted.

Every Jonin basically knows a little about how to dispel Genjutsu, but Sharingan Genjutsu is different from ordinary Genjutsu; it is very difficult to break on one’s own. The simplest and fastest way is to have a companion intervene.

The Hidden Mist Chunin next to the Mist Village Jonin who was caught in the Genjutsu quickly nodded and stepped forward.

But faster than the Hidden Mist Chunin was Shisui.

With a whoosh, Shisui silently appeared near the Mist Village Jonin, and two Shuriken carrying Kunai pierced through the Mist Village Jonin’s body.

“Indeed, what I lacked was a burst method similar to the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode.” Shisui thought to himself, looking at the results he had created.

Before entering Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, Shisui would most likely not have had enough time to kill the Mist Village Jonin. The overall boost brought by Flame Breathing Chakra Mode was too great.

If it was just the ultimate power of a specific move, the boost from Armament Haki was also very significant.

Then why did Shisui, who had mastered Armament Haki, still say that he lacked burst capabilities?

The answer is that the burst provided by Armament Haki is monotonous; it can only enhance Shisui’s own defense and the power of his various techniques.

However, enemies might not choose to directly confront him, as the side with a numerical advantage can choose to engage in prolonged combat.

The enhancement brought by Flame Breathing Chakra Mode is different; Flame Breathing Chakra Mode provides comprehensive, multi-faceted improvement.

Although it is not as purely body-enhancing as Rock Breathing, the Flame Breathing Chakra Mode also significantly boosts the body, much stronger than ordinary concentrated Breathing Technique.

In addition, there is the greatest feature of Flame Breathing: the enhancement of Fire Release Chakra Nature Transformation and the enhancement of Fire Release.

Using elemental Ninjutsu requires converting Chakra into the corresponding elemental Chakra. This process takes time, though very short, and Flame Breathing can make this process even shorter.

Faster movement speed combined with faster casting speed—all these enhancements stacked together ultimately allowed Shisui to kill the Mist Village Jonin.

“What’s going on? His movements are even faster than before.” The Mist Village Jonin’s pupils sharply contracted as he watched his comrade die tragically.

“Kishima, ignore that guy for now, kill Uchiha Shisui first!” The Mist Village Jonin quickly said to the Mist Village Jonin who was fighting Takagi Shinji.

Originally, he thought one Jonin was enough to hold Shisui, and the remaining Ninja killing Shisui’s companions before encircling Shisui would be more secure.

But now, Shisui’s displayed strength did not match the intelligence he had. If they didn’t kill Shisui first, they might be defeated one by one.

The Mist Village Jonin named Kishima had no choice but to abandon the injured Takagi Shinji, let two Chunin take over, and then he went to encircle and kill Shisui.

Shisui’s Sharingan scanned the entire battlefield. Now, Takagi Shinji was holding off two Mist Ninja, Uesugi Tooru was also holding off two Mist Ninja, and Kobayashi Kenji and Miyashita Yuki were each holding off one Mist Ninja. This meant that he only needed to deal with two Jonin and three Chunin and Genin.

“Phantom Body Flicker Technique!”

In the Mist Ninja’s vision, dozens of Shisui suddenly appeared, surrounding them, as if he had used multiple Shadow Clone.

A Hidden Mist Chunin stabbed at the closest Shisui with a Kunai, but the feeling transmitted back to his hand made him freeze.

He seemed to have stabbed a phantom that didn’t exist in reality, with only the resistance of the air itself remaining smooth.

“These clones are all fake.” The Hidden Mist Chunin loudly informed his companions of this intelligence.

The next moment, another Hidden Mist Chunin was pierced through the heart by a Shisui wielding a Kunai.

The two Mist Village Jonin coldly stared at the talking Hidden Mist Chunin, making him break out in a cold sweat.

The Mist Village Jonin looked at the many Shisui with a deep frown. It was too strange; they looked like phantom clones, but some of them were solid.

Shisui seemed to be nowhere and everywhere at the same time, attacking them with Kunai, Shuriken, and Taijutsu.

The two Mist Village Jonin exchanged glances and immediately formed hand signs to use large-scale Ninjutsu to attack all the Shisui.

“Water Release: Great Waterfall Technique!”

“Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”

Large amounts of water were spewed out by the Mist Village Jonin, impacting the ground and every Shisui. Even the Hidden Mist Chunin trying to find Shisui’s real body were affected by the water flow.

Under this wide-range attack, two solid Shisui were revealed. Kishima immediately controlled the huge water flow created by the Great Waterfall Technique to crash into the two solid Shisui.

But the moment Kishima made his move, a Kunai stuck in the ground suddenly transformed into Shisui.

At the very beginning, Shisui had used his clones as cover to transform into a Kunai and then projected himself next to Kishima. He had been waiting for an opportunity.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

Shisui clasped his hands together, a large amount of Chakra condensed in his throat, then at Shisui’s thought, it all transformed into Fire Release Chakra, and finally, Shisui exhaled it in one breath.

A large amount of scorching hot flames spewed from Shisui’s mouth, rapidly forming a small sea of fire that surrounded Kishima. The accumulated water that had remained on the ground due to the Great Waterfall Technique also completely evaporated.

Kishima, who was controlling the Water Dragon Bullet to attack Shisui’s Shadow Clone, instantly changed his expression upon feeling the scorching flames. He immediately wanted to cancel his attack and dodge Shisui’s Ninjutsu.

But as a wide-range, high-damage Fire Release, how could the Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet be dodged at such a close distance?

To everyone’s disbelief, Kishima was directly engulfed by the sea of fire until he lost all signs of life.

The Mist Village Jonin watched as another Jonin died tragically at Shisui’s hands, his forehead uncontrollably secreting fine sweat, his heart filled with shock.

In just a few minutes, Shisui had killed two Mist Village Jonin.

These were not mere cabbages; they were Jonin of the Five Great Ninja Villages.

The Mist Village Jonin subconsciously retreated two steps, a desire to retreat sprouting in his heart.

Although they still had a numerical advantage, having lost two Jonin, their overall strength meant their defeat was already sealed.

The Mist Village Jonin subtly retreated, moving closer to Miyashita Yuki of Takagi’s squad.

“Charge and kill him!” the Mist Village Jonin commanded sharply, as if he wanted to fight Shisui to the death.

Two Mist Ninja took out their Kunai and drew their longswords, attacking Shisui, while the Mist Village Jonin used Body Flicker Technique to rapidly create distance.

The difficulty of cultivating one Jonin and cultivating two Chunin is not on the same level. If the sacrifice of those two Chunin could allow him to survive, then it would be considered their last contribution to the Hidden Mist.

For Shisui, who was in Flame Breathing Chakra Mode, killing a Chunin was as easy as taking something from his pocket. Shisui killed a Hidden Mist Chunin in an instant.

However, the Mist Village Jonin’s actions did make Shisui a bit speechless. He spoke with a desperate tone but ended up abandoning his subordinates and retreating.

But Shisui couldn’t ignore the Mist Village Jonin, because in the direction the Mist Village Jonin was retreating, Miyashita Yuki was fighting a Mist Ninja.

Shisui ignored the remaining Hidden Mist Chunin and pursued the Mist Village Jonin.

The Mist Village Jonin estimated Shisui’s speed, gritted his teeth, burst into extreme speed, rushed to Miyashita Yuki’s side, and held a Kunai to her throat.

“Uchiha Shisui, if you dare to come any closer, don’t expect your teammate to leave alive.” The Mist Village Jonin avoided looking at Shisui’s upper body, lowered his head, and stared at Shisui’s feet, saying coldly.

He considered the possibility that the two Chunin wouldn’t be able to hold Shisui back for long, so he prepared to take a hostage and retreat.

To prevent falling into Shisui’s Sharingan Genjutsu, he didn’t even dare to look into Shisui’s eyes.

Shisui seemed not to care about his teammate’s life, not stopping his steps, slowly walking forward.

The Mist Village Jonin frowned deeply, the Kunai at Miyashita Yuki’s throat moved forward slightly, and he said sharply, “Do you think I don’t dare to kill her? If I can’t leave, I’ll take a few Konoha Ninja down with me even if I die.”

“Why couldn’t you take a good look at who you were holding hostage before you did?” Shisui’s incredibly calm voice entered the Mist Village Jonin’s ears.

“When did you get the illusion that you successfully took my comrade hostage?”

“Have I already fallen into a Genjutsu?” The Mist Village Jonin’s face instantly changed drastically. He had looked at Shisui’s Sharingan during the battle earlier.

Just as the Mist Village Jonin wanted the Mist Ninja next to him to help him check his Chakra, a pair of blood-red eyes suddenly appeared in his vision. Shisui had squatted down.

Normally, even squatting would make it difficult to make eye contact with someone who was looking down, but the Mist Village Jonin was an adult, while Shisui was only eight years old.