anwhile, on the main battlefield...
While battling with Uchiha Shisui, Muri Shihachi suddenly saw Seii's figure dashing out from the forest, and his expression drastically changed.
He rembered that not long ago, Seii was chased out of the battlefield by Kurosuki Raiga and Biwa Juzo.
Now, he had actually returned.
'Doesn't that an...'
Muri Shihachi 's mind raced, and he quickly distanced himself.
Then, he glanced at the jungle behind Seii but didn't find any trace of Kurosuki Raiga and Biwa Juzo.
The worst-case scenario had occurred. Muri Shihachi was decisive. He imdiately took out a whistle from his bosom, stuffed it into his mouth, and blew hard.
The next mont, a piercing whistle rhythmically echoed throughout the battlefield.
Hearing this sound, the Mist ninjas present were first stunned, then their expressions changed drastically.
They glanced at Muri Shihachi from afar, then without hesitation, imdiately distanced themselves from the Konoha ninjas and retreated in one direction.
So Konoha ninjas on the field were already bloodthirsty. Seeing this, they still wanted to pursue, but they were all stopped by Uchiha Shisui.
He cald down the chakra within his body, walked directly to Seii's side, and asked, "Where are the two who were chasing you?"
Obviously, he had also noticed the scene where Kurosuki Raiga and Biwa Juzo chased Seii away from the battlefield earlier.
"Killed."
Hearing this, Seii replied indifferently.
"What? Killed!"
Although he had anticipated this when he didn't see those two appear, Uchiha Shisui still found it sowhat unbelievable when he heard Seii's answer with his own ears.
It wasn't that he didn't believe Seii's words; this kind of thing could be easily verified, and Seii couldn't lie.
The key was, how did he do it?
Even dealing with one Muri Shihachi , he felt strained. But Seii?
First, he killed over a dozen Mist special jonin, then killed the Kaguya clan jonin who looked tough at first glance.
Next, he killed several more Mist jonin, and now he had even killed Biwa Juzo and Kurosuki Raiga, who were on par with Muri Shihachi .
This level of combat power had already far surpassed that of a jonin, hadn't it?
"Could it be..."
Suddenly, Uchiha Shisui thought of so notes left by his ancestors.
Among them, it was recorded that the Sharingan of their Uchiha clan, after reaching the three-tomoe level, seed to be able to evolve further.
'Was it called Mangekyo Sharingan?'
With this thought, Uchiha Shisui abruptly looked at Seii's eyes.
Facing his inquiring gaze, Seii's expression remained exceptionally calm.
The two looked at each other, and Uchiha Shisui faintly felt a sense of pressure from Seii's eyes.
But it was still within an acceptable range, not the absolute suppression ntioned in his ancestor's notes.
'Could it be that I'm overthinking it?'
Uchiha Shisui pondered inwardly.
"What's wrong?"
Seii asked, as if he hadn't noticed his unusual behavior.
"Oh~"
Hearing this, Uchiha Shisui ca back to his senses, shook his head, and said, "Nothing."
After saying that, he looked at the entire battlefield again, his gaze lingering on the corpses of the captain and vice-captain for a mont before retracting his gaze. "Seii, what should we do next?"
"What to do?"
Seii pondered for a mont, also scanning the entire battlefield. He saw the surviving Konoha ninjas, all covered in wounds, and said, "Rest for a bit first, then continue advancing."
"Continue advancing?"
Uchiha Shisui's expression changed slightly, and he said pointedly, "Wouldn't that be too risky? What if there are still enemies lurking in the dark?"
His aning was clear: these Mist ninjas were just the enemies on the surface; those who were secretly watching them hadn't made their move yet!
Hearing his words, Seii also nodded and said, "Then let's rest first. As for whether there are enemies in the dark, I'll go check it out first!"
After saying that, he raised his hands and released the 'Shadow Clone Technique'!
*Poof~*
A cloud of chakra smoke dispersed.
Seii's figure instantly disappeared.
Seeing this scene, Uchiha Shisui's eyes suddenly widened, and he exclaid, "Shadow Clone!"
That's right, the Seii on the field was just a shadow clone that Seii had created earlier to divert the attention of Abura Torune and the others.
At this mont, his real body was still on its way back!
At this mont, Uchiha Shisui once again doubted his previous judgnt.
Just a shadow clone's Sharingan could bring him a slight sense of pressure. If the real body ca, how powerful would it be?
"Could it be that he has really awakened the legendary Mangekyo Sharingan?"
Uchiha Shisui's heart was filled with turbulent waves.
...
On the other side, in the forest...
Seii, who was rushing back, suddenly stopped.
Then, a mory abruptly surfaced in his mind - it was the relevant mory of the shadow clone during this ti.
Seii quickly browsed through the shadow clone's mory and imdiately understood that Uchiha Shisui must have sensed sothing.
And with the shadow clone's sudden disappearance, his suspicion must have deepened.
However, this wasn't sothing the shadow clone did intentionally.
After all, when he created this shadow clone, Abura Torune and the others hadn't appeared yet.
Therefore, the shadow clone didn't know the situation on his side.
So, after completing the task of diverting attention, it released the 'Shadow Clone Technique' according to the preset plan.
In this way, if everything was normal on his side, it could pass on the latest information from the main battlefield to him.
And if he happened to be in combat, it could also replenish so chakra for him through this thod.
It could be said that this was killing two birds with one stone.
As for arousing Uchiha Shisui's suspicion because of this?
With his achievents this ti, anyone with so understanding of the Sharingan would probably have suspicions. But as long as he didn't actively expose himself, suspicion would always remain suspicion.
Now that his strength had increased, others couldn't take action against him based on so unfounded matters.
Therefore, so suspicions were simply harmless.
After sorting out his thoughts, Seii didn't linger any longer. He kicked off the ground, and his entire being rushed towards the main battlefield at an even faster speed.
A few minutes later...
Seii saw Uchiha Shisui again.
At this ti, he was organizing the surviving Konoha ninjas to clean up the battlefield.
Seii roughly glanced around. The number of surviving Konoha ninjas was less than half of what they had when they set out.
The captain and vice-captain, two jonin, were killed in battle. Seven out of ten special jonin also died, and only twenty-three out of fifty-six chunin survived.
So, including him and Uchiha Shisui, only twenty-eight people were alive in total. Out of a seventy-person team, a staggering forty-two had died.
Seii felt so regret about this result, but he wasn't surprised.
After all, the Mist ninjas' overall combat power this ti far exceeded theirs.
Even though he had been trying his best to weaken the enemy's strength, due to being interrupted repeatedly, the effect was just so-so.
Those Mist ninjas still took advantage of the ti he was entangled, utilizing their nurical and qualitative advantages to inflict heavy losses on the Konoha ninjas.
However, because of his intervention, the enemy also suffered significant losses.
Seii roughly calculated that out of the more than one hundred people who ambushed and besieged them this ti, more than half were also killed or injured.
Those chunin were one thing; although they were elites, they were replaceable. But the jonin combat power was different.
Such a huge loss would definitely make them feel the pain for a long ti.
(End of Chapter)
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