On the river surface.
Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame were surrounded in the middle, their expressions solemn.
When it was only Yagyu alone, if they wanted to leave, it would only require some effort.
But in the current situation.
Without paying some price, it was absolutely impossible.
"Kisame."
Shifting his gaze away from Kakashi, Itachi looked toward Yagyu,
"Prepare yourself, we are going to retreat."
Tap.
His expression became serious.
Kisame tightened his grip on Samehada and spoke,
"I understand, Itachi-san."
Hearing their conversation.
Both Kakashi and Yagyu became alert.
As for Asuma and Kurenai, their expressions were even more serious.
Among everyone present, the two of them were the weakest, so naturally they were the most nervous.
Just as Yagyu and the others were on guard.
Itachi looked at Yagyu and Kurenai, then suddenly closed his left eye.
"Farewell, Yagyu Sōsuke."
With a low cold voice, Itachi focused his gaze on Yagyu,
"Amaterasu."
The moment Itachi spoke, Yagyu, who had noticed him closing his eye, suddenly changed expression.
In the next instant, Yagyu felt a fatal danger descend upon him.
Without any hesitation.
"Kurenai-senpai."
Turning abruptly, Yagyu grabbed Kurenai by the waist, his body turned into a dazzling bolt of lightning as he left the spot.
The instant he moved away with Kurenai.
Boom.
A black flame ignited at the spot where they had been standing, carrying the power to burn everything, even the river water was rapidly burned, even the water vapor was incinerated.
"So dangerous."
Looking at the black flames, Yagyu's expression changed slightly,
"That black flame, is that Amaterasu, the Mangekyō Sharingan's ability, Amaterasu."
Just as Yagyu finished speaking.
Another disturbance arose elsewhere.
"Water Release, Water Shark Bullet Jutsu."
At the moment Itachi formed hand seals, Kisame launched an attack toward Asuma.
Boom.
A massive shark-shaped water stream surged toward Asuma, forcing him to focus on defense.
At the instant he attacked Asuma.
Kisame immediately followed behind Itachi, directly breaking through toward Kakashi's side.
Seeing the two attempting to break through his direction, Kakashi's expression became serious,
"How could I let you leave so easily..."
However.
Before Kakashi could finish speaking, his body suddenly stiffened, freezing in place.
Itachi's previously closed left eye had opened.
He simply glanced at Kakashi,
"Genjutsu, Tsukuyomi."
Thud.
It was as if the world had changed.
With just a single glance from Itachi, Kakashi was dragged into the Tsukuyomi world.
The same blood-red world as when Yagyu experienced it.
However, unlike Yagyu who could maintain some resistance.
Kakashi had no resistance at all.
So within the three days inside the Tsukuyomi world.
Kakashi could only rely on his willpower to endure Itachi's torment.
While in reality, only an instant had passed.
Splash.
Kakashi's condition dropped from peak to its lowest state instantly.
Only relying on strong willpower, he managed to remain conscious.
Whoosh.
At the moment Kakashi lost his footing and fell onto the river surface.
Kisame swung Samehada and struck him away, sending him flying toward a large rock on the riverbank.
The heavy blow sent Kakashi flying at high speed.
If he collided like that, in his current state, the probability of death would be over eighty percent.
Just as Kakashi was about to crash into the large rock.
Crackle.
Yagyu's figure appeared behind him and directly caught him, saving him.
Just after saving Kakashi.
Yagyu looked toward another direction.
Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame had already disappeared.
"They left."
Yagyu's expression carried a trace of seriousness as he spoke,
"The coordination between those two is extremely strong, they are too powerful."
That coordinated breakout attack.
Could be said to be extremely precise.
Especially the move of knocking Kakashi away.
"Kakashi."
While Yagyu was speaking, Kurenai and Asuma, who had barely participated in the fight, quickly arrived beside him,
"How is he."
After checking Kakashi's condition.
Yagyu directly concluded,
"He was hit by the Mangekyō Sharingan genjutsu Tsukuyomi, his mental damage is extremely severe, and Kisame's strike broke at least three of Kakashi-senpai's ribs, he must be sent to the hospital immediately."
Lifting Kakashi onto his shoulder.
Yagyu turned to Asuma and Kurenai,
"Asuma-senpai, Kurenai-senpai, please notify the ANBU to track Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame, I will take Kakashi-senpai to the hospital, his condition is not good."
Hearing this.
Kurenai and Asuma both nodded,
"Kakashi is in your hands, Yagyu-kun."
Whoosh.
Without saying more, Yagyu disappeared instantly.
Watching Yagyu leave with Kakashi.
Kurenai and Asuma exchanged a glance, both showing lingering fear and seriousness.
If it had been just the two of them earlier.
Before reinforcements arrived, they would likely have died at the hands of Uchiha Itachi and Hoshigaki Kisame.
At that moment.
They deeply felt the gap between themselves and true strong individuals.
A gap like a chasm.
Something that could never be bridged by age alone.
Konoha Hospital.
Inside a private ward.
Kakashi lay on the bed, unconscious.
His physical injuries had already been treated.
But the mental trauma.
With the current medical ninja in Konoha Hospital, it could not be treated at all.
If there was no expert to treat him.
Kakashi might remain bedridden for a very long time.
Inside the ward.
Jiraiya was present, Yagyu was also there, and Kurenai and Asuma were there as well.
"Tsukuyomi."
Looking at Kakashi's miserable state, Jiraiya's expression was serious,
"The damage caused inside genjutsu directly feeds back to the body and mind, this genjutsu is extremely dangerous, and it is almost impossible to guard against."
If just looking once is enough to be caught, how do you even defend against it.
Hearing Jiraiya's words.
Kurenai and Asuma both looked at Yagyu.
As far as they knew, Yagyu had faced Tsukuyomi before and was still relatively fine afterward.
Noticing their gazes.
Yagyu thought for a moment and said,
"When I was caught in Tsukuyomi, I also could not break it, I only relied on my own massive chakra and willpower to maintain some resistance and endured it."
Yagyu's explanation caused everyone present to fall silent.
They did not understand Tsukuyomi.
And could not analyze his words deeply.
But they believed it was true.
After all, Yagyu's chakra reserves were something everyone had seen.
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