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single long-distance blow.
Sharingan was a visual jutsu. Users put their own chakra into their eyes,
and ensnared opponents in the jutsu. In other words, as long as Itachi could
see the fight, he could ensnare his enemy in the jutsu.
Eyes meeting was not something that happened only subconsciously.
Expecting no particular trouble, an enemy would let their gaze race around
the scene. As long as that optical axis and the optical axis of the jutsu user
were in alignment, it was possible to create a situation in which the enemy’s
gaze would intersect with the jutsu user’s, without the enemy’s even being
aware of it.
Itachi was waiting for that moment. And to that end, Shisui had dared to
take on dangerous close-range combat, trying his best to get Mukai in
alignment with Itachi’s optical axis.
If Itachi could just activate the visual jutsu of the sharingan, they could
make this work. If they managed to pry open one small seam in Mukai’s
mind, Itachi could use that as a foothold, and gradually push his visual jutsu
to encroach ever further. The problem was that first step.
In addition to his vast experience, Mukai was a user of the byakugan, a
kekkei genkai that allowed the flow of chakra to be sensed visually; naturally,
he understood what the sharingan was, and could do. Itachi and Shisui had
adopted this strategy to break down those tall walls.
Just barely dodging Mukai’s left thrust, Shisui threw his torso back. Given
the perfect opportunity, Mukai pressed in on the younger man.
Shisui leapt backward, as if in flight. In that instant, Mukai’s face was
turned toward the rock Itachi was hiding behind. But their optical axes still
had not intersected.
Mukai turned his gaze toward Shisui as he landed, and then abruptly
averted his eyes.
The sharingan had been activated.
Naturally, Shisui’s sharingan had been a feint. The place toward which
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