"I didn't expect his mastery of the Water Release to be so high, even higher than I thought. He just displayed such a great use of the Water Clone Jutsu!"
Kakashi finally realized that he was relying too much on his Sharingan. Compared to Ryoha, who combined his Sharingan with his other jutsu, Kakashi was just relying on his Sharingan's insight in this battle.
"This is the first time I have seen this kind of Water Clone Jutsu. But, considering he was able to develop such a great jutsu like the Tsunami Rasengan, it is not really surprising."
The guy was aware of the troublesome situation. Kakashi's Raikiri was useless against Ryoha, and the same was true for his Sharingan. He just used the Eight Gates just now. If he used them again, he might have to lie down for an entire month after the battle.
"He doesn't need water as a medium since he was able to combine the use of his Water Clone and Shadow Clone jutsu. It seems that I have underestimated him. Even without the Sharingan, he's not easy to deal with. Not to mention that he also has the Nine-tails Chakra. His actual combat strength might have reached the level of Kage.
Orochimaru looked at Ryoha's back with a nasty gaze. He really wanted to have Ryoha's body. Unfortunately, Ryoha was not Sasuke. He was not the kind of person who would do anything for power. Moreover, Orochimaru could not give Ryoha the power he needed.
"You good, Kakashi?" Guy looked at Kakashi beside him. He was in a very bad condition after using the Eight Gates. He could only rely on Kakashi now, hoping he would find a way.
"Maybe there is another way, but Ryoha is too fast, and my Sharingan can't deal with his Water Clones. I can't lock him down at all, and I don't know if he has any other defensive Visual Jutsu."
"If I fail to use 'that', then it will be worse for us because I might end up hospitalized for a week or two, or even a month. After all, when I used it for the first time back then, I was not very good at it. Using 'that' is quite difficult for me now. I might need more training."
Kakashi hesitated for a moment. After learning about the more advanced Sharingan like the Mangekyo, he kept training his Sharingan. He was indeed more talented than the Uchihas. But unfortunately, his Sharingan was transplanted, so the burden from using them was too great, and it was limiting his development.
However, geniuses were geniuses, after all. After knowing the existence of the Mangekyo, he relied on his own talent and hard work to push the Sharingan to its limit. He was able to forcibly awaken the Mangekyo, but he had never had the chance to use this move, and the burden of using it was too great.
As a result, he only used it once against Deidara in the original work. In fact, after knowing the existence of the Mangekyo from his confrontation with Itachi, he gradually began to open his Mangekyo.
Back then, He had not discovered the use of Visual Jutsu, so he didn't suffer from the mental trauma caused by the Mangekyo. In the past few months, he was already able to activate his Mangekyo, but he never used it, so no one knew.
If he didn't encounter Deidara, he would not use the Mangekyo, so no one would know that he had already awakened the Mangekyo.
"It is better than nothing. How much time will it take?" Guy didn't care too much. Ryoha was completely unharmed. If they couldn't stop Ryoha, then Jiraya would be defeated.
"I'll try." Kakashi didn't expect that one day he would use this Visual Jutsu against his former student. Although he didn't teach him much, he felt very uncomfortable. But there was no other choice. He could only do this. No wonder Ryoha never treated him as a teacher.
He would never do this against Sasuke. It was normal for his students to like or not like him, but this was too much for Kakashi.
At the very least, he had to learn from the Third. He liked Orochimaru the most, but he never stopped teaching his other two disciples just because Orochimaru was his favorite. On the contrary, the Third would never be as biased as Kakashi when it came to teaching ninjutsu.
"Huh?" If a Sharingan had yet to reach the Mangekyo, it would not be able to sense other Sharingan as long the other user covers it up.
Only some existence like the Kyubi or a sensor-type ninja with special awareness would be able to detect it. But if a Mangekyo was used, no matter who they faced, as long as someone had the Sharingan, they would immediately be able to sense other Mangekyo.
If the other party's Sharingan was also a Mangekyo, then there would be a feeling of being evenly matched. However, if the other party had a Mangekyo under the Mangekyo, then the Mangekyo would have a huge suppressive force on the other party's Mangekyo.
Just like when people with high-level bloodlines saw people with low-level bloodlines, there was a kind of suppressive force of Bloodline Limit's level difference.
"Seems like Kakashi just awakened his Mangekyo not long after learning about its existence. It was just that he never had the chance to use it for two and a half years. Only after he faced Deidara, who was able to fly, did he have the chance to use it."
"Hehe, I didn't expect Kakashi to be so ruthless in using such a Visual Jutsu on me. But this is also good. I don't have to show any mercy when I kill you."
Ryoha muttered in his mind. His Mangekyo was locked into Kakashi. He understood Visual Jutsu very well. Kakashi was even more obvious compared to when he first used 'that' jutsu. Not to mention that his control of it was very poor, and his preparation time was very long. Whether he was actually able to use it or not was still a problem.
"Sure enough, I can't hide it from him. He realized what I am going to do as soon as I activated my Mangekyo. There is no other way. Now it is already too late to back down. I can only go all out."
Kakashi stared at Ryoha's chest, hoping to kill him in one blow. However, he was not sure. Ryoha's Mangekyo was so strange that even Itachi, who had possessed the Mangekyo for many years, was no match for him.
Although his Visual Jutsu was very powerful, he was not sure that he could deal with Ryoha. Because he was not sure if Ryoha had any other Visual Jutsu besides the Amaterasu, if he had some, it would be really troublesome.