Sasuke and Sakura were fighting fiercely. Yamanaka Feng on the side kept smiling and watched the two people fighting quietly. No one had any idea what he was thinking.

In a corner unknown to the three, Mizuki's fake Jinchūriki clone was watching silently...

"Such a good opportunity, but I didn't use that illusion. It seems that I haven't learned it yet. The Sharingan's resistance to this illusion is not visible."

After perfecting the illusion - Xishuixiang, Mizuki tried it several times, and the effect was not bad, but he encountered some troubles when facing the Byakugan. The Byakugan can see through the flow of chakra, and if prepared, it can break this illusion. With the eyes that can see through illusions, plus the Hyuga family's soft fists and the characteristics of cutting and disrupting chakra, there are not many illusions that can deceive them.

Many times, when the Hyuga members fell into the illusion, it was not that they failed to see through it, but that they could not find a way to break it. Xishuixiang was an illusion that became more difficult to break the more people fell into it.

The activation of this technique is much less concealed than the Sharingan pupil technique. No technique is unbreakable, even Tsukuyomi can be reversed by Sasuke, and the Sleeping Scene is certainly not invulnerable, which requires the tactics of the ninja to make up for it.

Not only the Byakugan, Mizuki also wanted to see if the Sharingan, which is said to have the ability to see through and rebound illusions, could resist this illusion. It was quite difficult to find a Sharingan in the world, and there was an excuse for teaching Hyuga Hinata, but Mizuki was a little hesitant about whether it would be criticized to use it against Uchiha Sasuke, who had no special connection with him. Haruno Sakura, who occasionally practiced with Sasuke, could be observed, but unfortunately, Sakura had not yet learned it.

The battle between Sasuke and Sakura was very fast, and it was obvious that Sasuke had the upper hand. However, Sakura was not bad either, and her occasional counterattacks also made Sasuke embarrassed. Unfortunately, Sakura's physical strength was obviously much worse, and in this battle that was already a bit lengthy for the Genin, she gradually began to feel a little powerless.

Sasuke saw Sakura's tired look, but it did not make him happy.

"Even Sakura is so strong, what is my advantage?"

Sasuke, who was shocked in his heart, realized that the possibility of holding back and winning gracefully was almost gone. It was also a little hard for him to accept that Sakura was defeated by relying on her innate physical advantage.

Having made up his mind, Sasuke put away his somewhat arrogant thoughts and began to treat Sakura as a real opponent.

"Shadow Clone Technique."

Two shadow clones of Sasuke appeared, and together with the original Sasuke, they formed a triangle and surrounded Sakura in the middle.

Sakura was not to be outdone and also created two clones, which together with her original body, formed a V-shaped defense with their backs to each other.

The situation of confrontation was obvious, but Sasuke could not tolerate the stalemate any longer.

"Fire Style - Dragon Fire Technique."

Not taking into account the huge consumption of chakra from the two shadow clones and the original body, countless flame barrages covered the entire space where Sakura was hiding.

"Are you getting serious?" Sakura's heart trembled, and with the help of two shadow clones, she held up a huge light yellow chakra shield, covering the three figures.

"Earth attribute? Cautious as expected." Sakura's response did not surprise Sasuke.

The flame ball hit the earth attribute chakra shield, and it actually made a crisp jingling sound. It turned out that there were countless high-speed rotating shurikens hidden in the flames. If Sakura used a non-attribute chakra shield, she might really be broken by a large number of shurikens at her level.

"Do you think it's over?" Sasuke smiled with success, and with a flick of his fingers, the shurikens connected to his palms by steel wires began to change direction, tying the chakra shield tightly, and then lightning began to flash in the hands of Sasuke's real body and shadow clone.

"Chidori!"

The powerful lightning release was quickly transmitted along the steel wires and hit Sakura's earth attribute chakra shield. The solid chakra shield began to collapse rapidly.

The change happened in a flash. Sakura was surprised to see the steel wire flashing with sparks. As Sasuke pulled it suddenly, it quickly gathered and tied her up. The shadow clone that was attacked turned into chakra and disappeared.

Sasuke's shadow clone also collapsed after running out of chakra.

Sasuke, who had the advantage, saw that his carefully designed tactics had worked. He quickly stepped forward, kicked the immobile Sakura into the air with a Shadow Dance Leaf, then flipped in the air, and used a series of Lion Bombs to knock Sakura to the ground.

Seeing that Sakura was finally knocked down, Sasuke, who was exhausted, felt a little weak. He walked slowly towards her, wanting to see how badly Sakura was injured.

Sasuke, who thought the outcome was decided and was a little careless, had never expected that Sakura, who was knocked down, gathered chakra in her arms, and the sharp chakra scalpel easily cut the wires that bound her. Then she quickly stood up and punched the ground in front of her. The nearby sand immediately began to fluctuate and shake, making Sasuke unstable for a moment.

"Shit, you still have the energy to fight back!"

Sasuke, who was unable to dodge, watched the light blue chakra knife getting closer and closer. When he was at a loss as to what to do, Sakura staggered and was almost knocked down by the ground waves she controlled.

Sasuke, who had escaped from a desperate situation, did not miss this opportunity. He stepped forward and rushed forward with both fists, knocking Sakura back.

This time, the exhausted Sakura really couldn't stand up anymore...

After a long while, Sasuke, who had applied medicine to his wound, asked, "You've gotten stronger, Sakura!"

Sakura smiled reservedly, "Sasuke is still the best. If I were serious, I would have lost long ago."

Sasuke shook his head. Although what he said was true, Sakura definitely couldn't hold out for that long in a life-and-death duel. However, Sakura's current strength was much stronger than he had imagined.

"The jonin's assessment was correct. The advantage is not big anymore. I can't guarantee a sure win."

"How did you manage to hold on under the attacks of Shadow Dance Leaf and Lion Bomb?"

"It's a medical ninjutsu!" Sakura said calmly, "Master taught me a long time ago, but I still don't use it well. I can resist injuries from fists, kicks and blunt objects very well, but not so much from other things."

"Medical ninjutsu?" Sasuke nodded to show that he understood. It was not surprising that different systems of ninjutsu, especially medical ninjutsu, had some special abilities.

"I didn't use any particularly powerful ninjutsu, just some basic ninjutsu, and Sakura pushed me to this extent! It seems that taking the path of steady development is not wrong! "

As the duel between the two ended, the Shuimu clone who was hidden on the side left silently.

"I didn't see what I wanted to know, but it wasn't a waste of time. I didn't expect that in addition to Yamanaka Kaze, a close observer, there were also ANBU appointed by Tsunade to monitor..."