Chidori—a thrust-type Lightning Release technique, originally created by Hatake Kakashi in his youth under the tutelage of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze—relies on concentrating high-voltage lightning chakra into the hand, stimulating the cells in the legs to dramatically increase movement speed.
So fast is the technique's burst acceleration that the user can barely control their direction without the aid of heightened perception.
That's why Kakashi, after transplanting Obito's Sharingan, relied on its predictive and dynamic visual tracking to master Chidori's use in actual combat—especially in the absence of a sensory-type partner like Minato.
Yet now, even with his left Sharingan fully activated in its Three Tomoe state, he was using the full extent of its visual prowess just to follow Uchiha Yue.
But Yue, who possessed a Three Tomoe Sharingan with pupil power far exceeding Kakashi's—pupil power awakened through true spiritual clarity and layered past-life memories—could see Kakashi's Chidori even more clearly.
In Yue's eyes, Kakashi's so-called high-speed burst was practically slowed to a crawl, every micro-movement captured in clinical detail.
To an ordinary observer, Kakashi seemed to vanish and reappear in an instant, electricity sparking wildly around him.
But Yue simply lifted a hand.
Snap!
The flash of Chidori sparked against empty air. Kakashi's thrust missed its target entirely, stopped dead.
His wrist—still crackling with high-voltage chakra—was gripped tightly by Yue's right hand, unable to budge.
Boom!
With a single motion, Yue raised his left fist and drove it mercilessly into Kakashi's abdomen. A dull thud rang out, and Kakashi's body buckled forward.
But the impact was fleeting.
His figure instantly dispersed into a burst of radiant lightning that engulfed Yue like a trap: Lightning Release: Lightning Clone Technique.
The discharge was sharp, unpredictable—typical of Kakashi's analytical style.
But Yue didn't flinch.
The moment the electric field enveloped him, a wind current exploded from his palm.
Wind Release: Gale Palm!
The focused gust met the arcing lightning mid-charge. Wind chakra disrupted the electrical flow, shredding the clone into wisps of dissipating static, neutralizing it completely.
Earth Release: Headhunter Jutsu!
Before the last arc faded, Kakashi struck again, seamlessly transitioning into a classic assassination technique: arms burst from beneath the ground, aiming to drag Yue down.
But Yue had long since merged Hashirama Senju's cells into his body. With the innate control of natural chakra and the strength of the First Hokage's lineage, he stomped down—hard.
Boom!
The ground caved in violently under his foot, chakra-infused strength exploding downward. The very earth ruptured.
The grasping arms were obliterated, turning into misty blood—only to fade into white smoke.
A Shadow Clone.
"Huff… Huff… This guy… he's a fortress. Untouchable," thought Kakashi, now hidden again in the shadows of the underground prison's support pillars.
His breath was heavy, yet controlled.
None of his opening tactics had even made Uchiha Yue take a step.
And yet…
"New tricks?" Yue asked, his Sharingan slowly turning in place, catching every motion in the field.
Then, his gaze snapped to a far corner.
"Damn it. He saw me!"
Kakashi's expression tightened, knowing immediately he had been found. He vanished instantly.
But Yue didn't wait.
The next second, his figure blurred—his movement was no longer merely speed; it was a distortion of presence.
Boom!
His punch struck the ground Kakashi had just vacated, the resulting shockwave fracturing the floor in a web-like pattern.
From behind, Kakashi retaliated instantly.
Lightning Release: Lightning Beast Tracking Fang!
In a flash of blue chakra, a snarling beast of lightning erupted from his hand, surging forward like a living construct.
But Yue responded with a calm indifference.
"Pointless."
He released his fist, and a sphere of compressed wind chakra formed rapidly in his palm.
Wind Release: Rasengan.
The thunder beast roared toward him—only to be annihilated the moment it collided with Yue's Wind Rasengan.
A single rotation was enough to destabilize the chakra structure and disperse it.
"A Wind Release… Rasengan?!"
Kakashi's eyes widened.
Even Naruto, with his vast chakra reserves and Uzumaki resilience, had nearly crippled himself developing the Wind Release: Rasenshuriken.
Yet Yue executed the basic elemental Rasengan variation effortlessly, showcasing not just power but a level of chakra control far beyond the standard Jōnin.
"Tch. He's slippery," Yue muttered, watching Kakashi retreat behind the nearest pillar. "Too bad we're indoors.
Even if there's enough space, throwing a full Rasenshuriken here would be ridiculous.
Still… I would've liked to test it out."
He grinned slightly.
"Guess Hatake's 'Fifty-Fifty' legend isn't just smoke."
"But…"
The Rasengan dispersed from Yue's palm like mist.
"…Now things change."
His Sharingan spun—transforming.
The familiar tomoe dissolved into a pattern unique to him: Mangekyō Sharingan.
"I'm done with hide-and-seek."
He vanished—not just in speed but in perception.
Yue's Mangekyō illusion-reality domain twisted the surrounding space.
Kakashi, crouched behind a slab of stone, froze.
A sudden chill crept up his spine. His instincts screamed.
Run.
Without a glance behind, he activated his leg cells again, layering himself in Chidori's charge, bursting forward.
But the chill didn't fade.
Instead, it grew closer.
"Over," came a voice from behind.
Kakashi's eye widened.
A hand landed on his shoulder—gently, but with the weight of inevitability.
In that instant, his accelerated body froze.
Time seemed to halt, suspended by Yue's Mangekyō illusion—the same power that had immobilized Obito before.
Kakashi, for all his efforts, was now a bird caught in mid-flight—his speed nullified, his movement silenced.
JOIN MY PATREON TO READ ADVANCE 30+ CHAPTERS
Patreon.com/Kora_1