His genjutsu may not be the absolute best skill he had, but he was someone who had a fairly tight reign on his chakra and noticed the second something went odd. He broke off, kicking her away as he swiftly sorted out what the feeling was and dismissed it.

"Impressive, but you're still thinking too much." It was a murmur, and he landed, on guard as he made sure she hadn't done anything that would stick before trying to segue back into attack.