Minato saw Ishida charging forward, his eyes narrowed, and he threw a kunai in Ishida's direction.
At the same time, a blue sphere in his hand gradually took shape.
Ishida, while sprinting, focused intently on the incoming kunai.
Through the previous battle, he had already understood the attack method of this assailant.
It was teleportation via kunai, followed by a beheading strike the instant he reappeared.
So it wasn't just pure speed; it was a type of space-time ninjutsu.
Although space-time ninjutsu sounded more terrifying, in terms of pure speed, he, who had mastered the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, was faster.
In an instant, his confidence was restored.
In the entire Kumogakure, only a handful of people were faster than him. There was no way his opponent could keep up, so he would definitely choose to escape using the kunai he had thrown.
As long as he caught that brief delay and launched an attack, he could win.
With a well-thought-out countermeasure, confidence shone in his eyes.
By now, the two were already very close.
Ishida's blade had already swung out.
Although he slashed at Minato's position, he had actually held back, preparing to strike again at the kunai's location the moment Minato teleported away.
This way, the enemy would have no escape.
However, to his astonishment, Minato did not teleport away.
Instead, at the last moment when Ishida's blade came down, Minato slightly turned his body and dodged.
Then, taking advantage of the momentum, he lifted the Rasengan in his hand.
His forward-moving body crashed right into it…
'Impossible!'
'He dodged at the very moment my blade fell? How in the hell can a human react that fast?'
Ishida's consciousness was forever frozen in that moment.
Because his entire chest had already been pierced through by the Rasengan, draining his life force, and he collapsed to the ground…
All around, the three remaining people were so shocked that they couldn't speak.
The battle had ended too quickly, and Ishida had died too fast.
Even Ishida, one of Kumogakure's top-ranked elites, had perished in a single move.
It was as if killing Ishida was no different from killing those other ninjas before him. He had only needed one move.
At this moment, they realized a terrifying truth.
The enemy was far stronger than they had imagined.
That flash of golden light would forever be their nightmare.
"RUN!"
One of the ninjas hesitated no longer and fired the signal flare in his hand.
The signal flare shot into the sky and exploded in a burst of brilliant lightning.
Then, without hesitation, he ran toward the battlefield's main forces.
His comrades were there.
While he was escaping, the remaining two ninjas were also swiftly dealt with by Minato.
But Minato did not pursue the fleeing one. He simply twirled a Flying Thunder God kunai around his finger and said indifferently, "I'll leave the last one to you."
From the fleeing ninja's perspective, though he had launched the signal flare and was rushing toward their main force, where reinforcements would soon arrive in large numbers—
He still didn't feel safe.
He was terrified that, at any moment, that golden flash would appear before him and take his life with a single strike.
To be honest, he wasn't afraid of death.
He was afraid that he wouldn't be able to pass on this crucial information.
During the battle just now, he had clearly seen the attacker wearing a Konoha ninja headband.
'Since when has Konoha produced such a powerful ninja?'
'Has their mission to capture the Nine-Tails already been exposed?'
But none of that mattered anymore. What mattered was that he had to warn the village—
If they encountered that golden flash, they must immediately abandon the mission and flee.
Survival was the greatest victory.
After running for a while, he realized that his opponent wasn't chasing him.
'Could it be that the teleportation ability using kunai requires a massive amount of energy, and the enemy no longer have the strength to pursue?'
Thinking this, he suddenly felt like he had survived a catastrophe.
He had actually lived through that terrifying golden flash.
He almost wanted to throw his head back and roar at the sky to vent his emotions.
But just then, two figures appeared in front of him, blocking his path.
They also wore Konoha headbands.
'So, they are that golden flash's companions?'
'Damn it, he has comrades!'
For a moment, his heart sank into despair.
If the golden flash's teammates were also that strong, then he had no chance of surviving.
But soon, he got a clear look at them. They were just two kids.
A boy and a girl. The boy had white hair and wore a mask over his mouth.
The girl had purple stripes painted on her cheeks.
The boy suddenly reminded him of someone—the one like a raging storm, Konoha's White Fang.
But White Fang was already dead. These were just two brats.
Instantly, he became arrogant, "Two little brats think they can stop me?"
"The golden flash just now was your Jonin instructor, wasn't he? That means you should have one more teammate. Where is he? Tell him to come out!"
Rin smiled, "Oh, him? He's just watching from the sidelines."
"Watching from the sidelines?", The Kumo ninja was enraged.
"The golden flash humiliated me just now, and I endured it. But you two dare to mock me as well?"
"I'll show you my technique!"
As he spoke, his entire body grew larger, exuding a terrifying force, with lightning crackling around him.
This was a unique technique he had developed, using Lightning Release to stimulate his cells.
Compared to the Lightning Release Chakra Mode, which focused on speed, this one emphasized raw strength.
Undoubtedly, with this technique, he was one of the two Jonin among their group of nine.
"Die, you little brats!"
He leaped high and smashed down toward them.
Kakashi also drew his blade, which was wrapped in lightning.
But just as he was about to act, Rin gave him a look, signaling him not to interfere.
Rin said, "Let me handle this. Since he wants to test his strength, that's my specialty."
As she spoke, Rin leaped up and extended her small fist to meet him head-on.
The Kumo ninja almost burst out laughing. That tiny fist wanted to clash with his sandbag-sized one?
Was she looking down on him? Or just mocking him?
This little girl was dead.
However, at that moment, he suddenly saw a purple glow radiating from the little girl's body, instantly enveloping her and forming a majestic robe.
His arrogance instantly turned to shock.
'This is… the same as Lord Killer Bee's… a Perfect Jinchūriki!'
But the shock lasted only a moment.
So what if she was a Perfect Jinchūriki? In a pure contest of strength, he didn't believe he would lose. No matter what, she was just a little girl.
"Die!"
He gathered every ounce of strength into his fist. His already massive fist grew even larger, truly like a sandbag.
Finally, the two fists collided.
"Hahaha, I win!"
The Kumo ninja sneered arrogantly.
But then, he realized something was wrong.
From that tiny fist, he felt an enormous, bottomless power—one that seemed capable of destroying everything.
BOOM!
The shockwave from the impact shattered the surrounding trees.
But the Kumo ninja felt nothing, because that overwhelming force had traveled through his arm and into his body.
In midair, his body exploded into a mist of blood…
Not far away, Obito, who had been secretly watching, shuddered.
Rin, with the Perfect Ryumyaku Jinchūriki power and monstrous strength, was terrifying.
If that punch had landed on him, he wouldn't have a shred of his body left.
To think Rin was a genius—she had mastered the monster strength punch to this level in just a month.
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