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Chapter 266: Minato's Surprise
Chapter 266: Minato's Surprise
Minato's feet erupted with chakra as he quickly shifted to the more spacious left side, throwing a Flying Thunder God kunai towards Kakashi and Rin Nohara. He carefully scanned his surroundings, searching for Obito's true body.
Kakashi and Rin easily dodged the kunai that Minato had casually thrown, pressing forward together.
Kakashi drew his kunai, aiming for Minato's vitals with each strike, but Minato's skill with kunai was superior as he effortlessly blocked each attack. Rin's harassment also had little effect.
However, this was all part of their pre-discussed plan. As Minato blocked Kakashi's heart-seeking strike, Rin gathered a large amount of chakra in her arm, greatly enhancing her physical strength, and threw a powerful punch at Minato.
This punch required no explanation; even those unfamiliar with chakra could understand its power from the sheer force behind it.
Minato immediately countered by increasing his strength, pushing back Kakashi, who was struggling to match him with his kunai. He then gathered chakra in his palm and collided with Rin's punch.
Boom!
The powerful impact sent Minato stumbling back two meters.
"What incredible strength," Minato exclaimed in surprise. "I never expected that an ordinary-looking child from the data I have would possess such power."
He was astonished by the might hidden within Rin's frail body. Although he had used chakra during their exchange, he had held back, and yet Rin, a recent graduate, had demonstrated such remarkable ability. Her performance in the academy hadn't been as outstanding as Obito's.
Kakashi seized the opportunity and quickly lunged at Minato, forcing him to retreat.
As Minato contemplated whether to unleash more of his strength, he suddenly sensed a hint of danger. Kakashi had stopped his assault and was now forming hand seals.
"Explode."
"Fire Style: Phoenix Flower Jutsu!"
Simultaneously, Obito's true body appeared on a tree not far away, spitting out numerous small fireballs to seal their location.
Boom! Boom!
Kakashi's buried explosive tags were detonated, engulfing Minato's position in a fierce blaze. The thick smoke from the explosion obscured what was happening within.
Obito jumped down and stood next to Rin, scratching his head. "What now? Did we just kill Minato-senpai? He doesn't seem to have dodged our attack."
"We're done for," Rin said. "Minato-senpai is a good friend of Mu Yue-sensei."
Kakashi gave Obito a look, clearly questioning his understanding of their own abilities. It had taken the three of them going all out to defeat a high-level Cloud ninja, and Minato was clearly not an ordinary jonin. How could they have possibly taken him down so easily?
"I hope not," Rin said uncertainly. She had the least combat experience and had never fought a powerful enemy before, so she felt particularly intimidated by Minato.
The smoke quickly dissipated, revealing a charred landscape, but Minato was nowhere to be seen.
Kakashi's expression immediately turned vigilant, and he was astonished. He had no idea how Minato had disappeared.
"You certainly gave me quite a surprise," Minato's voice came from behind them. "I guess I'll have to respond with even more seriousness."
They turned to see Minato, smiling and unharmed.
Obito quickly moved in front of Rin, utilizing the Breath of Fire to its utmost, entering a state of extreme concentration.
"Such speed," Kakashi muttered, his eyes flickering. He wasn't overly surprised, though, as Minato was known to be a formidable opponent, and it would have been strange if they had taken him down so easily.
Watching the three of them resume their battle stances, Minato couldn't help but feel a sense of emotion.
He was grateful to be their guiding teacher, as an ordinary jonin might have met their end due to carelessness. Who would have thought that three nine-year-old children could exhibit such prowess?
Obito's fire style, Rin's incredible strength, and Kakashi's offensive rhythm and traps—their abilities far surpassed those of their peers.
Swoosh! Swoosh!
Minato threw a Flying Thunder God kunai towards the trio.
Clang!
Obito swung his kunai, blocking the attack, and the kunai embedded itself in the ground next to him.
Kakashi and Obito exchanged a glance and nodded.
"Fire Style: Fireball Jutsu!"
Obito gathered a large amount of chakra in his throat, rapidly manipulating its nature, and spat out a massive fireball that grew to a size of over four meters.
Kakashi, meanwhile, leaped onto a tree, using it as a springboard to close the distance with Minato while throwing shuriken to restrict his movements.
Whoosh!
Just as the fireball was about to reach its target, Minato vanished from his original spot, causing the fireball and shuriken to miss. Kakashi scanned the area, searching for Minato's new position.
Boom! Boom!
Minato, using the Flying Thunder God technique, reappeared next to Obito and Rin, delivering swift and powerful taijutsu that sent them crashing into a tree.
"So fast!" Obito, the tougher of the two, quickly climbed to his feet, amazed.
He hadn't been able to follow Minato's movements at all; one moment he was there, and the next, they were flying through the air.
Kakashi's expression turned thoughtful as he realized something.
Unless he was mistaken, there had been a kunai at the spot where Minato had reappeared. Could it be a coincidence? Kakashi quietly memorized the location of the two kunai and launched another offensive.
Not wanting to be a burden, Rin gritted her teeth against the pain and got back into a fighting stance.
The two of them quickly rose to their feet, and with Kakashi's return, the trio surrounded Minato from three different directions.
Obito was the first to make a move; he couldn't maintain his extreme breathing state for long and needed to end the fight quickly.
As Obito charged forward, Rin once again channeled her chakra into her arm and threw a powerful punch at Minato, while Kakashi used the Body Flicker Technique to strike with his kunai.
Minato calmly threw a kunai towards Obito.
As Obito sidestepped the kunai, Minato vanished and reappeared behind him, delivering a punch that sent Obito crashing to the ground.
"It has to be related to the kunai!" Kakashi, who had witnessed Minato's use of the Flying Thunder God Technique, immediately connected Minato's extraordinary teleportation with the kunai he had thrown.
"Damn it!" Obito's inner fire raged as the girl he cared about was right in front of him, yet he kept getting knocked down or thrown aside. He ignored the consequences and channeled the Breath of Fire into his legs, delivering a fiery kick towards Minato while secretly forming hand seals with his left hand.
Minato dodged the kick, but Obito, having completed his seals, flipped over and spat out several small fireballs at Minato.
"To use fire style in this situation?" Minato was astonished.
Obito had been face down on the ground moments ago and shouldn't have been able to form the necessary hand seals.
Whoosh!
Minato vanished from their sight once more, and Kakashi immediately unleashed his chakra, using the Body Flicker Technique to chase after the kunai that Minato had teleported to.
"Total concentration, Lightning Breath!"
Kakashi inhaled a large amount of oxygen to strengthen his body and then concentrated his power in his legs. He quickly performed a lightning-attribute chakra nature transformation, enhancing his legs with lightning-attribute chakra, causing his speed to reach a pinnacle.
Minato had planned to attack Rin after using the Flying Thunder God technique, but when he saw Kakashi rushing towards him at an incredible speed, he immediately switched to a defensive stance.
"Could he have guessed the effect of the Flying Thunder God technique? What incredible analytical ability," Minato thought in surprise.
Minato's reaction was extremely fast, even faster than Kakashi's speed. Despite Kakashi's decisive action, he still failed to hit Minato.
Kakashi's attack missed, but instead of feeling discouraged, he smiled.
Minato couldn't see Kakashi's expression under his mask, but he keenly sensed something amiss and then noticed the explosive tag stuck on Kakashi's body.
"Explode."
Boom!!
An explosion rang out, engulfing both Kakashi and Minato in a blaze of fire.
"That Kakashi is truly treacherous," Obito said with a sigh of relief.
Of course, Kakashi wouldn't sacrifice himself in a training exercise by using his body to take down Minato along with him. From the moment they went to find Minato, Kakashi had been using a shadow clone.
Everything had been part of Kakashi's plan, and Obito's shadow clone had served as the first bait, while Kakashi's own shadow clone was the second bait.
As the smoke cleared, just like before, only the ground was charred black, with no sign of Minato.
Whoosh!
Minato appeared at the location of the first Flying Thunder God kunai, but in the instant he appeared, he noticed a purple-lightning-clad Kakashi rushing towards him.
Zzzzzzz!!
Kakashi controlled the purple lightning, splitting it into countless lightning snakes that surged towards Minato like a tidal wave. Minato's extremely fast reflexes allowed him to dodge the attack, but Kakashi's goal was not to hit Minato's body; he was aiming for the bell at Minato's waist.
The tiny lightning bolts struck the bell, causing it to fall, and the lightning-fast Kakashi caught it in his hand.
"Captain Minato, does this count as a successful training?" Kakashi asked nonchalantly.
"Yes, to be honest, your performance surprised me," Minato said with a smile.
The performance of the members of this squad far exceeded his expectations. Although he had held back a lot and even refrained from using his important sensory abilities, he was still the Yellow Flash of the battlefield, and it was extremely difficult for Kakashi and the others to snatch the bell from him just once.
Not only was Obito's fire-style jutsu powerful, but it also had a release method that Minato was unfamiliar with. If it weren't for Obito's falling Phoenix Flower jutsu earlier, he wouldn't have been forced to use the Flying Thunder God technique twice.
Kakashi possessed exceptional combat intelligence, and after only a few encounters, he had analyzed Minato's Flying Thunder God technique and immediately devised a strategy to successfully capture the bell.
Even Rin had her moment to shine when she used her incredible strength to force Minato to use the Flying Thunder God technique.
Minato felt that his three students were no ordinary genin; if a regular jonin was careless, they might not be able to defeat them. Their combat capabilities were truly formidable.
"It's finally over. You're incredibly fast, Captain Minato," Obito exclaimed as he rushed over to support Kakashi.
Mu Yue was also fast, but her speed was different from Minato's. With Obito, he could sense a trail of blue light, though he couldn't quite make it out, but Minato's speed was peculiar; he would disappear and then reappear out of thin air.
"I'm sorry, I don't think I was much help," Rin said, feeling that she had somehow managed to win without contributing much.
Due to her long-term practice of medical ninjutsu, Rin's combat capabilities were not as strong, so she hadn't participated in Mu Yue's squad battles. Her only battles had been during the practical exam against classmates, and now, fighting against a strong opponent like Minato, she felt out of her league and that she had merely coasted through the victory.
Hearing Rin's words, Obito disagreed and said, "That's not true. If it weren't for you, Kakashi's shadow clone would have been destroyed earlier, and you played a crucial role. Moreover, that punch you landed on Captain Minato was impressive."
He wasn't just saying this because of his feelings for Rin; he genuinely believed that the battle would have played out differently without her.
"Obito's right, Rin. Your role in the battle is just different from ours," Kakashi nodded in agreement.
In gaming terms, Kakashi and Obito were the main damage dealers, while Rin was the support. The primary role of support was not to deal damage.
In fact, Kakashi thought that the current team composition was even more reasonable. With Rin's medical ninjutsu, she could heal him and Obito if they got injured.
It was different when they fought Might Guy. Then, the three of them could only rely on their brute strength.
Hearing Kakashi and Obito's words, Rin felt much better, but she secretly resolved to work harder on her taijutsu so that she could contribute more in future battles.
"This intern system created by Mu Yue is excellent. If future graduates can cooperate like this, the strength of the village's genin will increase significantly," Minato thought, recalling the coordination between Obito and Kakashi. He felt that the intern system deserved to be promoted further.
Obito, who had teamed up with Kakashi during the internship, showed much better coordination than Rin. Obito and Kakashi only needed to exchange glances to understand each other's thoughts and execute their plans.
"You finished the training earlier than I expected. Take a rest today and practice your combat coordination. Tomorrow, I'll take you on a mission," Minato said, sharing the plan for the next few days.
This coordination training was mainly for Rin, as Obito and Kakashi had no issues in this regard.
"Alright! We get to go on a mission again!" Obito cheered.
He couldn't wait to defeat various enemies in front of Rin and enjoy her praise.
"A ninja's mission..." Rin thought back to the mission experiences Obito had shared with her, and a slight expectation grew in her heart.
Kakashi had wanted to temper Obito's excitement, but seeing that Rin also seemed to be looking forward to it, he remained silent. His experience in this area was also lacking.
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