In the streets of Konoha Village.
Minato and Kushina walked together as usual every afternoon when the ninja school was on holiday. In the first half of the year before he awakened his memory, and the half year after Kushina became a Jinchūriki, in the past year, the two had already walked through all the streets of Konoha Ninja Village. Even so, the two were still together walking around, it had become a habit. Kushina's excitement had not diminished, and she looked at the things around her with curious eyes. Minato, who was following behind her, had a slightly heavy expression.
Swish! On the side of his eyes, several shadows passed by on the roof eaves. There was no doubt that they were Konoha's ninjas. The direction they were heading to was the Hokage Building. In the past month, situations like this had become more and more frequent.
"It seems that the relationship between the ninja villages is on the verge of collapse. Are they finally going to break into war?" Minato thought to himself. Although the last Ninja World War ended, the five major countries have accumulated deep resentment against each other, including blood feuds and the involvement of interests. The Second Hokage also died in that war. The balance between the countries that had been maintained for nearly 20 years was finally going to collapse.
This disaster, which was later called the Second Ninja War, lasted for more than ten years. Although the actual wartime did not exceed three years, the friction between the major ninja countries did not stop. And then, with the disappearance of the Third Kazekage, once again became the fuse, and the Third Ninja War began. And he was active in that unprecedented war, shocked all countries, and gained his title Yellow Flash, finally leading Konoha to victory.
But let alone the current Minato, even if he were Hokage now, he still couldn't stop the outbreak of war. Because the interests and wars between countries have never been decided by one person. The essence of the so-called war is just the large-scale use of force to plunder more benefits.
Swish! While Minato was thinking, several figures appeared in front of him and Kushina.
"Senior Nawaki." Minato said when he saw the people coming. It was Nawaki and his two teammates. Nawaki smiled and said, "You two have a really good relationship. You are inseparable." Every time he met Minato, Kushina would always be by his side. Even if he was a bit thick-skinned, he should be able to see that the relationship between these two people was extraordinary.
"Long time no see, Minato is getting more and more handsome." Behind Nawaki, Suki, who was also an acquaintance of the two, smiled. More than a year had passed, and the immaturity on Minato's face began to fade away, revealing a more sunny and handsome face. Especially the pair of blue eyes, there was no impurity in them, giving people a feeling that they could not hate him at all.
Kushina, who was standing aside, looked at Suki with some hostility in her eyes and directly took Minato's arm. Suki smiled faintly and said, "Junior Kushina has also become more beautiful." However, Kushina's expression did not change much, and she could only smile awkwardly.
"Hehe, Minato, do you remember the battle on the day we first met?" Nawaki said. Minato nodded and said, "Well, I lost to Senior Nawaki." "That doesn't count as my win." Nawaki waved his hands quickly. At that time, Minato's basics were not inferior to his, and he lost because of lack of physical strength. He could see that this guy had consumed a lot of stamina before fighting with him.
"I really want to see what level you have reached now. Do you want to fight me again, but not a sparring match, a real battle?" Nawaki's eyes flickered, full of fighting spirit. Minato looked at his somewhat urgent eyes, and his fighting spirit also rose in his heart.
"Okay." He immediately agreed, but still looked at Kushina beside him and said, "But I still have to accompany Kushina now." Before he finished speaking, Kushina had already said, "Don't worry about me. In fact, I also want to see your current strength. It's been a long time since we had a sparring class in the Ninja School." Minato couldn't help but twitch his eyes.
"Kushina, thank you." Nawaki blinked at Kushina and then said, "Let's go to the seventh training ground." Nawaki knew that Minato, as Jiraiya's disciple, had been training there for quite a long time. The group of people bypassed the slightly bustling crowd on the street and went to their destination.
Konoha Ninja Village, the seventh training ground.
When everyone arrived here, the sky had gradually become a little dim, and it was the time when the sun and the moon alternated. But this did not affect them as ninjas. Kushina, Suki, and another teammate of Nawaki all retreated to the side. In the center of the training ground, Minato and Nawaki stood opposite each other.
"Minato, although we are friends, I will not hold back in this battle." Nawaki teased, but his expression gradually became fierce. From his eyes, Minato saw some ferocity; it seems that Nawaki has also seen life-and-death situations. That is the most important event a student in a ninja school needs to have to be a real ninja.
But what made Minato even happier was that from his appearance, he had completely overcome what he had seen. Minato had already guessed that Sarutobi Ao's injury should be related to Nawaki, which was why he and Suki often appeared beside Sarutobi Ao at that time.
Shoosh! After Nawaki finished speaking, he did not rush towards Minato but instead shot backward rapidly. He knew Minato very well and knew that Minato was best at speed. If he attacked directly, he would definitely be suppressed in the first move. So he planned to distance himself from him first.
Swish! Seeing this, Minato naturally rushed towards him. Minato saw through Nawaki's intention, but he did not use his full speed to rush toward Nawaki, just trying to shorten the distance between the two. Because he also wanted to see what level the grandson of the First Hokage has accomplished.
And because of his rebirth, his strength improved very quickly, and his mentality was definitely not at the same level as Nawaki at this time. He didn't want to expose all his strength. In order to suppress his power, Minato decreased his speed as much as possible. Nawaki directly performed the Body Flicker Jutsu.
After a safe distance, Nawaki quickly formed several hand seals. When Minato saw the hand seals, his eyebrows could not help but raise.
"Boom!" The ground under Nawaki's feet trembled slightly, attracting everyone's attention. The land there bulged directly and then turned into a dragon head in an instant. The dragon head opened its mouth, and then several earth spikes like artillery shells were directly shot at Minato.
"Earth Release: Dragon Bullet!"
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