"Minato-aniki, are you ready?" Kazuki asked with a smile as bright as the sun, returning the words Minato had said at the beginning. "Be careful, my speed and strength... aren't bad at all."
At that instant, the Muramasa sword in Kazuki's hands ignited into flames. In the blink of an eye, the fire rose more than ten meters, with a tail of flames roaring in the air like a rampaging dragon.
At that moment, Kazuki seemed to have transformed into another person. He abandoned his calm and calculating fighting style, becoming fierce and unrestrained. He completely ignored the kunai Minato had placed, and with his sword raised, he charged straight towards him.
In the first two rounds, Kazuki was like a gentle and studious boy...
But now, Kazuki radiated a presence of authority, like an invincible warrior dominating the battlefield.
Minato's pupils suddenly shrank.
He hasn't fully adapted to this drastic contrast, and the temperature of the flames made his breathing stagnate.
Kazuki descended from the sky, and with a fierce movement, the Muramasa sword headed straight for Minato's head, accompanied by an unstoppable torrent of fire.
After the impact, the earth cracked, and the flames devoured the ground in their path, destroying everything.
The Flying Thunder God Kunai hidden in that area also melted and shattered at that moment, reducing itself to useless fragments.
"He's incredibly fast!" Minato exclaimed, reappearing in a distant place where he had thrown another Flying Thunder God kunai, frowning. "If I don't use the Flying Thunder God technique, Kazuki is still faster than me. What a powerful displacement technique...!"
"The power of that attack... if someone takes a direct hit, there's no way their body can withstand it." Minato muttered with a grimace of discomfort.
'Obviously, we were having a good battle of wits at first!'
Each action was carefully calculated, like a game of chess, where both were several steps ahead.
How come Kazuki had gone from meticulous strategy to unbridled brutality, as if he were a berserker warrior.
Another blast of fire and steel launched itself towards Minato, who once again teleported away just in time.
Kazuki's flames and sword destroyed another section of ground, razing everything in its path.
Minato carefully observed the dense dark defense that enveloped Kazuki.
Kazuki has already told him that it is some kind of earth release defensive ninjutsu…
"The Flying Thunder God Kunai that has been arranged is gradually being destroyed by Kazuki, and the situation is getting worse…"
At this critical moment, Minato became calmer.
"If I face Kazuki in hand-to-hand combat and I fail to finish the fight with one blow, with his wild style and speed, he will most likely hit me back before I can react..."
"If I am slashed by that sword, it will not be a question of whether I can continue to fight. I can only lie down and wait for Tsunade's rescue!"
He mused, looking at the Muramasa sword uneasily.
Minato was calculating whether he should take the risk of breaking through Kazuki's defense with a decisive strike.
If he succeeded, he could turn the battle in his favor. Minato's style was based on taking small advantages and exploiting them until victory.
But if he failed and Kazuki counterattacked... he would be the one to fall.
'Just now it was Sarutobi Hiruzen, and now it's Uzumaki Mito?'
Kazuki sensed the chakra that was paying attention to this battlefield and thought in his mind. 'Are they watching the battle together? Still in the Hokage Building..."
Kazuki recalled the changes in Uzumaki Mito's attitude towards him in the past few days.
Although he didn't fully understand why Mito treated him with such affection and pity, as if she owed him something, Kazuki knew that the old woman sincerely cared for him.
What Kazuki didn't know was that with the rapid awakening of his Uzumaki bloodline, Uzumaki Mito's original idea gradually changed...
But the only thing that remained unchanged was that poor Kazuki was the product of Senju Tobirama's forbidden technique!
Kazuki looked around. The training ground had been torn to pieces by him.
Tsunade looked at the blade in Kazuki's hand with hesitation...
She wanted to stop the game.
Not for anything else, Tsunade was afraid that if Kazuki's knife didn't hit the right place, she might not be able to save Minato...
They were both high-speed ninjas, and in such a battle, it was difficult to control strength precisely.
Kazuki noticed Tsunade's gaze and smiled.
The violent flames wrapped around Muramasa were extinguished instantly. Kazuki gently threw Muramasa to Tsunade and said softly: "I can't control this power yet, Minato-aniki..."
"Since it is a competition between brothers, I'd better not use it for now."
Tsunade grabbed Muramasa's scabbard in a daze, feeling the remaining Kazuki's body temperature on it, and a strange feeling flashed through her heart.
With just this one look, did Kazuki understand her inner thoughts?
"Ah..." Asuma sighed, Tsunade and Kazuki didn't have a tacit understanding, the posture of holding the sword was not right...
But there was no way, Tsunade was a sensei after all, as a disciple, what could he do?
Minato narrowed his eyes, was he being given a move?
Jiraiya shook his head. "In the end, Uchiha will always be Uchiha. Even Kazuki, with his personality, gets confident when he feels he has the upper hand..."
Tsunade gripped Muramasa's hilt tightly, nervous. 'Is it because of me that Kazuki will lose this battle...?'
"Kazuki-kun, I appreciate your kindness..."
Minato's eyes narrowed. If he eliminated Muramasa's threat, even if he failed to defeat Kazuki in a single blow, receiving Kazuki's counterattack would not endanger his life…
At this moment, he launched a decisive surprise attack!
Golden flashes flickered in the air, and Namikaze Minato raised his speed to the extreme!
Kazuki stood in place, the dark tomoe of his Sharingan spinning rapidly in his eyes, waiting for the appearance of that golden flash…
There it was!
Amidst a shower of kunai, the golden flash appeared again…
This time, Minato aimed at Kazuki's back and slashed with all his strength!
If he had let Kazuki no longer use Muramasa and still lost, then some things would become quite awkward…
[Puff!]
Minato slashed with all his strength, breaking the dark shell covering Kazuki and leaving a bloody mark...
[Bang!]
But Kazuki's powerful fist also hit Minato's side.
Even though Minato had done everything he could to mitigate the blow, the impact was so strong that it fractured several of his ribs.
Minato, enduring the pain, watched as a green light emanated from Kazuki's hands, healing his wound.
Immediately, the Earth Spear ninjutsu covered Kazuki again, as he took the initiative to rush towards him!
It was at that moment that Minato realized the biggest problem: both could hit each other, but the difference in the damage they could inflict was obvious…
Asuma shook his head with emotion and said leisurely: "That's Kazuki. He really has a great handle on the situation."
Jiraiya and Orochimaru were a little overwhelmed.
If before, Kazuki's cunning in combat could be considered a display of brilliant strategy, now his fighting style was very similar to Tsunade's: he was not afraid of being hit, he had immense strength, and his strategy was to exchange damage, relying on his stamina and power.
Because of the pain, his movements were slow, and Minato was hit by Kazuki again...
"There is no other option… I will have to use that technique. It will be perfect against Kazuki's defense, I just need to increase the intensity of my lightning attribute chakra…"
Minato gritted his teeth and shouted fiercely: "Spiralling Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three!"
The golden lightning covered Kazuki in an instant!
Kazuki's defense technique began to rapidly crumble under the intense stream of lightning-type chakra.
This time, Minato managed to inflict significant damage on Kazuki.
Kazuki had many cuts on his body, but he didn't rush to fight back. Instead, using his Sharingan, he fixed his gaze on Minato's position, calculating the perfect moment…
When he saw an opportunity he launched a devastating blow against Minato.
Minato was sent flying and fell to the ground, kneeling, unable to get up.
The battle is over!
But Kazuki was not satisfied… he was not satisfied at all.
[From the target Jiraiya: You get Earth Release: Swamp of the Underworld, Wild Lion's Mane Technique, Needle Jizo...]
[From the target Orochimaru: You get Orochimaru-Style Body Replacement Technique, Soft Physique Modification, Hidden Shadow Snake Hands...]
[From the target Uzumaki Kushina: You get Four Symbols Seal, Fire Sealing Method, Contract Seal...]
[From the target Namikaze Minato: You get Motor Nerve Enhancement, Speed Enhancement, Dynamic Vision Enhancement...]
As for Tsunade and Asuma, it seems they were already so used to this that they didn't offer any reward at all.
Uzumaki Mito, watching silently, remained calm, even Sarutobi Hiruzen did not dare to make a sound, trying hard to suppress his emotions.
Was that all? Was that also considered a big reward?
Since he was unhappy, Kazuki was going to make a scene!
Kazuki stared at the Flying Thunder God mark on his wrist left by Minato and raised the corners of his mouth.
He thought of a funny script...
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