Chapter 56 Minato, you're weaker than I expected
Yahiko laughed as he spoke, and Nagato and Konan smiled in response.
"That's true, and besides, it's two million ryo of silver, it's really hard to refuse!" Konan said with a smile.
"Yes, yes, now we finally have funds to buy food and medicine! This money came just in time, otherwise we really wouldn't know what to do with so many people brought back today!"
"That's right! That's exactly it! With so much money, we can develop properly and protect more people!"
Yahiko looked at the money on the table and smiled happily.
"Alright! Nagato! Konan! Bring out all the food; let's treat everyone tonight!"
"I want ramen! And I want two extra eggs!"
"..."
Nagato and Konan looked helpless and couldn't help but sigh.
"Yahiko, please don't be like this, it feels so sad..."
"You really can't let the organization see you like this, it will lower their morale..."
...
Two days later, in the morning.
Outside the Konoha camp, in a small grove of trees.
Jiraiya and Minato both wielded training kunai, moving at extremely high speeds while clashing and clanging against each other.
Jiraiya seized the fleeting opportunity, blocking Minato's kunai, and then punched Minato in the face with his other hand.
Minato's eyes were serious, and in a flash, he appeared behind Jiraiya.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
However, Jiraiya didn't even look at it.
He threw the kunai behind him, and before Minato could react, the kunai was already in front of him!
"Hmm!"
At the last moment, Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique once again, his figure flashing to another specially made kunai used as a marker, thus avoiding the attack.
"You rely too much on the Flying Thunder God Technique!"
Taking advantage of this opportunity, Jiraiya used the Lion's Mane Technique, causing his long white hair to grow wildly as he chased after Minato!
Minato was forced to focus on dodging this attack and was put at a disadvantage for a time.
Not far away, Mitokado Homura and Souji watched the two's match from afar.
Mitokado opened his mouth and said:
"Souji, what do you think?"
"Um..."
While inwardly complaining about how so many people liked to ask others for their opinions, Souji calmly replied:
"The competition has been going on for a while now, and Jiraiya-sama still hasn't shown any unusual symptoms, so the poison must have been completely eliminated."
"So what's the outcome of their match?
Or rather, what do you think of Minato's strength?"
"Well... although it's just a competition, it seems that Jiraiya-sama has the advantage.
Minato... as Jiraiya-sama said, he relies too much on the Flying Thunder God Technique, which has actually created an opportunity for him."
The Souji watched the two fight and slowly analyzed the situation.
Today, Jiraiya felt he was in good shape, so he challenged Minato to a duel early in the morning, both to test if the toxins were still affecting him and to stretch his muscles.
Mitokado and Souji also came to watch the battle and learn about the two's strength and performance.
Although he was very familiar with Minato and had a very good relationship with him, to be honest, this was the first time he had ever watched Minato fight in person.
Previously, he was just an insignificant, idle Chunin, and had no opportunity to go on missions with Minato. His understanding of Minato's combat strength came from the original work and rumors.
Seeing it with my own eyes today, I can only feel...
Water gate.
You're weaker than I expected...
Just like we just saw, Minato used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport behind Jiraiya, but he was actually caught out and suppressed instead.
The reason is that Minato needs time to adapt after using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Although it was only a very brief moment, in a battle at the Kage level, it was enough to become a weakness, especially if the Flying Thunder God Technique was used multiple times in a row, then the adaptation time would increase with each use.
This is what the Hokage once said: although since the Second Hokage created the Flying Thunder God Technique, others have successfully mastered it, but apart from Minato, no one has been able to reach the level of practical application.
The Flying Thunder God Technique requires a high degree of dynamic reaction and adaptability.
"Instantaneous movement" is a general term; any method that allows for extremely fast and instantaneous movement can be called "instantaneous movement."
The most basic Body Flicker Technique, which even kids in ninja academies can use, involves concentrating chakra in the feet to instantly and explosively increase speed.
This belongs to the taijutsu category of Body Flicker Technique. A little more difficult to learn are the ninjutsu and ninjutsu categories.
The Flying Thunder God Technique is also a type of ninjutsu called Body Flicker Technique, but it is a very special space-time ninjutsu.
Ordinary teleportation techniques, regardless of their type, are essentially linear movements, differing only in speed and some additional effects.
However, the Flying Thunder God Technique... allows the user and the marked location of the technique to achieve point-to-point 'jump teleportation'!
If we compare the ordinary Body Flicker Technique to drawing a line on a piece of paper, from one point to another, then the Flying Thunder God Technique is like folding the paper, overlapping two points, and then using a pen to connect the two points.
This speed is naturally much faster than a normal teleportation technique.
Originally, Souji also thought this was a bug in the ninja world, it was too invincible, wasn't it?
However, as we see it today, it still has the obvious drawback of being unable to adapt to teleportation.
Even modern humans on Earth feel dizzy and nauseous when watching a movie with a few frequent scene changes, and Minato's situation is a more advanced version of that.
Each time he teleports, everything he receives through his five senses is completely different in an instant, along with issues such as his body's center of gravity and the angle of his vision.
Therefore, he needs a very short period of time to adapt to these changes, and the more times this happens in a short period of time, the more difficult it becomes to adapt, eventually leading to situations similar to skill recovery animation lag.
No wonder that Chiyo was able to seize the opportunity and Jiraiya had to take the hit for her.
"At this point in time, Minato hadn't yet created the Rasengan, and the Flying Thunder God Technique hadn't truly reached its full potential...
Well, the Third Shinobi World War lasted for three years, so he must have been fighting against top-tier shinobi time and time again in continuous battles before finally growing up completely," Souji thought to himself.
In my memory, during the Third Shinobi World War, Jiraiya and Minato were forced back by the two Jinchuriki of Iwagakure, who used the power of the Four-Tails and the Five-Tails.
The Rasengan was created after this incident.
The Third Shinobi World War has only been going on for about a month now. Minato doesn't have the explosive high output of the Rasengan, and the Flying Thunder God Technique also has significant flaws.
He's not that strong yet, at least not among the Kage level.
He can't do what he did in the classic scene in the original work, where he faced the Fourth Raikage and Killer Bee alone and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to flash continuously.
With that thought in mind, the contest between Jiraiya and Minato came to a conclusion.
Jiraiya eventually used his hair ninjutsu to entangle Minato, then pinned him to the ground and gave him a severe beating...
"Teacher, I feel like you've been staring at my face and attacking me all day..." Minato complained.
"Nonsense! This must be your imagination! How could you misunderstand your teacher like this?
You really don't know how to respect your teacher!"
"..."
Jiraiya righteously denied the fact that he had been trying to slap Minato in the face, and Minato had no way to stop him.
Just then, an ANBU ninja suddenly appeared.
"Report! A letter has arrived from Sunagakure!"
"A letter from Sunagakure? What's there to say at this point..."
Jiraiya looked somewhat puzzled as he took the letter, opened it, and his eyes immediately turned to shock!
"This is..."
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