[Hiraishin no Jutsu]

"Is this [Hiraishin no Jutsu]?" Shintaro asked.

Seeing this, Minato smiled, scratched his head, and said, "Yes, [Hiraishin no Jutsu] is my specialty."

Gaku added from the side, "What do you mean by your specialty? That's clearly Minato's famous technique."

"You know Minato's title is the Yellow Flash, right? This nickname describes his appearance when using [Hiraishin no Jutsu]."

"At that time, a group of us encountered the Kumogakure ninja, which was the strongest combination of Kumogakure consisting of the Third Raikage's son and the Hachibi Jinchuuriki."

"Minato was fighting against the two of them. He still had the upper hand and forced them to retreat, not daring to attack. Unfortunately, Minato was too kind; otherwise, the Hachibi Jinchuuriki would have died there."

Gaku spoke excitedly, as if it was his own achievement.

Shintaro smiled meaningfully; he could see that Gaku already considered Minato as his little brother, so talking about Minato inevitably made him happy too.

Minato humbly said, "Actually, fighting at that time was very dangerous. It feels good to have achieved such results."

Shintaro didn't know the specific situation back then, but he had heard about it in the village. However, given the situation, Minato seemed to have the upper hand when facing the two.

Shintaro then admired Minato's strength even more.

Ai was the son of the Third Raikage, and the Hachibi Jinchuuriki was roughly equivalent to Minato and Kushina in Konoha.

The Third Raikage's son would undoubtedly inherit the Raikage position in the future, and according to Shintaro, Minato would also inherit the Hokage position.

Shintaro had never seen the Hachibi, but he had seen the Kyuubi. He still felt fear when thinking about the Kyuubi breaking its seal back then.

So, he looked curious and asked, "Then what ninjutsu did Minato-san use at that time?"

"Well, the name is a bit long. It's called [Rasen Senko Cho Rinbuko Sanshiki]." Minato skillfully pronounced the strange name that most people couldn't say fluently after hearing it two or three times.

Shintaro complained in his heart: 'Such a unique naming style. It's hard to imagine what his children's names will be in the future.'

He then begged, "Can you show it to me?"

Gaku laughed and said, "I thought you were different from other young ninjas, but it turns out you really admire Minato."

Shintaro smiled and said, "After all, he is the Yellow Flash."

In fact, worship or not was one thing. Shintaro mainly wanted to see this trick because he wanted to imitate [Hiraishin no Jutsu].

Shintaro had seen Minato use [Hiraishin no Jutsu] several times, but he had only seen him teleport, or he had seen him teleport and appear, but he had never seen the entire process.

Therefore, it was difficult to analyze and copy with the Six Eyes.

Minato agreed immediately after hearing this, then took out eight kunai from his ninja bag, holding the kunai between his fingers, opened his hand, and threw them everywhere.

The kunai went in all directions, some landing on the ground and others landing on trees.

Then Minato exerted his chakra and disappeared instantly, appearing on the ground in the distance almost simultaneously.

He retrieved the kunai and put them back into his ninja bag and disappeared again, this time appearing on a nearby tree.

This continued until all the kunai were retrieved. The whole process took less than five seconds.

Minato put away his kunai and returned to Shintaro and Gaku and said, "So, did you see clearly?"

Shintaro had been engrossed, with a gleam in his eyes, and he didn't realize it until Minato approached.

"Clearly..." His tone was a bit disappointed.

This made Minato feel a little embarrassed. He scratched his cheek with his finger and asked, "What? Did I disappoint you? Actually, if you add a flash bomb, it would have a better effect in surprising and confusing the enemy..."

Shintaro quickly shook his head and said, "No, I'm not disappointed, I was just stunned."

Minato then sighed in relief. He thought he was showing off his special skill to him.

Actually, Shintaro did feel disappointed, but it wasn't directed at Minato, but at [Hiraishin no Jutsu].

'Unexpectedly... Cannot be copied...'

He was disappointed and immediately analyzed the reason.

It turned out the secret of [Hiraishin no Jutsu] wasn't how Minato moved his chakra, but merely a switch.

The true initiator of [Hiraishin no Jutsu] was the kunai. Specifically, it was the runes on the kunai.

Those runes actually contained spatial power, and the secret within them couldn't be seen with just the Six Eyes.

It seemed that Shintaro had no chance with [Hiraishin no Jutsu] for now.

However, this observation also inspired him.

'Spatial... Maybe it can be done with Limitless Technique.'

Shintaro was thinking about how to combine the Limitless Technique with the inspiration he gained from observing [Hiraishin no Jutsu].

At this moment, Minato had found the stolen defense plan on the Kumogakure ninja's corpse.

Minato called back to recover, and then interrupted Shintaro's thoughts.

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In the camp, Orochimaru took the defense plan handed over by Minato and praised, "As expected from you."

Minato humbly said a few words, then looked at the Konoha traitor who had fallen to the ground, and asked, "Why did he betray Konoha?"

"Betrayal? No, we're all wrong. He was never a member of Konoha. His superficial identity was a war orphan in the Land of Rivers produced by the last ninja war. He joined Konoha to make a living. In fact, he was a spy sent by Kumogakure." Orochimaru said coldly.

Shintaro observed the spy and saw that his brain seemed to be severely damaged. He probably suffered from severe memory seizures. The best scenario in the future was to turn him into an idiot.

Although a bit too cruel, it wasn't surprising considering Orochimaru's behavior.

Even though Minato felt such methods were somewhat harsh, he didn't elaborate on the major issue of right and wrong.

Orochimaru quickly sent people to clean up the mess, care for the wounded, return the dead to Konoha, recover the Kumogakure ninja's bodies, repair the camp's fortifications, etc.

Compared to Minato, who fought on the front lines, Orochimaru's mission was more about coordinating the overall situation.

Shintaro and Gaku returned to continue their sleep.

The next day, the camp was still full of traces of the attack from the previous night.

Two teams on patrol were completely annihilated. Several tents relatively close within the camp were thrown by Kumogakure ninja with explosive tags. The Konoha ninja inside were blown to death while still asleep; death was very tragic.

Even though it had been cleaned up, there was still a smell of blood and gunpowder in the cool morning breeze.

This was the cruelty of war, and sometimes people died inexplicably.

In the middle of the camp, some ninjas were repairing the damage to the commander's tent.

Orochimaru was outside the camp, harshly scolding the ninja team responsible for patrolling. No matter how the person in charge explained, he was still not ready to let them go.

After dealing with these people, Orochimaru began calling for ninjas, adjusting and consolidating defenses, and never letting this happen again.

After that, he called for Minato.

[Hiraishin no Jutsu]