Chapter 367 The Powerful Flying Thunder God

“In the end, I still have to fight Minato-sensei.” Obito sighed in his heart as he looked at the smiling Minato.

Obito warily watched Minato. After training today, Rin Nohara would go back to Lady Tsunade to study, and he wouldn’t see her for a while. He wanted to look cool in Rin Nohara’s memories.

Kakashi also focused his attention intently on Minato.

As Minato’s disciple, he had done many missions with Minato and knew how terrifying Minato’s strength was.

Even when facing a terrifying enemy like the Raikage Candidate, Minato could still lead them all to retreat safely.

“Start!”

As soon as Minato finished speaking, a large number of Shuriken and a giant fireball flew towards him.

Minato calmly threw five Flying Thunder God Kunai in all directions.

Kakashi frowned at the sight. This was the unsolvable part of Flying Thunder God. Even if his speed was very fast, he couldn’t simultaneously account for all five positions.

Kakashi’s mind raced. He guessed that Minato would first attack Rin Nohara, who was a Medical Ninja, so he immediately burst into extreme speed and rushed towards the Kunai near Rin Nohara.

Obito and Rin Nohara had already understood the ability of Flying Thunder God, so they immediately retreated a certain distance after Minato threw the Kunai.

Whoosh!

Minato anticipated Kakashi’s anticipation, moved to the Flying Thunder God Kunai closer to Obito, and then, at an extremely fast speed, threw out three more Flying Thunder God Kunai, stabbing towards the three of them respectively.

While the Flying Thunder God Kunai were still in flight, Minato directly activated Flying Thunder God and approached Rin Nohara and Kakashi.

“Fire Release: Phoenix Sage Fire Technique!”

Obito, worried about Rin Nohara, directly spat out a large number of small fireballs towards Minato’s position.

But what Obito didn’t expect was that Minato only appeared for an instant before disappearing again, then immediately reappeared next to the Flying Thunder God Kunai flying towards him.

Obito’s pupils suddenly contracted. He didn’t dare to be careless against Minato. At the beginning, he directly entered Flame Breathing Chakra Mode and activated his Sharingan. With the boost from the Sharingan, he saw it, but his body couldn’t react to Minato’s attack.

Bang!

Obito took a solid palm strike from Minato, flying three meters before crashing heavily to the ground.

Only then did Kakashi realize how much Minato had held back when they were snatching the bells. Minato could actually use Flying Thunder God to move continuously in such a short time.

If he didn’t activate Transparent World, he would only react to the information that Minato had arrived after Minato had gone back. This shows how terrifying Minato’s speed was.

“Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet Technique!”

Rin Nohara quickly formed hand signs, condensing a Water Dragon that charged towards Minato.

Whoosh!

Minato’s figure flickered, disappearing from his original spot and reappearing next to the first Flying Thunder God Kunai he had thrown, easily dodging the Water Dragon Bullet.

Kakashi’s eyes flickered, and a bold strategy formed in his mind.

He looked at Obito, who had stood up with a carp-like flip, and signaled with his eyes, raising one finger and pointing to the ground and Minato.

Although he didn’t know what Kakashi wanted to do, Obito generally understood what Kakashi wanted him to do.

“Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!”

Since he had directly activated Flame Breathing Chakra Mode at the beginning of the battle, Obito smoothly converted most of the Chakra in his body into Fire Release Chakra and then exhaled it.

The Chakra in Obito’s body rapidly depleted, and more and more flames were exhaled by him, eventually forming a sea of fire burning with terrifying high temperatures.

The sea of fire covered all the Flying Thunder God Kunai, and under Obito’s control, the sea of fire split into three streams of flame that rushed towards Minato.

This was Obito’s full-power Fire Release. After this move, he would only have ten percent of his Chakra left.

Obito knew that this Fire Release couldn’t defeat Minato. If he lost badly in the end, he would unhesitatingly blame Kakashi, because Kakashi told him to do it.

The surging flames rushed towards Minato, even covering Minato’s body.

Kakashi didn’t pay attention to Minato. He held his breath and focused all his attention on Obito, slowly closing the distance between himself and Obito.

Zzzzzzt!!

Shimmering yellow Lightning Release appeared on Kakashi’s body. In the surrounding fiery red environment, this yellow glow was particularly dazzling.

Kakashi simultaneously controlled the Lightning Release to vitalize his body and enhance his strength, while concentrating his Breathing Technique to the extreme, then using Transparent World to integrate all his power and unleash that single strike that combined all his strength.

Whoosh!

Just as Obito was staring at the flames with his Sharingan to see if they could hit Minato, a figure appeared silently behind Obito.

“Thunderclap Flash!”

Kakashi unleashed his full power. The White Fang Short Blade transformed into a lightning blade at that moment. Kakashi himself was like a flash of lightning, striking at the figure behind Obito.

Boom!

A roar erupted, and dazzling electric light seemed to tear everything apart. The air also became murderous under this terrifying aura.

Minato’s arrival and Kakashi’s attack all happened in an instant. Even though it wasn’t aimed at himself, due to the extremely close proximity, a warning bell immediately rang loudly in Obito’s heart.

Facing the incoming Kakashi, Minato showed a approving smile.

But just as the lightning blade in Kakashi’s hand was about to reach Minato, a Kunai broke through the flames and flew over.

Whoosh!

Boom!!

The loud thud of lightning striking the ground occurred. A long, charred slash mark appeared behind Obito. Under Kakashi’s excellent control, not even Obito’s clothes were electrocuted.

Bang!

A huge force came from Kakashi’s back, instantly knocking him to the ground.

Obito used his last Chakra to deliver a fire punch towards Minato.

Whoosh!

Minato’s figure flickered and he reappeared behind Obito, throwing a punch that also sent Obito to the ground.

At this moment, Rin Nohara just arrived. She circulated her Water Breathing to the extreme, then launched an attack on Minato.

Next, Minato let Rin Nohara know that he was very strong even without using Flying Thunder God.

In less than three minutes, all three of them were lying neatly on the ground.

“The Sharingan’s copying ability is so useless. It says it can copy Ninjutsu, but it can’t copy anything powerful,” Obito couldn’t help but complain.

He had once tried to use the Sharingan to copy Muzuki’s other Breathing Technique Chakra Modes, and failed without any surprise. He also failed to copy Armament Haki, and when he tried to copy Minato’s Flying Thunder God, he failed again.

Obito didn’t know what the Sharingan’s copying ability was actually for. Did he not know how to practice easy Ninjutsu himself?

“Actually, most Ninjutsu can be copied, but my Flying Thunder God Technique just happens not to be among them,” Minato said with a smile, comforting him.

“Obito, in battle, you need to pay more attention to details.” Minato then began to review the battle.

“The moment you were hit by me, a Flying Thunder God Technique was actually placed on you, but you didn’t notice it. Instead, Kakashi noticed it. You need to learn from Kakashi in this regard.”

“However, your teamwork was very good, and Obito, you were decisive in your attacks and your Fire Release was very proficient. That’s very good.” After stating Obito’s shortcomings, Minato immediately praised Obito.

That Fire Release just now was indeed very impressive, even stronger than during the Chunin Exams. Clearly, he had put a lot of effort into his training.

“Heheheh,” Obito chuckled.

“Kakashi, you performed very well. Upon realizing that Obito had been marked with my Ninjutsu, you immediately came up with a countermeasure and implemented it. But did you perhaps overlook Rin’s strength, and lack coordination with her?” Minato pointed out Kakashi’s problem.

In Minato’s opinion, although the current Kakashi had a few minor issues, his overall performance was good enough to be a Konoha Jonin.

Kakashi, whether in his own hard strength, his handling of problems, or his tactics, could be called excellent.

The reason he lost to him wasn’t Kakashi’s problem, but rather the huge difference in their strength. If Minato wanted to kill a regular Jonin, it was no different from killing a Genin.

Kakashi nodded, admitting his mistake. He indeed hadn’t considered Rin Nohara’s strength.

It wasn’t that Kakashi had any particular feelings towards Rin Nohara, but Rin Nohara’s strength would subconsciously make him feel that she wouldn’t be useful in this kind of situation.

Even if the current Kakashi were to incorporate Rin Nohara’s strength and fight again, he felt the outcome wouldn’t change.

As a Medical Ninja and part-time support, Rin Nohara could only be effective when the strength difference wasn’t particularly large, and the gap between them and Minato was quite significant.

If his teammate were Might Guy, Kakashi would adopt a completely different strategy, because Might Guy’s strength was not inferior to his and Obito’s, and he could provide considerable assistance.

“Rin, your Medical Ninjutsu training is going very well. Keep it up, and you might even become a great Medical Ninja like Lady Tsunade in the future,” Minato encouraged Rin Nohara, who was currently healing Kakashi and Obito.

Rin Nohara’s expression was a bit subtle. Previously, she would definitely have thanked Minato, but ever since spending some time with Tsunade, the idol halo had pretty much shattered.

Although Rin Nohara still considered Tsunade a great Medical Ninja, becoming Tsunade was out of the question. She didn’t want her future self to be someone who woke up at noon with a hangover.

“I will work hard to train,” Rin Nohara replied with determined eyes.

She knew she had dragged them down in this battle. After returning, she would study Medical Ninjutsu even more diligently.

Minato showed a relieved expression and then reminded Obito and Kakashi of a few more issues.

Although Obito could use powerful Fire Release and Kakashi could use powerful slashes, Minato noticed that these consumed a lot of Chakra and stamina, and should be used cautiously in battle.

Actually, Obito also knew this, as he had practiced for so long, and Muzuki had said it countless times.

Because it was training and he wanted to look cool, he directly activated Flame Breathing Chakra Mode. In a real battle, he would definitely only activate it at a critical moment.

Flame Breathing Chakra Mode consumed too much Chakra. It constantly consumed the body’s Chakra even when standing still, and using Ninjutsu consumed even more.

PS: I overestimated myself, only wrote 7.2k. It’s already past 2 AM, too late and I can’t hold on anymore.