[Chapter Size: 1900 Words.]
Third Person POV
Konoha, Year 42.
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The ninjas were displaying various feelings and expressions, as Minato could perceive through Observation Haki.
Disbelief was the strongest emotion everyone felt upon seeing him there, standing still in the sky while his clothes moved with the desert wind.
Certainly, someone would ask what was happening in the next moment.
But should he allow something so predictable to happen?
Minato moved his hand to his mask and removed it — there was nothing more to do, this was their mission, and Minato no longer needed to act.
There was nothing left to say.
So, he simply ignored the surprised looks and glowed, before anyone could react.
His body turned into light, his radiance taking everyone by surprise. They were lucky no Uchiha was present, for one would surely have warned about this ability — one Minato had only used against the Uchiha clan, within the walls of their compound. And the Uchiha weren't the type to brag about having lost to a single boy, one against dozens of them.
Quickly, the brightness outshone the sun. It shone so brightly it hurt everyone's eyes, making them groan and cry out in discomfort, backing away from the area defensively.
And in the next moment, Minato glowed again and vanished, reappearing beside a Sand ninja, only to pierce his neck with his kunai.
He glowed once more and dashed in a straight line with a yellow flash toward another ninja, who didn't even have time to react before Minato simply sliced off his head. He was a Leaf ninja, another one working for Root.
The blood had just begun to spill from their necks as Minato looked at his kunai and cast it aside, before summoning his sword, gripping the hilt and charging at the next ninja, cutting him down easily.
"He's killing us!" — a shout echoed, while the ninjas were still trying to regain their sight, and this one was clearly a sensor.
And Minato was already dashing in a straight line through the row of ninjas, cutting down one shinobi after another, without teleporting — only using his speed and the way his logia traveled through space.
It all happened in less than a second. While the ninjas were still trying to recover, Minato had already killed thirty of them, with the other seventy trying to retreat immediately.
Minato returned to the sky, gazing down at the scene, as the others stared at their comrades — all falling in unison, as if they had been killed at the exact same moment. Most were beheaded, consisting of Suna ninjas and other direct Root operatives.
Minato looked at the last seventy ninjas remaining. There was nothing more to say. They were enemies, while he could feel the caution and horrified stares of most directed at him, still floating in the sky with his sword in hand.
He glowed once more. The enemies were more prepared, but this time, he used it differently. He simply teleported while still glowing and appeared in front of another ninja, killing him, and moved on to the next target, cutting him down effortlessly.
The ninjas couldn't even react. Especially with the domination of light — Minato was glowing the entire time, blinding their vision as he moved. He didn't even need to touch the ground, which made it even harder for the enemies to react properly.
They tried to respond to someone who could attack them without them being able to open their eyes or even know his location, while he floated through the air, never touching the sand — which would've been their best chance to track him in that blinding flash — killing, and killing, all of them.
"Quick, use jutsus and defenses!" — shouted one of the last Suna ninjas, as a net-like formation began to take shape.
Jutsus of various elements were launched, but no one could open their eyes, all were being fired blindly, while Minato, still resembling a fluorescent light in the middle of the desert, zigzagged like a yellow laser, weaving between the jutsus.
He circled around a stone wall and quickly killed four ninjas with a single slash, as the Suna headbands fell to the ground along with their severed heads.
Most had already been killed — only forty remained alive. Minato continued zigzagging, cutting each one of them down. They finally tried to react, realizing how useless they were in that situation, hiding underground.
Minato returned to the sky before creating several clones, which spread out through the area. Those who didn't have Earth-style to hide were looking around, dazed, while everyone began casting jutsus and trying to escape.
All the clones began to glow as well, emitting light just as bright as Minato's, but this time, they were using actual Light-style jutsus.
While the entire area shone intensely with his clones, Minato was looking at the ground. He could easily sense where the ninjas were hiding using Observation Haki.
His gaze followed the ninjas concealed underground, while his katana turned black with Armament Haki and he began moving his hand at high speed, releasing slashes from the blade, directly into the sand.
The slash flew at high speed and easily pierced the sand. He could feel the muffled screams of horror from those beneath the earth. The slashes simply tore through the entire underground layer of the desert to reach them — even if they were 20 or 30 meters away, Minato could reach them using the slashes imbued with Armament Haki.
The sensor ninjas had a better sense of the battlefield without needing to see through so much light, and all they could feel was horror: their group falling one by one, easily, with no resistance against the hero of the Leaf Village. They asked themselves why the village had sent them to kill that monster.
Ten teams plus a trap against just one person... how could the result be their own massacre?
Minato sensed black sand approaching his body, and, just as he considered laughing at it, he simply moved his sword, turning it into yellow light before releasing an aerial slash of light directly at the ground.
The aerial slash struck and exploded right there, quickly engulfing the entire area, covering both the destroyed cavern and everything around it.
Suddenly, a massive explosion of light surged outward in all directions like a Bijuu Dama.
This was the training Minato had undergone with Sakumo Hatake — this was the result of his greatest attacks, now equivalent to that of a bijuu.
The explosion was greater than any beam of light or Rasenshuriken he had ever launched. When it finally began to settle, all the clones that had been glowing were gone, eliminated in the blast.
Everyone underground was killed instantly, as the light penetrated up to fifty meters into the ground.
Sunlight returned to the sky as the sound of the explosion continued echoing through the desert as it spread in every direction.
Only a few ninjas survived — those who had stayed at a distance, trying to regroup.
The desert was becoming quiet again, while the last Konoha anbu looked at all that destruction with eyes filled with fear.
"What... what was that? How can he have so much power?" that question began forming in their minds.
"He's become too powerful... maybe he was hiding his strength the entire time. Not even the Hokage truly knew this. He's very different from what we were told..." one of them said.
"Yeah... you're right." the voice immediately made them all turn, looking behind them at someone standing there, wondering when Minato had appeared behind them. He wore an arrogant expression as he looked at the anbu.
"How could you know? I never needed to use my full strength. Which proves that, if I really wanted to take down the village with the Hokage, I probably would've done it right there... I simply could've done it. The entire village can't even fight back against me."
"Even if all the forces came together, the result would still be the same." Minato spoke arrogantly, while the anbu stepped back, fear in their eyes.
"Are you going to kill me?" one of them murmured.
"I know you, Barki. It's a shame that, in the end, you were conspiring against me. We worked in Team Alpha together." Minato said with a look of disappointment.
These last anbu were the ones the Hokage himself had sent to eliminate him.
"These are the Hokage's orders, Minato. He said you were a threat to the village, that you intended to start a civil war."
"A civil war? I want to uphold something that aligns with Konoha's values. Protecting my allies. The Hokage sacrificed the Uzumaki... that doesn't share the same principles the village was founded upon, Barki." Minato said.
"Even so, for peace!" he insisted, though Minato could feel the fear in his voice.
"A peace that could be shattered at any moment. Do you really think this will stop the Third Great Ninja War? No. The other nations lost too much in the second war."
"Eliminating the Uzumaki was just an excuse to weaken Konoha in a ploy for another war. But I won't ask you to understand that. You all just follow orders. Your mission is to carry them out, not to question them. That's how most shinobi are supposed to be, right?" Minato mocked them.
"Then kill us already," another said, raising his head. "We know we can't face you now. You just killed most of the ninjas here without any difficulty. Why are you even talking to us?"
"Because I'm going to let you return to Konoha. I won't leave anyone from Root alive. But I'd like a few of those who planned my assassination to remain alive. After all, I'll need witnesses to confirm it in front of others in the village." Minato said calmly, while the anbu were already wondering if he was joking or not.
"Anyway, you'd better head back to Konoha. Leave this place before the Suna ninjas arrive. We've drawn too much attention." Minato informed.
"Tonight... I intend to act. So you'd better be there." Minato added, as the anbu looked surprised.
They stared, confused, not knowing whether that would benefit them or Minato himself — but they had no other choice.
"Go. There are still eighteen of you. Do you want to die like your comrades, in vain, or return to your families?" he said all that was needed, and the anbu began to run from the scene.
But Minato stopped one of them.
"I said eighteen ninjas. You have nineteen. Lastly, Orochimaru... you stay." Minato said calmly, while the masked ninja — none other than Orochimaru — was left stunned by Minato's deduction.
"You can go. Go." — Minato gestured with his hand, and the Konoha ninjas simply left, leaving behind only the one Minato had called out, as he removed his mask and revealed his serpent-like face — shriveled skin and snake eyes.
"You really are fascinating, Minato-kun." he said, his tongue sliding across his lips.
Minato watched him as that serpentine face, with pale wrinkled skin and snake eyes, revealed none other than a legendary sannin — one who had miserably failed to kill him. And there was another who had survived among the Suna ninjas.
"Come on, Rasa. I know you're there. That black sand that tried to grab me was useless." Minato mocked, as a ninja emerged from the sand, a bit farther from the explosion, where a huge crater had formed.
Rasa emerged from it with a dark look.
Minato would now face the two of them.
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