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Although Minato had been Hokage for several years, ninja from enemy nations who could identify him by his appearance still called him "Konohagakure's Yellow Flash."
During the Third Shinobi World War, the blond man, possessing unparalleled speed, became a nightmare for countless ninja, his name known as the Yellow Flash, a name that haunts them to this day.
"I'll hold this guy off. You and Might Guy will attack together to eliminate Kisame Hoshigaki!"
Minato gazed at the masked man, a fierce look in his eyes.
Before he finished speaking, he vanished from the spot.
A flash of yellow light passed, and Minato darted towards Kisame.
Because Minato had yet to find a way to break the masked man's dojutsu, his previous success with the Flying Thunder God Second Stage was due to his experience.
Conversely, the masked man's space-time jutsu, while advanced, was not as fast as the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.
If the two had simply engaged in a battle using space-time ninjutsu, the outcome would have been endless.
However, the situation now was different from five years ago.
Minato could exploit the masked man's desire to protect Kisame and force him into a direct confrontation.
Swish!
As Minato attacked, the masked man also moved, his speed and reflexes clearly much faster than they had been five years ago.
After all, the masked man possessed both the Uchiha Sharingan and the First Hokage's Wood Release technique.
The combined power of these two forces was formidable.
"You'll have to deal with it for a while!" the masked man gritted his teeth and told Kisame.
At this point, he was forced to fight the Fourth Hokage today.
Although his preparations were inadequate, he couldn't afford to be afraid.
"Swish!"
The masked man's movement speed was still inferior to the Fourth Hokage's.
As he rushed towards Minato, the space in front of his right eye distorted, releasing several massive shuriken, each several meters in diameter.
"Whoosh!"
The huge shuriken whirred, whistling and scraping against the air as they pierced towards Minato, Kakashi, and Might Guy.
"How fast!"
Minato and the other two were slightly surprised.
The massive shuriken seemed to be enhanced by the masked man's space-time ninjutsu, allowing them to spin at such a speed that they posed a threat.
"Swish!"
Kakashi saw this and slashed with the Raikiri in his left hand.
"Boom!"
Might Guy swung his fist quickly, the blade of his fist scraping against the air, creating balls of fire.
Minato, closest to the massive shuriken, narrowed his eyes and flung his Flying Thunder God kunai with his backhand.
Swoosh!
The kunai, imbued with Lightning Release chakra, was also incredibly fast, only slightly slower than the massive shuriken.
Minato's backhanded kunai, trailing a lightning bolt like a tail, suddenly changed its trajectory.
It then pierced through the small hollow space at the center of the massive shuriken.
By then, the shuriken was within striking distance of Minato.
The moment the kunai passed through the shuriken, Minato vanished.
Minato, of course, used the Flying Thunder God Technique to maneuver to the kunai.
He reached out, grasping the handle with pinpoint accuracy, and flung it toward the masked man once again.
The distortion before the masked man's right eye hadn't ceased.
Buzz!
A new object emerged from the swirling vortex.
With the clattering sound of chains, the masked man reached out and grasped it tightly.
"This is…"
As Minato flung the kunai, he saw the weapon in the masked man's hand.
It was a round fan nearly as tall as an adult man, with a black border and a white base, adorned with three magatama patterns resembling those of a typical Sharingan.
His form once again followed the kunai, appearing before the masked man.
Minato's grip tightened, and the nature of the kunai's chakra instantly shifted.
The lightning faded, replaced by substantial Wind Release chakra, forming a sharp blade of wind around the kunai's edge.
Immediately, Minato struck before the masked man, slashing his specially crafted kunai down.
"Bang!"
"Bang!"
Simultaneously, Kakashi met the swirling shuriken with his Raikiri.
Like an unparalleled blade, the Raikiri in his palm sliced through the shuriken.
Meanwhile, Might Guy's flaming fists repeatedly struck the shuriken, shattering them in an instant.
After neutralizing the masked man's attacks, the two men turned to look at Kisame, who, having received the warning, had already clasped his hands together.
The torrent of water jutsu beneath his feet, like a waterfall, roared and swirled, forming a massive oval ball of water just before Might Guy and Kakashi reached him.
"This guy's actually blocking his own retreat!"
Kakashi observed, his white brow furrowed.
Even the ninja skilled in water jutsu from Kirigakure were still human.
Humans couldn't breathe underwater, and their movements were severely restricted.
Kisame's actions were simply courting death.
"Dang!"
Just as Kakashi was puzzled, the masked man clashed with Minato with his fan.
Minato's eyes narrowed slightly, for his specially crafted kunai, imbued with Wind Release chakra, could even cut through rock.
Yet, when it struck the masked man's fan, it left no trace.
"He actually possesses this fan!"
This fan, so incredibly strong, was undoubtedly a rare and powerful weapon.
It's recorded in Konohagakure's historical archives as a fan passed down through generations of the Uchiha clan, once the weapon of Madara Uchiha.
After Madara's death in the Valley of the End, the fan was brought back to Konohagakure.
However, the Second Hokage didn't return it to the clan, instead placing it with Madara's body in a secret location unknown even to the Third Hokage.
The Second Hokage died unexpectedly during the First Shinobi World War, and the fan and Madara's whereabouts became a mystery.
Now, the fan has reappeared in the masked man's hands, raising questions in Minato about whether Madara was truly dead.
"Bang!"
After taking Minato's blow, the masked man slammed his palm against the fan, unleashing his full force through it.
He possessed the power of the First Hokage, Hashirama Senju, making him even more powerful than Minato.
Minato was knocked back by the force, and the masked man switched from defense to offense, using the mass and size of the fan to strike him directly.
"Uchiha Rebound?"
Since Minato knew the fan's origins, he was also aware of its abilities.
Records stated that the fan could absorb an opponent's ninjutsu and chakra, then bounce them back.
The masked man was trying to use his strength advantage to overwhelm him.
Minato's expression was calm, and he thrust his other hand towards the fan.
"Buzz!"
Pure chakra light instantly condensed in his palm, and the light gathered and spun at high speed!
...
"Ding!"
The Rasengan formed in Minato's palm and collided with the fan, the vibrations causing it to emit a crisp ringing sound.
However, upon contact with the fan, which could absorb ninjutsu, the Rasengan showed no sign of disappearing.
"This guy," the masked man said with a lowered gaze.
The fan could indeed absorb ninjutsu, but it was not the same brutal absorption as that of Preta Path Pain.
After using a ninjutsu, the caster could no longer control the chakra contained in the ninjutsu.
Therefore, after blocking a ninjutsu, the fan would temporarily act as a carrier for the uncontrolled chakra, converting it into its own attack before rebounding it.
However, the Rasengan was not a jutsu of this kind.
Clearly, the Fourth Hokage knew the fan's true power and deliberately exploited its properties to maintain it within his grasp.
The chakra was perfectly controlled within his palm, without any signs of disorder, and naturally, it could not be absorbed by the fan.
However, although the Rasengan is an A-rank ninjutsu, its destructive power is mainly generated by the rotating chakra.
If the Rasengan directly attacks the human body, it can even damage internal organs.
However, given the hardness of this fan, it is not afraid of the destructive mode of the Rasengan.
He exerted force with both hands, trying to use brute force to overwhelm Minato and break the Rasengan.
Minato felt the pressure from his palms, but his expression remained calm.
"Buzz!"
Pure chakra swirled in his palms and gradually expanded.
In an instant, the Rasengan, which was only the size of a palm, expanded to the size of a human head.
"Bang bang!"
At this time, the power of both sides had already shown a confrontation, and Minato gradually overwhelmed the masked man.
"What!?"
The masked man was slightly startled, and then he saw the rich chakra brilliance flashing through the fan.
"Meteorite Rasengan!"
The chakra ball in Minato's hand instantly expanded to a diameter of over three meters, like a dazzling chakra meteorite.
The rapidly rotating chakra created a powerful wind, causing the surrounding grass, gravel, and leaves to tremble.
This form of Rasengan could instantly unleash a force many times greater than a normal Rasengan.
Therefore, the masked man holding the fan was immediately overwhelmed by this overwhelming force.
Feeling the heavy force coming from him, the masked man made a quick decision.
He could use the pupil technique of his right eye to neutralize Minato's attack.
However, Minato chose to instantly increase the Rasengan to this level to ease the masked man's vigilance.
The Rasengan was a ninjutsu he had developed, so simply increasing its size was something Minato had already mastered.
However, he had never actually used this form of Rasengan against an enemy before.
The moment the "Meteorite Rasengan" expanded, Minato twisted his palm, causing the previously stable chakra to suddenly burst forth.
"Boom!"
The instantaneous burst of powerful chakra left the masked man, who had attempted to dodge with his right eye's pupil technique, no time to manipulate the fan to absorb the rebound.
However, the fan itself possessed the ability to absorb uncontrolled chakra.
The fan trembled, carrying most of the force, but a small portion still passed through it, transmitting directly to the masked man.
The masked man, at that moment, became ethereal, but he still held the fan, unable to completely dodge the incoming force.
His body flew backwards, his ethereal ability not diminishing with it.
He pierced through several trees before stabilizing himself.
"Hmph!" a muffled grunt emanated from beneath the mask.
The masked man's hand trembled as he gripped the fan.
He raised his crimson eyes, piercing Minato with a stern gaze.
"He's actually preyed on my dependence on pupil technique, this guy!" he thought darkly.
The reason the masked man allowed Minato to attack him again was not only because he hadn't realized he had mastered the Rasengan to such a degree, but also, most importantly, because of his own misjudgment at that moment.
The masked man's greatest reliance has always been the pupil technique in his right eye.
The reason for his defeat in this battle was not because of his strength, but because of the gap in combat thinking and experience between him and the Fourth Hokage.
Minato did not continue to pursue him, because he knew very well that to fight against the masked man, he had to create a flaw first and defeat the enemy with one move.
But with the masked man's current strength, even he could no longer do this.
Minato still could not break the pupil technique in the masked man's right eye.
However, it was impossible for the masked man to defeat him.
Minato turned his eyes and glanced at the situation on Kakashi and Might Guy's side out of the corner of his eye.
Kisame hid in the oval water prison he had created.
At this moment, he was gradually merging with Samehada, transforming into a half-man, half-shark monster.
Might Guy unleashed a brute force punch, but despite his immense power, it was useless against the water prison.
"It seems that after fusing with Samehada, this creature has been able to breathe underwater like a fish," observed Kakashi, watching from outside the water prison.
He and Might Guy couldn't rush into the prison, as that would restrict their mobility and prevent them from fully utilizing their true abilities.
"Let's try it first," he muttered, then extended his left hand, a dazzling radiance of Raikiri emanating from his palm.
Generally speaking, Lightning Release counters Water Release because water conducts electricity.
Seeing Kakashi's actions, Kisame, in the center of the water prison, sprang into action, his appearance no longer resembling that of a human.
Whoosh! Kisame's speed within the water prison was surprisingly faster than on land, and he instantly appeared before Kakashi's position outside.
"Swish!"
Kakashi's Raikiri struck the water ball, and lightning chakra instantly spread throughout the water prison.
At this moment, Kisame unexpectedly stepped in front of the incoming lightning.
The lightning vanished upon contact with his shark-like form.
Kisame, with a ferocious expression, looked at Kakashi and grinned.
"Sure enough, his fusion with Samehada has given him more than just the ability to breathe underwater."
Kakashi quickly withdrew his hand, as Kisame was clearly absorbing the lightning chakra he was emitting with his Raikiri.
His brow furrowed.
This was becoming a difficult situation.
Nearby, the masked man, who had been repelled by Minato earlier, swooped in and charged directly into the water prison.
At the same time, Minato appeared beside Kakashi.
"To break this water prison, we must use brute force to destroy it in one fell swoop, but after fusing with Samehada, this guy can absorb chakra."
Kakashi was perplexed.
Ordinary tactics were ineffective against Kisame, who had successfully released the water prison.
But it wasn't completely impossible.
He raised his hands and formed the "Yin" seal!
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