Only then did Bart have time to look around, and what he saw shocked him. The Elite Chūnin and Tokubetsu Jōnin he had brought were gone.
This startled him. The rumbling sounds he heard earlier must have occurred when they disappeared.
No, he couldn't waste any more time. He had to quickly finish off this woman in front of him, steal her Sharingan, and then investigate what happened.
Bart's Lightning Release Chakra Mode flared up again, and his speed skyrocketed.
Attacking with full force, he instantly put Mikoto on the back foot, making her struggle to parry.
Seeing this from the side, Minato instantly killed the two opposing Jōnin with two small Rasengans.
Then, he focused all his attention on Mikoto.
He had to be ready to save Mikoto at a moment's notice.
Under Bart's frenzied attacks, Mikoto gradually couldn't hold on any longer.
A single mistake revealed a massive opening. Bart seized this opportunity, gathering the Lightning Release chakra from his entire body into his hand. "Elbow!"
Mikoto's pupils shrank. She looked at the approaching Bart with some despair. She couldn't dodge at all; she could only watch helplessly as the opponent attacked.
In the distance, Minato's expression shifted.
"Genjutsu: Hell Viewing Technique," activate.
He didn't use it on Bart, but on Mikoto.
Minato then used the Flying Thunder God Technique to appear beside Mikoto and slapped the opponent away with a Great Ball Rasengan.
However, in the world within Mikoto's eyes:
"Puchi."
Bart's Elbow pierced through Minato's body. Blood sprayed like a fountain, splashing all around.
Mikoto was completely stunned, staring blankly at Minato in front of her.
The Sharingan in her eyes began to spin rapidly. Finally, the three tomoe transformed into the shape of three burning flames, connected head to tail.
"Minato!"
Despairing, Mikoto cried out in grief and indignation.
With Mikoto's scream, the power brought by the Mangekyō Sharingan directly shattered Minato's Genjutsu.
Mikoto stared blankly at Minato, who was standing beside her safe and sound. It turned out everything just now was an illusion.
Mikoto threw herself into Minato's arms, sobbing softly.
Minato scratched his head awkwardly, feeling unsure if his decision was right.
But the good news was that Mikoto's Sharingan had evolved into the Mangekyō Sharingan.
"Alright, stop crying. That Cloud ninja stood up."
After this buffer period, Bart had recovered from the damage of the Rasengan impact.
But now, he had no will to fight.
Minato being able to knock him away in the nick of time was a huge shock to him.
Although it was largely a surprise attack, the fact that he had no power to resist meant the opponent was definitely a Kage-level powerhouse.
Such a young Kage-level powerhouse... he had to tell the Third Raikage. He had to get the news out to alert Kumogakure.
This news was simply too astonishing.
"Minato, leave the rest to me. I definitely won't lose this time."
Mikoto said confidently. Her confidence stemmed from her eyes.
The information just transmitted from her Sharingan let her know about several newly awakened abilities.
Minato also wanted to witness the abilities of Mikoto's Mangekyō Sharingan.
When Bart tried to escape, Mikoto blocked his path.
"Move aside. You are not my match." Bart glanced at Minato behind Mikoto, then stared at her fiercely.
"Just now, perhaps I wasn't your match. But now... sorry, you will become my stepping stone."
As she finished speaking, Mikoto's Mangekyō Sharingan glowed.
"What? Her Sharingan changed. It's not the Three-Tomoe state from before. Is there a level above the Three-Tomoe Sharingan? Another new clue."
Looking at Mikoto's Mangekyō Sharingan, Bart's heart felt heavy.
He couldn't care less right now; he had to escape first.
Bart activated his Lightning Release Chakra Mode, then used "Elbow" again, intending to knock Mikoto aside and rush out.
Facing Bart's attack, Mikoto didn't dodge, acting as if he didn't exist.
"This woman isn't dodging? Then I'll take the chance to kill her."
Seeing this, Bart struck even harder, intending to kill Mikoto directly.
But when Bart's fist hit Mikoto, it passed right through her. Mikoto's penetrated body transformed into a ball of fire.
Minato, watching from the side, was shocked. Fire Elementalization?
He didn't know the Mangekyō had such an ability.
When Bart attacked just now, his body was coated in Lightning Release chakra. Yet, Mikoto's Fire Elementalization made both Ninjutsu and physical attacks ineffective.
This meant neither Ninjutsu nor Taijutsu could hurt Mikoto.
He didn't know if the remaining Genjutsu or Senjutsu chakra could hurt her.
If they couldn't either, then this Fire Elementalization ability was too heaven-defying.
It was comparable to Uchiha Obito's Kamui.
Subsequently, Mikoto turned around, stared at the dumbfounded Bart, and slowly uttered a single word: "Amaterasu."
A stream of ominous black flames appeared out of thin air on Bart's body.
"Ahhhhhhh!"
The black flames ignited Bart's entire body. The intense pain caused Bart to roll back and forth on the ground, trying to extinguish the black fire.
But how could Bart extinguish the Amaterasu, the inextinguishable flames?
Gradually, Bart was burned to ashes.
"Ugh~!!!"
Suddenly, Mikoto felt a sharp pain in her eyes and couldn't help but cover them.
Seeing this, Minato knew the side effects of the Mangekyō Sharingan had kicked in.
However, this was the price paid for gaining power.
The most important thing now was how to let Mikoto use the Mangekyō without scruples.
There were actually two methods in front of him. One was to obtain another pair of Mangekyō from a close relative, preferably a sibling, to let Mikoto achieve the Eternal Mangekyō Sharingan.
But this method was impossible to realize because Mikoto had no family left.
The other method was to have Mikoto fuse with cells like the First Hokage's, which are Sage Body cells.
This point was the most suitable because Minato had the Sage Body.
But as for how to use it, he had to think about it. He wondered if the system could solve it.
Generally, systems were omnipotent, so solving this problem shouldn't be a big deal.
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