Just like that, as they hurried along the way, everyone listened to Obito explain the details.
Finally, by dusk, they arrived near the battlefield.
As they got closer, even from a distance, they could already smell the scent of blood drifting through the air.
Suddenly, Minato stopped in his tracks and whispered, "There's someone ahead, hide."
At once, Obito, Rin, and Kakashi stopped moving, and the four of them concealed themselves behind a large tree.
Minato placed a finger on the ground, closed his eyes to sense the surroundings, then opened them again.
"It's three teams of ninjas, a total of nine people. They seem to be deliberately moving in this direction and are currently stationed to rest."
"Judging from their aura, they are all elites. The three leading them should be Jonin, possibly even elite Jonin."
At this point, Namikaze Minato couldn't help but furrow his brows.
A force of this caliber was already considered the core strength of any major ninja village.
Moreover, judging from their route, their destination was most likely Konoha.
Minato said, "This team is likely executing some kind of secret mission, and their target is within Konoha."
"No, we must investigate their objective. Obito, you go and scout," Obito nodded, activated his Sharingan in an instant, and his entire body slowly sank into the ground.
Watching this scene, Kakashi couldn't help but twitch his eyebrows.
No matter how many times he saw this ability, he still felt it was too overpowered.
———
On the other side, Obito silently phased through the ground and infiltrated the nine-person campsite.
In his past life, his intangibility ability could only last for five minutes continuously.
But now, after testing, he found that his phasing ability could last at least twenty minutes, which was more than enough for him to stay underground for a long time.
Just as he arrived, he overheard several people whispering together.
One of them, presumably the leader, spoke.
"This Nine-Tails Seizure Mission must not have any mistakes. Cover your tracks carefully. We can't let Konoha find out."
Another person spoke, "Captain Ishida, but the Jinchuriki is extremely powerful. Can we really succeed?"
Captain Ishida replied, "Don't compare an ordinary Jinchuriki with Killer Bee. He is our Kumogakure's perfect Jinchuriki."
"According to intelligence, the Nine-Tails' Jinchuriki cannot fully control the power of the Nine-Tails yet. Moreover, she was just recently married, so she should be at her most relaxed state. This is our best opportunity to strike."
Hearing this, Obito had already fully grasped the information he needed, and an intense killing intent surged within him.
'No wonder this team is so highly equipped. It is because they are targeting Big Sis Kushina.'
He had sworn to protect her. How could he let these Kumogakure ninjas succeed?
But after thinking for a moment, he decided to quietly retreat and report back.
Before long, his body slowly emerged from behind Kakashi.
Since he didn't intentionally suppress his presence, Kakashi immediately noticed and turned around, startled.
Kakashi rolled his dead-fish eyes and muttered, "Obito, don't be so childish."
Obito grinned, "It's been a while since I scared someone like this. Kakashi, your nerves still need some work."
Kakashi couldn't help but curse Obito in his mind, 'With such an eerie ability, there is no way to guard against it. What kind of mental training do I even supposed to do against that?'
Minato asked, "Obito, did you get the intel?"
Obito nodded, "If I hadn't decided to report to you first, I would've taken them out on the spot."
"They're from Kumogakure, executing a secret mission called the 'Nine-Tails Seizure Mission.'"
Upon hearing the name of the mission, Minato's expression turned exceptionally serious.
His gaze filled with killing intent, he simply said two words: "Stop them."
His tone was brief, but the three of them could all hear Minato-sensei's determination.
After speaking, Minato had already stood up, "You three stay on guard around the perimeter. Not a single one can escape."
The three nodded and followed Minato, silently approaching the Kumogakure camp.
Minato's eyes focused, "I'm going in!"
As soon as he finished speaking, his entire body rushed forward, throwing several kunai.
The nine Kumogakure ninjas were not ordinary fighters. The moment they heard the disturbance, they immediately stood up, fully alert.
Especially the ninja named Ishida, who instantly shouted, "ENEMY ATTACK! FORM UP! SENSOR NINJA, REPORT POSITIONS!"
But before the words were fully spoken, the Flying Thunder God kunai were already upon them.
Minato's figure suddenly appeared in front of one of the kunai, catching it in his hand.
Ishida only saw a streak of yellow flash toward their female sensor ninja.
"Evade!"
The female sensor ninja's face changed drastically as she instinctively tried to retreat, but… it was already too late.
Minato's kunai, like light itself, slashed across her throat. She barely managed to utter two words: "So fast…"
Before blood sprayed from her throat and she collapsed, lifeless.
Among the remaining eight, four of them, who specialized in ninjutsu, nearly simultaneously formed seals.
In an instant, massive flames, lightning, wind gusts, and rock attacks all surged toward Minato's location.
Ishida stared fixedly at Minato's figure, already drawing the long sword from his back.
A blue electrical glow radiated from his entire body, ready to strike at any moment.
From afar, Obito, watching the battle, flashed a look of surprise and muttered, "Lightning Release Chakra Mode…? If he's learned that, he must be someone important in Kumogakure."
However, just as the barrage of ninjutsu was about to hit Minato—
Swish!
Minato's figure suddenly vanished.
Ishida was shocked, immediately shifting his gaze toward a nearby tree.
Sure enough, he saw Minato standing there.
'Impossible! That distance in just an instant… Even the Third Raikage didn't have that kind of speed!'
Ishida was stunned, preparing to defend himself and charge forward. But suddenly—
Swish!
Minato disappeared again.
"This time… he's back at his previous position!"
Ishida whipped his head around just in time to see Minato catching another kunai that was still spinning in mid-air.
'What the hell is going on?'
All he could do was shout, "FORMATION! BACK TO BACK! DEFEND!"
Before his words even finished, Minato had already thrown four more Flying Thunder God kunai at the four ninjutsu-type ninjas.
The four instinctively dodged, and the kunai embedded themselves at their feet.
Swish!
Without giving anyone time to react, Minato appeared before a Fire Release ninja.
With a swift upward slash of his kunai, he slit the ninja's throat.
Swish!
Minato vanished again.
He reappeared in front of a Lightning Release ninja.
That ninja had already clapped his hands on the ground, preparing his jutsu.
"Lightning Release: Spider Net—"
However, he was still a step too late. Before the technique could activate, his throat was also cut.
Then, the same scene played out again.
Swish!
Swish!
Two more ninjutsu specialists fell dead.
In mere moments, five elite Kumogakure ninjas were wiped out.
Each of them was highly skilled, yet before absolute speed, none of that seemed to matter.
"Damn it!"
"How is he this fast?"
"It's the kunai…?"
"Be careful of those kunai!"
Ishida finally realized the anomaly, feeling both fear and shock.
But he couldn't allow Minato to keep killing.
While warning the others, he gripped his sword tightly, his entire body turning into a bolt of lightning as he charged straight at Minato…
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