Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 9 The World's Diversity

Upon noticing Minato's decisive action, Jiraiya instinctively wanted to shrink back.

But if he tried to back away, those shuriken would have landed on his face...

That brat is so despicable!

Jiraiya cursed inwardly, then dove to the side, sacrificing a kick to his thigh to avoid Minato's counterattack.

"Hahahaha!!"

Not far away, Tsunade saw this scene and couldn't help but burst into laughter.

Orochimaru's lips twitched, while Nawaki's lips twitched as well: "Brother Jiraiya, what a loser..."

"Damn it! I was just careless!"

Jiraiya blushed and, with a sweeping kick, forced Minato aside, using his adult body advantage to counter Minato with his Steel Fist Style.

Tsunade sneered, "Despicable! Using physical advantages to beat a child!"

"I've already gone all out!"

Jiraiya's lips twitched. In fact, with his physical skills, he could easily defeat Minato.

The difficulty lies in defeating your opponent with equal strength and speed, without injuring them.

Otherwise, given Minato's actions just now, if it were an enemy, Jiraiya would have already delivered a world-class kick to his stomach before he even threw his shuriken.

After parrying several of Minato's attacks, Jiraiya felt he had roughly figured out Minato's fighting style and grinned.

"Is that all? If that's all there is to it, then it's about time to end this!"

As soon as he finished speaking, Minato silently raised his leg. Jiraiya instinctively crossed his arms to block, but at the moment Minato's leg kicked out, a dazzling light suddenly burst forth!

not good!

Jiraiya immediately sensed something was wrong. He felt a tremendous force suddenly come from his arm, and the next second, he was sent flying backward like a cannonball!

Such incredible power!

No, it should be said that it's about speed...

Jiraiya was shocked. He adjusted his body in mid-air, landed on his feet, and slid backward for more than 20 meters before landing steadily.

"As expected, it's a bloodline limit..."

Orochimaru gazed thoughtfully at Minato's figure, muttering, "A bloodline limit I've never seen before."

Tsunade, standing to the side, looked solemn. She hadn't taken this light-escape technique seriously at first, but just now she suddenly realized that Minato's kick hadn't produced any chakra fluctuations at all!

In simple terms, chakra is an energy extracted from physical strength (bodily energy + mental energy).

The relationship between the two is: chakra equals physical strength, but physical strength does not equal chakra.

Aside from taijutsu, all other techniques, including ninjutsu, taijutsu, and bloodline limits, require chakra to activate. Even ordinary people who unconsciously awaken their bloodline limits will instinctively draw on their physical strength and convert it into chakra.

Judging from Minato's kick just now, his ability does not require the chakra conversion process, but is activated directly by physical strength, without any loss due to insufficient chakra control!

Is this really a bloodline limit?

Or is it some kind of special ability?

"Phew...that was close!"

Jiraiya dramatically wiped his forehead: "I didn't expect you to have such a trick up your sleeve. You really gave me a fright!"

Minato rubbed his leg, not daring to step forward rashly.

That kick was delivered using the power of the Glint-Glint Fruit, instantly unleashing the highest speed kick he could withstand.

However, since it was the first time using it, I didn't control the speed well, which put a lot of strain on my calves.

"Oh dear, it seems this move puts quite a strain on your body."

Noticing Minato's actions, Jiraiya grinned slyly and slowly began forming hand seals: "In that case, I'm going to use a ninjutsu next~"

Before he could finish speaking and even complete the hand seals, Minato suddenly raised his hand, extended his index finger, and a dazzling light emanated from the fingertip.

Come again?

Jiraiya's face darkened, and he abandoned the hand seals to dodge.

Sure enough, just as he dodged, a dazzling light flashed.

The next instant, a loud explosion was heard.

Jiraiya looked back and saw a burst of fire explode behind him, instantly carbonizing a dozen or so thick trees and leaving a charred crater in the spot.

"Hey, what's this?"

Jiraiya's eyes widened in shock, as did Tsunade and Nawaki, who were watching from a distance. Even Orochimaru's pupils trembled, his eyes filled with disbelief.

"This power... it's instantaneous?"

Tsunade's red lips parted slightly, her voice a little dry, while Nawaki was so shocked that his mouth dropped open, and he stood there dumbfounded.

The power of an A-rank ninjutsu, activated without hand seals, and with an attack speed so fast it's impossible to detect...

Orochimaru's gaze turned serious, and he shook his head slightly: "No, there is still a charging time... but it could also be because he is not familiar with the ability."

"call…"

Minato let out a sigh of relief; that laser shot had taken a lot of his energy.

With his current physical strength, he can only release it seven or eight times at most.

Although he possesses the power of all things in the universe and his recovery speed far surpasses that of others, there is no way to overcome the physical limitations of his age.

Seeing Jiraiya's stunned expression, Minato quickly apologized, "I'm sorry, Jiraiya-senpai, I didn't expect it to be so powerful. This is the first time I've used this ability..."

To be honest, he himself didn't expect to release the laser so easily; it was almost like instinct.

The development was not as difficult as one might imagine; simply releasing the condensed energy produced such immense power!

Previously, Minato's training focused on ninjutsu, and his development of the Glint-Glint Fruit's abilities was mainly focused on functionality.

For example, Kizaru's Yata no Kagami (Eight-Span Mirror).

The principle is to project a beam of light, which can be refracted at any angle on the surface of surrounding objects, creating a path of light.

The main body can transform into light and move at the speed of light along this track.

At first glance, it sounds like a pointless exercise, since moving at the speed of light is the basic ability of the Glint-Glint Fruit.

In reality... this ability didn't really help Minato much; it simply changed his ability to move at the speed of light to one that allowed him to turn.

As for combat skills... it's not that Minato didn't want to develop them, firstly because his Devil Fruit abilities were too conspicuous, and secondly because he really didn't know how to develop them.

The power of the Glint-Glint Fruit is just too strong!

They possess super speed boosts in physical combat, can craft weapons like lightsabers, and have a clone skill for group battles. These clones are fully automatic and can reassemble even after being scattered.

It possesses a long-range laser with extremely penetrating power, followed by a high-temperature explosion, and a large-scale ground-cleansing effect with the Eight-Foot Jade Orb...

There are no fancy mechanics, only pure numbers.

"This ability is somewhat dangerous and not suitable for sparring. Perhaps we should stop here for now..."

Minato awkwardly scratched his head, his tone sheepish.

The laser is incredibly fast. Getting hit in the arm or leg is manageable, but if it hits the heart, that's bad news. And if you're unlucky enough to be hit by an explosion, then even a miracle won't save you.

"No! Hit me all you want!"

Two figures flashed by, and Tsunade and Orochimaru appeared on either side of Jiraiya.

Tsunade crossed her arms, her gaze towards Minato burning with undisguised fervor: "Orochimaru and I will provide support from the sidelines. Just give it your all!"

This battle was unfair to Jiraiya, because the main purpose was to test Minato's strength, so Jiraiya was constantly on the defensive and taking Minato's attacks.

The three of them originally thought that, given Minato's age, even if he was a genius, he would only be a genin.

And Minato's previous performance was indeed not that exaggerated.

In terms of physical skills, although his strength and speed are excellent, there are still many weaknesses. He uses his shuriken skillfully and his combat thinking is very agile.

Overall, while he is a genius, he is still within an acceptable range.

Only after that laser beam exploded did they realize with horror that Minato had actually acquired the power to threaten their lives!

Furthermore, Minato is not yet proficient in using it, so leaving Jiraiya to deal with it alone would be irresponsible towards his comrade's life.

Looking at the bewildered blond-haired boy opposite him, Orochimaru's gaze was somewhat complicated.

This is the bloodline limit...

Even a genius needs to practice diligently to master powerful ninjutsu, but it's just a five-year-old child's casual flick of the finger...

Orochimaru was silently marveling at the vicissitudes of the world, while Nawaki, who was watching the battle not far away, was already stunned!

What just exploded?

Was that Minato's technique?

I just fought a guy like that?