The days of being a puppeteer in Konoha

Chapter 274 Yellow Flash
No wonder Minato was so surprised.

You have to know that although the wars between ninja villages will be bloody, they still follow a certain tacit understanding.

After all, what everyone is fighting for is not ordinary resources such as land, but mission commissions from various countries.

Therefore, the goal of the war is more to show muscle and demonstrate the strength of the village.

Of course, there is also the option of killing enemy ninjas to free up more missions...

As the purpose changes, the form of war will naturally change.

If we borrow Hideki's words, the war in the ninja world can be called a real-life version of DOTA, or even simply called Ninja Glory.

Because with the strength of a Kage-level ninja, even if his village is gone, he alone is enough to bring unrest to other ninja villages or countries.

Therefore, everyone is consciously trying to control the intensity of the war to a certain level to prevent someone from directly overturning the table.

The method is to set up strongholds of various sizes on the front line, and use them as fulcrums to play the tower-pushing game with the enemy.

The ordinary ninja team formed a normal line of troops and advanced, engaging in a tug-of-war battle with the enemy.

They are also the biggest victims in this ninja war game and the main target of ninja villages competing for mission quotas and reducing the number of ninjas.

Only a few have enough luck and talent to survive this meat grinder and have the qualifications to become true chess pieces.

The so-called real chess pieces, or heroes, are those ninjas at the Jonin level.

They will gain fame through harvesting minions and fighting enemy heroes, attracting more nobles and merchants to come and appoint them to perform missions.

Just like when Salamander Hanzo defeated Jiraiya and the other two, he did not kill them all, but even gave them the title of Three Ninjas.

This kind of operation, which can both sell well to Konoha and raise each other's value through commercial promotion, can be said to be a deep understanding of the three flavors of war in the ninja world.

The various ninja villages fought each other under this set of game rules set by no one, creating one chain of hatred after another...

Although Minato did not fully understand the truth of the Ninja World War.

But he also knew that launching the Tailed Beast Ball towards the base camp where many logistical troops and even civilians gathered was an absolutely taboo operation, and it might trigger an all-out war between the two ninja villages.

You do the first grade of junior high school, and I do the fifteenth grade.

If Konoha does not respond in kind, it will be seen as weak and vulnerable.

Even the war that should have ended may be reignited and burn more and more fiercely.

Once other ninja villages see an opportunity, the Third Ninja World War may break out...

Obviously, it is impossible for Lao Zi, who is rich in experience, to be unaware of this unspoken rule.

This also means that he has realized that even if he has to break the tacit understanding, he must kill Minato here...

Although after mastering the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato had a premonition that future enemies would destroy him at all costs.

But he didn't expect that this day would come so soon...

But he didn't have time to feel sentimental now.

Should he continue to run away, watch his base being destroyed, and allow all-out war to break out?

Or should he return to attract Lao Zi's attention and risk his life to change the direction of the Tailed Beast Ball?

He has to make a choice now.

Swish!
I saw Shuimen, who was retreating, suddenly stopped and then rushed towards Lao Zi resolutely.

Seeing this, Lao Zi turned the gun towards Minato again, his expression darkening.

He wouldn't want to use such despicable means unless he had no other choice.

But for a terrifying genius like Minato, he simply couldn't sit idly by and watch him continue to grow.

"Go to hell, Minato Namikaze!"

"I will apologize to you when we reach the Pure Land in the future!"

Lao Zi muttered to himself. Then he shouted loudly, and shot out the Tailed Beast Ball that was compressed to the extreme, flying towards Minato like lightning.

The trees along the way were turned to ashes before they were touched, and deep furrows were plowed into the ground.

Minato looked at the Tailed Beast Ball that was growing bigger and bigger in front of him and prayed in his heart.

Then he threw eight kunai with both hands and shot them onto the huge trees on both sides in front of him, and then quickly formed seals.

Similar to before, a number of long black chains composed of rune spells emerged from the kunai again, gradually forming a huge magic circle.

But unlike before, this time the magic circle was standing upright in mid-air, like a spider web...

"The derivative technique recorded in the Flying Thunder God Technique scroll..."

"Although I haven't mastered it completely yet, with the help of Hideki's boundary stone, I hope I can perform it successfully..."

Minato muttered in his heart, then formed seals with his hands and said,

"Take it, Flying Thunder God: Lightning Guide!"

call out!
The next moment, the Tailed Beast Ball emitting terrifying power hit the barrier formation in front of Minato.

However, the imagined big bang did not happen.

Instead, there seemed to be a crack in the middle of the barrier, slowly and steadily swallowing the Tailed Beast Ball into it...

The huge chakra contained in the Tailed Beast Ball made the entire barrier shaky.

If you look closely, you will find that the surrounding boundary stones are even constantly cracking.

Fortunately, with the help of Minato's gritting his teeth to maintain the seal, the crack was able to swallow the Tailed Beast Ball.

"How can this be?"

The panting Old Zi watched as his all-out attack, launched at all costs, was actually eliminated by Minato's strange move, and a look of shock appeared on his stern face.

However, the truly terrifying thing is yet to come.

You have to know that Minato's Flying Thunder God Lightning Guide Formation has more than just the ability to devour things...

Since some time ago, the boundary stone kunai that had been blown away around Lao Zi were emitting faint rune light again.

Although it was covered with cracks, with the interaction of several kunai, it still barely served as a positioning beacon...

By the time Lao Zi instinctively felt that something was wrong, it was already too late.

Swish!
In a flash, a Tailed Beast Ball that had already reached a critical state suddenly appeared above Lao Zi's head...

Rumble!
A deafening explosion suddenly sounded, and a white light that blocked out the sun and sky shot straight into the sky, submerging and disintegrating everything around it...

After a while, the white light gradually dissipated, leaving behind an exaggeratedly large pit.

In the center of the pit, Lao Zi was lying on the ground in tattered clothes, looking miserable, in the same posture as Yamcha fell to the ground.

call out!
Suddenly a figure appeared nearby. Without the cover of the trees, his golden hair shone brightly in the sunlight.

"Minato Namikaze..."

Lao Zi struggled to support himself with his hands, trying to get up and fight again.

However, even though he was a Jinchūriki with amazing recovery ability, after taking a head-on hit from the increased-size Tailed Beast Ball he had created, he would not have the strength to fight again.

Not to mention that the always cautious Minato flashed in front of him the next moment, with the five fingers of his right hand condensing chakra of different natures...

"Five Elements Seal!"

Minato slapped Lao Zi in the stomach with all his strength, mixed with a bit of the anger of an honest man.

So this palm not only cut off the connection between Lao Zi and the Four-Tails, but also directly hit him so hard that his eyes rolled back and he finally passed out completely...

(End of this chapter)