Naruto: By lying low and hiding, he eventually became the leader of the Legendary Sannin.

Then his bloodline limit will probably become the most useless ability in the ninja world.

However, on the other hand, with the gold dust, even disregarding the bonus from the tailed beast, he was far stronger than Gaara of the same age at this time.

Even so, he still dared not make the first move when he looked at Minato in front of him.

As a former "teammate," Rasa had absolutely no knowledge of Minato's fighting abilities.

After all, during the siege of Kagura, Minato was mostly involved in the battle as a commander.

However, he himself has never demonstrated his combat abilities.

As for inside the Tower of Trials, let's not even talk about the fact that this guy doesn't seem to have fought at all.

Even if he had fought, the details of those battles would remain unknown to outsiders.

During these days of information gathering, Rasa's understanding of Minato was limited to knowing that he was a genin who was good at both taijutsu and ninjutsu.

On the contrary, his own abilities were almost entirely displayed to the public.

In the information war, we have undoubtedly fallen into a disadvantageous position.

But looking at Minato, who didn't seem to want to attack first, he couldn't help but frown.

After a moment's hesitation, he couldn't resist launching a probing attack first.

He raised his right hand slightly toward Minato, and the gold dust that had been surrounding him suddenly increased in size, then transformed into a giant hand that attacked Minato.

Faced with that giant-like hand, Minato's expression turned grim. With a swift movement, he easily dodged the attack with a leap.

But Rasa's attack was far from simple.

The enormous hand slammed into the ground and transformed into a constantly writhing pile of golden sand.

After a brief pause, it coalesced into a palm once more and attacked the Water Gate in the air again.

Seeing the attack coming at him, Minato, who was in mid-air, had no leverage and could no longer dodge.

However, there was no panic in his eyes. Instead, he quickly formed a hand seal and his cheeks puffed out slightly.

The next second, a water dragon spewed from his mouth and rushed toward the giant hand made of gold dust in front of him.

Minato used the Water Release: Water Dragon Bullet technique, which he had learned from Kagura.

The enormous water dragon and the giant hand collided, quickly merging together and dissolving into nothingness in mid-air.

The already heavy gold dust was scattered by the water dragon and fell to the ground along with a large amount of water.

Luo Sha's eyes narrowed slightly, and in a flash, he wanted to control the scattered gold dust once more.

However, the gold dust that had been soaked in water was like being stuck in a swamp, unable to move.

At that moment, Minato, who had finally landed on the ground again, pushed off with his feet and charged towards Rasa, brandishing his kunai.

Seeing this, Luo Sha not only did not dodge, but also slightly curled up his lips and revealed a smile.

He clasped his hands together and slammed them hard on the ground.

As his chakra was poured into him in large quantities, the ground beneath his feet suddenly became soft.

In an instant, a golden sand mound with a radius of several meters appeared centered on him.

Just as the water gate was about to rush in front of him, the golden sand gushed out from under Rasa's feet again, turning into a wall.

Facing the wall made of gold dust, Minato steeled his resolve and swung his kunai at it.

It seems he intends to break through directly from there.

However, just as the kunai crashed into the sand wall, Minato's expression suddenly changed.

Clang!

The wall made of gold dust was like an iron wall; even a short kunai could not cut through it without producing a spark.

Realizing something was wrong, Minato stopped and immediately leaped backward.

Just as he leaped backward, the sand wall in front of him instantly transformed back into quicksand and enveloped him.

Fortunately, Minato seemed to have anticipated Rasa's attack and dodged in advance.

Before he could be surrounded by the pile of gold dust, Shuimen successfully escaped.

With a slight movement of their feet, the water gate quickly opened the distance.

Seeing that Minato had escaped again, Rasa couldn't help but show a hint of regret on his face.

As he watched the golden dust return to Rasa's side, surrounding him like the most loyal guards, Minato's face darkened.

Meanwhile, Kagura, watching all of this from the stands, couldn't help but admire it.

As expected, he truly lives up to his reputation as Gaara's father.

Although Gaara has an automatic range that supposedly makes his defense unbreakable, Rasa is clearly superior in terms of the materials he controls.

After all, Gaara only controls ordinary sand, while Rasa's sand is gold dust mixed with a large amount of gold.

Although gold is not the hardest metal, it is still much harder than ordinary sand.

The defense made of this kind of gold dust would probably be very difficult for even a genin to break through.

In Kagura's opinion, even Sasuke, who could use Chidori in the original storyline...

Even if he could break through Gaara's defenses, he would probably have a hard time breaking through that gold dust if he were to face Rasa here.

Thinking of this, Kagura subconsciously raised her hand and rubbed her chin.

He looked at his beloved disciple below the stage, a slight smile playing on his lips, as if he were watching a good show.

Although he acknowledged Rasa's strength, Kagura didn't believe Minato would lose.

During that year, the kid learned a lot of ninjutsu from me.

However, battles are not as simple as one plus one equals two. Even if you learn those ninjutsu, the most important thing is how to use them.

Thinking about the ninjutsu she had taught him some time ago, Kagura couldn't help but feel excited about what was to come.

Chapter 77 Minato's New Ninjutsu

Contrary to the impressions of many Naruto fans, Kagura never underestimated Rasa's strength.

Although this Kazekage was killed by Orochimaru without even showing his face when he first appeared.

But in reality, it was only with the help of Kabuto and Kimimaro, plus Orochimaru's sneak attack, that he died in what seemed like a simple death.

It's important to know that, according to the original storyline, the Fourth Kazekage was not some weakling.

After the Third Kazekage disappeared, it was he who stabilized the turbulent Sunagakure.

He used his bloodline limit to find a large amount of gold in the desert, helping Sunagakure to regain stability.

(Here I would like to add that, according to the official introduction, Rasa can use his own chakra to create gold dust.)

But I estimate that this kind of gold dust will turn into ordinary sand after losing the blessing of his chakra.

The official statement that he found a large amount of gold to help the village restore stability likely refers to the actual gold he found using his magnetic escape technique.

Otherwise, if his chakra could create gold out of thin air, the Land of Wind would probably be incredibly wealthy by now.

Before Gaara became a Jinchūriki, Rasa was able to suppress the One-Tailed Beast that went berserk on his own.

Therefore, this future Kazekage is by no means a nobody.

At this moment, Minato, who was in the middle of the field, also realized the strength of his opponent.

After a moment of contemplation, he made his decision, and a resolute look appeared on his face.

Seeing Minato's expression, Rasa immediately became more alert.

However, he clearly believes more in the theory that offense is the best defense.

Before Minato could make a move, he struck first again.

He then clasped his hands together again and slapped them on the ground.

This time, however, he channeled almost all of his chakra into the ground in one go.

As that massive amount of chakra was inputted, the ground rumbled.

The next moment, Minato keenly sensed the unusual sensation coming from the ground beneath his feet.

As if he had just thought of something, his expression changed, and he immediately jumped up into the air.

The instant his feet left the ground, the once solid earth beneath his feet turned into quicksand.

Looking down from the stands where Kagura was, one could clearly see that almost half of the huge arena had been transformed into gold dust by Rasa.

If the water gate had been even a fraction of a second later, they would probably already be trapped.

Even so, his situation wasn't exactly good.

As Minato leaped high into the air, Rasa, who had stood up again, extended his right hand toward him and clenched his fist.

At that moment, several sand dragons suddenly burst forth from the desert-like ground and rushed straight toward the water gate in mid-air.

The water gate, suspended in mid-air, was like a target, with no chance of dodging.

But at that moment, Minato pulled a kunai from his waist and shot it toward the high wall at the edge of the dueling arena in the distance.

Just as the several salons were about to engulf his figure, a bright yellow light suddenly flashed across Minato's body.

The next second, he vanished into thin air right before everyone's eyes.

Upon seeing this, Rasa's eyes narrowed, and then, as if he had thought of something, he immediately turned his head and looked at the kunai that Minato had thrown out earlier.

Sure enough, Minato appeared at the spot where the kunai had been fired earlier.

"This is... Flying Thunder God!"

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi on the stage could no longer sit still.

As he exclaimed in amazement, he turned incredulously to look at Kagura behind him and questioned her:

“Do you know what you are doing?

You actually taught him forbidden techniques?

Kagura remained indifferent when questioned by the Hokage.