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Chapter 409 One Punch!

"That figure is...?"

The world of Naruto, Konoha Village.

Hiruzen Sarutobi, who was standing at the corner of the village entrance, trying his best to maintain the "Four Red Yang Formation", was suddenly taken aback and turned his gaze towards the Hokage Rock.

There, in mid-air.

A figure with short, golden hair, clad in a divine robe, stood suspended in mid-air with his back to Konoha. Beside him stood another figure with long, red hair, who appeared to be a woman.

This pair of characters looks very familiar to Hiruzen Sarutobi.

Because just over a decade ago, Konoha had a similar duo. At that time, the Land of Fire was at its strongest, and they almost single-handedly defeated four opponents to win the Third Shinobi World War. However, due to various reasons, they went from their peak to decline after only a few years, forcing the retired Third Hokage to return to maintain the situation...

"Ha, I guess I'm getting old, I'm even starting to hallucinate..."

Hiruzen Sarutobi chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Although he knew that "Uchiha Hikaru knew Minato," he never imagined that the latter would one day reappear in the world. Even "Impure World Reincarnation" could not possibly work on someone whose soul was inside the Shinigami's belly; it simply didn't make sense logically.

But just then...

Jiraiya's voice, though located in another corner of Konoha Village, reached his ears through the walkie-talkie's headset:

"Old man, did you see that?"

"What?"

"...It's Minato!"

Jiraiya's tone was certain: "There's no mistake, those two figures flying in the sky are Minato and Kushina! Although we don't know what happened, they've returned!"

As Minato's teacher, probably no one knew his disciple's appearance better than him. Even if it was just a glimpse of his back, there was no way he could mistake him.

"?!"

The outer shell of the "Four Red Yang Formation" was transparent. This meant that, apart from Hiruzen Sarutobi and Jiraiya, the vast majority of Konoha villagers saw the two figures in the sky at that moment. Many of the older villagers, after a brief hesitation, recognized the figures from the divine robes they wore—

"Great! It's the Fourth Hokage! We're saved!"

"Wait a minute... what nonsense are you talking about? Didn't Lord Minato sacrifice himself during the Nine-Tails' attack? How could he be here?"

Some people have questioned this judgment.

But immediately, a villager pointed to the sky and said:

"Look for yourself, not only is the Fourth Hokage there, but Lady Kushina is also by his side, there's no mistake! The Fourth Hokage has returned to save us!"

Amidst a chorus of discussion and cheers.

Minato and Kushina glanced behind them and at their feet out of the corner of their eyes, then looked at Madara and Nagato opposite them. The latter two were clearly not expected to see them here, especially Madara, whose brows were already furrowed.

"The Fourth Hokage? It's you again?"

"This isn't the body of an Impure World Reincarnation... Was it resurrected using other secret techniques?"

Madara was aware that there were some unique resurrection methods in the ninja world. For example, Chiyo of Sunagakure's "Reanimation Jutsu" and a small ninja clan in the Land of Grass's "Dragon's Life Reincarnation" could theoretically bring the dead back to life.

However, these techniques are less effective than "Reincarnation," which is why he did not choose to use them to revive during this period.

And now...

If it were just Minato Namikaze who was resurrected, that would be one thing, but what about Kushina Uzumaki? Shouldn't she have died along with him in the Nine-Tails' rampage eight years ago?

Ban was puzzled.

Minato then politely spoke up: "We meet again, Lord Madara."

"It has been many days since we last met in the Land of Water. I never expected that we would meet again under such circumstances. As the Fourth Hokage of Konoha, I would like to ask you to abandon your conquest of this place. Otherwise... I will have no choice but to ask you for guidance."

"Oh? You want to learn from me?"

Madara crossed his arms, his expression disdainful: "Although I don't know how you were resurrected, it was just a coincidence that I couldn't catch you last time. If it happened again, do you think you'd still have that kind of luck? The so-called 'space-time ninjutsu' is useless against my eyes."

"..."

A brief silence.

Since we don't see eye to eye, there's no need to say anything more.

next moment.

Madara and Minato vanished from their spot at the same time!

Minato naturally used the "Flying Thunder God Technique," which was as fast as a flash of light; while Madara, although not as fast, had highly acute perception and extremely rich combat experience, so he predicted Minato's attack position in advance and made a move accordingly.

the other side.

A flawless version after careful inspection!

At the same time, Kushina also stepped forward, flew into the air towards the location of Pain's Deva Path, and then charged forward with a punch!

"Um?"

At this moment, Pain, having just unleashed a "Super Shinra Tensei," was still depleted of chakra and was floating in the sky waiting to recover. Suddenly seeing Kushina approaching, he instinctively raised his right hand, making a pushing motion with his palm: "Shinra..."

boom--!!

A loud explosion rang out!

At that moment, Kushina's fist tore through the air, clearly reaching several times the speed of sound in an instant! Then, accompanied by a milky white shockwave, it forcefully broke through the solid air wall in front of the Heavenly Dao, and slammed heavily into his face!

BOOM!!!

In an instant.

Pain's body, like a missile, streaked across the sky and plummeted to the ground! Then, propelled by immense force, it crashed into the earth, creating a human-shaped crater over ten meters deep! Huge amounts of soil and rocks flew everywhere, and spiderweb-like cracks spread outwards!

"?!"

"……what?"

Even Madara Uchiha was stunned by this scene, his face showing disbelief.

Meanwhile, the chat group was abuzz with excitement as everyone watched the drama unfold.

Even before this battle began, Minato Namikaze had started a live stream at the request of his group members, so...

[Bulma: Yay! It's starting a fight! Everyone come watch the live stream! [eating popcorn.jpg]]

[Yotsuya Miko: Hmm... Listening to Bulma-san say that, it sounds like she's a real-life outdoor streamer. By the way, can we give Minato-san a tip? [Laughing while covering mouth]]

[Brand: Is this the guy named Uchiha Madara? He has a good presence, and he looks a bit like Hikari...]

[Bulma: After all, he's Hikaru's grandson.]

【nameless:?】

[Nameless: Speaking of which... isn't Kushina's physical ability a bit too much? @Kikyo @Bulma]

(End of this chapter)