Mizukage's Pokémon Ninja Scroll

Chapter 537 The Night of the Nine-Tailed Fox (Part 10)

Jiraiya was startled by the noise behind him, but he didn't turn around. He instinctively tried to use "Needle Jizo" to defend himself.

Having already noticed from their previous encounters that when the opponent wanted to attack or absorb him, they would inevitably exit that ethereal state.

The "Needle Jizo" technique, which combines defensive and counter-attack capabilities, is the most suitable way to break through the opponent's offensive.

It was precisely through this technique that he repeatedly made his enemies hesitate to attack, causing them to re-enter the intangible state and rendering their attacks ineffective.

However, Jiraiya, who was enveloped in white hair, suddenly realized that the voice behind him did not seem to be coming from right next to him.

"Oh no! It's a ninjutsu attack!"

However, even though he realized he had made a mistake, Jiraiya did not panic at all.

Because he knew clearly that he was not fighting alone this time.

Sure enough, the next moment.

A golden light suddenly appeared behind him.

Minato Namikaze swung his kunai and slashed down rapidly, interrupting the enemy's attack.

However, unsurprisingly, the slash only passed rapidly through Obito Uchiha's head and did not actually hit its target.

Time seemed to slow down at this moment.

Just as Minato Namikaze's slash was about to leave Obito Uchiha, a mocking look appeared in his eyes.

Obito Uchiha, who was forming hand seals, seemed to have been waiting for a long time.

He quickly raised his arm and placed it beside his ear.

It was clear that he intended to release his intangibility and grab Minato's arm as his kunai left his body.

However, before Obito Uchiha could extricate himself from his intangible state...

Suddenly, a large amount of white hair emerged from behind Minato Namikaze.

These strands of hair all precisely bypassed Minato Namikaze's body, their tips shooting straight towards Obito Uchiha like sharp arrows.

A hint of disappointment flashed in Obito Uchiha's eyes upon seeing this.

He remained in the ethereal state, abandoned his counterattack, and retreated rapidly, creating distance between himself and the two.

After regaining his footing, Obito Uchiha looked at the two standing side by side and did not choose to immediately launch another attack.

Instead, he said it in a somewhat gloomy tone.

"As expected of master and apprentice, their teamwork is truly excellent."

Faced with Obito Uchiha's words, which were neither mocking nor praising, Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya did not choose to retaliate. They simply stood quietly in place, their minds racing.

Minato Namikaze, who was fighting Obito Uchiha for the first time, realized how troublesome Obito's intangibility ability was.

"The opponent possesses a high-level Sharingan; whether in close combat or at range, nothing can escape the detection of their dynamic vision."

"Even Jiraiya's Lion's Mane Technique, which he used from behind, couldn't catch him off guard. It seems I have to launch a sneak attack from a blind spot."

"Long-range attacks are too slow, and we have to catch him the moment he dispels his intangibility attack, so..."

"Flying Thunder God Technique, close range, blind spot, bait attack!"

These thoughts flashed through his mind quickly, and Minato Namikaze immediately used his body as cover to give Jiraiya a secret signal from behind.

Although the simple code could not fully express Minato Namikaze's tactical intentions, Jiraiya, relying on the tacit understanding between master and disciple, still decisively jumped up on the spot and tapped his feet together to complete the hand seal.

"Fire Release: Fire Dragon Flame Bullet!"

The scorching flames that Jiraiya spat out immediately split into three, transforming into three ferocious fire dragons.

As soon as the fire dragon appeared, it bypassed Minato Namikaze in front of it and rushed towards Obito Uchiha from three directions: above, left, and right.

However, this kind of open and direct attack naturally did not cause any harm to Obito Uchiha.

He stood there without a care, letting the terrifying fire dragon pass through his body and blast the ruins behind him into dust.

Just as the three fire dragons dissipated, Obito Uchiha discovered...

Before anyone knew it, Minato Namikaze, wielding a kunai, used the fire dragon as cover and quickly rushed up to him.

Under the dynamic vision of the Sharingan, Minato Namikaze raised his hand and threw out the kunai in his hand. At the same time, a bright blue Rasengan rapidly formed in his right palm.

However, facing the kunai aimed straight at his face, Obito Uchiha smiled contemptuously.

Maintaining his ethereal state, he allowed the kunai to pass through his head, and raised his hand to aim at Minato Namikaze, who was charging towards him.

Once the kunai had completely left his body, Obito Uchiha abruptly released his intangibility and prepared to launch an attack.

At the same time, Minato Namikaze, who was in front of Obito Uchiha, vanished instantly and reappeared behind him using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

He grabbed the Flying Thunder God kunai that had just passed through Obito's body.

He slammed a fully charged Rasengan down on his back.

however!

"Shinra Tensei!"

A powerful, invisible force field spread rapidly.

The Rasengan, which had been close enough to be just a few centimeters away from Obito Uchiha's back and about to hit its target, seemed to have crashed into an invisible wall.

The spherical spiral was extremely compressed and deformed, and then exploded with a bang.

The impact of the Rasengan explosion and the invisible force generated by Shinra Tensei overlapped.

The terrifying force instantly blasted Minato Namikaze, who was still in mid-air, away, sending him crashing heavily into the ruins of a distant building.

The rubble and dirt that were originally under Obito Uchiha's feet, as well as the Flying Thunder God kunai that Minato Namikaze had thrown earlier, were all swept away by this impact.

Even Jiraiya, who was far away, was not left behind and was also blasted away by this large-scale "Shinra Tensei".

Obito Uchiha turned to look at Minato Namikaze amidst the ruins, feeling a slight lingering fear.

In fact, he didn't even realize what Flying Thunder God Technique had just done.

However, his original plan was to use Shinra Tensei to blast Minato Namikaze away, and sweep away the kunai on the surrounding ground, which inadvertently resolved the attack.

Of course, Obito Uchiha was wearing a mask at this time, so his fear was not outwardly apparent.

At this moment, he calmed down and, with a superior attitude, slowly spoke to Minato Namikaze.

"Is this the strength of a Hokage? I really can't be careless at all, but..."

Just as Obito Uchiha was speaking, he was suddenly startled to hear a faint whooshing sound in the air beside his ear.

There was no time to react to what had happened.

Before Obito Uchiha's eyes, Minato Namikaze, who had been blasted away by "Shinra Tensei" and was lying in the ruins, suddenly disappeared.

"Whoosh~"

The blond figure's right sleeve was torn and covered in blood.

However, his eyes remained resolute, and without hesitation, he once again condensed a chakra energy ball that shimmered with azure light.

Without hesitation, he blasted towards the enemy in front of him.

(End of this chapter)