Start with a Zanpakuto and build the strongest Mist Village.

Yoruichi slashed at the so-called Vajra Ruyi Staff, and the two forces collided: "This power is indeed formidable, but the price of this metamorphosis is that the body is completely overloaded, leading to death."

Sarutobi Shinnosuke fell silent, his eyes growing increasingly gloomy.

As the son of the Hokage, he knew very well what would happen to the Akimichi clan after they consumed the red elixir and entered the butterfly transformation state.

but……

"What right do you, a bastard from Kirigakure, have to criticize us, the ninjas of Konoha?!"

"hehe."

The Night Report responded to Sarutobi Shinnosuke's emotional outburst with a sneer, casually unleashing two ice dragons that took away several Konoha ninjas who were observing from the sidelines.

"Is this the true strength of Konoha...?"

In the distance, Mizuki Akira and the others, who were waiting for an opportunity to enter the battlefield with the unconscious Kakashi, were also watching with serious expressions as the giant with outstretched wings engaged in hand-to-hand combat with the Three-Tails.

They originally thought that with the power of the Three-Tails, they would be able to easily destroy this Konoha stronghold, but they never expected that Konoha would have such a guy.

"Don't waste time. Lord Yoru is locked in a fierce battle with Sarutobi Shinnosuke. We must achieve the greatest results in the shortest amount of time!"

"Yes, Lord Jing!"

The battle between the Three-Tails and Akimichi Tou has entered a fierce stage.

The battle between the two was earth-shattering, and their enormous size shocked countless ninjas.

The chakra butterfly wings on Akimichi Tou's back flapped continuously, carrying him to launch attack after attack against the Three-Tails, supporting him in his battle against the tailed beast.

Unfortunately, external forces are still just external forces.

As the effects of the medicine wore off, the butterfly wings began to appear and disappear. With a burst of power, Akimichi Tou's body was violently thrown away.

The Three-Tails hissed, its mouth wide open, and dense chakra particles rapidly condensed in front of it.

"Are you kidding..."

Akimichi Tou rose again, the butterfly wings on his back gradually dissipating, but his right fist was filled with suffocating chakra, like a pupa about to emerge from its cocoon, trembling incessantly.

"Even if it costs me my life, I will stop you!!"

"Roar!!"

The terrifying Tailed Beast Ball erupted and clashed violently with Akimichi Tou's Butterfly Bullet Fist, which was unleashed by gathering all of Akimichi Tou's chakra.

The collision between the two unleashed an endless surge of energy. Akimichi Tou's enormous body was shrinking at a visible rate, but even so, this elite from the Akimichi clan was still gritting his teeth and squeezing out all the power within his body.

Under this force, the Tailed Beast Ball was deflected and blasted towards the distant horizon.

At the same time, his body returned to normal, and he fell helplessly from mid-air.

"boom!!"

With a hiss, the three-tailed creature charged forward, determined to crush the human to pieces.

But at this critical moment, a golden flash streaked past, causing the Three-Tailed Beast to miss its target.

"Watergate……"

Gazing at the golden hair that shimmered in the moonlight, Akimichi Tou murmured weakly.

“You’ve done very well, Brother Tangdong.”

Upon hearing this, Akimichi Touya's face showed a faint smile. He wanted to say something more, but no sound came out.

Minato Namikaze gently placed Akimichi Touhisa, whose life force was gradually fading, on the ground. Then, he turned his head and looked at the hissing Three-Tails, his whole body seemingly trembling.

"It's really... good enough..."

Chapter 61 A Wonderful Program

"That figure... is it Minato Namikaze, the Yellow Flash of Konoha?!"

Akimichi Tou's enormous figure nearly attracted the attention of everyone present. As his body shrank, almost everyone saw the fleeting golden light and the three tails that missed their target.

This situation sent a chill down the spines of all the Hidden Mist Villagers present. After gathering most of the intelligence, Mizuki Akira even began to request permission from Yoru to retreat.

"Retreat is permitted; I will cover the rear."

Yoruichito sent Sarutobi Shinnosuke flying: "Also, give me that kid."

"Yes, Lord Ye."

Minazuki Akira tossed Kakashi Hatake to Yoru, who caught him, but Sarutobi Shinnosuke attacked again.

"You're not allowed to run anywhere, under the moonless night!"

Three identical figures darted out simultaneously, their hands forming hand seals in mid-air.

The next moment, emerald green chakra barriers simultaneously emerged from Sarutobi Shinnosuke's body in the southeast, west, and north directions. They instantly connected, forming a triangular barrier that completely bound Ye within it.

"The Three-Party Seal!"

S-rank barrier technique!

"Master Ye!"

Mizuki Akira cried out in alarm, but Yoru, inside the barrier, remained calm: "Everyone, evacuate outside Higashimatsu Mountain. Don't worry about me."

"The situation has completely exceeded our plans. Konoha's strength is beyond our imagination. A single Three-Tails is far from enough to defeat Konoha. Take this information back with you."

"This...is it, Lord Ye?"

Mizuki Shōgin gritted her teeth, turned and left.

Seeing this, Sarutobi Shinnosuke wanted to order the Konoha ninja to give chase, but the next moment, the seemingly indestructible three-way seal suddenly began to shake!

"You don't actually think you can trap me with the barrier you create using shadow clones, do you?"

Night tilted her head, threw Kakashi on the ground, and plopped down on him: "This is a pretty good viewing spot, so please don't do anything pointless that will interfere with my viewing of the upcoming blockbuster."

"A blockbuster?"

Sarutobi Shinnosuke didn't understand Yoru's meaning. He clearly had the power to easily break through the barrier, yet he deliberately remained trapped inside. Was he plotting something?

He followed Minazuki Yoru's gaze, but only saw Minato Namikaze fighting the Three-Tails.

Does this guy... want information about Minato?

"You will pay the price for your arrogance, Minazuki Yoru!"

"hehe."

"Roar!!"

The Three-Tails let out a deafening roar, and at the same time, its single eye, covered by layers of shell, instantly noticed Minato Namikaze's presence.

The three tails swung wildly, displaying the fury in its heart. The huge three-tailed creature charged towards Minato, but the next moment, a giant toad suddenly fell from the sky and landed hard on the three-tailed creature's back, crushing it to the ground.

"It's the Three-Tails! Is it Kirigakure again?!"

Minato's figure appeared on his back in an instant. Gamabunta, holding a katana, said in a deep voice, "I'm no match for this kind of monster, Minato."

"You just need to lead him a little out of the camp area."

Minato said in a deep voice, "I'll handle it, but we can't let the aftermath of our battle affect the others!"

"That's no problem. By the way, Minato, after this war is over, you should still go to Mount Myōboku. Jiraiya..."

"I know."

Upon hearing his teacher's name, Minato Namikaze's heart grew heavier. Gamabunta clearly sensed Minato's emotions and, without saying a word, directly picked up his katana and chopped down on the Three-Tails' turtle head.

The massive katana fell onto the shell armor, leaving only a few white spots.

"It really is a big turtle..."

This level of defense terrified Gamabunta, but before he could make any other move, the three-tailed beast beneath him suddenly stirred, its entire body contracting and arching.

Gamabunta leaped high into the air, his three tails completely retracted, and then his entire body began to spin rapidly, charging fiercely towards the direction where Gamabunta was.

"That's enough, Bunta!"

"Ah, I wasn't of much help, sorry Minato."

Just as the spinning Three-Tails was about to fall, Gamabunta's figure turned into a wisp of white smoke and vanished.

The Three-Tails' fury intensified when its attack failed and it felt as if it had been toyed with.

Unable to spot Minato Namikaze with his single eye, he simply aimed at the area with the most people and raised his short, thick neck!

Extremely fine chakra particles continuously condensed in front of him, and a terrifying Tailed Beast Ball was suddenly shot out!

Countless Konoha ninjas showed expressions of horror. If they were hit by such a Tailed Beast Ball, not only would they be wiped out, but the entire East Pine Mountain base would probably be reduced to ashes!

However, just as the Tailed Beast Ball was about to fall, countless Flying Thunder God Techniques appeared in the space where the Tailed Beast Ball was about to fall. That space was like a vortex, swallowing the Tailed Beast Ball little by little.

"So you've already mastered the Flying Thunder God Technique to this extent...?"

Ye squinted, then realized what was happening.

It is now the end of 1948. In the original work, Minato Namikaze died in 1951. In just two or three years, Minato Namikaze not only had to handle the Hokage's political affairs during the day, but also had to work with Kushina to create Naruto at night. The energy drain he experienced was unimaginable.

Even Naruto, who later possessed the Nine-Tails and the Uzumaki physique, couldn't withstand that kind of treatment, let alone Minato Namikaze, an ordinary person.

"In other words, Minato Namikaze's current fighting strength is probably only half a Nine-Tails less than that of the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original story... Hmm?!"

"Buzz... Boom!!"

Ye's expression suddenly hardened. In his vision, the Tailed Beast Ball that had been taken away by Flying Thunder God actually reappeared above the Three-Tails' head. Terrifying energy erupted instantly, and the Three-Tails was swallowed up by its own terrifying power before it could even react!

At that moment, a phantom sun seemed to rise in the sky. The shockwave from the Tailed Beast Ball destroyed countless trees and completely overturned the terrifying Tailed Beast.

With chakra contained, the tailed beast transformation could no longer be sustained.

The surging air currents made Minato squint, but they couldn't hide the killing intent in his eyes!

In that instant, he had already left the Flying Thunder God mark on the Three-Tails. Now that the tailed beast's chakra was contained, the Flying Thunder God mark also landed on the Jinchuriki.

In that case...

The moment the energy ripples dissipated, Minato Namikaze's figure transformed into a golden flash and vanished from the spot.

at the same time.

A figure completely enveloped in twisted, pale trees finally arrived at the scene, while Kakashi, who was being sat on by Yoru, opened his eyes in a daze, revealing a slightly bewildered expression...

Chapter 62 Is this hell?

Without the power of half of the Nine-Tails, Minato Namikaze was actually quite lacking in means to deal with a monster like the Three-Tails, which was huge and had extremely high defense.

With the help of the space-time power of the Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato Namikaze almost perfectly used the opponent's force against them and still managed to defeat the Three-Tails!

Even Ye has to admire this move; he truly lives up to his reputation as the timing freak who's never late and always brings his girlfriend along.

And this moment.

When the power of the Tailed Beasts begins to recede and they transform back into Jinchūriki, this highly formidable strategic nuclear weapon in the Naruto world reveals its most vulnerable side.

Timing Monster naturally wouldn't let this opportunity slip by, and it was precisely because of this that Night, and everyone present, witnessed a scene that was enough to change the course of the entire ninja world's history.

Before the tailed beast's chakra had completely dissipated, Minato Namikaze appeared behind the Three-Tails Jinchuriki using the Flying Thunder God seal.

To ensure a fatal blow to his target, Minato Namikaze even added a touch of orange-red eyeshadow to the corners of his eyes, and the Rasengan in his hand emitted a dazzling jade-like light, all for the sake of that one fatal strike.

"Immortal magic! Rasengan!!"

"Do not!!!"

As the tailed beast's chakra completely dissipated, the Rasengan, imbued with Sage Mode, slammed into the target's back.

And in this very moment.

A roar filled with sorrow and rage rang out from the other side of the battlefield. A young man wearing a white mask that only revealed one eye and dressed in a tattered black robe roared as he stepped into the battlefield.

His eyes were fixed on the figure of the girl who, due to the high-speed rotation and explosion of the Rasengan, was spitting out blood and falling helplessly from mid-air, his whole body almost frozen.

“Rin… how could it be you…” Minato was also stunned.

"Lin, Lin..."

Beneath the night, the bewilderment in Kakashi's eyes completely vanished at this moment.

He stared wide-eyed in disbelief, as if he couldn't believe what he was seeing.