novel-bin Chapter 99 Yahiko
Chapter 99 Yahiko
Chapter 99 Yahiko (4K)
consider?
What are you considering?
Minato didn't react for a moment, but Mikoto had already turned her head away and started peeling peanuts on her own.
Minato's gaze fell on Mikoto's red ear tips, and he suddenly realized what was happening.
Given their attitude, what else could they be considering?
Since he wasn't asked to make a choice, he can only accept his philandering ways!
But did it really go so smoothly?
To be honest, he never intended to pursue her at this time.
But I never expected that just revealing my feelings once would lead to such great progress.
Is this the legendary self-mastery strategy?
Little did she know that Mikoto was also in a panic, her hands trembling as she peeled peanuts.
She was simply happy to discover that although Minato and Kushina liked each other, there hadn't been any real progress in their relationship.
In that instant, the thoughts of "striking first" and "feeling guilty towards Kushina" flashed through her mind at the same time.
That's why she acted impulsively and said things that sounded like giving the other person a chance, but also like a declaration of possession.
What should I do?
How should we explain this now?
Should we really agree to this greedy guy's request?
But that's just too absurd—
Mikoto felt her mind was in complete turmoil.
Looking at Mikoto's rosy ear tips, Minato's lips curled into a smile.
"Misaka-nee."
"Um?"
"Thank you for not hating me because of my greed." Minato's tone was gentle and sincere.
Upon hearing this, Mikoto paused slightly, and then gave a soft "hmm".
The tranquility seemed to stretch out infinitely at this moment.
The two didn't talk about their feelings or the war anymore. They just quietly shared their food and occasionally chatted about ninjutsu or missions. The atmosphere was harmonious and pleasant.
Tsunade quickly noticed this subtle change in atmosphere.
As night fell, Minato had just lain down when Tsunade took his hand from under the covers.
Minato glanced at Tsunade beside him and saw that Tsunade's amber eyes were staring at him intently.
What's your relationship with Misaka?
Tsunade's thoughts came to mind, and her beautiful eyes held a questioning look.
Minato hesitated for a moment: a relationship where they liked each other.
"You womanizing brat!"
Tsunade spat lightly, but surprisingly wasn't angry: I promised Orochimaru I wouldn't interfere in your affairs.
Minato nodded, his guess confirmed: So it really was Orochimaru-senpai's idea? So why did the teacher agree?
It shouldn't be hard for you to guess, right?
Tsunade snorted: Do I have to say something embarrassing to satisfy your perverse sense of humor?
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Minato sighed almost imperceptibly: I feel really indebted to my teacher.
Tsunade rolled her eyes: Come on! Don't you owe me enough already?
Minato thought for a moment, then gently tickled Tsunade's palm.
The next second, Tsunade grabbed his hand.
Don't do anything reckless, there are other people around.
So you can do whatever you want when no one else is around?
—I never said that, but if you insist on thinking that way, there's nothing I can do about it.
Tsunade closed her eyes guiltily, pretending to be an ostrich. Minato found her guilty look amusing, and his own desire to grow up grew stronger.
Suddenly, a strange message flooded into Minato's mind, causing the smile on his face to freeze.
"I'm going to the restroom—"
Muttering something under his breath, Minato released Tsunade's hand and, under Tsunade's disapproving gaze, quickly got up and left the room.
He then left a clone in the camp while his main body used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport back to his home in Konoha.
Rushing to the bathroom, Minato looked at the Sharingan with its unique pattern in the mirror, his eyes filled with disbelief.
In the center of those crimson pupils was a small ring, with an eight-pointed star piercing through it, making the whole thing look like a small sun.
He awakened his Mangekyou Sharingan on the day his mother passed away.
However, at that time, he only awakened the pupil technique of his left eye, and in the past three years, because he had not experienced any major emotional fluctuations, the pupil technique of his right eye had not been awakened for a long time.
However, just as he was eagerly longing to grow up, the pupil technique in his right eye awakened!
Its name is: Imperial Decree!
The ability is to change the target's physical growth state.
For example, it could make someone young again, or make someone age instantly.
Or it could be a partial change, such as the development of height, appearance, organs, or nerves.
The target of the pupil technique can be oneself or others, but it is only effective on living beings and cannot regenerate organs or severed limbs.
What Minato regrets most is that this technique only works on him continuously. The duration of its effect on other targets varies depending on the strength of the eye power and the target's chakra.
The more eye power is consumed, the less chakra the target has, and the longer the change takes.
Conversely, the less eye power is consumed, the more chakra the target has, the shorter the time for the change, and it may even fail to affect the target.
The exact timeframe still needs to be determined through experiments.
The moment Tsunade figured out the effect of the right eye technique, she tried dozens of different poses in Minato's mind without repeating herself.
But it must be said that although this eye technique is somewhat unorthodox, it is very practical!
Secondly, this technique is arguably his only technique that can effectively pose a threat to the Otsutsuki level!
Even if you can only affect an enemy of the Otsutsuki level for a moment, it is enough to decide the outcome of the battle.
Thinking of this, Minato looked at his left eye in the mirror.
Compared to the right eye's ability to control the middle, the power of the left eye, while unable to directly affect the enemy, is his greatest trump card to date. Minato's left eye technique is called: Tianjin Shenbi.
The ability is the capacity to reject something that has already happened.
For example, refusing to get hurt, or even refusing to die!
Unlike Izanagi, there's no need to set activation conditions in advance; instead, you can directly reject what has already happened!
Of course, the consumption of pupil power is also extremely terrifying.
Minato could sense that the power of all things in the universe within him had reached its final stage, and his eye power was growing extremely slowly, clearly indicating that he had reached his peak.
Even so, he can only use it a maximum of three times at the moment!
However, Minato wasn't in a hurry. Once his power of all things was fully integrated, he could awaken the Rinnegan, and then the drawback of blindness would no longer exist.
Looking at his crimson eyes in the mirror, Minato was like a child who had just received a new toy, eager to try out the effect of his right eye, but reason made him suppress the thought.
He doesn't plan to reveal his Sharingan for the time being, and it wouldn't be good if it affected the evolution of the Rinnegan.
Once he evolves into the Rinnegan, he will not only gain the power of the Six Paths, but also two more eye techniques. At this point, revealing the Sharingan would be of no benefit to him.
In the original story, only Madara Uchiha evolved the Rinnegan. Without relevant experience, Minato didn't dare to act recklessly.
Thinking of this, Minato suddenly fell into deep thought.
Speaking of which, did Madara awaken the Rinnegan at this time?
I remember that Nagato met Yahiko and Konan during the Second Shinobi World War, which means that Nagato basically received the Rinnegan around this time.
It seems that Madara may have already awakened the Rinnegan.
Should we take this opportunity to steal Ban's eyes?
Minato pondered this for a moment, then quietly returned to the front-line camp and replaced his clone.
Back in the room, as I snuggled into bed, Tsunade took my hand again.
As the saying goes, "He who possesses a sharp weapon will naturally harbor murderous intent."
If Minato was able to restrain certain thoughts before due to his physical age, he now really wants to give himself a good beating.
This is destined to be a sleepless night!
Fortunately, given his physical condition, not sleeping for one night had no effect on him.
The next morning, Minato found Orochimaru.
"Senior, could you please provide me with a map of the combat zone?"
He remembered that Nagato's house was located in the war zone. Yahiko and Konan were unsure, but it shouldn't be too far from the war zone.
Minato plans to send a clone to find Nagato and secretly replace Madara's eyeballs.
Orochimaru didn't even ask Minato what he wanted to do, and simply gave him a map.
This map shows Konoha's attack routes in the event that they simultaneously engage in battle with Sunagakure and Amegakure. It also records Konoha's logistical supply routes and trap zones. It is classified information, yet Orochimaru casually gave it to Minato.
To this, Minato can only say that having a friend in an official position is really important!
To express his gratitude, Minato built the command post first.
After building two more barracks, Minato, citing insufficient chakra, took Mikoto back to the house.
"Minato, what do you need the frontline map for?"
As soon as the two returned to the house, Mikoto asked curiously.
If it had been before yesterday, she would never have asked so rashly.
However, after they opened up to each other yesterday, when she faced Minato, although she remained gentle and proper, she clearly showed more of a feminine side.
Minato glanced at the map and casually said, "You might not believe it, but I'm protecting this world."
"Protect the world?"
Mikoto found it somewhat absurd, but she nodded nonetheless: "It sounds unbelievable, but I believe you!"
Upon hearing this, Minato smiled and said, "Mikoto-nee is indeed the gentlest girl I've ever met."
"Wait a minute, don't you think something's wrong?"
Mikoto wasn't pleased by Minato's praise. She simply put her hands on her hips and stared intently at Minato, saying, "I just called you Minato, not Minato-kun."
"Um"
Minato paused for two seconds, then asked, "So?"
so what?!
Mikoto's smile gradually turned dangerous, a # symbol popping up on her forehead. She gently pinched Minato's cheek with her slender fingers, her tone carrying a hint of threat: "So, Minato, what should you call me?"
Minato blinked: "Darling?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Mikoto's pretty face turned bright red.
She recoiled as if electrocuted, a hint of embarrassment and annoyance on her face, and said softly, "You—don't you dare call me that!"
"Then what should I call you?"
Minato leaned closer to Mikoto, tilting his head to look at her with a hint of amusement in his eyes: "Mikoto? Big sister?"
Mikoto fell silent. She suddenly felt that Minato was being unusually aggressive today!
Looking into those deep blue eyes so close to her, Mikoto subconsciously took a half step back, only to see that Minato had already resumed his usual gentle smile.
"Let's call her Mikoto."
Minato chuckled, turned and sat down by the fireplace: "I plan to send a clone to the war zone to find something and gather some intelligence along the way."
With that, Minato formed hand seals: "Shadow Clone Technique!"
With a bang, a shadow clone appeared in the room.
The clone nodded to the main body and then vanished in a flash.
"So even clones can use the Flying Thunder God Technique—"
Mikoto exclaimed, "That's so unfair!"
"The clone's perception range is smaller, and its reaction speed is far slower than the original body, so it's not very effective against strong opponents," Minato explained.
He actually wanted to send a wooden clone, but considering that if the wooden clone were suddenly destroyed, it might not be able to transmit information in time, Minato chose a shadow clone instead.
That shadow clone just now possessed half of his chakra, and its strength was no weaker than that of a Jonin.
In terms of intelligence transmission efficiency, shadow clones are indeed stronger.
Soon, Minato sensed a brand new Flying Thunder God mark appearing in the due north direction.
Due north of the camp, the shadow clone transformed into an adult man in a black cloak and sped along the official road.
As the saying goes, sharpening the axe won't delay the work of chopping wood. Instead of rushing to find Nagato, the clone planned to first cover the Land of Rain with the Flying Thunder God Mark.
Although the clone does not have the exaggerated range of perception of the original body, it still has the ability to perceive.
As a member of the Uzumaki clan, and having been able to withstand the power of the Rinnegan at a young age, Nagato's chakra reserves should be far greater than those of ordinary people. At that time, he will only need to use his full range of senses.
In the blink of an eye, a week has passed.
These past few days, Minato has only done three things: slack off, flirt with Mikoto during the day, and flirt with Tsunade at night.
Meanwhile, the clone is searching tirelessly for Nagato's whereabouts.
The Flying Thunder God seal spread across the Land of Rain like a star web, yet the massive chakra reaction unique to the Uzumaki clan was still not detected.
But just then, the clone sent back a message.
They didn't find Nagato, but they found Yahiko!
Outside a small town in the central region of the Land of Rain.
The shadow clone stood at the entrance of a cave, its black cloak fluttering in the wind and rain.
Inside the cave, an orange-haired boy, holding a somewhat tattered kunai, stood guard in front of several large boxes, his eyes warily fixed on the clone.
"Who are you?"
The boy's tone sounded aggressive and seemed quite menacing.
That's normal, though. Given the state of the Rain Kingdom these days, an orphan without a bit of aggression probably wouldn't survive.
"Just a passerby."
The clone sensed its surroundings and, after confirming that no White Zetsu was nearby, deactivated its transformation and reverted to its original form.
"My name is Minato Namikaze. What's your name?"
"Transformation technique? You know ninjutsu?"
Yahiko's expression changed instantly, and he looked at Minato with surprise: "My name is Yahiko! You are—"
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His gaze fell on Minato's headband, and Yahiko suddenly stopped talking, a hint of panic flashing in his eyes.
"Are you a ninja from Konoha?"
"Yes."
The clone nodded politely: "Could I take shelter from the rain here for a while?"
"Ugh—"
Yahiko hesitated briefly, then nodded: "Sure, I have some food here, you can have that too. But could you teach me some ninjutsu? Please!"
Upon hearing this, the clone smiled slightly: "Alright!"