Minato Namikaze is arguably the character with the most complex design in the original naruto series.
He is a natural-born Ninja, reaping countless lives on the battlefield like a Shinigami.
He is also a kind Little Sun, radiating a warmth and light unique to him toward his friends and family.
He is also a devoted lover, unable to bear seeing his wife die alone, willing to give his life to fulfill her wishes.
Minato Namikaze has a side as cold as ice and another as passionate as fire.
His personality is very similar to Tanjiro Kamado, the protagonist of another hit anime, "Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba."
On one hand, he can fully empathize with demons, shedding tears of sympathy for their tragic experiences.
On the other hand, he can decapitate them without hesitation, ending the demon's miserable life.
Finally, he can sincerely pray for a demon who once devoured countless people, wishing for them to find peace in the afterlife.
What do you call this? It's called "Even a Wisdom King has thunderous wrath; one hand holds a Buddha's heart, the other is stained with blood."
Hey, this vibe is really satisfying.
Inside the Four Red Yang Formation, a determined Minato Namikaze immediately cast aside all useless emotions and entered a combat state.
Here it comes!
Opposite him, Uchiha Obito's heart tightened as he saw the drastic change in Minato Namikaze's aura.
Swish!
In an instant, Uchiha Obito felt a blur before his eyes, and Minato Namikaze vanished.
What reappeared in his vision was the sharp gleam of the fire god sword.
That sword qi, radiating a blazing firelight, seemed to slash down from the horizon, filling his entire field of vision in an instant.
Kamui!
Uchiha Obito immediately entered an intangible state, dodging the sword strike by a hair's breadth.
Failing to hit with one strike, he immediately retreated.
Minato Namikaze wasn't surprised at all to see Uchiha Obito dodge the fatal blow; instead, he immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to widen the distance.
"It's useless. Before these eyes of mine, all your moves are in vain!"
Obito had just narrowly escaped death, his heart pounding, but that didn't stop him from acting tough.
"This is the power of the Uchiha!"
This was also a form of psychological warfare, a secret tradition of the Uchiha Clan.
In the original series, almost every Uchiha who appeared would say the phrase, 'Before these eyes of mine.'
Uchiha Obito was naturally no exception.
He wanted to create the illusion that his Sharingan was mysterious and unpredictable, misleading Minato Namikaze's judgment to gain an advantage.
If Minato Namikaze didn't know his background, he might have been fooled.
Unfortunately, Minato Namikaze had already looked up the walkthrough online!
Having entered combat mode, Minato Namikaze had no intention of wasting words with Uchiha Obito. He took several Kunai from the tool pouch on his back and threw them toward Uchiha Obito.
These Kunai were all made by Minato Namikaze himself, bearing his unique Flying Thunder God Technique marks.
Swish, swish, swish!
Three Kunai shot toward Uchiha Obito in a triangular formation.
"Trying that move again? I've seen you use it too many times; I won't fall for it!"
Uchiha Obito immediately used the Body Flicker Technique to dodge far away from the Kunai's range.
He knew clearly that Minato Namikaze could use the Kunai with Flying Thunder God Marks to instantly close in on an enemy, so he didn't even want to block, opting to flee directly.
At the same time, he was well aware that there was still a Flying Thunder God Mark on his arm, and Minato Namikaze could appear by his side at any moment using that mark.
"Wood Release: Hellish Turbulence!"
Uchiha Obito predicted that Minato Namikaze would teleport next to him and clapped his hands together.
Rumble!
The ground in front of him suddenly cracked, and several massive trees covered in thorns grew out, spiraling upward to cover all directions around his body.
Swish!
Sure enough, Uchiha Obito hadn't guessed wrong. Minato Namikaze's Kunai earlier were just to distract him; the real killing move lay in the Flying Thunder God Mark imprinted on him.
Minato Namikaze teleported behind Uchiha Obito and swung the fire god sword violently, a dazzling flash of fire appearing.
But the thorny giant trees appeared too quickly; Uchiha Obito had moved first.
Before the fire god sword's gleam could strike Uchiha Obito, it was blocked by the thorny giant trees.
Furthermore, these giant trees looked fragile but were actually incredibly flexible; even the sharpness of the fire god sword couldn't cut through them. The blade got stuck inside the wood, and Minato Namikaze couldn't pull it out even with force.
"An opening!"
Uchiha Obito was overjoyed at the sight and reached out toward Minato Namikaze's heart.
Minato Namikaze frowned and simply let go of the fire god sword, condensing a dazzling ball of blue Chakra in his palm and slamming it toward Uchiha Obito's head.
This was an attempt to trade injury for a life. Uchiha Obito's target was the heart, while Minato Namikaze's target was the head. With the two attacks occurring one after another, Minato's attack was able to strike first despite starting later.
"As expected, he doesn't know the specific details of my Kamui!"
Uchiha Obito was inexplicably delighted, his mind at ease.
The moment Minato Namikaze's Rasengan was about to hit Uchiha Obito's head, Obito used Kamui's Intangibility, making the Rasengan pass through his head as if hitting thin air.
At this moment, Uchiha Obito's hand reaching for Minato Namikaze's heart was already inches away!
"Minato, look out!"
Jiraiya, after all, hadn't seen the footage of the first Quiz Test. Even though he had heard Nara Shikaku describe how Minato Namikaze defeated Uchiha Obito, seeing this thrilling scene made him unable to resist shouting a warning.
I've won!
Uchiha Obito hearing Jiraiya's shout, was even more ecstatic, feeling that victory was already in his grasp.
Swish!
In the next moment, however, he saw a look of triumph flash across Minato Namikaze's face.
In an instant, Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique again, teleporting above Uchiha Obito's body and causing Obito's hand to grab nothing but air.
"Flying Thunder God: Level 2!"
The blue light in his hand flared as a massive Rasengan slammed hard into Uchiha Obito's back!
Bang!
The ground cracked as Uchiha Obito was slammed deep into the earth.
It wasn't over yet. Minato Namikaze instantly formed hand seals and shouted:
"Eight Trigrams Sealing Style!"
He slammed a palm onto Uchiha Obito's back, and the black Eight Trigrams suddenly appeared, covering Obito's entire back.
This was a secret sealing Ninjutsu of the Uzumaki Clan, recorded in the Scroll of Seals after they came to Konoha.
The ability of this seal was to lock away Chakra!
"Damn it!"
Uchiha Obito's constitution was exceptional, after all. Having been injected with Hashirama cells, he possessed a powerful life force similar to that of the Senju Clan.
Even though he took the Rasengan head-on, it didn't cause any particularly severe injuries.
The moment he was slammed into the ground, Uchiha Obito tried to use Kamui to hide directly in the Kamui Dimension.
But Minato Namikaze was one step ahead and sealed his Chakra.
"You lost, Obito."
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