Naruto : Minato back to the past

"Haha, it seems I've said too much." Minato chuckled.

Uchiha Yoruki looked surprised. After learning everything Minato had done in the past, he finally understood why the usually gentle Minato would suddenly attack and injure Akasaka Yu and fight against him.

Kushina was his Achilles' heel.

Anyone who touched it would die!

Minato walked up to Uchiha Yoruki, patted him on the shoulder, and said sternly, "I'll leave this to you, please!"

Uchiha Yoruki felt Minato's seriousness, nodded, and replied, "Don't worry."

But the next moment, a somewhat awkward smile appeared on his face.

When they were in the Ninja Academy, there had been some minor conflicts between Uchiha Yoruki and Kushina.

With her sensor ability, even someone as skilled as Uchiha Yoruki would definitely be discovered by her when she used her sensory abilities.

However, Kushina's personality naturally wouldn't allow her to dwell on these things.

In fact, she had already put these unhappy memories behind her.

Kushina and Minato shared the same mindset—they would not bear grudges against their companions and family members in the village.

"Come to think of it, I also happen to have something I want to report to you." After regaining his composure, Uchiha Yoruki spoke to Minato again.

"I think it's about time that Uchiha Shisui be recruited into the Anbu."

Uchiha Yoruki explained that he'd had this idea when he was the captain of the Anbu.

It's just that Shisui was too young at that time, but in terms of strength, he was not weak at all.

Now, more than half a year had passed, and Shisui was only just over ten years old.

It was still too young to join the Anbu at this age.

From Minato's perspective, it was somewhat inappropriate for him to carry out Anbu missions at this age.

But since Uchiha Yoruki had already brought it up, he must have thought about it carefully.

"Should we go and observe? At this time, the two young ones should be sparring at the seventh training ground."

Uchiha Yoruki explained that the two he was talking about were Shisui and Kakashi.

Kakashi was the only one of similar age who could be a rival to Shisui.

Hearing this, Minato also revealed a thoughtful expression.

"Okay," he smiled. Minato wanted to see how much Kakashi, who had resolved his mental problems, had grown in the past six months.

If Minato hadn't ended the Third Ninja World War prematurely—a war that was supposed to last for several years—Kakashi, at his current age, should have reached the level of a jonin.

Immediately, he placed his hand on Uchiha Yoruki's shoulder, and the two figures suddenly disappeared from the spot.

Konoha, the seventh training ground.

Minato brought Uchiha Yoruki directly to the seventh training ground. With their abilities, they immediately caught the sounds of fighting coming from the forest.

Swish!

The two of them turned into rays of light and flew into the forest.

"Ding ding ding!"

At this moment in the training ground, the sound of ninja tools clashing against each other echoed continuously.

Minato and Uchiha Yoruki landed on a thick tree trunk. With Kakashi and Shisui's current level, they naturally couldn't notice them.

At this time, the two were fighting with swords, and in terms of swordsmanship alone, Kakashi was naturally better.

After all, his swordsmanship was inherited from Konoha's White Fang, Hatake Sakumo. In the current ninja world, there were only a handful of people who could compete with him in swordsmanship.

Uchiha Yoruki beside Minato was one of them.

Looking at Kakashi now, Minato couldn't help but feel relieved.

In his opinion, Kakashi's current training direction was the most suitable for him.

Shisui's swordsmanship had not received guidance from anyone, so it was naturally a little weaker, but with the powerful insight of the Sharingan, he could make up for his lack of skills.

Moreover, his swordsmanship also contained elements of the Hatake style, which he gained because of the Sharingan's ability to "copy." Apparently, during the constant competition between the two, Shisui had also copied some of Kakashi's moves.

However, he did not follow suit exactly. It was obvious that this young ninja had his own ambitions and was not just blindly imitating other people's skills.

This is what it takes to become a top powerhouse—to find a fighting method that suits you.

In this confrontation, the two could be said to be almost evenly matched.

"Boom boom!"

Another clash, the chakra attributes wrapped around the two swords collided with each other and then exploded.

The fire engulfed the lightning, and the lightning also dispersed the fire.

The two men stepped back separately, and Shisui immediately returned the sword in his hand to the scabbard on his back.

He began to make hand seals.

Obviously, he no longer intended to compete with Kakashi in swordsmanship, as this was not his strongest point.

Continuing the fight like this would only be more beneficial to Kakashi.

From the hand seals Shisui used at the beginning, Minato and Yoruki were able to recognize the ninjutsu that he was performing.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball Technique!"

The scorching fire wave suddenly swept across, and the huge fireball caused visible ripples in the air.

Kakashi also put his sword back into its sheath at this time, giving up the swordsmanship that he was best at.

The speed at which he formed hand seals was no slower than Shisui's.

"Lightning Style: Thunder Ball!"

In front of the blazing fire, lightning gathered madly and condensed into a lightning ball the size of a human head.

Kakashi moved the seals with his hands, and the thunder ball hit the fireball directly.

There was a huge difference in size between the two ninjutsu.

So at the moment of contact, the lightning ball seemed to be swallowed up by the fireball.

"Shhh!"

However, the next moment, within the fireball, lightning like a spider web began to spread wildly.

"Boom!"

The spreading lightning dispersed the huge fire.

Looking at the ninjutsu duel below, Minato and Uchiha Yoruki's eyes narrowed slightly.

Although both of them performed relatively simple C-level ninjutsu, in terms of power, they were no less capable than ordinary jonin.

Being able to reach such heights at this age, these two were truly geniuses who continued to rewrite the records of the ninja academy.

At this time, Uchiha Yoruki and Minato narrowed their eyes slightly.

Swish!

Because in the scattered firelight, there was a faint shadow... no, several figures rushed out.

"So fast!"

The two thought to themselves. From their perspective, Shisui's speed was nothing, but for Kakashi, it was a speed that was difficult to defend against.

Shisui's speed was already so fast that it could leave multiple afterimages in people's visual perception.

"Fire Style: Phoenix Claw Red!"

The several afterimages suddenly attacked in front of Kakashi, first throwing out several shurikens, then quickly forming seals with both hands and spitting out balls of fire.

The fireball wrapped around the high-speed rotating shuriken, and then locked onto Kakashi at an extremely tricky angle.

In this situation, if Kakashi drew his sword immediately, he would be able to handle it with his swordsmanship.

But he didn't do it. When "several" Shisui rushed towards him, Kakashi was actually forming hand seals.

Looking at the seals in Kakashi's hands, Minato's eyes trembled slightly.

"Tick, tick, tick!"

The next moment, lightning condensed in the palm of Kakashi's right hand after he completed the seals.

At the same time, in this forest, there seemed to be the sound of thousands of birds singing together, suddenly ringing out!

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