Pupet Master in Konoha

A few days later, in the Konoha Great Forest.

The early morning sunlight shines through the dense branches and leaves, falling on the thick moss-covered branches, forming golden spots.

Two light and nimble figures were shuttling quickly between the towering ancient trees, occasionally startling one or two sleepy birds.

One of them had golden hair and was wearing a Konoha ninja uniform, while the other had black hair in a high ponytail and was wearing a dark blue kimono with wide sleeves. They were equally handsome.

And these two handsome guys are none other than Minato and Hideki who are on their way to the sparring location.

The reason why it was not conducted in the village training ground was because Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique, in addition to his talent for space-time ninjutsu, also required a high level of spatial thinking ability.

In order to achieve better testing and training results, Minato expressed his hope to compete in an unfamiliar and complex environment.

Of course, this is also to avoid intelligence leaks.

The Flying Thunder God Technique made its reappearance after many years, and it is a powerful weapon that can change the outcome of a battle.

As long as the top leaders of Konoha are not confused, they will know that they have to keep this trump card in reserve until the critical moment in order to obtain the greatest benefit.

Of course, Hideki had no objection to this.

It just so happened that his new combat method was just a new one, and he didn't want anyone else to see it for the time being.

It was even he who suggested coming to the Konoha Great Forest for a sparring match, since he was quite familiar with the area and could take advantage of the home field and make up for the gap with Minato.

After all, he was just a special jonin with little experience in direct combat, while Minato was an elite jonin who had experienced many battles.

If you don't pay attention to details, you might be easily defeated without even being careful, and you won't even be qualified to be a sparring partner.

Just like the journey now, after running at full speed for a long time, beads of sweat began to seep out of Hideki's forehead.

If I hadn't been practicing breathing techniques recently and my lung capacity had increased significantly, I would probably be out of breath.

As a result, Minato on the side looked fine, easily matching his speed and appearing to be at ease.

He even managed to chatter on and on along the way, introducing Hideki to the basic information of the Flying Thunder God Technique.

After all, it's just a test of ninjutsu, so explaining it first can save some time in revealing each other's cards later.

After the introduction, Minato thanked him with a smile:

"In fact, it was thanks to your programming seal technique, Hideki, that Kushina was able to help me simplify some of the difficult rune spells into basic rune forms."

"Otherwise I wouldn't be able to master this technique so quickly."

So it turns out that the programming flow sealing technique was used?

Hideki suddenly realized.

No wonder Minato was able to learn this extremely difficult S-level ninjutsu in just over two months.

I didn't expect that I could have contributed a little.

Hopefully they didn't simplify the part of the Flying Thunder God technique that's used for positioning.

Because of the length of the programming flow sealing rune formula.

Hideki was worried that if Minato used this technique on someone else in the future, it would directly turn that person into a native of Kumogakure...

Now that Minato had finished introducing his ninjutsu, Hideki began to reciprocate:

"Minato, actually, I have made some progress in my recent research on barrier techniques and have developed a new technique. I hope you can help me test it later."

"Boundary technique?"

Minato was slightly stunned when he heard this, and then he quickly replied,

"Of course it's no problem."

The reason why he was a little surprised was because he remembered that Hideki started asking him and Kushina questions about the barrier technique only a month ago.

How was it that Hideki had mastered it in such a short time and even developed ninjutsu that could be used in actual combat?

Then he blinked his eyes, looking forward to Hideki's next introduction, wanting to hear what this ninjutsu was all about.

Unexpectedly, Hideki started to smile without saying anything...

Riddler, get out of here... No, this doesn't seem to be Konoha.

Minato felt depressed and accused Hideki with a resentful look.

I was careless. Although he was familiar with Hideki's riddle-man behavior, he didn't expect Hideki to be so careless...

But Minato was also a little curious.

So what kind of new technique was it that made Hideki reluctant to tell him directly and wanted to give him a surprise?

Fortunately, even if Hideki didn't tell him, he could still make some inferences.

The art of barrier can be divided into two parts: the barrier that separates the inside and the outside, and the rule design within the barrier.

Hideki was able to develop a new technique in a short period of time, probably because he only borrowed the part about creating a barrier by condensing high concentrations of chakra.

It is indeed possible for him to do this with his chakra control.

And according to his routine, he should use ninja tools or puppets for assistance.

But even so, it is still very remarkable. He is worthy of being evaluated by the Hokage as an inventive genius comparable to the Nidaime Hokage and Orochimaru.

After his admiration, Minato continued to think.

High concentration chakra barrier?

This is indeed in line with Hideki's personality of seeking stability.

Could it be that he plans to hide inside the barrier and use puppets to attack the enemy?

If the barrier is strong enough, this is indeed a difficult tactic.

Then the key to the outcome of this competition depends on whether my Flying Thunder God Technique can break through the blockade of this barrier...

Thinking of this, Minato's fighting spirit began to surge.

Soon the two of them arrived at a deeper part of the Konoha Great Forest. The surrounding area was lush with trees and vines growing in a messy manner, which perfectly met Minato's requirements.

"Let's spar here. No one will come to a place like this."

Hideki stopped on a slender treetop, resting his hands on the tree and looking around.

But just in case, he still used radar perception to scan the area...

Huh? There's a female panda nearby.

After complaining about the chaotic ecosystem of the ninja world, Hideki heard Minato say,

"This place is indeed suitable. So, Hideki, how do you want to spar? Do you need to practice your new technique first?"

Hideki shook his head and said:

"No need, just test it in actual combat. I don't have as much chakra as you, and I can't stand the practice."

After saying that, he jumped onto a flat and thick branch and took a slight stance.

"I can start anytime, Minato, just do it when you're ready."

Minato felt somewhat confused and uncomfortable seeing this.

As a puppeteer, he just stood there openly without even releasing his puppets.

Can this be called being prepared?

Could it be that Hideki only wanted to test the effect of the barrier technique today, so he didn't release the puppet?

Although he had some guesses, Minato, who had witnessed Hideki's various magical operations, did not dare to be careless.

To be on the safe side, he decided not to use the Flying Thunder God Technique for the time being, but to try it out with his usual fighting methods first.

After finishing his calculations, Minato warned loudly: "Then Hideki, be careful."

After saying that, his figure suddenly disappeared on the branches.

Those who don't know the truth might actually think that he used the Flying Thunder God Technique.

However, this was just an ordinary instant body movement technique, but Minato's speed was too fast, making it difficult to see clearly.

In fact, this is exactly how Minato fought before he mastered the Flying Thunder God Jutsu.

That is, he could move around by teleportation, and then suddenly approach the enemy and deliver a fatal blow.

Although it sounds simple, when Minato performed this operation, he was often in the center of the enemy's position, maneuvering among countless shurikens, kunai, and even ninjutsu bombardments, and finally taking the enemy's head and escaping safely.

Without a bold and careful mind, extraordinary reaction, and lightning-fast movement, it would be impossible to perform the best operation of the game.

In the blink of an eye, Minato's figure had flashed back and forth between the trees around Hideki several times, and quietly came to a place not far behind Hideki to the right.

Then the chakra under his feet exploded, and he used the reaction force to rush towards Hideki instantly, while using his palm as a knife to chop at his back!

At this moment, Minato vaguely saw something silently floating out of Hideki's right sleeve...

But before he could see clearly, the object suddenly flashed with blue light and shot towards him with a "whoosh"!

Minato always had some spare energy when he moved instantly, so when he saw this he immediately stopped, moved his upper body to the left, and avoided the blue light's unexpected attack.

Taking advantage of the moment when the blue light flew by, Minato quickly identified it and found that its main body seemed to be a cube the size of a Rubik's Cube. The background color was black, but there were many glowing blue lines on it.

At the same time, the circular hole in the center of one of the sides was emitting a blue tail flame, which seemed to be composed of chakra.

This cube can fly so fast because of the reaction force of the tail flame.

Although Minato wanted to praise the exquisite design of this object, he was most concerned about another question:

Where is the barrier technique?

Why are they suddenly playing with ninja tools?

However, Minato didn't have time to think about it, because he saw three identical cubes flying out of Hideki's sleeves.

Only after they left his sleeves did they begin to emit blue flames, flying towards him at high speed like shooting stars...

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