bookbashuk Chapter 118 Forcing Back
Chapter 118 Forcing Back
Chapter 118 Forcing Back
It was afternoon, on the sea.
Shuimen stood on the deck of the ship, gazing into the distance.
This was the first time in both his lives that he had seen the sea. Looking at the surface of the sea, which rippled gently as if breathing, even he, with his calm nature, couldn't help but feel a surge of emotion.
Nawaki and Hiroshi Uzumaki chatted about all sorts of things in the control room.
Kushina and Mikoto were leaning on the railing, feeding the seabirds crumbs of bread.
The afternoon sun shone on the three of them, and as they felt the salty sea breeze blowing in their faces, Minato squinted his eyes contentedly.
However, Kushina is the kind of person who can't sit still, and after only half a day, she was already getting restless.
"Hey, Minato, how long are we going to be stuck here?"
"About half a month."
Minato said, "For the past two weeks, we've been patrolling the sea every day, warning and repelling invaders from other ninja villages. We just need to let these villages know that Konoha still has the capacity to protect Uzushio Village."
"But what if the enemy attacks after we leave?" Kushina asked with some concern.
"I can't be bothered with other ninja villages."
Minato said gently, "However, this is Kushina's hometown after all. If someone really dares to do this, then I will go to their village myself."
The village of Uzushio invited him here, but they were using Minato Namikaze's name as a shield, not Konoha's!
You're targeting Konoha, I won't argue with you, after all, I'm not Hokage yet.
But if you don't give me face, then don't blame me for trampling the face of your entire village under my feet.
Minato, are you kidding me?
With the Flying Thunder God Technique at his disposal, Minato Namikaze could kill anyone in the ninja world, even if that person was asleep with their eyes open!
"Water gate is the best!"
Kushina blushed deeply at Minato's words and clung to his arm, refusing to let go.
"Honestly, Kushina takes advantage of Minato whenever she gets the chance."
Mikoto felt a little jealous: "I feel like I'm standing here out of place."
"How could that be?"
Minato reached out and pulled Mikoto to his side, taking her hand in his. Suddenly, a classic line came to mind: "You are all my wings!"
"Greedy devil!"
Mikoto blushed and gently punched Minato's shoulder.
Kushina wrinkled her nose, gave a soft snort, and rubbed her cheek hard against Minato's shoulder.
"No, they—this—"
Inside the control room, Hiroshi Uzumaki pointed in the direction of the three people, staring at Nawaki with a shocked expression, and stammered as he spoke.
Nawaki rolled his eyes: "You'll get used to it."
Hiroshi Uzumaki gaped, taking a long time to process this shocking fact before letting out a sigh:
J
He truly lives up to his idol reputation!
As soon as he finished speaking, Shuimen on the deck suddenly made a gesture.
Upon seeing this, the two men's expressions changed, and they hurriedly went up to the deck.
In the distance, two enormous sailboats were seen cutting through the waves on the sea, their sails adorned with the emblem of Kirigakure.
"It's a guy from Kirigakure."
Hiroshi Uzumaki sensed the situation: "Forty-two people in total on both ships!"
"Um----
Minato calmly watched the two ships.
The people on the other side had obviously noticed them as well.
On the deck of the Hidden Mist ship, a ninja holding a monocular telescope saw Minato's appearance and his expression suddenly changed.
"That's—Konoha's yellow flash!"
"What?"
The team leader snatched the binoculars from the side and looked towards the water gate.
Konoha headband, blond hair, blue eyes, handsome features—
"Where's the sensory ninja? Come here for a moment!"
Summoning his sensory ninja subordinates, the leader pointed in the direction of Minato and said, "Sensitize the chakra on the other side."
"Yes!"
The sensory ninja formed a hand seal, closed his eyes, and then quickly opened them again, his expression grave.
"There is an extremely powerful chakra on the other side, and the chakra reserves of the others are also not weak, so the possibility of a transformation technique can be basically ruled out."
"It seems to be the real person."
The team leader frowned: "Mission failed, let's retreat."
"They're just leaving like that? If word gets out, won't it make us look like we're afraid of him?"
"What else? Why don't you go and exchange a few blows with him? The sea is our Kirigakure's home turf, that's true, but he can fly!"
The team leader looked at the subordinate who had spoken as if he were an idiot: "Besides, Wood Release includes Water Release nature transformation. That guy is a disciple of Tsunade from Konoha. He learned the ninjutsu of the Senju clan. The Second Hokage's Water Release is no worse than our Kirigakure's."
"Let's go back. If we run into someone like that, we can only blame ourselves for being unlucky. Lord Mizukage won't hold it against us."
This isn't some mission that concerns the survival of the village; it's just an invasion operation. If it fails, they won't suffer any losses, and they don't need to worry about being held accountable by their superiors.
Even if we hold someone accountable, that's not impossible. Whoever wants to hold someone accountable should go and fight. We can talk about holding someone accountable after that.
The enemy on the other side is a monster who rose to fame by stepping on two Kage-level opponents. It's impossible for them to send their bunch of grunts to deal with an enemy that even Kage-level opponents can't defeat.
"yes!"
The group of Mist Ninja responded in unison, simply because they were afraid of taking responsibility.
Since there's no need to worry about being held accountable, naturally no one would be foolish enough to step forward and commit suicide.
As the two ships slowly disappeared above the horizon, Whirlpool opened his mouth wide: "Uh—they just left like that?"
"What else can you do? Stay and fight us?"
Rope Tree leaned against the railing, looking like a salted fish that had lost its dreams: "I was so stupid. I should have known it would turn out like this. I shouldn't have come on this mission with you guys. Even staying in the village to catch wild boars would have been much better—"
Ignoring Nawaki's grumbling, Hiroshi Uzumaki breathed a sigh of relief: "I thought there was going to be a fierce battle."
Minato shook his head. If forty men dared to charge at him, then the hundreds of people from Iwagakure would have died in vain.
Despite the abundance of Gundams in the later parts of the original work, the average Jonin only has enough chakra for two A-rank ninjutsu.
In a normal battle, the strategy is to first throw out a wave of ninja tools, then use three or five low-level ninjutsu to probe, and finally use a high-level ninjutsu to finish off the opponent.
With the awakening of Kizaru's monstrous physique from the One Piece world and its fusion with Hashirama's physique, Minato's chakra reserves have been increasing exponentially recently.
Let alone forty people, even if four thousand came, the result would be the same.
Soon, the patrol ended, and the group returned to Uzushio Village, where they recounted their encounter with Kirigakure to Uzumaki Hiko.
Upon learning of the retreat of the Hidden Mist Village, Uzumaki Hiko was overjoyed and immediately arranged a seafood feast for the group.
Meanwhile, in Kirigakure Village.
Upon learning that his subordinates had encountered Minato Namikaze, the Third Mizukage fell into a long silence.
He didn't blame his subordinates, after all, the Yellow Flash's reputation was too great, and his achievements were undeniable.
Even he, as the Water Shadow, is probably no match for the opponent.
But just because they are not the opponent doesn't mean there are no ways to deal with them.
Every human being has desires.
As long as there are desires, there will be weaknesses.
Although he didn't want to bring such a troublesome enemy to Kirigakure, Minato's existence had clearly seriously affected the balance and development of power among various countries.
Without dealing with Minato, no matter which country they expand into, as long as the other party entrusts Minato with the task in Konoha, they will be unable to advance smoothly.
Presumably, the other major powers are also aware of this—