Kapitel 26: 26
Minato, who had just gone through a long Taijutsu duel, was now separated from Ryu.
Minato looked at Ryu with solemn eyes. This battle can be said to be Minato's toughest battle. It was because both the sides were evenly matched.
"It seems that if I want to defeat Ryu, I have to think of some other methods…" Minato thought about the countermeasures while panting.
Ryu did not want to give Minato a chance to gasp for breath. He knows that Minato is not an easy opponent.
Ryu is older, so he has more physical strength than Minato. As long as the duel comes to the use of physical strength, he will win.
So, Ryu rushed over. He will not give Minato any chance. He wants this victory.
The two sides collided again.
Minato flexibly avoided the fist, then his body fiercely moved towards the waist of Ryu.
Faced with this punch, Ryu's expression remained unchanged. His right hand parried Minato's fist, his body flashed to the side, and at the same time his left leg quickly lifted and hit his knee right on Minato's belly.
Minato was in pain. Ryu, whose face remained unchanged, didn't intend to stop at the slightest. His left leg straightened out and kicked Minato.
And Minato endured the pain and hit Ryu's left leg.
The two sides were entangled on the ground, rubbing, gasping for breath, and then got away from each other.
Minato stood up and forced Ryu back with a quick whip. Ryu retreated quickly, and then began to cast hand seals.
"Wind-Style : Wind Cutter!"
A sharp wind blade formed in his hand, and then he quickly moved towards Minato.
Minato took out the kunai, and he was going to use the kunai in his hand to block the wind blade.
However, Wind-Style, which is compressed and formed by the wind, was bounced off by Kunai.
After Kunai just resisted a little, it was cut. However, because of this, the wind blade that would have originally hit Minato's chest was forcibly changed.
The wind blade wiped the clothes on Minato's arm, and made a cut, blood started flowing out suddenly.
"Minato!" Nawaki yelled.
Tatsumi also frowned, Minato's way of handling this attack can be described as very reckless.
'How can a Kunai block Wind-Style jutsu?'
At this time, Minato should have avoided it or used Body Substitution Jutsu.
'If Ryu used a shuriken to launch a long-range attack at this time, how can Minato escape?'
Ryu was overjoyed when he saw Minato receiving the Wind-Style jutsu with a kunai.
He threw a few shuriken towards Minato.
After the throw, Ryu ran straight towards Minato.
Tatsumi frowned and looked at Minato, based on his understanding of Minato, Minato was not stupid. There should be a counter.
Minato on the stage did not intend to block the shuriken at all. Minato threw a Smoke Bomb.
'What is he thinking? He did not dodge the kunai but he used a smoke bomb? Why?' Tatsumi looked at Minato with a puzzled expression.
After the smoke dispersed, what remained on the ground was a piece of log with shuriken on it.
'When did he use Body Substitution Jutsu?' (I swear this fight only used Body sub. jutsu)
Ryu stopped and looked at the log in front of him. He looked all around him.
Although he doesn't know when Minato used Body Substitution Jutsu, he is set to win this duel.
"Tatsumi, have you seen it? Minato, when did he use Body Substitution Jutsu? And what was that Smoke Bomb for?" Nawaki asked.
Tatsumi shook his head and smiled and said to Nawaki,"Nawaki, you are wrong. That was not Body Substitution Jutsu. He is really a genius. "
"It was not Body Substitution Jutsu?" Nawaki was puzzled.
Minato's battle IQ is really high, like super-high. It was clear from the original work. The whole Naruto shippuden, no one could land a hit on Obito but Minato hit him within minutes after the start of their fight.
"Is he behind me?" Ryu suddenly looked back, however, there was no one.
Ryu felt that something was wrong.
"Bang."
The log on the ground suddenly became Minato.
"Wind-Style : Wind Cutter." Minato quickly casted the hand seals.
Ryu did not respond. Wind Cutter cut through his hair, cutting off his black hair in half.
Ryu's legs numbed and he fell on the ground.
If Minato's last attack hit him just now, it is estimated that his life would be bye-bye.
That was not the only problem, Ryu also…lost.
"This duel was Namikaze Minato's victory. "Orochimaru said.
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"Minato, are you okay?" Tatsumi asked with concern while supporting Minato, who was stumbling.
At this time, the blood on Minato's body was flowing down. This was the result of Ryu's shurikens.
Minato deliberately received that Wind-Style with a kunai and then showed a weak spot to bait Ryu.
When Ryu threw the shuriken, he did not dodge or block them. Then he threw out the Smoke Bomb and used Transformation Jutsu on himself, turning himself into a log but showing it like body substitution jutsu.
The strategy was simple, but when fighting, If you make a mistake, you will be dead. Only when one's strength is insufficient, they will use this kind of risky trick.
"It was too hard, Minato. Let's go to Lady Tsunade and have her take a look." Tatsumi said.
"ha ha, I'm going, Tatsumi." Minato, who defeated the opponent was in a good mood.
After all, he painstakingly defeated the enemy, and Minato, who is still younger, civilian and a little weaker than him, is proud of it.
At this time, Orochimaru's voice came again,"The third duel is the last one. This duel will decide the top three. So next is the deciding battle. "
"Mikoto, all the best." Tatsumi patted Mikoto's head.
"Thank you, Tatsumi." Mikoto showed a confident look.
'I have already told Mikoto what needs to be known about the opponent. The rest depends on her own efforts.' Tatsumi said in his mind.
After Mikoto and Aburame Shibi came to the stage, Orochimaru said in a hoarse voice.
"Begin. "
'Mikoto's attributes are fire and lightning.'
'She has mastered Ninjutsu, which focuses on AOE attacks like Fire-Style : Great Fireball, and more.'
'Shibi will use the Aburame Clan's Parasitic Insects', it is very obvious.'
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T/N - I was in a good mood so an extra chapter.
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