vstars Chapter 865 Opens
Chapter 865 Opens
The distance between the two instantly closed to zero.
In that split second between life and death.
Whoosh! ! !
A golden flash appeared out of nowhere, forcibly cutting into the death trajectory where the two were about to meet.
Minato pressed one hand against Kakashi's back, while his other hand deftly deflected the leech's blade. Using the momentum from his Body Flicker Technique, he instantly vanished from his spot, carrying Kakashi, and reappeared in a safe area a dozen meters away.
Hiss!
Despite Minato's incredible speed, Hiruzen's deadly strike still grazed Kakashi's shoulder. Blood splattered, and a deep, bone-revealing wound appeared on Kakashi's arm.
"Uh……"
Kakashi groaned, clutching his wound and kneeling on the ground. The Chidori in his hand dissipated due to the disordered chakra.
"Kakashi!"
Seeing this, Lin rushed over in a panic, "Are you alright? Where are you hurt? Let me see!"
She frantically pulled out hemostatic agents and bandages from her backpack, her eyes filled with worried tears.
"It's okay... I won't die..."
Kakashi gritted his teeth, sweating profusely from the pain, but still stubbornly raised his head, looking at the equally terrified Iwa ninja, Hiruzen, not far away, his eyes filled with resentment.
"I was so close... I was so close to killing him..."
You almost died!
Obito also ran over and, seeing Kakashi's bloody wound, roared with both heartache and anger, "You bastard! Why were you so impulsive just now! If it weren't for Minato-sensei, your head would have been gone by now!"
Minato stood in front of the crowd, his back to the students, his eyes colder than ever before.
He looked at the Iwa ninja, the specially made kunai in his hand slowly turning.
"It seems I need to teach you a lesson. About what a true team is, and... what true strength is."
The stench of blood lingered in the forest.
Minato Namikaze's figure flashed like a golden lightning bolt, leaving a dazzling afterimage in the air.
"when?!"
Hidden in the shadows, the leech felt a chill on its neck. Its eyes widened in horror as it discovered that the blond man, who had been dozens of meters away, had somehow appeared behind it.
Where Minato had just stood, the backpack he had casually tossed aside to lighten his load was still not fully on the ground.
Swah——
A flash of cold light, and blood gushed out.
The leech clutched its throat, making meaningless "clucking" sounds, and its body slumped backward limply. In the last moment before his consciousness faded, he finally saw the man's face clearly, and that signature blond hair.
"Yellow...yellow flash..."
Despair overwhelmed him like a tidal wave. He remembered the unwritten rule of Iwagakure: "Whenever the Yellow Flash of Konoha is encountered, even if you abandon the mission and run away, you will not be punished."
He used to think this was an exaggeration, an insult to the warriors of Iwagakure. Only now, with the Grim Reaper's scythe at his neck, did he truly understand the meaning behind that command.
That wasn't tolerance, but rather a sense of powerlessness and mercy in the face of an absolute disparity in strength.
"thump."
The body fell to the ground, and the dust settled.
Standing aside watching the battle, Zhang Hai's eyes, hidden behind his mask, flashed with a deep sense of apprehension.
"Can it be activated without special kunai?"
Zhang Hai saw it all clearly in that instant. Minato didn't throw a kunai; instead, he used the barely perceptible jutsu mark he left on the chakra of the Hiruzen clone during their previous battle to instantly kill it across space.
"This mark can even move with the target... it's practically impossible to defend against." Zhang Hai sighed inwardly. "In Minato's hands, the Flying Thunder God Technique has become more than just a movement skill; it has turned into a true death curse. This kind of opponent is indeed a headache."
After eliminating the enemy, Minato picked up his backpack and returned to the middle of the squad in a few leaps.
"Rin, how is Kakashi's injury?" Minato asked, his tone no longer gentle, but rather stern.
"The wound is quite deep and has damaged the muscle. Although we've stopped the bleeding, I'm afraid you won't be able to move your left arm vigorously for a while," Lin replied worriedly as she skillfully wrapped the bandage.
"In that case, everyone retreat to a safe area and reorganize the formation." Minato decisively ordered, "Kakashi is injured, so his duties as temporary captain are temporarily revoked."
"I'm fine!"
Kakashi suddenly stood up, the movement aggravating his wound and causing his mouth to twitch in pain, but he stubbornly straightened his back. He glanced sideways at Zhang Hai beside him, his eyes filled with an unyielding flame.
"This minor injury won't affect our operations. I'm the captain, and the mission must continue."
"What are you still trying to prove!"
Obito finally snapped, pointing at Kakashi's nose and yelling, "If you hadn't ignored all advice and insisted on charging in alone, things wouldn't have turned out like this! You not only ruined yourself, but you almost dragged everyone down with you!"
"Humph."
Kakashi sneered, his eyes sweeping contemptuously over Obito's still slightly red eyes. "Implicate? Do I have the right to say that? I wonder who was the one who was scared to tears by a shadow clone just now."
"That's...that's sand in my eyes!" Obito's face turned bright red as he frantically protested, "I wasn't scared into crying! I'm not a coward!"
"An excuse." Kakashi turned his head away dismissively. "Ninja Code No. 25: A ninja must never shed tears under any circumstances. If you can't even control this basic emotion, you should go back to school and retake the course."
"You!" Obito trembled with rage, his fists clenched so tightly they cracked. "Kakashi, you bastard! I challenge you to a duel!"
"enough!"
A cold, explosive shout, like a thunderclap, instantly drowned out the two people's argument.
A chilling killing intent erupted from Zhang Hai, instantly lowering the surrounding temperature by several degrees. He strode between the two men, his eyes, hidden behind a mask, coldly sweeping over the fractured squad.
"Look at what you look like now."
Zhang Hai's voice was full of sarcasm and disappointment, "This is Konoha's elite squad? One is arrogant and disobedient; one is cowardly and only knows how to make excuses; and the other only knows how to smooth things over. If this were a real battlefield, a team like yours wouldn't last ten minutes."
He turned his head and looked at Minato Namikaze without any mercy: "Minato-senpai, to be honest, I'm very disappointed with your teaching methods. Although you are a perfect ninja, as a teacher, you have clearly failed in your duty. You have spoiled them too much."
Upon hearing this, Minato looked guilty and did not refute it.