Chapter 83: Pre-battle Discussion

Seeing that the atmosphere inside the tent was not right, Minato quickly spoke up again:

"However, everyone need not worry. Aside from that one time, the Third Raikage has never used Space-Time Ninjutsu again. I imagine that either that ninjutsu was cast on him by someone else, or it has certain flaws and can only be used for displacement, not for actual combat."

After hearing this, the many ninja finally breathed a sigh of relief. Uchiha Feiyu, however, was very clear that the Third Raikage indeed did not know any Space-Time Ninjutsu; the reason he suddenly appeared in the Konoha camp should be credited to Kumogakure's Tensou no Jutsu.

Tensou no Jutsu is a unique Space-Time Ninjutsu of Kumogakure. The caster can send an object directly to a designated location at a speed approaching the speed of light—of course, "approaching the speed of light" is definitely nonsense, but at least speeds of several hundred times the speed of sound should be achievable.

Otherwise, it wouldn't be the case that only a very small number of ninja can withstand the power of this ninjutsu; if an ordinary ninja were subjected to Tensou no Jutsu, they would only be reduced to ashes by the friction with the air.

Now that Konoha lacks intelligence on Tensou no Jutsu, Minato has made this misjudgment.

"But thinking about it carefully, it's also quite perverted... directly using Tensou no Jutsu to send the Third Raikage over, a surprise attack from the inside, and then the ninja army killing their way over... No wonder the Konoha front line against the Cloud Ninja was completely wiped out. The Third Raikage and the Eight-Tails are about equal in strength; if they suddenly appear in the center of the camp, who could defend against that?"

Minato is very powerful, and his Flying Thunder God Technique is also incomparably lethal to "glass cannon" types of ninja. Unfortunately, the Raikage lineage has always taken an unconventional path; they are rare "blood tank" berserkers among ninja, which happens to counter an assassin like Minato who has high agility but low attack power.

If Minato kills ordinary ninja like mowing grass, then facing the Third Raikage is like "scraping" (doing negligible damage). Whether it is the small Kunai in his hand or the so-called Rasengan, neither can pose any threat to the Third Raikage's Lightning Release Armor.

Of course, the Third Raikage also cannot catch Minato, but in the camp, he doesn't need to deal with Minato; just a round of indiscriminate killing is enough to plunge the entire camp into chaos.

It is just like the Nine-Tails Incident in the original story. Minato himself does not fear the Nine-Tails, and if they were to truly fight fairly, Minato's chances of winning would be even higher—don't forget, besides the Flying Thunder God, Minato is also proficient in Sealing Technique.

However, in Konoha, if a battle were truly fought to the end, then Konoha would likely be razed to the ground!

When all is said and done, Minato, who possesses the Flying Thunder God, is only suited for killing, not for defensive warfare.

Besides the Third Raikage, the AB Combination of Kumogakure has also arrived at the front line. However, regarding the AB Combination, Minato's assessment was much lower:

"The strength of the AB Combination is not weak, but as long as the Eight-Tails jinchuriki does not enter the full Tailed Beast state, with my strength alone, I should be able to hold off the two of them."

"So now, the only problem is that Third Raikage?"

"But even knowing the intelligence on that Third Raikage, wanting to confront him seems not very easy, right?"

"Is that guy really a ninja? I once heard that the Third Raikage is a monster who has wrestled with the Eight-Tails! He is practically a condensed Tailed Beast!"

A group of ordinary Jonin discussed among themselves for a moment, then turned their heads and looked at Uchiha Feiyu and Orochimaru.

In the entire Konoha force, the strongest are Uchiha Feiyu, Orochimaru, and Minato.

Now that Master Minato has personally admitted that his attacks are just "scraping," the only ones left who can contend with the Raikage are naturally Uchiha Feiyu and Orochimaru.

Uchiha Feiyu saw everyone's gaze, spread his hands, and directly struck a pose of giving up:

"Don't look at me... The most basic foundation of the White Fang Sword Technique I practice is the Raiton Shigekihou. In this regard, even Hatake Sakumo is a far cry from the Third Raikage, let alone me."

"If I really run into the Third Raikage, I definitely won't be his opponent, I'm even more trash than Minato. At least Minato-kun's Flying Thunder God Technique is much faster than the Third Raikage; I might not even be able to match the Third Raikage in speed, and if I bump into him, even escaping would be difficult!"

Orochimaru watched his cheap disciple's "shirking responsibility" act and felt his teeth itch. Unfortunately, he is not as shameless as Uchiha Feiyu, not to mention that as the commander of the Konoha force, if he were to admit defeat directly, then there would be no need to fight this battle.

Seeing the expectant gazes of the other Jonin in the tent looking at him, Orochimaru only felt his scalp tingle, and in the end, he could only bite the bullet and say:

"Fine... If we get to the battlefield, I will try to hold off the Third Raikage!"

Of course, whether he can actually hold him off is hard to say. However, Orochimaru has various ways to save his life, so even if he cannot defeat the Third Raikage, he will definitely not be in any danger to his life.

Otherwise, with Orochimaru's life-cherishing personality, he would certainly not disregard his life for the sake of face. It is just because he knows that although the Raikage brute has astonishing frontal combat power, it is difficult for him to truly threaten someone like himself who has mastered a large number of Forbidden Techniques.

"Very good, now all the problems have been solved, so everyone go back and rest. I estimate we will reach the battlefield tomorrow!"

Uchiha Feiyu clapped his hands with a smile and spoke, causing everyone in the tent to look at each other. Orochimaru sighed helplessly:

"There are still many problems that haven't been solved, and you're already preparing to go back to sleep?"

"And... I hold off the Third Raikage, Minato holds off the AB Combination, then who are you planning to deal with tomorrow?"

Uchiha Feiyu chuckled:

"Deal with who? Just let go and kill. As long as there is no Third Raikage and no AB Combination, my speed at killing ordinary Cloud Ninja won't be much slower than Minato's!"

Orochimaru nodded and didn't say anything more. Although Uchiha Feiyu likes to pick on soft targets and bully the weak, there is one point where he is definitely stronger than Minato, and even the vast majority of Konoha Jonin.

That is, he is ruthless enough! If it weren't for the stimulation of Konoha's disastrous defeat and the need to stall the Cloud Ninja's advance in the Land of Fire, Minato would absolutely never be able to do something like killing 800 ninja in three days.

But for Uchiha Feiyu, if his strength were sufficient, even if he were asked to slaughter the entire Cloud Ninja Village, he wouldn't even frown, and might even do it quite gleefully.

In the entire Konoha, besides Uchiha Feiyu, it is estimated that only Orochimaru himself and Shimura Danzo possess this kind of cold psychological quality.

(End of chapter)