Minato: Sure Enough, Fighting Was Awesome!!!

Minato Namikaze had revived.

His expression did not look too good.

Because he had heard the taunts of that bratty girl NPC.

As a newcomer to livestreaming, just thinking about how all of that had been seen by viewers in the real world made Minato feel awful all over.

Even though Minato had a good temper, he was still a nineteen-year-old young man. Naturally, he had his pride. This really felt like making a fool of himself in front of all his fellow villagers.

Then Uchiha Qi's voice rang out beside Minato's ear. "Don't worry, Minato. Although you died horribly just now, it actually didn't amount to much for the audience watching on-site, because they couldn't see what was happening at all."

"The barrage of fruit attacks created such dazzling visual effects that the real-world livestream was reduced to nothing but light pollution. People could only watch for the excitement. At most, the NPC's final taunt made them a little annoyed."

"Actually, a lot of people are deeply impressed by you now, even worshipful, because you somehow lasted a whole minute under that kind of attack. That was seriously absurd."

There was even a hint of teasing in his final words. Clearly, he could not help but comment on the sheer worth of Konoha's Yellow Flash.

And the truth was indeed as Uchiha Qi had said. Although the people at the venue had witnessed Minato being utterly overwhelmed, the frenzied bombardment of all those fruits in the game had filled the entire scene with effects, leaving them completely unable to see what was actually happening.

Still, the fact that Minato had held on for a full minute before being defeated under that barrage had truly shocked the people of the real world. Exclamations of amazement rang out without end, and many less cultured people expressed their shock with cries of "Sugoi!"

The stronger someone was, the more shocked they were that Minato had lasted a minute under such bombardment. If it had been them, never mind a minute—even whether they could last ten seconds was a huge question mark.

That even included the proud members of the Uchiha Clan. The moment the frenzied bombardment began, they had activated their Sharingan to watch, allowing them to see more clearly than others.

And because they had seen more clearly, they understood just how outrageous it was for Minato to have lasted that minute.

Inside the Hokage's office, Mitokado Homura and Utatane Koharu wore stunned expressions. Hiruzen Sarutobi exhaled a ring of smoke and praised without reservation, "As expected of Minato. He truly is incredible. To last a whole minute under that kind of attack... even if it were me, facing such an attack unprepared, I would find it difficult to hold out for that long."

Upon hearing this, the two advisors looked at Hiruzen Sarutobi in astonishment.

Facing the surprise of his two old friends, Hiruzen Sarutobi waved a hand dismissively. "I said unprepared. If I had been prepared, that would be another matter. But Minato had clearly been unprepared just now, which is why I said that when it comes to handling sudden situations like this, I am inferior to him."

The two advisors understood now. As they sighed in relief, Mitokado Homura nodded deeply. "Indeed. The Flying Thunder God Technique is far too useful when dealing with unexpected situations. Minato's command of the Flying Thunder God formula has not yet reached perfection. Once he fully masters it, he will become a Flying Thunder God master no less capable than our teacher."

Hiruzen Sarutobi shook his head. "Why merely no less capable? Why not surpass him?"

That surprised the two advisors again. Utatane Koharu asked, "Hiruzen, are you saying Minato might surpass our teacher, the technique's creator, in his mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Hiruzen Sarutobi did not answer directly. Instead, he said, "I think our teacher would only be happy to face a Minato like this. After all, our teacher once held the same hopes for us."

At those words, the two advisors fell silent, seemingly unable to continue the topic.

After all, if some things were examined too deeply, what one found might not be joy, but disappointment for those who had come before.

"Dear audience, you have now witnessed the highest difficulty of the game Fruit Ninja."

"Yes, our star spokesperson, Mr. Minato Namikaze, directly triggered the game's highest difficulty. And that highest difficulty corresponds to an infernal challenge that only the powerful Kage of the Five Great Nations and warriors of equivalent strength can handle."

"That's right. It is the ultimate difficulty designed for powerhouses like Lord Hokage himself, a super trial that belongs to them."

"And our Minato Namikaze, at merely nineteen years old, challenged this highest difficulty head-on. Although he ultimately failed, that one minute was undoubtedly a glory that belonged to ordinary ninja like us, representing the greatest honor of all Konoha!"

"Yes! We can cheer for Minato Namikaze to our hearts' content and offer him our warmest applause and praise! And please allow me to call that one minute the legend of Konoha's Yellow Flash!"

Uchiha Qi once again launched into an impassioned live commentary, while the band immediately began playing a fiery, passionate background track as instructed.

Combined with that stirring music, his speech instantly set the blood of most audience members boiling.

Even though they themselves did not know why they felt so fired up, people were creatures easily influenced by atmosphere. Once the mood had been forcibly ignited, even those who were not passionate would become passionate along with everyone else.

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Although Minato was inside the game, the livestream allowed interaction, so he clearly heard the voices outside. Only then did he realize that he had directly triggered the game's highest difficulty.

At that moment, Uchiha Qi also quietly told Minato the rules for selecting the difficulty—the speed at which one destroyed the first cherry tree determined the difficulty.

Minato had instantly killed the cherry tree with the Flying Thunder God Technique. In terms of speed, he had achieved something most Kage of the Five Great Nations could not, so naturally the difficulty had been maxed out immediately.

This had actually been beyond Uchiha Qi's expectations. He had originally thought Minato would rush up and cut down the cherry tree, in which case the difficulty would have become a level fitting an elite jonin like him. It would still have been difficult, but not this absurd.

Instead, Minato had shown off right from the start and immediately suffered the heaviest blow.

After learning the reason, Minato felt rather embarrassed. After all, he had done it on purpose. He was still a young man, and with so many people watching, it was only natural that he had wanted to show off a little.

As a result, he had gotten struck by lightning for showing off.

Fortunately, Uchiha Qi had promptly taken control of the situation, turning the mistake into Minato intentionally demonstrating the highest difficulty for everyone. He had directly saved his good friend's face and even built up a whole new aura for the Yellow Flash. It was an absolute win.

Taking advantage of the atmosphere, the game restarted. This time, Minato rushed forward at a normal speed and finally used his katana to cut down the cherry tree.

Thus, although the bratty girl still delivered her classic taunts, the difficulty had clearly dropped.

Although all kinds of fruits were still present, their drastically reduced numbers posed no problem at all for Minato, who possessed the Flying Thunder God Technique. After all, fewer enemies meant vastly more room to move, and with enough room, space-time ninja had enormous freedom to perform.

Thus, although Minato's mastery of the Flying Thunder God Technique had not yet reached perfection, he still put on an incredible display. Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he continuously flashed and teleported through the fruits, dealing with every plant and truly displaying the showy charm of the Yellow Flash. The key was speed.

His handsome face and dashing fighting style immediately drew constant gasps from the audience.

Especially for the young women, Minato was simply too lethal. Their screams came one after another as they completely entered fangirl mode, their eyes practically turning into hearts. Seeing this, Kushina Uzumaki felt happy, but also a little jealous. Having a boyfriend who was so outstanding that he easily attracted admirers did not feel all that great.

As for Minato himself, he had completely cast aside the commotion outside. Once again, he entered the state he had been in during the final stretch of his first time playing Genjutsu Game.

In other words...

Fighting was awesome!!!

Yes, that was the truest portrayal of Minato Namikaze.

Although the enemies in Fruit Ninja were absurd—a bunch of fruit plants that flung their own fruit around with all sorts of effects—once he truly fought them, he could still immerse himself completely and experience the real thrill of fighting was awesome.

It was under such circumstances that Uchiha Qi's voice rang out again, this time directly entering sales pitch mode for the game.

"My fellow ninja who have come to this launch event, now that you have seen this much, you should understand what this genjutsu game called Fruit Ninja truly means to you, and to all of Konoha, right?"

"That's right. This Fruit Ninja is a gift from the Uchiha Clan to all of Konoha!"