Rotation!
Amid a rumbling roar, the Gale Dust Column swept over once more, but the azure barrier had already begun spinning.
"Crash!"
The impact sounded like crashing waves striking an immovable reef. Dust and sand abruptly spread to both sides, splitting into two streams that swept past the barrier and vanished into the broad open space beyond it in an instant.
As the dust dispersed, the azure Chakra barrier gradually faded as well, slowly revealing Yukina's figure amid her fluttering hair.
"I never expected Teacher Minato's taijutsu to be this powerful too! Using the speed of the Body Flicker Technique and a slight activation of Lightning Release Chakra, he achieved strength comparable to the boost from Teacher Kushina's Nine-Tails Power. Though it's still weaker than Teacher Kushina's Nine-Tails Power, the difference isn't that great."
However, after glancing toward the Masked Man and confirming that the Flying Thunder God Kunai had merely been buried beneath the sand rather than blown away, Yukina fixed her gaze on the source of the dust—the center where it was thickest—and murmured to herself.
With the Byakugan's perception and penetrating vision, she had naturally seen every detail of the battle just now. Her eyes had even noticed her two teachers' every move before Uchiha Nobuhiko, who was present on the battlefield, did.
Especially after that exchange of glances—the decisive, seamless, and tacit chain attack that followed—she had seen it all with absolute clarity. It had been simply perfect.
Those two perfect arcs seemed to remain in her mind even now. She could not shake the image that had followed: the Flying Thunder God after they slammed Uchiha Nobuhiko into the ground and restricted his movements; Teacher Minato's Rasengan pushing forward from behind Uchiha Nobuhiko's side profile; and Teacher Kushina's utterly decisive punch as she suddenly flashed