Masked Man's Deterrence

At that moment, Karatachi Yagura suddenly made his move, throwing several kunai toward the ceiling of the Five Kage Summit.

At the same time, above the conference table, several figures flashed into view, guarding their respective Kage.

"Oh my, I seem to have overheard some plans aimed at me." Minato Namikaze was a little dazed. He had been hiding perfectly well, but that bastard Anju had leaked a bit of Nine-Tails Chakra.

There was no helping it. He could only pretend to be the Masked Man for now.

Inwardly, he was already cursing Anju up and down.

"Be careful. This Masked Man has the Nine-Tails' chakra."

The one controlling Karatachi Yagura, Obito Uchiha, was gritting his teeth so hard they nearly cracked. This Masked Man should have been his own teacher, Minato Namikaze.

But he had clearly seen Minato Namikaze use the Forbidden Technique: Reaper Death Seal and split the Nine-Tails in two before sealing it.

How could he possibly be here?!

So who exactly was this person?!

At that moment, the Raikage could no longer hold himself back. Daring to show up at the Five Kage Summit was simply looking down on the Five Kage.

"Lightning Release Chakra Mode!"

"Lightning Release: Lightning Fang!"

A's speed was practically teleportation, but Minato Namikaze relied on the Flying Thunder God Technique to easily evade Raikage A's attack.

At the spot where Minato Namikaze appeared, a Dust Release attack arrived.

He dodged with the Flying Thunder God Technique all the same.

Minato Namikaze's current body was formed from Kushina's Shadow Clone combined with Anju's chakra. If he suffered a fatal attack, the Shadow Clone would be dispelled.

Naturally, he began frantically dodging the Five Kage's attacks.

Minato Namikaze did not dare pause even for an instant. Raikage A was chasing him relentlessly, and every landing point was greeted by Five Element Release techniques.

Clearly, Sarutobi Hiruzen also had no intention of letting the Masked Man go.

Although Minato Namikaze looked very relaxed, his Flying Thunder God marks had already been almost completely bombarded away. If he kept dodging, he would soon have nowhere to land.

To avoid thoroughly exposing himself, Minato Namikaze did not dare use the Rasengan. This also meant he did not have many offensive methods.

After his final landing point was destroyed by Sarutobi Hiruzen's Release technique, Minato Namikaze simply left the Five Kage Summit building.

"No need to chase him! A!" Once Ōnoki saw that the Masked Man's figure had vanished from the Five Kage Summit hall, he immediately called out to A, who had been about to pursue him.

Raikage A slammed the table in hatred. "Damn it, he still got away."

"With the Flying Thunder God Technique, as long as the Masked Man's chakra doesn't run out, he's practically invincible," Sarutobi Hiruzen said, his expression solemn.

The exchange between the Five Kage and the Masked Man had not exactly been long, but it had not been short either, and throughout the fight, the Masked Man had never once stopped using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

Just how enormous was his chakra reserve?!

"Right, Yagura. You said the Masked Man has the Nine-Tails' chakra. What was that about?"

Karatachi Yagura did not hide it and spoke directly.

"Just now, the Three-Tails told me there was the scent of the Nine-Tails here, so I attacked in that direction."

"Damn it! Sarutobi Hiruzen! Is this your conspiracy? Were you trying to wipe us all out in one fell swoop?"

Raikage A was furious, and he truly spoke without thinking.

Sarutobi did not argue with A. "When the Masked Man attacked Konoha back then, he also released the Nine-Tails. It's possible he stole the Nine-Tails' power."

"That's not impossible. Maybe the Masked Man has a Water Mirror Technique like Yagura's. Perhaps he can copy ninjutsu too," Ōnoki said fairly.

Karatachi Yagura had the Water Release: Mirror Water Technique, which could create a mirror made of water. Inside the mirror, a person identical to the enemy would appear, and they could use the same ninjutsu as the opponent, with the same power.

Since this ninjutsu could copy people, perhaps it could also learn and use the copied ninjutsu?

"And every major ninja village should have devices for extracting chakra. The Nine-Tails' chakra may have been extracted by the other party when he released the Nine-Tails."

After Sarutobi Hiruzen finished speaking, the Five Kage fell silent once again.

"This Masked Man can use Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique and has also seized part of the Nine-Tails' chakra. What should we do?" After the silence did not last long, Kazekage Rasa finally raised a question, and the entire venue went utterly quiet.

Even the ever-violent Raikage A had no solution.

He was not afraid of the Masked Man, but what if the Masked Man came after the Jinchuriki again?

Since the Masked Man could seize the Nine-Tails' chakra, then presumably he could also seize the Tailed Beast Chakra of the other ninja villages.

"How about this? We gather all the tailed beasts together and protect them?" Karatachi Yagura suggested.

"I refuse!"

"I refuse!"

Raikage A and Rasa immediately rejected it.

One had the A-B Combination. How could he do without the Eight-Tails?

The other had a Jinchuriki who was too young. What if the other ninja villages harbored ill intentions?

"In that case, how about this: we form a temporary alliance and jointly provide information on the Masked Man. Once we discover the Masked Man's whereabouts, we all strike together and destroy him."

"Right. The Masked Man seemed to lack powerful offensive methods just now. That's another opening. Every time we encircle him, we'll need to prepare enough attackers and defenders, and we'll also need the Sealing Team to specifically counter his Space-Time Ninjutsu."

"Our intelligence on the Masked Man is limited. I don't know if Konoha can provide any new information..."

After Minato caused such a disturbance, the Five Kage Summit actually proceeded even faster.

Outside the meeting building in the Land of Iron.

Minato Namikaze looked somewhat reproachfully at the Yin Nine-Tails Chakra inside his body.

The Nine-Tails' ability to grant chakra made Minato Namikaze's chakra practically inexhaustible, but as long as Anju wanted to, he could also make that chakra fluctuate.

And once the Nine-Tails Chakra fluctuated, Minato Namikaze's position would be exposed.

Originally, Minato had only wanted to listen in on the Five Kage Summit, then play the role of a villain more effectively.

But now Anju had directly exposed him, and then he had been chased down and hammered by the Five Kage.

If not for the chakra Anju provided, this Shadow Clone of his would have been smashed apart on the spot.

He would have to be even more careful if he went back in now.

After all, the Flying Thunder God Seals he had left behind had almost all been destroyed and rendered useless.

Without wasting any more time, he directly consumed a large amount of chakra and returned to Konoha.

Then he planned to have Kushina release the Shadow Clone.

Kushina, who was sleeping with Naruto, was woken up by Minato. She had just been about to lose her temper and properly teach her clueless husband a lesson when the sleeping Naruto Uzumaki was startled awake and began bawling.

Minato Namikaze immediately froze in panic, completely at a loss for what to do.

Kushina Uzumaki picked Naruto up and began coaxing the child.

At that moment, Minato Namikaze reached out, intending to hold his son.

Kushina Uzumaki immediately went, "Release!"

Then Minato Namikaze vanished with a direct poof.

Back in Kushina's Sealing Space, Minato smiled bitterly. She had not even given him a chance to hold his own son. Just how petty was Kushina?!

Anju snorted. "Serves you right!"

"You have the nerve to say that to me? If it weren't for—"

"Cut the crap! If it weren't for me, were you really planning to listen from beginning to end? Didn't I tell you? You'd better fight Sarutobi Hiruzen and remove Konoha from the equation."

"But..."

"How did that brain of yours ever become Hokage?"

"All right, all right." Minato Namikaze lowered his head, then looked toward the television. "But Kushina went too far. She didn't even give me a chance to hold Naruto!"

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"That's because you woke Naruto up!" Anju rolled his eyes.