Inside Deer Cry Pavilion.
Nara Kaikei leaned over his desk, rapidly devising strategies for tomorrow's battle against Minato Namikaze.
Although when he had first planned to challenge Minato Namikaze, he had been thinking, As long as I get the guaranteed minimum, it counts as a success.
But as the saying went—someone had to win, so why couldn't it be him?
Yet no matter how hard he thought, Nara Kaikei could not figure out how to defeat Minato Namikaze, even though he believed he had a thorough grasp of the latter's abilities.
There truly were monsters in the ninja world who defied common sense.
Even knowing their abilities could leave one completely helpless against them.
For example, the S-rank rogue ninja Kakuzu he had dealt with before.
As a nearly flaw-free all-around fighter, Kakuzu was extraordinarily difficult to handle even if his intelligence had been leaked.
Nara Kaikei had only managed to destroy two of Kakuzu's hearts because Kakuzu was poor at sensing and could not see through the transparency effect of [Camouflage Concealment]. Even then, it had required Pig Deer Butterfly to restrain him head-on while Kaikei launched a covert sneak attack.
But Kakuzu and Minato Namikaze were entirely different kinds of ninja.
If Kakuzu was a "small hexagon warrior,"
then Minato Namikaze was a "compass warrior"!
That did not mean Minato Namikaze was weak in any other aspect.
It meant that his "speed" was nearly breaking through the limits of mortal men!
Below the Six Paths, the instant, seal-less Flying Thunder God Technique could absolutely be called "pseudo-invincible."
It was not as if Nara Kaikei had no way to deal with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Unfortunately, he could not use any of those methods...
Through his battle with Uchiha Shisui, Nara Kaikei had roughly determined his own strength—an