[An A-Rank Ninja Battle Mission has been triggered!] [A-Rank Mission: Minato Namikaze] [Mission Objective: Defeat/Kill Konoha Jonin Minato Namikaze] [Mission Reward: A-Rank Ninja Scroll]
There was no room for even the slightest distraction in a battle against Minato Namikaze.
Nara Kaikei had no spare time to look through the A-Rank Mission information on the panel. Seizing the precious opportunity Minato Namikaze had willingly delivered to him, he decisively activated the Shadow Strangulation Technique.
After hearing Nara Kaikei's words, Minato Namikaze had still been puzzled by his opponent's actions.
Yet when he felt the powerful, almost tangible restraint spreading across his body, Minato Namikaze realized that he had stepped into the trap of a "Shadow Secret Technique."
Given my movement speed, Nara-kun shouldn't have had time to form hand seals... Besides, I didn't see him make any hand-seal gestures just now.
Thoughts raced through Minato Namikaze's mind, completely unaware that the solid black hand formed by the Shadow Strangulation Technique was creeping up along his agile leg.
The Nara Clan's Shadow Secret Techniques fall under Yin Release and have relatively low hand-seal requirements, but they don't completely eliminate the need for seals. Could it be... Nara-kun has already mastered casting Shadow Secret Techniques without hand seals?
The black hand was about to close around Minato Namikaze's throat.
But with a mere thought, his figure vanished from the spot, escaping the powerful restraint of the Shadow Strangulation Technique.
Flying Thunder God Technique!
Nara Kaikei clearly felt the Shadow Strangulation Technique lose its target.
Then the line of sight before him suddenly blurred, and a figure appeared out of thin air.
"Was that a technique Nara-kun had prepared in advance?"
Minato Namikaze stood beside the kunai that had just landed on the ground, his calm