How strange!
What had he just said?
He hadn't caught it.
"Sorry."
Nara Kaikei pinched his earlobe, doubting his own memory for the first time in his life.
"What did you just say...?"
"Shuriken Secret Art: Falling Stars Chaotic Dance Zero Style and Nara Secret Ultimate Art: Super-Ultimate Pitch-Black Explosive Shadow Bullet!"
Minato Namikaze's face did not redden, his breathing did not falter, and he kept firing off a barrage of ridiculously cringe, high-contamination information.
"These are the names I gave to the two special ninjutsu Nara-kun just used. They're super cool, right?"
"Your thinking is a little naive..."
Nara Kaikei gave an absurd little laugh and spoke bluntly.
"What Nara Clan ninja wouldn't find it troublesome to give their techniques such long names?"
"Ah! Sorry, sorry!"
Minato Namikaze scratched his head and smiled awkwardly.
"I overlooked that. You Nara Clan ninja really are rather... well, averse to trouble.
"But Nara-kun, your strength really did take me by surprise."
If their first few exchanges had remained at the level of "tactical suppression,"
then the later rounds—especially after Nara Kaikei consecutively used several advanced Shadow Secret Techniques—had elevated the spar into a contest of genuine hard power.
Minato Namikaze did not truly believe that he was no match for Nara Kaikei.
But if he wanted to defeat the other party completely, he would have to bring out some of his genuine trump-card offensive techniques.
For example, the gigantic Mount Myōboku Summoning Beast he had just summoned—Gama Bunta.
For Nara Clan ninja—no, for the vast majority of ninja—
enormous creatures, especially giant ninja beasts that possessed Chakra and could use ninjutsu, were extremely difficult opponents to deal with.
Even relying solely on their size advantage could yield considerable results.
But no matter what, Minato Namikaze would not go so far as to