The Coming War

Master Minato nodded repeatedly as he listened. When something seemed hard to believe, he asked questions and discussed with Hyuuga Kagetora what lay beneath the surface.

Konoha and Kumogakure's forces had fought for barely twenty minutes, but Hyuuga Kagetora managed to talk about it for half an hour. He was remarkably good at padding it out.

"That's the power of the Dual Kekkei Genkai!" Master Minato exclaimed.

A Kekkei Genkai generally referred to a special chakra nature created by combining two chakra natures. The Sharingan and Byakugan were unusual forms of Kekkei Genkai.

Uchiha Mai's blue fire was Litwick's Flame. The public explanation was that his Sharingan and innate fire nature had produced a special reaction.

Orochimaru called it a kind of Kekkei Genkai, and there seemed to be nothing wrong with that.

Whether one went by the truth or the public explanation, it deserved the name Kekkei Genkai.

Then Master Minato felt his wording had been off and added, "Of course, I'm not saying Mai is strong only because of his Kekkei Genkai.

"Even with a Dual Kekkei Genkai, reaching this level of strength at his age requires a deep understanding of both."

"In short,"

Hyuuga Kagetora concluded, "Mai has powerful Kekkei Genkai, and his grasp of them is rock-solid.

"The result? Mai is formidably strong. He cut down three Jonin by himself as easily as cutting weeds."

"That's an exaggeration.

"Without your help, Kagetora, I couldn't have killed them all. I might even have died here." Uchiha Mai waved a hand modestly.

Hyuuga Kagetora had contributed a great deal to this battle too.

Uchiha Mai had led his team to victory over Kumogakure's forces and killed three Jonin. It looked like the weak defeating the strong, but in truth, it was the strong defeating the strong.

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