Scorching Crimson: Super Fierce Flame Dotō Rising Dragon Finisher, 100th Style: Oniyaki

Scorching Crimson: Super Fierce Flame Dotō Rising Dragon Finisher, 100th Style: Oniyaki

Half a month later, Uchiha Mai stood by the lake with tears in his eyes, spread his arms, and shouted at the sky, "I am invincible under heaven!"

All that was missing was the Small Knife Society Overture for background music.

For an entire half month, no one knew what kind of torment Uchiha Mai had endured over those fifteen days.

Every day, Master Minato offered suggestions that sounded perfectly reasonable but were actually completely useless. Mai had nearly been blown into PTSD.

Still, under Master Minato's guidance, Uchiha Mai had finally fully developed the 100th Style: Oniyaki after half a month.

But Uchiha Mai had every reason to suspect that Namikaze Minato had simply gotten lucky and stumbled into a solution by sheer chance, because Master Minato had sounded confident every time he offered a suggestion.

This was a small step for the 100th Style: Oniyaki and a giant leap for Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts!

From now on, whenever Uchiha Mai wanted to develop new Fire Style Nintaijutsu, he would no longer need to consider issues such as chakra flow speed and pathways.

He only needed to think about how to make his techniques cooler and maximize the value of his chakra, achieving twice the result with half the effort.

His excellent student had developed an awesome Nintaijutsu, and Minato, as his teacher, was also thrilled. He slung an arm around Mai's shoulders and said excitedly, "I knew there wouldn't be any problems.

"Look, it only took half a month for us to work together and develop an entirely new Nintaijutsu system. I really do have a talent for teaching."

Powerful Nintaijutsu was no less formidable than a Kekkei Genkai. For example, the Lightning Style Nintaijutsu of the Hidden Cloud lineage, when mastered, could beat up Tailed Beasts and Jinchuriki.

From Minato's perspective, Mai's Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts possessed enormous potential, with plenty of room for future improvement and development.

Developing this kind of Nintaijutsu was almost as difficult as fusing two chakra natures into a Kekkei Genkai. The two of them had completed it in just half a month, which truly was worth celebrating.

Uchiha Mai was in high spirits and did not feel like mocking Master Minato.

Master Minato kept smiling and steered the conversation toward something he was deeply interested in. "Mai, your Nintaijutsu has already been developed.

"Have you named this technique yet?

"After all, I contributed a great deal to developing it too. I'm not trying to claim credit; I'm just saying, the technique's name..."

Uchiha Mai immediately became alert. Master Minato had finally shown his true colors.

As a somewhat airheaded chuuni youth, Namikaze Minato possessed an astonishing talent for naming things, and he was especially enthusiastic about naming other people's techniques.

During the Fourth Shinobi World War in the original story, Naruto and Uchiha Sasuke had merely combined the Rasenshuriken with Kagutsuchi, yet Master Minato had given it a tongue-twisting name.

Something like Scorch Release: Howling Gale Black Arrow Zero Style.

Honestly, Naruto had more than one technique with an awkwardly long name. Even Senju Hashirama had pulled something like that as a child, creating the Taijutsu Secret Art: Super Fire Style Illusion Slash Giant Shuriken Second Stage Technique.

Master Minato's problem was that, aside from the Rasengan, nearly every technique he named had an awkward and chuuni-sounding title.

Uchiha Mai had reason to suspect that Jiraiya had named the Rasengan.

The stage had been set, and Master Minato had finally revealed his dagger. His urge to perform had flared up, and he could not wait to name Mai's technique.

Fortunately, Uchiha Mai had come prepared and blurted out, "I'm sorry, Teacher Minato, but I've already named this technique.

"It's called Mai Style Ancient Martial Arts: Scorching Crimson: Super Fierce Flame Dotō Rising Dragon Finisher, 100th Style: Oniyaki!"

Fight magic with magic; fight chuuni with chuuni.

Namikaze Minato froze slightly when he heard the name, then felt solemn respect rise in his heart. I lost. I lost completely.

Who would have thought that my student, who seemed so ordinary, possessed such astonishing naming talent? The name I spent so long thinking up cannot compare to this incredibly cool one at all.

Perhaps this is what it means to surpass one's teacher.

Might Guy and Kakashi were already too exhausted to complain. What kind of ridiculous name was that?

Many times, ninjas shouted the names of their techniques in battle to bolster their momentum and strengthen their confidence. Spiritual energy was one of the sources of chakra, so this behavior could indeed enhance a ninja's strength to a certain extent.

But could anyone really shout such a long, tongue-twisting name in front of an opponent?

Namikaze Minato: Hello, don't slander me. Some can.

After the farce, they finally returned to business.

Namikaze Minato gathered the three kids and said, "After half a month, everyone's teamwork has been trained to a satisfactory level. You can now execute sophisticated combinations.

"Mai's Nintaijutsu has also been preliminarily developed. Our team's strength has improved considerably, and we can handle many situations and enemies.

"I think it's time to take on a mission of sufficiently high rank and test the results of everyone's training."

A mission of sufficiently high rank...

"How high?" Kakashi asked.

"Emmm, probably an A-Rank mission. I believe everyone can handle it." Minato clenched his fist encouragingly.

Starting with an A-Rank mission? Now that had some punch!

At eighteen, Namikaze Minato had already completed many A-Rank missions independently and had even taken on several S-Rank missions. Now that he had three students with him, wouldn't A-Rank missions be easy enough?

"Awesome! If Dad learns that I've already started carrying out A-Rank missions, he'll definitely be happy for me!" Might Guy cheered jubilantly.

As a Genin, Might Duy could not independently accept missions of overly high rank, so his income had never been very high.

Now that he could carry out A-Rank missions, even if the reward had to be split among several people, he would certainly earn a good deal of money and let his father work a little less hard.

Don't ask. Just know that I completed an A-Rank mission alongside Namikaze Minato.

After obtaining the three kids' agreement, Namikaze Minato led his students toward the Hokage Office.

Along the way, he chattered nonstop about all sorts of precautions for carrying out missions, imparting life experience and improving his students' posture level.

Konoha had a dedicated Mission Hall for issuing and accepting all kinds of low-rank missions.

An A-Rank mission was already considered very high-level. Even many newly promoted Jonin would face danger while carrying one out.

To issue or accept such a mission, one had to consult the Hokage personally. The Hokage would evaluate the recipient's strength and only issue the mission after becoming certain there was a high probability of completion.

No matter how many ninjas Konoha had, they could not simply send them to their deaths.

Before long, the group hurried to the door of the Hokage Office. Minato politely raised his hand and knocked lightly.

"Come in." It was Sarutobi Hiruzen's voice.

The group pushed open the door and entered, arriving before the Hokage's desk.

Sarutobi Hiruzen set down the document in his hand, looked up at them, and asked, "Minato, is it? What do you need?"

Before Minato could answer, Might Guy jumped out and eagerly replied, "Lord Hokage, we want to accept an A-Rank mission. Teacher Minato says we already have the strength to take on A-Rank missions."