Half a Year

"Senior Orochimaru..."

Namikaze Minato sighed softly, "He's a troublesome opponent."

At this moment, Orochimaru was at the peak of his power.

As one of Konoha's Sannin, he held immense fame within Konoha and was responsible for a battlefield during this war.

Apart from not being as dazzling as Namikaze Minato, everything else about him was commendable.

Coupled with his past experience and status, he was definitely a formidable opponent.

As the two were discussing, the sound of footsteps suddenly came from outside.

A moment later, Kakashi pushed open the door, looking at the scene in the room with some astonishment.

"Teacher, why are you here?"

He looked at Namikaze Minato, who was sitting upright in the room, his face full of surprise.

But even more surprising was Nanchuan You.

In the room, Nanchuan You and Namikaze Minato were sitting opposite each other, chatting enthusiastically. The atmosphere was incredibly lively, as if they were old friends who hadn't seen each other in years.

"What... what's going on?"

Looking at the two of them in front of him, chatting happily like old friends, Kakashi was a bit lost.

He felt like he was in the way.

I shouldn't have come back?

The thought flashed through his mind.

"Ah, it's Kakashi."

Only when Kakashi entered the room did Namikaze Minato notice him. He couldn't help but smile apologetically, "Sorry, we were too engrossed in our conversation and didn't notice you come in."

"What were you guys talking about?"

Kakashi was curious.

"Just some rumors from within Konoha."

Namikaze Minato smiled and subtly changed the subject.

He chatted with Kakashi for a while before finding an opportunity to leave.

After he left, Nanchuan You also found an excuse to leave, but he left behind the gift he brought for Kakashi.

Only Kakashi remained, his face full of confusion.

Are they all in such a hurry?

Standing there, he looked at the receding figures of Nanchuan You and the other man, feeling inexplicably bewildered.

In the following time, Nanchuan You and Namikaze Minato gradually became familiar with each other.

They often discussed various matters within Konoha together.

And in this process, they grew closer.

Namikaze Minato's mastery of Ninjutsu was already profound.

Among the people around Nanchuan You, he was definitely the one with the highest attainment in Ninjutsu, to the point where he could even create his own techniques.

As for Nanchuan You, his achievements in many fields also earned Namikaze Minato's admiration.

Except for his relative lack of knowledge in Ninjutsu, he was almost a jack-of-all-trades.

This was especially true in development and governance.

This surprised Namikaze Minato.

Strategic ability could be explained by talent, but other abilities like these seemed to be honed through practice and experience.

Nanchuan You was only nine years old now, how could he have honed such strong political and governance skills?

Namikaze Minato couldn't figure it out.

But this didn't prevent him from valuing Nanchuan You even more.

A little over a month later, a piece of news from the outside world further deepened his impression.

There was news from Iwagakure.

The Kumogakure army invaded the Land of Earth but ended up walking into a trap, suffering heavy losses.

To cover the safe retreat of the army, the Third Raikage single-handedly held the rear, facing tens of thousands of Iwagakure ninja alone. He fought for three days before succumbing to exhaustion and dying.

The news caused an uproar in all directions.

"It really turned out to be as You predicted."

In the camp, listening to the news from outside, Namikaze Minato marveled inwardly.

Before this incident, Nanchuan You had predicted the state of the Ninja World.

And now, the situation in the Ninja World was exactly as he had predicted, with virtually no difference.

Namikaze Minato couldn't help but sigh at such powerful judgment.

After the Third Raikage died, his son inherited the title of A and became the Fourth Raikage.

But from then on, Kumogakure also entered a period of recovery, losing the drive for further expansion.

The situation in the Ninja World gradually calmed down.

Half a year later.

Nanchuan You stood alone before a forest.

In his hand, a ball of chakra gathered, then surged forward fiercely.

Rasengan!

Powerful chakra converged into ninjutsu, directly destroying the dummy in front of him, its might far exceeding ordinary ninjutsu.

"Very good."

Not far away, Namikaze Minato smiled. "At this point, you've mastered the Rasengan ninjutsu. All you need to do now is keep practicing."

"As expected of You, to achieve this in just over a month."

He looked at You with some amazement.

Over the past six months, in addition to their conversations, he had also been teaching You ninjutsu.

As a Medical Ninja, Nanchuan You was outstanding.

He wielded his Medical Ninjutsu very well, performing excellently in many aspects, far surpassing ordinary Medical Ninjas.

However, in other areas, he was relatively lacking.

After all, his previous life was just that of an ordinary student who had drifted through the Ninja Academy for a few years, barely learning the basics.

While his foundation was decent, it wasn't exceptional.

Namikaze Minato's teachings had perfectly compensated for this.

In just half a year, Nanchuan You had filled his shortcomings, reaching a level comparable to a Jonin in many aspects.

For his age, this was already a remarkable achievement.

"It's all thanks to your excellent teaching, Teacher Minato."

Nanchuan You smiled. "If it weren't for your patient guidance, I probably wouldn't have progressed so quickly with anyone else."

"Likewise,"

Namikaze Minato shook his head and then said, "After finishing your Rasengan training, the next step is to practice elemental transformation."

"You have many options in this regard, so you can take your time to consider."

As early as six months ago, when he first began teaching Nanchuan You, Namikaze Minato had conducted a chakra nature transformation test on him.

The result of that test was very surprising.

Nanchuan You possessed all five major chakra natures innately, meaning he had all of them without any deficiencies.

Namikaze Minato and Kakashi found this surprising, but Nanchuan You considered it normal.

After all, he was a Karma inheritor, modified by Karma's power, and could now be considered a partially complete Otsutsuki body.

Given the Otsutsuki clan's affinity for chakra, possessing all chakra natures was perfectly normal and not surprising.

"You mentioned last time that you wanted to learn the Flying Thunder God Technique?"

Namikaze Minato looked at Nanchuan You and spoke again.

"Yes."

Nanchuan You nodded.

Since he had finally become Namikaze Minato's disciple, the thing he wanted to learn most was naturally the Flying Thunder God Technique that his teacher mastered.

The Flying Thunder God Technique was an extremely rare space-time ninjutsu and the foundation of Namikaze Minato's power.

Even in the late stages when combat power constantly devalued, it was one of the few techniques that hadn't become obsolete and could still play an important role.