Though he had been mocked to his face, Namikaze Minato showed no sign of flying into a rage from humiliation.
His expression was somewhat grave, but his azure eyes remained calm.
After exchanging two moves with the Third Raikage, he understood that he could not effectively restrain the other man's actions by himself.
The Flying Thunder God Technique did grant him unparalleled mobility, but the Rasengan he had yet to successfully fuse with Wind Style nature transformation could not break through the Raikage's Lightning Armor.
Of course, he did not yet know that even if he developed the [Wind Style: Rasenshuriken], defenses that could not be broken would still remain unbroken.
As for other Wind Style Ninjutsu, it was difficult to guarantee a hit against the Third Raikage's speed.
In the end, though he had relied on the [Flying Thunder God Technique] to make one trick work everywhere, the weakness of his insufficient offensive power was laid bare when he encountered an enemy whose style countered his own.
After all, he was still too young.
However, he did not sit around waiting to die, nor did he wait for Fugaku Uchiha and the others ahead to return and support him.
The moment the Third Raikage suddenly appeared, this war had been destined to shatter the balance that had previously been maintained. With only the manpower currently on the battlefield, it was already impossible to devise a perfect response.
But since the Cloud Village could call in the Third Raikage, there was no reason Konoha could not call for reinforcements, right?
Calling for backup—who couldn't do that?
Minato had already used Gamaken to pass the message to Jiraiya.
If nothing unexpected happened, Jiraiya should have already been reverse summoned to Mount Myōboku by now.
Now, Minato only needed to wait for