"Minato, Minato, it really has been a long time!"
Although Uchiha Yue had stood slightly stunned for two seconds after Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki appeared, those mere two seconds were nowhere near enough for the Five Kage to reverse their earlier defeat. Just like now, the Third Tsuchikage, Rasa, and the Fourth Raikage had already suffered crushing defeats at Uchiha Yue's hands. Of the Five Kage, only the Third Hokage and the Fifth Mizukage remained capable of fighting. Under such circumstances, the battle between the Five Kage and Asura existed in name only.
However, after Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki appeared, Uchiha Yue knew that, as Asura, he still had not finished this battle.
The opponents he would face next would mostly be familiar faces from Konoha.
They were the Third Hokage, Minato Namikaze, and Kushina Uzumaki, along with an acquaintance from Kirigakure, Mei Terumi—or rather, the Fifth Mizukage.
Then, after Uchiha Yue returned Minato Namikaze and Kushina Uzumaki's greeting with the same words, none of the three spoke another word. Whether it was Uchiha Yue, Minato Namikaze, or Kushina Uzumaki, they all understood perfectly well that they were no longer friends, but enemies.
Minato Namikaze in particular had earned the Third Hokage's trust after Uchiha Yue's departure, practically becoming the leader of Konoha's new generation. Thus, the moment Uchiha Yue finished speaking was the moment this leader of Konoha's new generation made his move. Just as Uchiha Yue snapped out of his two-second daze, Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique. He first threw out a kunai, then flashed directly in front of Uchiha Yue, gripping the kunai as he slashed for Uchiha Yue's throat.
Yet when Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God Technique, he had never considered how laughable it was to use a space-time