Those guarding the soul inheritances of the Five Guardian Giant Dragons sensed it immediately and turned toward the Giant Dragon statues. Minato said, "It looks like the inheritance is complete. I wonder how it went."
Barely had Minato finished speaking when the Fourth Raikage appeared before him. Looking at the lightning flashing all over the Fourth Raikage's body, Minato smiled. "It seems your strength has grown considerably. At your current speed, even I can't keep up with you."
The Fourth Raikage laughed heartily. "Hahahaha! I've improved quite a bit, but when it comes to speed, I think we're about evenly matched now."
Minato smiled. "Heh, you're being modest, Raikage. At your current speed, even if my Flying Thunder God Technique is faster than you, my reactions can't keep up."
The Fourth Raikage chuckled and stopped being modest. Minato was telling the truth: he really was much faster than Minato now, and any further modesty would have been affected. The Fourth Raikage had always been straightforward and never put on airs.
The Fourth Raikage said, "Let's find Darui and C, then get to the Land of Iron as quickly as possible." Minato nodded, and the two left the barrier, emerging outside Thunder Gorge.
As soon as the Fourth Raikage and Minato emerged, they saw Darui and C frantically searching for them. Darui spotted them first and exclaimed in delight, "Lord Raikage, there you are! C and I have been looking for you for ages. We couldn't find you anywhere and thought something had happened to you!"
C hurried over as well and asked, "Lord Raikage, what happened? And the man beside you looks like Konoha's Fourth Hokage."
The Fourth Raikage nodded. "He is the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze. As for everything else, we'll discuss it once we reach the Land of