Namikaze Minato recalled what Mito and Zhenyi had told him. With a serious expression, he looked at Torei.
"I have something I'm willing to stake my life on to protect now, so I won't run."
"Hmph, a little brat trying to play the hero and save the damsel, huh? Then I'll make you see reality."
As soon as Torei finished speaking, crackling lightning covered both his arms as he charged at Namikaze Minato.
Namikaze Minato swiftly hurled the kunai in his left hand at Torei. The instant he threw it, he released the kunai in his right hand as well, letting it fall freely to the ground.
Just as the flying kunai came within less than a meter of Torei, Namikaze Minato rapidly formed a hand seal.
With a whoosh.
Namikaze Minato vanished. When he reappeared, he was gripping the thrown kunai in a reverse hold with his right hand. Wind-nature chakra quickly coated the blade as it shot straight toward Torei's face.
Although Namikaze Minato had not mastered Hyuga Shinichi's Wind-Riding Sword Technique, he had learned its basic move, Windflow Coating.
There was no denying that Namikaze Minato was a true genius. His failure to learn the Wind-Riding Sword Technique could only mean that swordsmanship did not suit him.
After all, the Wind-Riding Sword Technique did not consist of moves alone. It also incorporated all kinds of sword techniques collected by the Second Hokage and compiled together by Hyuga Shinichi.
Torei looked disdainfully at the kunai stabbing toward him. Even coated in wind-nature chakra, it made no difference.
He raised his left arm to block the incoming kunai. The blade struck the lightning covering his arm and was stopped, unable to advance even an inch further.
Namikaze Minato's eyes widened at the sight.
*How could the lightning covering his