Minato Namikaze: This Move is Called Flying Raijin

"Naruto."

Minato Namikaze's smile grew even gentler.

He could not imagine how much hardship this child had endured while growing up.

Yet, anyone capable of maintaining their sanity amidst such negative emotions was undoubtedly a person of indomitable spirit.

"Have you been doing well all these years?"

The things Minato Namikaze cared about seemed entirely unrelated to Naruto's questions.

"Everyone treats me very well, couldn't be better."

"First of all, everyone knows I'm the Nine-Tails, so hardly anyone wants to play with me."

"Besides, I have excellent culinary skills; I've been catching and grilling fish to fill my stomach since I was little."

"I became a genin because I learned the Shadow Clone Technique to retrieve a stolen scroll. That's right, I've never been able to control my chakra properly since I was a kid, but no one ever helped me solve it."

"The Third Hokage, that old geezer, occasionally comes to see me, mostly to steal my grilled fish. He loves eating off me while trying to brainwash me."

"The village is getting better and better now. The Uchiha Clan all kicked the bucket a few years ago, and there's only one lone survivor left who is my companion."

"I recently became an apprentice to Master Jiraiya. He taught me quite a few ninjutsu, but he doesn't seem to want to get too involved with the village, always preferring to meet in the forest."

"I'm doing as well as I possibly could be. Is there anything else you'd like to ask?"

Naruto finished speaking in a few short sentences.

Black aura began to emanate from his entire body.

Yet, he remained completely unaffected by it.

Hatred, anger, and darkness were all just natural auras that Naruto exuded.

"No, there isn't."

From these few words, Minato Namikaze could already feel the experiences Naruto had endured over the years.

Sigh.

"I should have expected this. It's just like Kakashi after the White Fang died. This is the ninja world; as long as ninjas exist, war will never cease."

Minato Namikaze had wanted to encourage Naruto to look toward the light.

But after more than a decade of neglect, what right did he have to tell a child to abandon his own self?

"Naruto."

Minato Namikaze knew he did not have much time left.

"No matter what ninja way you choose, your mother and I never intended for you to shoulder every responsibility from the very beginning."

"You are not the Nine-Tails, nor are you just the son of the Hokage or the son of a hero. As the one who seals half of the Nine-Tails, you were born under our expectations as a hero destined to protect Konoha!"

"Our hero, please tell me now what you need."

Minato Namikaze had already sensed Naruto's subtle emotions.

He had come with a request!

This child seemed to have released that darkness intentionally to make him appear.

"I need your signature ninjutsu. If I'm not strong enough, I will soon have nowhere to call home."

Naruto knew that once Orochimaru's Konoha Crush Plan was realized, a series of catastrophes would follow, and within two years, the Akatsuki organization would begin hunting the Tailed Beasts.

"Are you talking about this?"

Minato Namikaze took out a kunai.

The Flying Raijin formula mark was inscribed upon it.

"That's right!"

Naruto and Minato Namikaze bumped their fists together.

"Then let's begin teaching you how to use the Flying Raijin Technique. I hope you can master it quickly; it is quite difficult to grasp!"

Minato Namikaze explained the Flying Raijin formula and the Flying Raijin Second Step attack in full detail.

"Naruto."

"If you can incorporate more ninjutsu and ninja tools into the Flying Raijin, its power will be doubled!"

"For example, my Spiral Flash Super Round Dance Howl Style Three! It can be combined with flash grenades to stun the entire field and rescue people quickly!"

Minato Namikaze spoke with ease and composure.

It was as if they still had plenty of time.

Only his body, which was beginning to dissipate, signaled the truth.

Time was running out.

"Naruto, no matter what ninja way you choose to walk, never doubt yourself. This world has never stopped being controversial, just as the enemies who died by my hands were not necessarily wrong."

"Find your ninja way and keep walking, we'll always be watching you!"

Minato Namikaze scattered into light.

Naruto thought.

It seemed Minato Namikaze still wanted to make Naruto feel better.

Otherwise, telling him his soul was in the Death God's belly from the Dead Demon Consuming Seal would be true despair.

After all, to undo that jutsu, one had to remove the mask of the Uzumaki Clan's dilapidated old village.

"Flying Raijin jutsu formula, got it!"

Naruto cultivated with satisfaction.

"Looks like my perception is pretty good too. I wonder if I count as a sensory ninja."

After throwing a barrage of kunai.

Naruto looked at the still-dazed Nine-Tails again.

After witnessing the heartwarming ninja jutsu tutelage.

The Nine-Tails only found humans boring.

"Kurama, stop pretending. You were watching me train the whole time, why aren't you saying anything?"

Naruto twirled the kunai in his hand.

"It's true, my current setup is still quite ordinary, and my overall combat power is not enough to be completely stable. I must become stronger."

"What about you?"

Naruto tapped the railing.

"You're probably thinking that once I die, you can seize the opportunity to escape. After all, all the Uzumaki Clan in Konoha are dead, and I haven't mastered the clan's sealing jutsu, but Konoha still has the old guys."

"Of course, I've been thinking about something recently. If you're unwilling to cooperate with me for the rest of your life."

"What will happen after I die? Later, I thought of a way, to make myself into a human-shaped puppet. I don't know if it can trap you forever."

"Don't even think about basking in the sun for the rest of your life! Of course, this is just a guess, maybe it's impossible?"

Naruto blurted it all out.

Soon, he resumed his normal training.

The Nine-Tails looked at Naruto dejectedly, its mood growing even lower.

"Humans are truly cunning!"

Forest training ground.

After combining a series of ninjutsu.

Naruto discovered that if he activated Lightning Release Chakra Mode and then used a kunai inscribed with the Flying Raijin formula.

Attacking like a barrage of arrows, passing through in an instant, and then finishing with a Rasengan strike would be the best combat effect.

However, it seemed a bit difficult to train, and he still needed to temper his body to adapt to this extreme state.

Besides that.

Naruto had also finally integrated Wind Release Chakra into the Rasengan.

Creating his first long-range attack, Wind Release: Rasenshuriken!

"I'm not even a Jonin at my age. How can I dominate the pinnacle of the ninja world in the future?"

Naruto started training again, but the Nine-Tails was troubled.

There was still one day left until the official matches of the Chunin Exams.

The Nine-Tails was zoning out as usual.

Naruto, however, finished his training early and returned home to change all his snacks and milk.

After nearly a month of training.

Every day, he tempered his physique with Lightning Armor, practiced perception and instant response with Flying Raijin, developed attacks with Rasengan, and combined it with the environmental influence of Earth Release and the wide-range attacks of Fire Release.

Clone Technique, Taijutsu, and Body Flicker Technique complemented each other.

There were also the summoning jutsu of Toad Gamabunta and the Rabbit family.

For the current Naruto, it was as if he had touched upon all aspects of his skills.

Before the official matches and the Konoha Collapse.

Leisurely drinking tea!

Since he lived in an old apartment with no good balcony for tea.

Naruto simply lay on the rooftop in a starfish position.

He drank his afternoon tea while basking in the sun.

He also entered into an ultimate dialogue with the Nine-Tails in the Sealing Space.

"Kurama! Want to go out and bask in the sun?"