"Impressive..."
"To concentrate such a massive amount of Lightning Release chakra in his hand..."
"A jutsu that stimulates the body's vitality to achieve incredible speed, perfectly combining a charge with a strike."
When two enemies met on a narrow road, the braver one prevailed. Yu, transformed into a streak of lightning as he charged forward, was about to enter Munashi Jinpachi's explosive range.
But the unfamiliar voice that suddenly rang out made both Yu and Munashi Jinpachi freeze.
"What?!"
For a fleeting moment, Yu seemed to see a yellow flash pass before his eyes. His eyes widened in disbelief.
A man.
A man had appeared out of thin air between Yu and Munashi Jinpachi!
He had golden hair, wore a Konoha flak jacket, and had a handsome, youthful face bearing a warm smile. His azure eyes, however, were razor-sharp.
"You've done well..."
"Leave the rest to me!"
The blond young man who had suddenly appeared before him spoke to Yu.
At the very instant the explosive scroll in Munashi Jinpachi's hand detonated, he reached out and grabbed Yu's left wrist, the one thrusting forward with Chidori.
The Yellow Flash... Minato Namikaze?!
Gazing at the man who seemed like a ray of golden sunlight cleaving through the darkness of the Ninja World, Yu was completely stunned.
A name that resounded throughout the Ninja World flashed through his mind like a bolt of lightning.
"Boom! Boom! Boom!"
Munashi Jinpachi's explosive scroll finally detonated. A ring of violent explosions blasted the area between them into a vacuum.
But Yu felt the world spinning around him. In the blink of an eye, the blond man had carried him over to the grass nearby.
"I actually... got saved by the Fourth Hokage?!"
Having escaped Munashi Jinpachi's explosive scroll, Yu stared at the man before him,