When Yagami entered the park, he first saw the ANBU fighting among themselves.
More than a dozen ANBU were locked in chaotic combat, and several ANBU corpses already lay on the ground.
There really were Cloud Ninja spies among the new ANBU recruits!
During the battle that wiped out the Uzumaki Clan, Konoha had only sent ANBU. The ANBU suffered devastating casualties, with four squads being crippled and rebuilt one after another.
The rebuilt ANBU was a mixed bag, and Cloud Ninja spies had actually infiltrated it.
Avoiding the battle between the ANBU ninja, Yagami rushed out of the woods and saw Uzumaki Kushina slung over the shoulder of a Cloud Ninja spy.
If Uzumaki Kushina were taken to Kumogakure, she would definitely be dissected and studied for her Sealing Jutsu.
Yagami hurried after them.
Bringing Uzumaki Kushina back would be a major achievement. An A-rank mission was guaranteed, and he might even earn an S-rank mission.
The million-ryo reward for an S-rank mission would be enough for him to live it up for three months.
The ANBU spy darted through the alleys, constantly slipping into the darkness and vanishing from sight.
As expected of a spy, he knew Konoha extremely well—far better than Yagami did. Yagami rarely came to the western district of the village.
Yagami stopped and started, needing time each time to search the darkness for the Cloud Ninja.
To be safe, Yagami took out an Exploding Tag Kunai and threw it high into the air.
The Exploding Tag exploded overhead.
The nearby ninja and ANBU all understood that this was an emergency warning signal.
Soon, the spy disappeared through a hole beneath Konoha's wall.
Yagami suddenly understood.
The park beside the Senju Clan Compound—Uzumaki Kushina had been abducted, yet the Senju Clan had shown no reaction for some reason.
The village was deeply dissatisfied with the Senju Clan's control over Uzumaki Kushina. If anything happened to her, perhaps the higher-ups would have an excuse to move against the Senju Clan.
Some of what happened tonight might have been allowed by the ANBU.
The spies had performed far too flawlessly. Something was off.
They had actually made a hole beneath Konoha's wall.
Yagami quickly crawled through the hole and followed them out of the village.
Just after leaving the wall, Yagami heard a noise from the hole behind him.
Yagami hid behind a nearby tree.
A blond-haired boy crawled out of the hole, clutching several strands of red hair in his hand.
Minato Namikaze truly was sharp. He had noticed the red hair Uzumaki Kushina had left behind long ago.
Yagami suddenly felt restless.
Minato Namikaze was a speed-type ninja with incredibly fast reactions.
Ninjutsu and Chakra Quantity could be improved gradually.
One speed could overcome ten thousand techniques. Fast reactions were true speed.
He had originally followed Uzumaki Kushina just to snag an A-rank or S-rank mission so he could enjoy himself at the Izakaya.
But things had changed.
While Minato Namikaze still knew few ninjutsu, he might be able to draw another ability that improved his reaction speed.
As for protecting the Uzumaki Princess, that was Konoha's business. What did it have to do with him?
Following Minato Namikaze out of the village, Yagami moved the moment Minato Namikaze spotted Uzumaki Kushina and his attention was completely drawn to her!
He was dressed in casual clothes tonight and carried no ninja sword. Gripping a Kunai, Yagami leaped fiercely from the treetop.
Holding the Kunai in both hands, he drove it viciously toward Minato Namikaze's head.
Minato Namikaze was jumping along the tree trunks and was very close to Yagami.
In midair, despair slowly filled Yagami's eyes.
He saw Minato Namikaze look up.
Minato Namikaze's gaze was cold.
He had completely tracked Yagami's movements.
Not only that, he swept his gaze over Yagami from top to bottom—his mask, Kunai, hands and feet. He even glanced at the treetop where Yagami had just been hiding.
All those eye movements had been completed in an instant.
Even a Three-Tomoe Sharingan might not be able to match such reaction speed.
Minato Namikaze planted his front foot and abruptly stopped his forward momentum, standing on the tree trunk.
Yagami landed in front of Minato Namikaze. With his sneak attack having failed, he hurriedly swung his Kunai.
Minato Namikaze reacted even faster, bending at the waist to dodge the Kunai.
With one hand, he grabbed Yagami's wrist. With the other, he drove his Kunai into Yagami's abdomen.
Too fast!
He had completely seen through every movement Yagami made and reacted accordingly.
Whether it was his powers of observation, neural transmission, or muscular response, they were all top-tier.
Was this what a natural-born ninja was like?
Was this the fate of a villain?
He could not even defeat Minato Namikaze from the Ninja Academy and was killed by an elementary school student.
It made Yagami look like a clown.
Before Naruto was born, Minato Namikaze was the current child of destiny in this world. Provoking the child of destiny had gotten him killed quickly.
His vision went black, then shifted.
Yagami returned to the night of the previous full moon, appearing in the backyard of the Wayo Izakaya.
Joy was sweating profusely above him.
Yagami closed his eyes and enjoyed... the system reward.
Arc of the Crescent Moon activated!
The host only had one chance to revive each month. After death, he would revive on the previous night of the full moon.
Reward: one draw opportunity:
1—Wind Style Chakra;
2—Chunin-level Chakra Quantity (stackable);
3—Reactive Reflex (second breakthrough).
Wind Style Chakra—Minato Namikaze's initial Chakra nature was wind, just like Naruto's in the original story.
This nature was temporarily useless to Yagami.
After he went to the Land of Soup and encountered a large number of Cloud Ninja, he could consider acquiring Wind Style Chakra to counter Lightning Style.
Chunin-level Chakra Quantity proved that Minato Namikaze's Chakra Quantity far exceeded that of a genin.
In the original story, Minato Namikaze possessed enormous Chakra reserves. Transferring Tailed Beasts and Tailed Beast Bombs was no problem for him.
Looking at the third option, Yagami was overjoyed.
There really was an ability that increased reaction speed!
Reactive Reflex, second breakthrough!
Yagami quickly chose the third reward.
In an instant, Yagami's reflex nerves became more active. His visual nerves, spinal nerves, and muscle nerves were all strengthened.
Yagami's reaction speed had originally been 0.2 seconds. After the first enhancement, it had become 0.15 seconds.
He saw a glistening bead of sweat hanging from Kyouko's chin.
The bead of sweat suddenly fell from Kyouko's chin, and Yagami reached out to catch it.
Judging from the height at which he caught it, his reaction speed was now around 0.12 seconds.
The first breakthrough had improved it by 0.05 seconds, while the second breakthrough improved it by 0.03 seconds.
Reaction speed truly was difficult to improve. Trying to improve it by 0.03 seconds through training alone was probably impossible.
"Ugh! Why are you catching my falling sweat? Are you laughing at me for being too proactive?"
"I just felt bad that you were tired."
The next morning, Yagami left the Izakaya feeling refreshed.
He hoped to encounter more speed-type ninja and improve his reaction speed multiple times.
Once his reaction speed became the strongest in the ninja world, he could become a taijutsu powerhouse through reaction speed alone.
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