When Uchiha Matsuri activated his Sharingan and the sandstorm lost its effect, Rasa canceled it.
After maintaining the technique for so long, Rasa had only thirty percent of his chakra left. If he didn't deal with Uchiha Matsuri soon, he'd be in danger of being killed the moment his chakra ran out.
Once the sandstorm subsided, Uchiha Matsuri and Rasa resumed their fight. With his Sharingan active, Uchiha Matsuri could see Rasa's Hand Seals and movements clearly, weakening Rasa's advantage to some extent.
But even with Rasa's advantage diminished, Uchiha Matsuri remained at an absolute disadvantage. As the chakra released by the Yin Seal ran low, Matsuri gradually slowed down and began to lose ground.
"It seems I overestimated him. Activating the Sharingan when he's almost out of chakra makes him nothing more than a spent force." Rasa gave a cold snort, his eyes full of disdain.
Seeing Uchiha Matsuri make a mistake, Rasa immediately formed Hand Seals.
"Magnet Release: Gold Sand Raging Waves!"
The gold sand on the ground surged into the air and rolled toward Uchiha Matsuri. After using the Clone Technique, Rasa's clone ran after the sand, holding a Shuriken.
Uchiha Matsuri used Earth Release to barely fend off the incoming sand and "Rasa." But he didn't realize that the real Rasa had already used the Clone Technique and was quietly circling behind him while Matsuri focused all his attention on the approaching sand and clone.
"Final blow."
The real Rasa suddenly appeared behind Uchiha Matsuri, holding a Shuriken.
By the time Matsuri realized he'd been tricked, Rasa's Shuriken was already about to pierce his neck.
"Am I really going to die here?"
Uchiha Matsuri was unwilling to accept it.
Matsuri had already died once, and he'd spent ten years in the world of Naruto. He'd once made bold declarations at the Ninja Academy, swearing he'd become Hokage, only to face death at the hands of someone his own age just one year after graduating.
At the moment Rasa's Shuriken was about to pierce his neck, a streak of yellow light suddenly appeared in Uchiha Matsuri's vision. It appeared and vanished in an instant. Even with his Single Tomoe Sharingan activated, Matsuri couldn't make out what it was.
But two seconds after the flash disappeared, Matsuri stared in shock as Rasa, who had just been beside him, lay ten meters away, clutching his chest.
Having vaguely read the original Naruto story in his previous life, Uchiha Matsuri immediately understood.
Could it be... could it be...
"Matsuri, are you all right?" Minato Namikaze looked at Uchiha Matsuri, who was covered in wounds, with concern.
"I'm all right. Did you come alone?" Uchiha Matsuri asked, his voice tinged with excitement.
"Teacher Jiraiya and E are coming too. But since I learned the Flying Thunder God Technique, I got here first," Minato Namikaze replied.
"Right, hurry and help Kushina and Shin! They've been holding out for two hours. They're probably almost out of chakra." Uchiha Matsuri gave a quiet cough and spoke softly to Minato Namikaze.
Minato Namikaze glanced at Rasa of the Sand Waterfall lying nearby, then threw a specially made Kunai in Kushina's direction. The next second, he vanished from Uchiha Matsuri's sight and appeared beside Kushina Uzumaki.
"Minato!" Kushina Uzumaki cried out in delight.
After more than two hours of fighting, even Kushina Uzumaki, with her immense chakra, had been reduced to almost nothing. If reinforcements didn't arrive soon, she'd have no choice but to give up resisting.
"Kushina, leave this to me."
Minato Namikaze gave Kushina Uzumaki a gentle look, then joined the battle against the Sand ninja.
In fact, Minato Namikaze had fallen for the cheerful, lively Kushina Uzumaki back at the Ninja Academy, and had tried several times to get close to her. But she didn't seem interested in him. She even seemed to like the boys who often picked on her more than she liked him. What was more, Minato was disappointed to hear Kushina describe herself in conversations with others as "a weird person" and "like a little girl."
What Minato Namikaze didn't know was that on the first day of the school year at the Ninja Academy, Kushina Uzumaki had taken an interest in Uchiha Matsuri, who sat by the window in the back row. That was why the usually boisterous Kushina acted as docile as a kitten when she sat beside Matsuri.
Perhaps it was the natural attraction between "Type A people" and "Type B people." The outgoing, lively Kushina Uzumaki had developed a strong affection for the quiet, taciturn Uchiha Matsuri. Matsuri was one of the people involved, not a fool, so he could naturally tell that Kushina had special feelings for him.
However, as someone who had crossed over from another world, Uchiha Matsuri didn't want to ruin the relationship between the model couple "Minato and Kushina." But even Matsuri had to admit that from the day he crossed over, the world of Naruto and the direction of its story had been completely thrown off course.
From defeating Minato Namikaze in the graduation exam to causing a commotion in Kirigakure with Orochimaru, Uchiha Matsuri had gradually changed the story of Naruto as a troublemaker. And these changes had all taken place in just one year. Give Matsuri another thirty years, and even Uchiha Madara might never be successfully revived.
Beside Uchiha Matsuri.
After Minato Namikaze kicked him away, Rasa of the Sand Waterfall lay on the ground, clutching his chest and gasping for breath.
"I never expected Konoha to have such a bizarre ninja," Rasa said gloomily, looking up. After his surprise attack failed, his spirits plummeted.
He'd been on the verge of killing Uchiha Matsuri, only for an unexpected "interloper" to show up. And this "interloper" was incredibly fast, appearing and vanishing without Rasa sensing him at all. Even Rasa, who specialized in winning with speed, couldn't explain the bizarre situation.
Ten meters away, Uchiha Matsuri saw Rasa lying on the ground, gasping for breath. He slowly moved toward him.
"Want to keep going?" Uchiha Matsuri asked suddenly. With the little chakra he had left, he couldn't kill Rasa—or even muster enough chakra for a weak ninjutsu.
"I'm done." Rasa hadn't had much chakra to begin with, and he'd used a lot of Magnet Release techniques in his battle with Uchiha Matsuri. Now he had about as much chakra left as Matsuri.
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