Konoha Taijutsu Secret Technique

In fact, as long as Feng Xun had been willing to think about it, he would have understood that Kushina, as the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, was absolutely not someone an ordinary Genin could handle, even if she had yet to develop Nine-Tails Mode. Naruto had once crushed Mizuki despite being considered dead last, and Mizuki had been a Chunin.

On the field.

Minato, who had been flung away by Kushina, performed two flips in midair before landing steadily on the ground.

Seeing that Kushina did not continue attacking and was instead waiting for him to attack again, he scratched his head with a wry smile. "Kushina really can't be underestimated!"

"Hmph, I'm going to become Naruto's woman. Of course I have this much strength."

Before she finished speaking, Kushina rapidly formed hand seals with both hands.

Shadow Clone Technique

A cloud of smoke rose first, followed by two clones identical to Kushina appearing at her sides.

"You've even mastered the B-rank Shadow Clone Technique?"

Minato raised his brows and no longer dared to be careless.

He took a deep breath, then suddenly appeared before the three Kushinas the next second.

"So fast!!!"

Feng Xun, watching from below, was stunned. Although Minato had displayed this kind of unbelievable speed during his fight with Uchiha Ryu, most of Feng Xun's attention then had been drawn to Minato's flashy taijutsu. He had not noticed that Minato already possessed such astonishing mobility.

No wonder Minato would develop the Flying Thunder God, famous for its speed, in the future. He must have realized that taijutsu had an insurmountable speed barrier, which was why he went on to develop space-time ninjutsu.

Thinking that, Feng Xun turned his gaze back to the field.

Having rapidly closed in on Kushina, Minato no longer dared to hold back out of consideration for her. Though he did not take out any ninja tools, he still drove his fist into Kushina's abdomen.

Bang!!!

The Kushina Minato struck suddenly turned into smoke.

A shadow clone?

Without pausing, Minato quickly left his original position. Behind where he had just stood, another Kushina fiercely kicked forward.

Minato took advantage of the opening, closed in again, and kicked her in the back.

Bang!!!

Another shadow clone?

"You pretty boy, you let your guard down!"

While Minato was still searching for Kushina's real body, Kushina's voice suddenly came from the smoke that had nearly dispersed. Then a fist carrying a powerful gust of wind shot out from within the smoke.

Unable to dodge in time, Minato quickly raised both hands in front of himself.

Kushina was somewhat disdainful of Minato's hasty defense. She was extremely confident in the power of her fist. Even if this punch did not hit one of his vital points, she believed it would definitely make this arrogant pretty boy suffer.

But ideals were beautiful; reality was cruel.

When Kushina's fist struck Minato, Minato suddenly turned into a log.

The Substitution Technique? When did he use it?

Startled and uncertain, Kushina hurriedly looked around for Minato. At that moment, Minato's voice suddenly sounded behind her.

"Konoha Taijutsu Secret Technique, Breast-Grabbing Dragon Claw!" (Ahem! Old Cat is absolutely not a pervert.)

Under the astonished gazes of everyone present, Minato, who had always seemed like a prince, reached both hands around from beneath Kushina's arms and pressed them directly against her completely flat chest.

Squeeze!!!

Minato's unexpected move caused Kushina, who had remained expressionless throughout the fight, to completely lose her composure. She should have taken the opportunity to punch him hard, but for some reason, despite having no visible injuries, her entire body felt weak.

Uh, just like Xun said, Kushina has lost her ability to fight. But what should I do next?

Seeing Kushina nearly collapse, Minato blinked and began considering his next move.

The follow-up his younger brother had taught him was to grab a soft, squishy place, then squeeze it twice to make the opponent surrender willingly. But Minato felt that he had not actually touched anything.

No choice. Even if I didn't touch anything soft and squishy like Xun said, I just need to squeeze, right?

Thinking that, Minato gently squeezed twice more.

Yet those two light touches made Kushina's face, already red to the tips of her ears, rapidly darken. "You damned perverted pretty boy!!!"

As soon as she spoke, Kushina caught him off guard and viciously drove her elbow into Minato's stomach.

After breaking free from Minato's "demonic claws," the humiliated and furious Kushina did not give him time to react. She once again planted her fist, wrapped in pale red chakra, directly into Minato's eye.

K.O.!!!

One hour later.

"Kushina, listen to my explanation!!!"

Minato, who had just regained consciousness and now sported a black eye, tried to explain to the girl in a panic.

"You pretty boy, don't touch me! Stand at least one meter away from me." Still not over her anger, Kushina pointed at Minato's nose.

Seeing how aggrieved his brother looked, Feng Xun could not help trying to persuade Kushina. "Boss Lady, calm down, okay?" He pointed at the bruise around Minato's eye. "Look, Brother Minato has already been punished. I'm sure he knows what he did wrong."

"Mm-hmm!!!" Minato nodded repeatedly from a meter away.

Perhaps she had truly calmed down, or perhaps she had not been angry in the first place. Kushina's gaze hesitated for a moment before she said to Minato, "Fine, fine. Since I'm so generous, I'll forgive you this time! But you absolutely cannot use that move on other girls in the future."

After saying that, Kushina thought of what Minato had done to her earlier, and her face uncontrollably flushed again.

Seeing Kushina like this, Feng Xun felt rather pleased with himself. In the end, this was all thanks to him. Without him teaching his brother that ultimate move and assisting from the side, how could this little girl Kushina have submitted so obediently?

Having a little brother like me is definitely a blessing Minato cultivated over eight lifetimes!

But while Feng Xun was still secretly delighted, Kushina's next words sent a chill down his spine.

"Come to think of it, who exactly taught you that disgusting move? They even had the nerve to call such a shameless technique the Konoha Taijutsu Secret Technique."

Hey, hey, hey, what do you mean by disgusting? Besides, the taijutsu secret technique Kakashi teaches your son in the future is Thousand Years of Death. I've seen him use it several times.

Feng Xun grumbled inwardly, but then nervously looked at his brother, afraid Minato would sell him out.

Fortunately, Minato did not immediately betray him this time. Instead, his face reddened, and he remained silent for quite a while.

Feng Xun inwardly breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed his brother was still quite trustworthy. Mm, he could prank him a few less times in the future.

Minato's behavior made Kushina very dissatisfied.

The girl crossed her arms and looked Minato up and down before huffing, "If you don't tell me, don't ever come near me again."

Oh no! She's using that move again.

Having learned his lesson once already, Feng Xun hurriedly looked at his brother, afraid Minato would sell him out again because of those words.

But clearly, when it came to an agreement, Minato, as a ninja, still honored it well. He did not yield to Kushina's threat.

"You pretty boy, you actually dare disobey me!"

As if she felt her beloved toy had been taken away, Kushina, who had always been wild and unruly, suddenly had tears welling up in her bright eyes. She looked ready to burst into tears at the slightest disagreement.

Though he was very surprised, Feng Xun did not react at all.

What a joke. The cheapest thing about women is their tears. There's no way my brother would sell me out over a little secretion from his tear ducts.

Fine. He had once again overestimated Minato's limits.

The future Fourth Naruto had looked as though he would keep his mouth shut, but upon seeing Kushina nearly cry, he panicked again. "Kushina, don't cry! I'll tell you. I'll tell you who taught me."

"Really?" Kushina, her voice a little choked, looked up at Minato.

Minato glanced slightly at the dark-faced "little brother," silently apologized, and nodded.

"Then who was it?"

Kushina immediately recovered her spirits and asked viciously.

Just as Minato was about to expose his younger brother, Feng Xun suddenly said, "Oh right, I forgot! Little Flower next door asked me to play at his house later. You two carry on, I'm getting out of here!"

After saying that, Feng Xun cursed his brother inwardly while trying to leave as quickly as possible.

"It was Xun. Xun taught me to do it." Minato's voice reached Feng Xun's ears before he had gone far.

Damn it, Brother, couldn't you have said that a little slower?!

After hearing Minato's words, Kushina shifted her gaze to Feng Xun, who was running for his life, and a dangerous smile appeared at the corners of her mouth.

What followed was too bloody, so **** prohibited its broadcast!!!!

P.S. time: First, before discussing Kushina's strength, Old Cat needs to apologize for something. The age I previously gave for Kushina's ninja graduation was ten, but that was incorrect. Her actual age was twelve. I will explain this in the main story later, so I will not discuss it separately here. Now, let's analyze Kushina's strength as the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki.

In my personal view, she was at least an Elite Jōnin, or even Kage-level. According to official data, Kushina had completed S-rank missions multiple times. That was absolutely not something a Genin or Chunin could accomplish, after all, not everyone was called Naruto Uzumaki. As for her techniques, because she was the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, with the Nine-Tails' chakra stimulating her and her being a member of the Uzumaki Clan, her taijutsu was definitely not weak. Even if she could not be called a master, she would absolutely have possessed the strength of an ordinary Jōnin. As for ninjutsu, based on currently known information, most of it was high-end sealing techniques, basically none below A-rank. In one manga chapter, Tsunade told Naruto that both his personality and ninjutsu resembled his mother's. We might as well imagine whether that referred to the Multiple Shadow Clone Technique and Rasengan. After all, she was also the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, so shadow clones would not be a problem, and her husband was the Rasengan's developer. It would make sense for her to be able to use it.

Based on those points, Kushina was definitely not weak. If she truly had any weakness, it might have been her family and her thick nerves, just like Naruto's. After all, as the Nine-Tails' Jinchūriki, she was somehow kidnapped by the Cloud ninja without realizing it. That was truly embarrassing for their Jinchūriki family.

All right, that is it for today's P.S. In the next chapter, we'll discuss exactly how many chakra natures the Fourth Naruto had.

By the way, this was a three-thousand-word mega chapter, so there will not be a double update today. Let Old Cat have a good New Year, haha!!!

Lastly, I wish everyone a healthy, peaceful, happy, and fulfilled New Year with their families!!!