Minato's Soaring Battle Power, Ato's Growing Excitement!

"Battle power? A new way of assessing strength?"

Unlike Obito Uchiha, who was shouting in shock, Kakashi's attention was on the battle power value Ato had just mentioned.

Kakashi truly was a genius. After only a brief moment of thought, he understood that the battle power Ato spoke of was a method of evaluating strength.

Compared to the Ninja World's classifications of genin, chunin, and jonin, it was a different kind of strength assessment.

Ato's battle power was undoubtedly far more intuitive.

With nothing more than a number, one could directly judge a person's strength, the gap between them and their enemy, and so on.

Kakashi frowned as he looked toward where Ato and Minato Namikaze were fighting.

A faint sense of worry rose in his heart.

If that kid Ato had not been lying, then the situation was becoming troublesome.

"Obito Uchiha, Rin Nohara, pay attention and gather information on that kid," Kakashi said gravely.

Hearing Kakashi's words, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara nodded seriously and began consciously collecting information about Ato.

Meanwhile, after Minato Namikaze's strike failed to hit, he pulled away from Ato.

The two faced each other, and Minato Namikaze's right hand involuntarily tightened around the kunai he held.

"Is this kid some kind of monster?"

Minato Namikaze looked at Ato uncertainly.

His previous attack had merely been a test.

Now, he was going all out.

"Here I come!"

Minato Namikaze's body nearly skimmed the ground as he charged at Ato.

As he rushed forward, Minato Namikaze pressed his hands together. "Summoning: Toad Shop Destruction Technique!"

Boom!

A massive tearing sound came from above Ato's head.

A gigantic toad with a pipe in its mouth and a short blade at its waist came crashing down on Ato like Mount Tai bearing down.

"Gamabunta from Mount Myoboku?"

Ato casually looked up, then raised his right hand as if supporting something overhead.

Rumble!

Gamabunta crashed down. With his own weight and gravity behind him, the massive toad could have pinned even the Nine-Tails beneath his feet.

Yet Ato stopped Gamabunta's descent with a single palm.

With a slight exertion of his right hand, Ato lifted Gamabunta one-handed.

Boom!

Grabbing Gamabunta by the foot, Ato slammed him heavily into the ground.

Thud.

A dull impact rang out. Gamabunta was smashed senseless, stars spinning before his eyes.

"Not bad. I controlled my strength just right this time," Ato said with satisfaction as he let go.

After using too much force twice earlier, Ato had begun consciously controlling his strength.

After all, with the physical strength of 300 battle power, there would be no point to this fight if he did not hold back.

This was his first battle.

Of course, he wanted to enjoy it a little longer.

Although Ato was a transmigrator, the Saiyan bloodline also made him extremely eager for battle.

"Ninja Art: Wild Lion's Mane Technique."

Seeing that the Gamabunta he had summoned was still dazed, Minato Namikaze flicked his golden hair, which instantly began growing at high speed.

"This technique is perfect for Saiyans!"

Ato's eyes immediately lit up as he watched Minato Namikaze's hair rapidly lengthen.

This ninjutsu was truly perfect for Saiyans.

Besides their tails, a Saiyan's unchanging hair was also one of their defining traits.

Especially since Saiyan hair displayed different changes as their strength increased.

If hair could also be used as a means of attack, it might produce some unexpected effects.

Thud.

Under Ato's gaze, the golden hair spread like a waterfall, instantly binding him layer upon layer.

"Now! Kid, don't underestimate the toads of Mount Myoboku!

Toad Short Blade Slash!"

Gamabunta shook his head and recovered from his daze. Then he bent his knees and crouched, his enormous short blade turning into a streak of light as he swung it down.

Slash!

The brilliant blade light instantly cut through Minato Namikaze's hair, then tore toward Ato's combat suit with unstoppable force.

Beep beep beep.

Ato's Scouter clearly displayed Gamabunta's current battle power.

79!

Just as Gamabunta's blade was about to strike Ato's body, Ato lightly pushed off with his right foot and rapidly retreated.

Whoosh.

Gamabunta's short blade cut through empty air.

"So fast!"

Gamabunta frowned. Ato's speed surprised him.

But then Gamabunta bent his legs and leaped, catching up to Ato in an instant.

Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh.

The enormous short blade in Gamabunta's hand swung rapidly, slashing continuously toward Ato.

Faced with Gamabunta's storm-like assault, Ato retreated while shifting left and right, easily dodging every attack.

"Too slow!" As Gamabunta swung again, Ato twisted aside and lashed out with a roundhouse kick, sending Gamabunta's short blade flying.

Then Ato dashed toward Gamabunta, knocking aside his fist with his left palm before driving his right fist into Gamabunta's abdomen.

The heavy punch made Gamabunta's massive body curl up.

And Ato's assault had only just begun.

Ato raised his hands into a fighting stance and crossed his feet. Then his fists flew left and right, his storm-like attacks making Gamabunta's huge body sway from side to side.

With one final roundhouse kick, Gamabunta was sent flying backward and crashed into the edge of the crater.

"Cough, cough... Minato, where did this kid come from?!" Gamabunta, bruised and battered, spat out a mouthful of blood and turned to complain to Minato Namikaze ahead of him.

"Boss Bunta, you can rest now. Leave the rest to me." Minato Namikaze did not answer Gamabunta's question and simply dismissed the Summoning Jutsu.

Gamabunta turned into a cloud of white smoke and vanished from the battlefield.

"Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique." With a solemn expression, Minato Namikaze flung a specially made kunai toward Ato.

Bang bang bang.

Amid a burst of smoke, the single kunai instantly became hundreds of kunai.

The kunai densely pierced the ground, completely surrounding Ato.

"It's time to use the secret technique I recently developed." Minato Namikaze pressed his palms together, his tone exceptionally serious.

"On the honor of the Yellow Flash, Secret Technique: Gale Flash Super Wheel Dance Howl Style Zero!"

Whoosh!

The next second, hundreds of Minato Namikaze figures densely appeared around Ato.

"So fast!"

"So this is the Flying Thunder God?"

Looking at the hundreds of densely packed figures, excitement gradually appeared on Ato's face.

At this point, Ato could no longer keep up with Minato Namikaze's speed at all.

Hum.

A gigantic ball of chakra over ten meters in diameter condensed in Minato Namikaze's right hand.

Beep beep beep!

On the Scouter, Minato Namikaze's battle power rose rapidly.

His original battle power of 43 instantly jumped to 85.

"Ultra-Big Ball Spiraling Continuous Dance!"

Boom!

Hundreds of Minato Namikazes holding Ultra-Big Ball Rasengans charged at Ato.

Facing a space-time ninjutsu, even with 300 battle power, Ato had nowhere to dodge.

But did he need to dodge?

Ato calmly raised his hand. A blue Energy Blast appeared in his palm and rapidly expanded.

In the blink of an eye, it had become as large as Minato Namikaze's Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan.

Unlike the previous Energy Blasts, the blue energy within this sphere spun at high speed in a spiral.

With a Saiyan's battle talent, he had merely watched it twice before effortlessly grasping how to release a Rasengan during battle.

"What? That's... an Ultra-Big Ball Rasengan?"

Minato Namikaze's eyes widened as he stared at the blue energy sphere in Ato's hand, unable to believe what he was seeing.

Boom!

The two Ultra-Big Ball Rasengans collided violently.

A massive energy shockwave instantly swept out in every direction.

Rumble!

The ground beneath their feet collapsed and shattered, while a black energy sphere compressed to its limit suddenly expanded and exploded.

Minato Namikaze was blasted straight backward by the explosion.

He then crashed heavily onto the ground, blood spraying from his mouth.

"I still used a little too much strength. It's hard to master the strength needed to step over an ant without killing it."

Ato glanced at Minato Namikaze, who was covered in blood and unable to rise, dusted off his combat suit, and walked toward him.

"Android 18, remember to add an automatic dust-cleaning function to my combat suit," Ato instructed Android 18 through the Scouter as he walked.

"Understood, Ato."