Desperate Konoha Shinobi, Minato Namikaze's Compromise!

Teacher! ×3!

Minato Namikaze coughed up blood and collapsed to the ground.

Without any hesitation, Minato Namikaze's three disciples rushed to his side and shielded him.

Kakashi and the other two formed a triangular formation, their eyes locked firmly on Ato as he approached.

"Minato!"

The other dozen or so Konoha Shinobi all stood in front of Kakashi's group.

Hizashi Hyuga directly said to the three of them, "Kakashi, Obito, Rin, quickly take Minato and leave this place. We'll hold off this Saiyan brat."

"Don't make pointless sacrifices. You aren't a match for this Saiyan." Covered in blood, Minato Namikaze looked gratefully at the Konoha Shinobi standing before him, but then reminded them in a grave tone.

Without anyone noticing, the way they addressed Ato had gradually changed from brat to Saiyan.

Although they still did not know what exactly being a Saiyan meant.

After the battle just now, however, they understood that Ato's incredible strength was likely due to the Saiyan physique he had mentioned.

"Minato, stop talking. We will never abandon our comrades." Hizashi Hyuga said with a resolute gaze, ready to face death.

The other Konoha Shinobi felt the same way.

"The Will of Fire of Konoha?"

Ato watched the scene with interest, but how could the Will of Fire from the mere Ninja World stop the footsteps of the Saiyans, the strongest fighting race in the universe?

As Ato strolled toward them, his body was clearly small, yet Hizashi Hyuga and the others felt overwhelming pressure.

Everyone was tense, cold sweat pouring down their faces.

Watching Ato draw closer and closer, Hizashi Hyuga made a hand signal before charging at him.

"Byakugan, activate!"

"Eight Trigrams: Air Palm."

Hizashi Hyuga thrust out both hands, firing two blasts of air. Yet Ato neither dodged nor defended.

Bang, bang.

The two air blasts struck Ato's body, but they were like a breeze against his face, causing him no injury whatsoever.

They could not break his defense!

Hizashi Hyuga's eyes widened as he stared at Ato in utter disbelief.

Boom!

Ato raised his hand, releasing a small Energy Blast from his palm.

"Eight Trigrams Palm: Revolving Heaven!"

Hizashi Hyuga quickly unleashed Revolving Heaven, and a white sphere of chakra spun continuously around him.

The Hyuga Clan's Revolving Heaven was known as an absolute defense.

However, Hizashi Hyuga's Revolving Heaven lasted only a second before the Energy Blast shattered it and engulfed his body.

Bang.

After a flash of blue light, Hizashi Hyuga fell to the ground covered in blood and immediately lost consciousness.

Ato did not even spare Hizashi Hyuga a glance as he continued toward Minato Namikaze.

"Obito, use genjutsu."

Standing before Minato Namikaze, Kakashi formed hand seals with a grave expression while speaking to Obito Uchiha beside him.

"Sharingan: Demonic Illusion: Shackling Stakes!"

The single tomoe in Obito Uchiha's Sharingan spun rapidly, and the genjutsu was unleashed.

Ato's mind trembled slightly. A blood-red full moon appeared before his eyes, and then he found himself in a mental world.

His body was bound by a wooden stake.

"Genjutsu?" Ato looked around the dark-red mental world with interest.

He was also very interested in the genjutsu of the Naruto World.

Although the Dragon Ball World also had mental training.

The Saiyans clearly did not value that aspect, so Planet Vegeta had no methods for mental training.

For that reason, Ato had never undergone any training related to the mind.

But not having trained mentally did not mean Ato could be trapped by such a minor Sharingan genjutsu.

Ato exerted a little force and immediately broke free from the wooden stake's restraint.

The Illusion World before him collapsed along with it.

The clash within the mental world lasted only an instant.

Obito Uchiha's Sharingan quickly dimmed. He had poured all his strength into this genjutsu, yet Ato had broken free in an instant.

"Did it fail?" Seeing Obito Uchiha swaying unsteadily, Kakashi was not surprised at all.

If this Saiyan could be defeated so easily.

Then their teacher would not have been defeated so effortlessly.

"Earth Style: Fang Pursuit." Kakashi slapped both hands against the ground. The earth beneath Ato swelled, and eight ninja hounds burst from underground, opening their jaws to bite him.

Whoosh.

Ato merely stood in place as his tail lashed the eight ninja hounds at incredible speed. The immense force sent all eight flying.

Grrr!

Ato frowned slightly as his stomach let out a hungry growl.

"I'm almost out of strength. Let's end this quickly." Ato rubbed his stomach, no longer intending to waste time.

Ato glanced at the dozen or so Konoha Shinobi before him, then raised his right hand.

Blue energy rapidly gathered in his right palm.

Then, like scattered heavenly flowers, small Energy Blasts filled the sky and rained down upon the Konoha Shinobi.

Prince's Technique!

Boom boom boom!

Faced with Ato's dense bombardment of Energy Blasts, the dozen or so Konoha Shinobi had no power to resist.

Amid a series of rapid explosions, every one of the Konoha Shinobi was blasted away.

"Cough, cough... This Saiyan is so strong!!"

Kakashi fell to the ground, drenched in blood. Before him, an Earth-Style Wall bearing a dog head at its center collapsed and shattered.

Beside him, Obito Uchiha and Rin Nohara had long since fallen unconscious.

Looking at the small figure ahead, Kakashi's face was filled with despair.

At that moment, Ato left an indelible shadow in Kakashi's heart.

Ato paid no attention to Kakashi and the others.

He walked directly over to the equally badly injured Minato Namikaze.

His fluffy tail wrapped around Minato Namikaze and lifted him before his face.

"Yellow Flash, take me to Konoha!"

Ato's words made Minato Namikaze's eyes widen instantly.

"Impossible! I will never take you back to Konoha!"

Minato Namikaze refused without hesitation.

"Minato Namikaze, you have no right to refuse." Ato gave Minato Namikaze a cold glance, then extended his index finger.

Whoosh.

A white beam instantly pierced through a Konoha Shinobi's heart.

Dodon Ray.

During this battle, Ato had become fairly proficient at controlling the energy within his body.

"You damn brat!"

No matter how good Minato Namikaze's temper was, witnessing Ato kill his comrade with his own eyes had filled him with rage.

However, just as Minato Namikaze finished speaking, Ato's index finger slowly moved and pointed at Kakashi in the distance.

Seeing white energy gather at Ato's fingertip, Minato Namikaze deflated like a punctured ball.

"Stop, Saiyan!"

"I'll take you back to Konoha!"

Minato Namikaze had been deeply influenced by Konoha's Will of Fire. He could never watch his disciple die before his eyes and remain indifferent.

So Minato Namikaze compromised.

He agreed to Ato's demand.

"A wise choice." Ato released Minato Namikaze, then pointed the fingertips of his right hand at Kakashi.

Kakashi's body immediately floated before Ato.

Ato's tail directly wrapped around Kakashi, then he walked over to Minato Namikaze.

"Let's go."

"Oh, and don't forget my spoils of war, the One-Tail Shukaku's jinchuriki!"

Ato gave the order imperiously.

Minato Namikaze clenched his fists, then let them fall weakly. He first flashed over to the One-Tail Shukaku's jinchuriki and pressed his right hand against the jinchuriki's body.

A Flying Thunder God Mark quickly attached itself to the jinchuriki's skin.

"Let's go, Saiyan brat. I'll take you to Konoha."

Minato Namikaze returned to Ato's side, grabbed Ato's shoulder with his right hand, and raised the Seal of Reconciliation.

"Flying Thunder God Technique!"

Whoosh.

Ato and the other two, along with the One-Tail Shukaku's jinchuriki, quickly vanished from the area.