Hidden Cloud front lines · several days later · command center
The Third Raikage slammed his fist into the table. The entire wooden table shattered with a crash, sending splinters flying.
"Minato Namikaze! That rat!"
He stood in the middle of the command center, Lightning Release chakra crackling around him like a volcano on the verge of erupting.
This was already the seventh time. On the main battlefield, he had crushed the Leaf Village's defensive lines, forcing Jiraiya and Ino-Shika-Chō into one retreat after another.
But every time he prepared to press his advantage, news arrived from the rear.
Either their supply lines had been cut, an ammunition depot had been blown up, or a transport unit had been wiped out.
The A-B Combo had tried to corner him three times, and all three times, that golden figure had easily slipped past them with Flying Thunder God.
Whenever the A-B Combo reached the scene, all they found were burning supplies and their subordinates' cold corpses.
Far away at the Hidden Leaf Camp, Minato Namikaze sneezed and scratched his head. Was Kushina thinking about me?
"Please remain calm, Lord Raikage." His secretary took a scroll from inside his robe.
"According to the intelligence from the Hidden Sand Village, our opponent is a Space-Time Ninjutsu user, most likely Minato Namikaze.
"The disciple of Hyuga Tianyi, the 'Leaf Village Ghost.'"
A snorted. "Hmph! Hyuga Tianyi was just the same when he fought me back then.
"He never dared to fight head-on. All he could do was launch sneak attacks from behind. Now his disciple has inherited the same tricks-the same underhanded fighting style, passed straight down."
The secretary nodded. "Even if he is only a disciple, he's still a difficult opponent. The Flying Thunder God Technique lets him come and go without a