Flame Tornado

Boom!

"What?"

Notebook Thunder faced the collision with the Konoha shinobi, feeling the immense offensive power contained within the opponent's ninjutsu.

Instantly, the flames exploded, and a massive shockwave slammed into his hands and body.

It pushed him far back.

A huge crater appeared on the ground, along with two trenches gouged out by Notebook Thunder's sliding feet.

Scorch marks also appeared on the clothes he wore, yet there was not a single mark on his body.

Clearly, the previous attack had merely blown him backward without causing the slightest injury.

He looked at Goenji, who was flying backward from the impact: "I didn't expect Konoha to have such a skilled fighter. In that case..."

He recognized the Uchiha person.

Therefore, he wanted to silence him and steal his eyes.

"Do you not wish to stop fighting?"

Minato Namikaze suddenly appeared before him, blocking his path toward Goenji, and spoke to him.

Notebook Thunder saw him, came to a halt, and let out a cold snort: "Hmph, let's leave it at that for today. We won't have it this easy when we meet next time."

Since he was intercepted, there was nothing else for it.

"Everyone, retreat."

"Everyone, cease combat for now."

The two of them spoke together, and the forces of both Konoha and Kumogakure slowly halted their battle, gradually withdrawing from the battlefield.

Yet they remained extremely vigilant, fearing that the other side might suddenly strike again.

"You two are very strong. I won't hold back next time either." Minato Namikaze nodded at them.

He still held some admiration for these two, but unfortunately, they were opponents.

"Heh, see you next time."

Notebook Thunder led the Kumogakure squad, turning around as they slowly faded from their sight.

Damn it, that hurts.

Goenji drew in a sharp breath, his right hand trembling unsteadily.

His feet pressed against a tree trunk, absorbing the momentum from Notebook Thunder.

He watched the slowly retreating Notebook Thunder, his eyes filled with shock.

What a terrifying Fourth Raikage; he was already this strong at such a young age. It was hard to imagine what kind of force he would wield when he grew even stronger.

Or rather, just how strong the Third Raikage would be.

He had given his all in that last attack, without the slightest thought of conserving chakra.

Even so, he had still been blown flying by Notebook Thunder.

Crap, he wasn't nearly this strong in the anime!

This performance was simply not in the same league as the anime.

Or rather, his own sensory experience was no longer in the same league!

It felt like being plain and ordinary in the anime, but immensely mighty and ferocious in reality.

Crack--!

Using knowledge taught at the Ninja Academy, Goenji quickly reset his dislocated shoulder.

This belonged to first-aid knowledge; back when Tsunade popularized medical ninjutsu, this had already made its way onto the battlefield.

He shook his hand.

At least his body was fine.

It was just that his new jutsu hadn't displayed any mighty power, which left him quite displeased.

Fire Dragon's Iron Fist still fell a bit short when facing a genuine iron fist.

No, fist-based attacks were ultimately a bit too weak.

Goenji thought of something else. It seemed that Fire Dragon's Iron Fist only needed a slight modification to be used with his legs.

Legs were far more powerful than fists.

He felt there was no real difficulty in this aspect; a few days' time should be enough to finish it.

However, the development of the Fire Body Flicker cannot stop either.

In truth, had he been able to avoid the attack earlier, he definitely wouldn't have gone toe-to-toe with Notebook Thunder.

As for the Body Flicker Technique, only Minato could compare with Notebook Thunder among the younger generation.

These were matters for the future. He looked at the surrounding environment, which was currently in utter ruins.

The scale of the battle was actually much greater than when watching the anime.

Just a single Fire Release from him could destroy a vast swath of trees, to say nothing of combining it with everyone else's techniques.

The Konoha rescue operation.

With the support of Minato Namikaze, it was successfully completed.

They had also clashed with the A-B Combo.

Minato Namikaze's reputation soared once more, and the A-B Combo was no exception.

Good thing I didn't get famous.

Goenji returned to Konoha's temporary camp, continuously listening to intelligence reports coming from all directions, and breathed a sigh of relief.

If he had blocked one of Notebook Thunder's attacks and become famous because of it.

Then he would be completely done for.

Ninjas, ninjas were assassination professionals.

Aside from the Three Sannin, Minato, the Raikage, and the Hokage—experts of that caliber—which shinobi would expose themselves to the public gaze?

Wouldn't that make them a fool?

Ninjas were meant to assassinate, to set traps, to use poison, and to strike from the shadows.

When all was said and done, until a ninja reached the peak of combat strength, intelligence was the most crucial thing.

And becoming famous meant the loss of intelligence, allowing many people to learn your abilities and then launch targeted encirclements and annihilations against you based on those capabilities.

That would spell total disaster.

With Goenji's current strength, he stood no chance of dealing with intentional ambushes by enemies.

He certainly wouldn't underestimate his foes.

Geniuses were dime a dozen.

Especially in the Shinobi World.

You never knew when some genius might suddenly pop out of nowhere.

Just like a while ago, some hidden village offended the head of the Tsuchigumo Clan and got its entire lineage wiped out by a single forbidden jutsu!

A short while ago, a hidden village in a neighboring country had set its sights on the secret arts of the Land of Fire's Tsuchigumo Clan.

They were wiped out directly in a single move by En no Gyōja of the Tsuchigumo Clan using a forbidden jutsu.

It had caused a massive reaction throughout the Shinobi World.

When Goenji heard about it back then, he was extremely shocked.

This wasn't watching an anime; even if that hidden village wasn't as large as Konoha, it was still the size of a town.

He also knew that the Tsuchigumo Clan's secret art, Raging Hair Heaven, was a Senjutsu utilizing natural energy.

Its destructive power was immense.

Yet hearing it with his own ears still filled him with awe.

When would his own ninjutsu reach the point where he could annihilate an entire village in a single blow?

One had to remember that in the anime, Pain possessed the Rinnegan, yet Konoha's population was not completely wiped out under that Super Shinra Tensei.

So geniuses were truly abundant in the Shinobi World.

Goenji felt it was best to keep a low profile.

The fewer pieces of intelligence about himself that were discovered, the greater his advantage for survival would be.

With my talent, there's a chance I might even be targeted by Madara Uchiha, or tracked down by someone like Black Zetsu. Ah, having too much talent is such a bother!

Goenji chuckled inwardly.

Being familiar with the plot, he naturally knew that Madara Uchiha couldn't possibly target him.

He didn't have Obito's personality; Madara Uchiha wouldn't find him useful.

He didn't even have the Mangekyo Sharingan, his comrades were all dead, his parents were dead, leaving not a single opening.

He was merely complaining to himself.

Forget it, those are matters for the future. Let's test out the idea for the new jutsu.

A few days had passed since the previous battle, and Goenji already had a concept for the new technique.

He formed hand seals, and raging flames instantly erupted from his right foot.

Yet they did not burn his clothes; like a cloak of fire, they clung tightly to his leg.

"Fire Release: Flame Tornado."

With a crouch and a spring, he leaped high into the air, his entire body spinning as he concentrated all his force into his right foot.

The speed of his rotation made him look just like a tornado.

Except it was a tornado the color of flame.

Boom--!

A single kick slammed into a half-meter-thick tree.

The fiery impact completely destroyed the massive tree, and even the ground suffered a powerful shockwave.

The shockwave carved out a gigantic crater.

[Ah~ she shares her life with me and even calls me baby, I never drink, but I feel like I'm drunk!]