Obito Came Calling

The next day.

Kazan hurried off to find Minato Namikaze. He wanted to learn the Flying Thunder God.

Abilities that touched time and space were among the most powerful in any world.

But then...

Minato Namikaze told him he lacked the talent to learn the Flying Thunder God. He was missing the crucial aptitude for Space-Time Ninjutsu.

"How is that possible? Aren't I a genius?"

"There's got to be some mistake, right?"

Kazan stared intently at Minato Namikaze, unwilling to give up.

"Damn it, Minato! Did you even teach me properly?"

As if that weren't shameless enough, he grabbed Minato by the collar.

Luckily, Minato Namikaze didn't take offense. He wore his trademark smile.

Waving his hands, he told Kazan, "This is a prerequisite for learning the Flying Thunder God. It's the first test the Second Hokage devised to see whether someone has the aptitude for it."

He wasn't lying, and Kazan knew it.

That didn't make Kazan any less disappointed.

His talent for Ninjutsu was poor, but as long as he could practice something at all, he could use Shadow Clones and sheer time to grind his way to the peak of nine-star Dou Sheng.

But being told he couldn't learn it because he lacked the aptitude for Space-Time Ninjutsu? That left him nothing to grind!

"Forget it. If I can't learn it, I can't learn it."

He bounced back so quickly that Minato Namikaze was stunned. How carefree did someone have to be to get over it that fast?

He had even outdone Kushina!

"But there's something I might need your help with later."

"What is it?"

Minato Namikaze was curious. Kazan had dared to charge straight into the Sand Shinobi's position, and his fighting strength was already no less than Minato's.

"I have both earth and lightning