After Shikaku Nara went to relay the orders, Konoha's ninja army swiftly assembled. Standing on high ground, Minato Namikaze watched them finish gathering, then swept his hand forward with spirited confidence and raced toward Kumogakure's camp.
Big brother, this time I'll show everyone in the shinobi world what I can do—and show you how much I've grown over the years. I don't want you leaving me too far behind!
Minato silently murmured to himself as he used his movement technique to charge at the head of the army.
Since Qingyun had left the ANBU, he had rarely fought in front of outsiders. After he took charge of a team, Shisui Uchiha and the others handled most of the fighting, leaving Qingyun no opportunity to act. Over the years, the shinobi world had all but forgotten Qingyun, the Konoha Sword Immortal and Konoha Thunder God.
Now, after years without fighting, his first battle had produced a feat that shook the shinobi world. Qingyun had single-handedly fought Sunagakure's experts and wiped them all out. Such a feat was simply horrifying, and that enormous Susanoo had been powerful enough to inspire despair. Today, Minato would tell the shinobi world that Konoha had more than its Sword Immortal and Thunder God—it also had him, the second-fastest man in the shinobi world!
That was right: the second-fastest man. In terms of speed, even he could not match Qingyun, who possessed Sun and Moon Shine Together and had mastered several lightness techniques.
Upon reaching Kumogakure's frontline positions, Minato used Lingbo Micro-Step to rush into the camp's watchtower first and eliminate its sentries. Before Kumogakure could react, a skyful of kunai shot toward the ninja gathering from every direction.
Seeing Minato throw kunai seemingly at random, the Kumogakure ninja were about to mock him when he abruptly