The Flying Thunder God Technique Exposed

"No, that's not right." Minato quickly caught on, however.

"I've seen people whose Body Flicker Technique was so fast that even I couldn't detect them. Never mind Body Flicker Shisui, the fastest—even Kakashi's Body Flicker Technique fools my eyes sometimes. But!" Guy suddenly clenched his fists and looked up at the sky, tears streaming down his face. "Compared to them, how old are you? And yet I can't see through your Body Flicker Technique!"

"Ah, well... I wasn't..." Naruto hadn't expected Guy to change the subject so abruptly. He was about to explain what he had done when Guy suddenly punched toward the sky and roared, "Only the youth of the young can truly burn bright! Hot blood is the badge of youth, and I'm going to burn bright too! Hey, kid, what's your name?"

"I... my name is Naruto Uzumaki."

"Naruto-kun! How did you learn such an amazing Body Flicker Technique?" Guy was clearly fired up. Paying no attention to the Hyuga anymore, he grabbed Naruto and bombarded him with questions. "With a Body Flicker Technique that incredible, you must have trained since you were little, right? Do you have to run hundreds of kilometers through Dense Forest every day? No, thousands? All right, take me along to try it!"

Without waiting for an answer, he pulled Naruto along and leaped straight into the Dense Forest in the training ground. Giving Naruto no chance to refuse, he vanished from Hinata Hyuga and the others' sight.

They were left staring at one another.

"So, are we safe now?" Hyuga Hengzuo turned to Ichita in disbelief. "Did that little brat just save us?"

"...I don't think Guy meant any harm, but you're right about that. In any case, Lady Hinata, let's head back first." Hyuga Ichita seemed to think of something and hurriedly addressed Hinata.

"Naruto-kun..." Hinata looked toward where Guy and Naruto had disappeared, a hint of worry in her eyes.

Meanwhile, out of their sight, several masked Anbu hurried after them.

In the Dense Forest, Guy was dragging Naruto along as he bounded up and down, looking both incredibly swift and a little ridiculous.

In particular, little Naruto fluttered up and down like a ribbon in Guy's hand. He was so dizzy that his eyes had practically turned into mosquito-coil spirals.

"Whew, six minutes and thirty seconds! Another new record. What a wonderful warm-up!"

Just as Naruto was about to pass out from all the jostling, Guy finally stopped, wiped the sweat from his forehead, and let out a satisfied breath.

"Urgh... blegh!" The moment Naruto finally got his feet on the ground, he threw up, losing the breakfast he hadn't even finished digesting.

Naruto felt the world spinning around him, with stars filling his vision.

"Hmm, there shouldn't be anyone else here." Guy surveyed their surroundings. After confirming that the Anbu tails he had sensed earlier hadn't caught up, he turned to Naruto, dropping his comical expression.

"M-mister, what are you doing...?" Naruto wiped the saliva from his mouth and looked up, stunned.

He'd been running so fast the whole way here. Was this bushy-browed man really human?

"I need to tell you something." Guy's expression was utterly serious, and he made no mention of how he had spent the entire run shouting for Naruto to teach him his Body Flicker Technique.

Meanwhile, within the Hyuga Clan compound.

Hyuga Hiashi frowned as he listened to Hengzuo and Ichita's report. "An extremely powerful Body Flicker Technique?"

"Yes, the Nine-Tails brat... ah, no, Naruto Uzumaki's Body Flicker Technique was extremely powerful. He actually managed to protect Lady Hinata from a jōnin. Clan head, a Konoha Ninja openly attacked Lady Hinata. This matter..."

"I already know. You may leave." Hyuga Hiashi waved them off without letting them finish. Then, seemingly remembering something as he walked out, he gave an order that left them both baffled. "Oh, and you may spread the news that Naruto Uzumaki knows the Body Flicker Technique. Make sure as many people as possible hear about it."

After Hyuga Hiashi left the room, Hyuga Hengzuo and Ichita exchanged looks. "Why do you think the clan head wants us to do something like that?"

"Could he want us to spread word of this incident so he can put pressure on Konoha High Command? After all, Might Guy is a Special Jōnin of Konoha. Maybe he wants to use public opinion to..."

"Forget it. The clan head gave us an order, so let's just do it."

Standing outside the door, Hyuga Hiashi had a trace of nostalgia in his Byakugan—

"Is this your Flying Thunder God Technique?"

"I'm very sorry. My curiosity ended up exposing such a powerful technique of yours." Fully aware of how sensitive Naruto's identity was, Guy patted him on the shoulder. "Fortunately, not many people saw it, and they probably won't recognize what the technique is. Just remember, it's best not to use it in front of others. And remember, your Body Flicker Jutsu is extremely powerful. Understand?"

Yes, Guy had deliberately played dumb to cover for Naruto. In fact, the second time Naruto used it, Guy had already recognized the technique.

It was the signature Space-Time Ninjutsu of the Fourth Hokage, Minato Namikaze—the Yellow Flash who had once shaken the entire shinobi world—Flying Thunder God!