There was a brief, deathly silence.
Then, like cold water dripping into boiling oil, uncontrollable cries erupted among the Iwagakure ninja, steeped in bone-deep terror:
"Flying Thunder God! It's the Flying Thunder God Technique!!!"
"The Yellow Flash? No... it's the Sixth Hokage! He can use Flying Thunder God too!"
The words "Flying Thunder God," together with the name long since etched into Iwagakure's soul as a nightmare-"Minato Namikaze"-instantly awakened their fear like the vilest of curses!
That blond figure, that elusive, untraceable Yellow Flash who killed unseen...
He was a nightmare abyss that countless Iwagakure predecessors had failed to fill even with their blood and lives!
During the Third Shinobi World War, countless elite ninja from Iwagakure had lost their lives in that flash of gold before they even saw what their enemy looked like.
"If you encounter Konoha's Yellow Flash, you may abandon your mission and flee without punishment."
That lesson, paid for with countless corpses, blood, and tears, remained in Iwagakure's Shinobi Code to this day!
Now, that nightmarish golden light had reappeared in another blond boy-one even younger, stronger, and stranger in his methods!
The morale the "Will of Stone" had just rallied wavered violently once more before the bloody slaughter unfolding right in front of them!
Many Iwagakure ninja began trembling as they gripped their weapons. Their charging steps faltered, and shadows of terror clouded their eyes again.
Naruto shook out his hands, golden-green steam still boiling around him. Watching the tide of Iwagakure ninja panic at the name "Flying Thunder God," his smile grew even wilder, while the fighting spirit in his eyes became purer still.
With his blond hair whipping wildly and his clothes fluttering, Naruto swept across the battlefield, unstoppable!
This made no sense.
That thought seized you before death did.
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