"Here I come, then."
Golden light flashed. In an instant, Minato flickered between the five kunai, and a split second later, a bright blue sphere came crashing down toward Hashirama's head.
Pretty interesting.
It was not as though Hashirama had never fought a ninja who used space-time ninjutsu. His sparring matches with Tobirama back in the day had been plenty heated.
But the fluidity of Tobirama's Flying Thunder God Slash was nowhere near that of Minato's Flying Thunder God: Second Step.
That made sense. Times changed, and the old had to give way to the new.
The thought that his foolish little brother's prized title of Shinobi World's Godspeed was now outdated made Hashirama want to laugh.
Hmph. Every time I sparred with Tobirama, he couldn't get through my defenses, but all those forbidden techniques were such a pain.
For example, they would be fighting normally, and the next second, a shadow clone plastered with a dozen or so explosive tags would teleport behind him.
With a bang, his armor would get damaged.
Then there was springing the Night Walking Technique on him halfway through a fight.
But that time, after Tobirama used it, Hashirama had misjudged his strength and accidentally unleashed a Wood Human Rampage, hitting Tobirama.
Hashirama: "Really, I didn't mean to. I was just worried Tobirama would sneak up on me."
Tobirama, lying in a hospital bed wrapped in bandages: "Ha. Ha."
Facing the Rasengan about to slam down onto his head, Hashirama hopped lightly backward, lowered his center of gravity, and stomped down hard.
(Parry!)
The blast of air produced by that tremendous force blew Minato away.
Minato steadied himself in midair, then reappeared beside a distant Flying Thunder God Kunai a moment later.
"Such strength. As expected of the First Hokage, known as the God