Suddenly, a wall of ice that looked incredibly cold and hard appeared in front of Aizen and the other two, blocking the Flying Thunder God Kunai that was being shot at them.
"This is... Ice Release?" Minato asked, looking at the suddenly appearing ice wall with a hint of doubt. However, Aizen and the other two did not answer his question. They had no habit of explaining things to the enemy. Concealing information was what ninjas were supposed to do.
Seeing that Aizen and the other two remained silent, Minato didn't say anything more, and simply disappeared from the spot in an instant.
The next second, a golden light flashed, and Minato appeared in front of Aizen and the other two like a ghost. A ball of Chakra glowing blue was gathering in his right hand, which he hurled at Aizen and the others.
At this moment, even though Aizen and the other two were prepared for Minato's speed, they were still startled by his sudden Minato. Knowing and seeing are two completely different things; the terrifying power of the Flying Thunder God Technique can only be truly appreciated by witnessing it firsthand.
Fortunately, they reacted quickly—or rather, Jörmungandr reacted quickly, immediately jumping away. Only Setsugetsu and Aizen remained standing in place.
Immediately afterward, Minato's light blue Rasengan struck Aizen directly, but to Minato's surprise, his unexpected Rasengan missed its target.
He passed right through Aizen's body, as if the Aizen before him was a non-existent phantom, without any physical form.
After his attack missed, Minato reacted quickly, using the Flying Thunder God Technique again and disappearing from the spot.
He glanced at Aizen and the others, his brow furrowing slightly. Aizen's methods had been far too strange; he couldn't be sure if there was some kind of conspiracy at play.
However, Minato had no intention of stopping, as his superior mobility gave him the freedom to move around.
This time, however, he chose to target the motionless Setsugetsu.
In his view, Setsugetsu, who had already demonstrated his Ice Release techniques, might be easier to deal with than Aizen and Jörmungandr.
Then a flash of golden light appeared, Minato, using the Flying Thunder God technique on the ice wall and his superb Body Flicker Technique, instantly appeared behind Setsugetsu again, holding a specially made Flying Thunder God Kunai to Setsugetsu's neck. "Don't move. If you don't want to die, tell me who you are? Who ordered you to come to Konoha to take away the Four-Tails Jinchūriki?"
As he spoke, he glanced warily at Aizen and Jörmungandr not far away, but dared not linger his gaze for too long, looking away after just one glance.
"We are from the Light Organization," Setsugetsu replied calmly, showing unusual composure in the face of Minato's threat.
" The Light Organization?" Isn't that the mysterious organization that attacked Kōki before?
Just as Minato was about to open his mouth to ask more questions, a strong sense of danger came from Setsugetsu, whom he was holding hostage.
Instinctively, Minato released Setsugetsu from his grasp and slipped away to a distance.
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Suddenly, a chill emanated from Setsugetsu, who had been held hostage.
"Crackling sound," several extremely sharp, snow-white, and crystal-clear ice spikes suddenly shot out from behind Setsugetsu, looking incredibly eerie.
This made Minato's eyes flash with a mixture of fear and relief. Luckily, he reacted in time, otherwise he would have been turned into a hedgehog by the ice spikes.
This also reminded Minato of who he had just kidnapped.
"You're the Ice Release ninja who attacked Kōki before!" Minato asked, looking at Yuki, whose body was covered in ice Setsugetsu.
He recalled intelligence from the village that a few days ago, a mysterious organization's ninja attacked Kōki and fought him to a standstill using Ice Release against his Kōki Wood Release. And now, it seemed the person standing before him was that very person?
However, Setsugetsu did not respond. Instead, she quickly condensed countless hard and sharp ice crystal Kunai in the air, and then with a wave of her small hand, she controlled the ice Kunai to shoot towards Minato.
Their primary objective now is to bring Roshi back to the Land of Earth; continuing to entangle themselves with Minato is not the right thing to do.
In an instant, countless icy Kunai, radiating a chilling aura, flew towards Minato. Each Kunai left a faint white mark as it passed through the air; those marks were tiny ice crystals condensed from the low temperature.
This scene vividly demonstrates the power of the Setsugetsu Kunai.
Upon seeing the overwhelming Kunai of ice kunai, Minato showed no weakness, taking out three Flying Thunder God Kunai from his ninja tool pouch and forcefully hurling them at the countless ice Kunai in the sky.
Immediately following was a flurry of hand Hand Seals the " Shuriken Shadow Clone Technique ".
The three special Kunai that Minato forcefully flung out instantly multiplied into countless kunai in mid-air, colliding directly with the incoming ice Kunai.
Sparks flew everywhere in the sky.
The clanging of countless Kunai echoed outside the silent Konoha camp.
These sounds made Aizen frown; it seemed impossible to take Roshi away quietly.
As expected, after these unusually loud collisions, a considerable commotion soon broke out within the Konoha Village's territory.
Realizing he couldn't continue, Aizen said to Setsugetsu, who was standing not far away, " Setsugetsu, it's time to go."
Upon hearing Aizen's urging, Setsugetsu's previously calm expression instantly changed, becoming unusually serious. "I'm sorry, Jonin Namikaze, my comrade is calling me. It seems I don't have time to play with you. So, our meeting ends here today."
Without waiting for Minato's reaction, he slammed his hands on the ground and shouted, " Ice Time!"
Immediately afterwards, a powerful cold air was released from Setsugetsu's palm, freezing the ground beneath her hand in the blink of an eye. Moreover, the freezing speed was extremely fast, spreading to Minato's feet in just a few seconds.
Then, a crackling sound of freezing echoed from beneath Minato's feet, spreading rapidly throughout his Minato. In the blink of an eye, Minato, with no time to react and still looking surprised, was frozen into an ice sculpture by the technique used by Setsugetsu.
Looking at the ice sculpture she had successfully frozen, Setsugetsu stood up, turned around, and walked towards Aizen and the others.
But before she could take two steps, she heard a familiar voice behind her, "Sorry, none of you can leave today."
Upon hearing this voice, Setsugetsu immediately turned around and saw that Minato, whom she should have frozen, was standing perfectly intact in front of her. Moreover, his right hand was condensing a blue- Rasengan, which he slammed towards her with force.
This surprised her, and she looked towards the direction of Minato, whom she had frozen earlier. She saw that the frozen Minato had suddenly turned into white smoke. It turned out that the Minato she had frozen was Minato's Shadow Clone.
The true form had already left the original location using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Unfortunately, she realized it a little too late; Minato's attack was already upon her. And so, in Setsugetsu's eyes, Minato's Rasengan slammed straight into her.
"Got it!" Minato thought to himself as he felt his Rasengan hit a solid object.