Overload Mode

The students watching from the sidelines stared wide-eyed at the battle between Miya and Minato Namikaze.

"T-too fast..."

Shocked to the core, they lacked the strength to follow Miya and Minato's speed, let alone see through their movements.

All they could see was a mass of azure light darting around the training ground, accompanied by sonic booms that sounded like thunder beside their ears.

"Amazing. Is this how strong Miya is?"

"He's just too strong..."

"Is the person fighting Miya a Jonin from the village?"

Hearing the discussions around him, Masaki Kuhara broke out in a cold sweat.

"Th-this is how strong Miya is?"

"Good thing I didn't provoke him!"

He could see it now: given Miya's strength, his senior's defeat had been entirely deserved.

A genius like Miya was simply beyond the control of ordinary people like them.

"Go, Miya!"

"Be careful, Miya!"

Rin Nohara and Kurenai Yuhi clenched their little fists and excitedly waved their arms at Miya as he fought, loudly cheering him on without regard for the looks directed their way.

At the same time, their beautiful eyes held a hint of worry.

Even so, they believed Miya would never lose, even if his opponent was a Jonin from the village.

It was blind confidence: in their eyes, their sweetheart would always be the best.

Having attacked for so long without breaking through Minato's defenses or inflicting any damage at all, Miya grew increasingly excited.

With nothing to hold him back, he could unleash his full strength however he pleased.

The feeling was incredible.

Now he could enjoy a proper fight.

Although Miya had a fearsome reputation in his class and had even injured a teacher badly enough to send him to the hospital, he had never been as excited as he was now.

Because he had always stuck to his bottom line.

He couldn't kill a ninja from his own village, much less commit violence at school.

No one but Miya himself knew that he had been holding back his strength all along.

But today, now that his opponent was Minato Namikaze, he finally didn't have to hold back anymore.

"Let's fight with everything we've got..."

He let out an excited roar and threw an even faster punch.

Bang.

Minato had never expected Miya to suddenly unleash a punch thirty percent faster. Caught off guard, he was driven back by the blow.

"Cough, cough..."

Landing some distance away, Minato clutched his chest, rubbed the spot where Miya had just punched him, and coughed softly twice.

For an ordinary Jonin, that punch from Miya would have been enough to take half their life.

But Minato, a student of Jiraiya, was no ordinary ninja. Using Chakra and a unique method of dispersing force, he managed to withstand Miya's punch.

"My handsome face almost got embarrassed there..."

Minato watched Miya gravely as Miya stood where he was, looking back at him.

Miya was a little surprised to see Minato acting as though nothing had happened after taking his punch. His five fingers tightened into a fist again, and he thought to himself:

I'll let you test the power of Overload.

In developing the Nuclear Fission Furnace and combining it with the Chakra Particle Battle Armor, Miya had developed three states in total.

Normal Mode, Limit Mode, and Overload Mode.

In Normal Mode, the Chakra Particle Battle Armor was hidden beneath the surface of his body, and the boosts it provided in all respects were relatively weak.

Limit Mode was Miya's current state. The Chakra Particle Battle Armor completely covered the surface of his body, forming a thin layer of Chakra armor.

The boost to his strength could bring Miya's body to its limits, allowing him to unleash his full power.

Overload Mode, on the other hand, was a move that hurt the enemy at great cost to himself.

The Nuclear Fission Furnace inside Miya was currently operating at far less than full power.

It wasn't that he didn't want to use the Nuclear Fission Furnace at full power; he simply couldn't.

Using the Nuclear Fission Furnace at full power placed far too high a demand on Miya's physical strength.

That was why Overload Mode existed.

It exceeded the load his body could bear, injuring him before injuring his opponent and briefly unleashing greater power.

If he used it too much, the damage to his body was no joke.

At best, he would be seriously injured; at worst, he would die.

It was a technique that damaged the body even more than the forbidden technique Eight Gates Released Formation.

However, Miya didn't worry too much if it was only an injury. As long as he had enough food, he could use the Nuclear Fission Chakra Body Tempering Technique he had developed using the Nuclear Fission Furnace's effects to recover quickly.

"Overload Mode!"

Miya shouted with great force, and the Nuclear Fission Furnace inside him immediately began operating faster, its output exceeding the limit his body could bear.

The Chakra particles covering Miya's body also began to burn like flames.

The excruciating pain of his body being torn apart twisted Miya's little face, which was even more handsome than Minato's.

Forcing himself to endure the pain, Miya raised his right fist and vanished from where he stood.

"What powerful Nintaijutsu."

Minato's mouth twitched when he saw the flames of Chakra on Miya's body.

How are kids these days so terrifying? No wonder Lord Third sent me to assess his strength.

Looks like I'll have to use my full strength.

How could Minato fail to notice the sudden, massive surge in Miya's strength? He could already sense the danger of death.

As Miya raised his hand, Minato pulled out a specially made Kunai, a Flying Thunder God Kunai.

Whoosh.

Miya appeared before Minato in an instant, moving like a ghost.

Super One Punch!

His face twisted, Miya roared in his heart and threw a punch straight at Minato's head.

Seeing Minato take out the Flying Thunder God Kunai, Miya no longer worried about whether he might kill him.

Minato lightly tossed the Flying Thunder God Kunai into the air, and at the same time, he vanished from in front of Miya.

A wave of azure Chakra roared from Miya's fist. In an instant, it surged like a beast breaking free of its reins, striking the spot where Minato had just stood with an explosive sonic boom.

Boom.

In an instant, the tremendous sonic boom left Miya's classmates around them temporarily deaf, their ears ringing.

The whole world seemed to stand still, with only the breeze blowing. Masaki stared at Miya on the training ground, dumbfounded and incredulous.

"What..."

But Masaki, who had been standing too close, had also been deafened and couldn't hear his own cry of surprise.

Whoosh.

At that moment, Minato appeared above Miya, his head pointed downward and a chaotically spinning ball of Chakra the size of an exercise ball in his hand.

Big Ball Rasengan.