"…?"
Rin, who was unprepared, almost bumped into his back. Before she could exclaim, she forcibly swallowed it back and hurriedly steadied herself.
Seeing this, Obito's face darkened and he complained, "Hey! Why did you suddenly stop, you jerk? Rin almost bumped into you!"
Tekka and Inabi also turned their heads with puzzled looks, quickly scanning the forest and even subconsciously activating their Sharingan to check the surrounding situation vigilantly.
Minato narrowed his eyes slightly, and Yang chakra spread out.
To Minato's surprise, there was indeed someone here.
But Kiyoshi didn't activate his perception or spread out his chakra.
How did he do it?
Minato pondered in his heart.
And Mikoto stared at Kiyoshi, and in the next moment, her eyes quietly turned scarlet, with three tomoe adorning them.
Her originally gentle and Yamato Nadeshiko-like face had a hint of bewitching temperament.
"Someone, one kilometer away." Kiyoshi said lightly.
Someone in a hidden place one kilometer away?
Tekka and Inabi frowned at the same time, while Mikoto's pupils constricted slightly, and a hint of surprise rose in her heart.
Her Sharingan didn't detect anything unusual, but Kiyoshi could sense the target from such a long distance?
Kiyoshi pulled out a black kunai from his ninja tool bag, and then Lightning chakra quietly flowed, and azure electric arcs climbed along the blade of the kunai.
Chakra Flow: Lightning Release!
The kunai crackled instantly, and electric arcs rotated on the surface of the kunai, winding into a ring.
To generate magnetic force, the current must be cut.
As the magnetic force was generated, the air began to stir.
An invisible attractive force spread out, the dead leaves on the ground trembled slightly, and light dust uncontrollably gathered towards the kunai, as if being pulled by an invisible force.
Minato's gaze narrowed slightly. They could clearly feel that the kunai in Kiyoshi's hand was not just Lightning chakra.
"Magnetic force?"
Minato frowned slightly.
Such a technique should belong to the scope of a secret technique, right?
Even if the Sharingan has the function of copying, it can only copy ordinary ninjutsu, how could it copy such a secret technique?
"…Lightning Release: Magnetic Spin Kunai."
Kiyoshi murmured in a low voice, and a faint edge flashed in his eyes.
In the next moment, the magnetic force suddenly erupted.
The kunai seemed to be pushed hard by some invisible force, and between the sparks of lightning, it suddenly flew out of his hand.
Whoosh—!
The lightning dragged a dazzling arc, and the kunai pierced through the air at a terrifying speed.
Under the dual drive of lightning and magnetic force, it quickly attacked a kilometer away along an extremely precise straight line.
Pfft!
A cluster of blood suddenly burst out under a certain tree, splashing the tree trunk and branches in that area with blood.
Only then did the others see the person hiding below by the blood.
Ninjutsu has a range, and so do thrown ninja tools.
However, Kiyoshi's magnetic force can continuously propel ninja tools forward, adding a driving force.
Admittedly, it consumes more chakra than ordinary ninjutsu. But its rewards are also considerable, being much faster and farther than other ninjutsu.
This is a technique Kiyoshi created himself. The principle is very simple, but it requires extremely high chakra control.
With Kiyoshi's pupil power far surpassing the Three-Tomoe Sharingan, coupled with his various traits, he can use it so casually.
If someone were to imitate him, either the current would break the kunai, or the magnetic force would become chaotic, possibly even backfiring on themselves.
"Everyone, be careful." Minato reminded them.
It was certain that Iwa ninjas were stationed near the Kannabi Bridge beforehand, and now they had entered the enemy's alert range.
"Damn it, why are the kunai from the other side being thrown so far?"
Mahiru was on another tree, cold sweat dripping down.
He was an elite Jonin from Iwagakure, with exceptional Kenjutsu and extremely great movement speed.
He once earned the title of "Swift as the Wind."
But now, what saved his life was not "Swift as the Wind," but his skills in concealment and infiltration.
His openings were fewer, and his skills were better than his comrades. So he wasn't hit.
His companion, only five meters away, had his upper body blown apart, leaving only the empty lower half. It fell to the ground with a thud.
Not far from the lower half was a pit, inside which was a kunai that had become scorching hot due to the high temperature.
Under the high temperature and impact, only half of the iron piece remained.
"Gulp!"
Mahiru swallowed the saliva that had surged up his throat.
If that thing had hit him, without a doubt, that would be him.
"That… that person is…"
What made Mahiru even more terrified was that the person who had just killed his comrade was actually an unfamiliar Uchiha.
Beside him, there was also a blonde youth.
Suspected to be… Minato.
Is Konoha's overall strength this strong this time?
Mahiru's sweat dripped onto the knee-high grass, and he formed hand seals.
At the same time, he gave a signal to his other comrades hidden in the shadows.
In short, let's scout the situation first.
...
Mikoto reminded the remaining people, "The enemy used the Shadow Clone Technique. Shadow clones are solid chakra. After evenly distributing the chakra, even the Sharingan will have difficulty seeing through them. We can only rely on combat experience to infer."
The group remained vigilant as they continued to probe forward.
As a Jonin, she was experienced.
However, the opponents also seemed to be several Jonin, and they distributed their chakra very well.
"It seems so."
Kakashi looked at Minato and said, "Minato-sensei, I want to rush ahead. Please cover me."
The reason Kakashi didn't ask Mikoto or his team to cover him was because of the lack of coordination.
The two teams were temporarily organized together, lacking familiarity and not knowing the habits and strengths of the other teammates.
"Don't be impatient. Let Kiyoshi make the first move…"