After staying in the Land of Iron for another day, Minato and the other two prepared to set off back to the village.
Of course, they didn't use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return immediately.
This mission was originally intended as a trip to take his two girlfriends around the ninja world, so they would take a detour and wander around before going back. This was something he had agreed upon with Sarutobi Hiruzen.
The moment Minato and the others stepped out of the Land of Iron...
"Minato, there are two little rats following behind us."
Now that Kushina had unlocked the Mind's Eye of the Kagura, her sensory abilities were naturally very powerful. She could easily detect Yotsuki A and Killer B following them.
"As expected of Nana. I sensed them too. Since they are rats, let's drag them out."
Minato smiled slightly, then his expression turned cold.
The three of them waited in place for a while until they saw Yotsuki A and Killer B hurrying over.
"You two, what business do you have following us all the way here?"
Minato looked at the panicked duo with an expressionless face.
"Crap, we followed too closely and got discovered. It doesn't matter. The main thing now is to stall for time. Wait for the Old Man to arrive. I believe the news should have reached the village by now."
Yotsuki A was startled at first, but quickly calmed down. Although they were at a disadvantage, stalling for a while shouldn't be a problem.
"What do you mean following you? Does this road belong to your family? Do I need approval to walk on this road?"
Yotsuki A spoke cunningly. He simply stopped walking and stood there.
He looked as if to say: That's right, I'm following you, what can you do about it?
Facing Yotsuki A's attitude of a dead pig not afraid of boiling water, Minato smiled slightly. "I hope you can keep up that tough act later."
Minato's smile made Yotsuki A panic internally. Holy crap, I was just acting cool. Do you have to be so serious?
Your opponent isn't me, it's my Old Man.
Yotsuki A wasn't stupid. The Nine-Tails Jinchūriki and the Uchiha Clan youth were already so powerful, yet they respected this young man as their leader. This young man's strength must be above theirs.
They were already Quasi-Kage level experts. If he was above them, wouldn't that make him Kage level?
Although Yotsuki A was a bit arrogant, he wasn't stupid enough to fight a Kage-level expert. Everything he did was just to stall for time.
Minato didn't care. Since they dared to block the way, they should be prepared to die.
A three-pronged kunai flew towards Yotsuki A. Not knowing about Minato's space-time ninjutsu, Yotsuki A naturally tilted his head to dodge the kunai.
But in the next moment, Minato appeared behind Yotsuki A, slamming a Rasengan into his back.
"Bang."
The defenseless Yotsuki A was sent flying directly. In the next moment, Minato didn't even use the Flying Thunder God Technique; he used Spatial Teleportation to appear directly behind Yotsuki A, intending to smash him to death with a Great Ball Rasengan.
In the nick of time, a blaze of white light flashed between Minato and Yotsuki A. Then, a thick, muscular leg collided with the Great Ball Rasengan in Minato's hand.
"Boom."
The person who arrived via the Heavenly Transfer Technique was none other than the Third Raikage. As expected of the "Strongest Spear and Shield," his pure physical body collided with the Great Ball Rasengan without suffering any damage.
Minato used the force of the collision to retreat back to Kushina and Mikoto's side.
"Old Man (Lord Third Raikage), you're here."
Killer B and Yotsuki A stood beside the Third Raikage, facing off against Minato from a distance.
"Heavenly Transfer Technique!"
Minato slowly uttered these three words. having seen the original story, he naturally knew that the Third Raikage didn't know space ninjutsu. The only way he could appear so suddenly was naturally that ninjutsu capable of transporting objects.
However, the future Fourth Raikage's secretary, that dark-skinned girl, should currently be just a toddler born a few years ago. This meant it must be a special bloodline limit capable of being inherited.
He remembered that in the original story, it was mentioned that the dark-skinned girl (Mabui) could transport the Third Raikage safely using the Heavenly Transfer Technique. Even at the time of the Third Raikage's death, that girl would have only been a few years old, probably ten at most.
So, the person using the Heavenly Transfer Technique this time naturally couldn't be her.
"You even know the Heavenly Transfer Technique. It seems your understanding of our Kumogakure is very deep."
The Third Raikage raised his eyebrows. He hadn't expected this young man to know about the Heavenly Transfer Technique.
"Old Man, this kid knows the legendary space-time ninjutsu. Be careful, don't fall for his tricks."
As his son, Yotsuki A naturally had to warn his father not to capsize in the gutter.
"I know. I'll be careful. Those two women must be the Uchiha Clan member and the Nine-Tails Jinchūriki."
The Third Raikage didn't care too much. So what if he could get close with space-time ninjutsu? The title of "Strongest Defense" wasn't just for show.
His gaze was mainly focused on Kushina and Mikoto; he didn't pay much attention to Minato. Strength was his confidence.
Even though the Third Hokage was so famous, and Hanzō of the Salamander was known as a Demigod, the Third Raikage was very confident he could smash them.
Minato had a headache seeing the Third Raikage appear. This guy had thick skin and tough flesh. Aside from the Wind Release: Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, other ninjutsu would probably just tickle him.
One must know that in the original story, this guy took his son Naruto's Rasenshuriken head-on and remained unharmed.
So, only the Ultra-Big Ball Rasenshuriken, which surpassed the power of the Rasenshuriken, might be able to cut him.
There was no helping it; his current strength wasn't high enough. If he were in Sage Mode and could use the Sage Art: Wood Release: True Several Thousand Hands, Minato could blast this guy apart in one move.
But by then, he would likely be a Super Kage level existence, and dealing with this guy would be easy.
"System, check the Third Raikage's data."
Name: A (Third Raikage)
Age: Unknown (No way to know)
Ninjutsu: Lightning Release Chakra Mode, Hell Stab: Four-Finger Nukite, and other Lightning Release Ninjutsu.
Comprehensive Strength: Peak Kage (Quasi-Super Kage; higher than Peak Kage, lower than Super Kage).
Truly worthy of being the guy who could fight to a draw with the Eight-Tails. A Quasi-Super Kage existence.
Even that old lecher, the Third Hokage, didn't have this kind of strength.
This guy's attack and defense were abnormally high, so Minato could only compete with him in a battle of attrition.
But when it came to chakra quantity, Minato was very confident.
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