The Uchiha Clan's Sun

The next moment, Uchiha Jin appeared in front of Namikaze Minato, raising the Zankatana high and slashing it down at Minato's head!

"So fast!"

Minato Namikaze's pupils contracted. Uchiha Jin's current speed was no weaker than that of the Fourth Raikage, A, in Lightning Release Chakra Mode!

With a soft 'thud,' the Zanka Blade in Uchiha Jin's hand landed lightly on the ground. The area within a radius of several meters centered on the tip of the Zanka Blade instantly melted away, leaving only a deep pit emitting a burnt smell!

"so close!"

Minato Namikaze appeared dozens of meters away, looking at the destruction caused by King Uchiha's attack with lingering fear.

If Uchiha Jin's slash had landed squarely on him, he probably wouldn't even have any bone fragments left!

Before Minato Namikaze could think any further, Jin Uchiha reappeared in front of him and slashed at him with his sword once again!

Minato Namikaze didn't dare to be careless and used the Flying Thunder God Technique again to move to a different location!

However, Uchiha Jin's figure followed closely, arriving almost the instant Namikaze Minato appeared in his new position and continuing to swing his sword at him!

The two figures flashed back and forth in the training field, repeating this more than ten times, after which Minato Namikaze also showed an anxious look.

Although Uchiha Jin's attacks did not harm him, Uchiha Jin destroyed the special kunai he left behind each time!

He doesn't have many of his special kunai left, and if this continues, he'll be put on the defensive!

Uchiha Jin felt that his muscles had been fully exposed, and in order to avoid revealing more information, he looked at Namikaze Minato and said, "Minato, continuing to fight like this is just a waste of time. Let's decide the outcome with this next strike!"

Minato Namikaze was about to speak when he suddenly seemed to sense something, a smile appearing on his face. He said, "Finally done!"

With a 'bang', Minato Namikaze, who was sitting cross-legged on the ground in the distance, exploded into a cloud of smoke. Minato's eyes opened and closed, and his pupils turned into frog eyes, with an orange-yellow eyeshadow appearing at the corner of his eyes!

Sage Mode - Activated!

Uchiha Jin's expression remained unchanged; he simply raised his hand and swiftly swung his sword!

"Is this your trump card...? The Blazing Blade - North - Ashes of Heaven and Earth!"

Chapter 158 Minato Namikaze's Weakness!

Uchiha Jin slashed out with his Zankatana, unleashing a terrifyingly powerful strike that seemed to cleave the entire world in two!

"Immortal Technique: Flying Thunder God Guides Thunder!"

Minato Namikaze originally intended to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to dodge, but subconsciously, he felt that if he dodged, most of the village would be destroyed by Uchiha Jin's attack, so he changed his mind on the spur of the moment!

A large number of runes appeared out of thin air in front of Minato Namikaze, forming a special array!

When Uchiha Jin used his Heaven and Earth Ash Slash on these special runes, it was as if he had struck a sponge, and the runes sank right into them!

But the stalemate lasted for less than a second before the formation of the Flying Thunder God's lightning guidance began to collapse under the onslaught of the heavens and earth!

"Oh no! A spirit summoning technique!"

Minato Namikaze's expression changed drastically, and he quickly formed hand seals and slammed his hands hard on the ground!

With a loud 'bang', accompanied by thick white mist, a giant toad the size of a small hill appeared at Minato Namikaze's feet!

"Wentai, escape with water!"

Minato Namikaze didn't have time to explain; as he continued forming hand seals, he shouted a reminder.

As soon as Gamabunta emerged, he sensed a life-or-death crisis. Thanks to the tacit understanding developed over many years of fighting together, Gamabunta did not hesitate at all after hearing Minato Namikaze's warning. He gathered all the chakra in his body and began to quickly form hand seals!

"Water Release·Iron Cannonball!"

"Sage Art: Wind Release - Tornado Hurricane!"

"Combination Ninja Art: Hurricane Water Vacuum Wall!"

With the combined efforts of Minato Namikaze and Gamabunta, a giant feng shui tornado quickly took shape and swept forward!

At this moment, Uchiha Jin's Heaven and Earth Ashes completely shattered the Flying Thunder God's lightning barrier and crashed head-on into the Hurricane Water Vacuum Wall jointly unleashed by Namikaze Minato and Gamabunta!

"Gunta, you go first! Shadow Clone Technique!"

Seeing that the Hurricane Vacuum Wall had temporarily blocked the ashes of heaven and earth, Minato Namikaze dared not be negligent in the slightest. After instructing Gamabunta, he quickly created three shadow clones and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to teleport them to the four directions of the training ground.

"Flying Thunder God Guided Thunder Chain Transmission!"

The four Minato Namikazes simultaneously formed hand seals, generating a large number of runes that enveloped the entire space!

With a 'whoosh,' a black dot appeared in the center of the training ground, and the entire space began to distort, causing everything in the space to collapse into the black dot!

At the same time, a spatial vortex appeared out of nowhere a dozen kilometers away from Konoha Village. A terrifying energy poured out from the spatial vortex, destroying everything within a range of a dozen kilometers in front of it, even scraping off several meters of the ground!

"Hu~~"

Minato Namikaze exhaled a long breath of stale air, his legs went weak, and he collapsed to the ground. The three shadow clones also exploded into a cloud of smoke and disappeared into the air.

"Do you have to push yourself so hard? You'll die if you run out of chakra!"

Uchiha Jin flashed to Minato Namikaze's side and shook his head as he spoke.

Minato Namikaze glared at King Uchiha and said angrily, "King, you've gone too far this time! If I hadn't blocked your attack, you would have destroyed the entire village!"

Minato Namikaze is indeed very angry now, and thinks that King Uchiha has gone too far.

Uchiha Jin clicked his tongue and explained, "Didn't you notice that my slash was angled? If you hadn't blocked it head-on, the slash would have flown diagonally upwards, at most destroying this training ground!"

Minato Namikaze was taken aback upon hearing this. After thinking about it carefully, he realized that it seemed to be exactly what Uchiha Jin had said.

However, because he was too close at the time, and Uchiha Jin's slash was aimed at him, the pressure was too great, so he focused all his energy on the power of that slash and ignored the angle of that slash!

Minato Namikaze smiled wryly and said, "Sorry, it seems I was just being presumptuous!"

"It's not wishful thinking, it's your own fault!" Uchiha Jin shook his head and said, "Don't tell Kushina when you get back that I beat you up like this, I won't take the blame for that!"

To be honest, Minato Namikaze, who possesses the Flying Thunder God Technique, is very difficult to deal with. If he hadn't been courting death, almost no one could have stopped him.

However, the existence of Konoha Village became Minato Namikaze's biggest weakness!

To deal with Minato Namikaze, all you need to do is unleash a few more wide-range destructive ninjutsu towards Konoha Village to exhaust his chakra!

Just like now, in order to protect the village, Minato Namikaze has almost spared no effort to shift the attack to outside Konoha. If Uchiha Jin has any malicious intentions, Minato Namikaze, who has no extra chakra, can only be slaughtered at his mercy!

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze smiled wryly and said, "Don't worry, I'm fine. I just used up too much chakra. I'll be fine after a rest."

Minato Namikaze looked extremely listless and weak.

Chakra is composed of a person's spiritual and physical energy. Depleting it all at once can be life-threatening, and excessive consumption can also cause certain damage to the body. Therefore, generally speaking, a ninja's lifespan is much shorter than that of an ordinary person.

"You should look at yourself in this state first!" Uchiha Jin shook his head, not dwelling on the topic, and instead said, "Minato, although you are very strong now, your weaknesses are also very obvious. You should find a way to learn some powerful attack methods and make up for your lack of chakra!"

In Uchiha Jin's view, Minato Namikaze's current situation is like that of a low-attack assassin. However, since most ninjas are fragile, Minato Namikaze's weaknesses are not very obvious yet. But if he were to deal with those Otsutsuki later on, Minato Namikaze's attacks probably wouldn't even be able to break through their defenses!

Can an assassin who can't break through defenses still be considered an assassin?

Of course, this is also because Minato Namikaze's chakra reserves are not particularly outstanding.

The Flying Thunder God Technique inherently requires a lot of chakra, and the larger the object being transferred, the more chakra is needed. Minato Namikaze, who focused on the Flying Thunder God Technique, didn't have much chakra left to use powerful ninjutsu.

Minato Namikaze himself was aware of this, otherwise he wouldn't have gone out of his way to develop the Rasengan technique.

However, compared to his son Naruto Uzumaki's numerous and varied Rasengan techniques, Minato Namikaze's Rasengan seems rather lackluster.

"Well, I actually have some ideas myself!"

Minato Namikaze recalled his previous attempt to incorporate chakra nature transformation into the Rasengan, and it seemed he would need to spend more time putting it into practice.

"Just keep that in mind. Someone's coming; this is your job to clean up the mess!"

Uchiha Jin sensed several rapidly approaching auras, lost all interest in speaking, greeted them, and then disappeared from the spot.

Chapter 159 Hiruzen Sarutobi's Worries!

Hokage Building, Hokage Office.

"Red Sun, indeed there are no wrong nicknames, only wrong names! Uchiha Jin's fire-style ninjutsu has reached a superb level. Every move is as hot as the sun, and the temperature in this area has also risen considerably."

Hiruzen Sarutobi looked solemn, and his words revealed his deep fear of King Uchiha.

Hiruzen Sarutobi witnessed the entire battle between King Uchiha and Minato Namikaze, and now has a general understanding of King Uchiha's current strength.

Although he didn't want to admit it, Hiruzen Sarutobi knew that he was no match for King Uchiha at this moment!

He didn't have the same mobility as Minato Namikaze, so he could only use an equal ninjutsu to counter Uchiha Jin's incredibly powerful fire-style ninjutsu!

However, he was already quite old at this point, and he certainly couldn't defeat Uchiha Jin in a head-on fight!

Especially Uchiha Jin's final strike, which Hiruzen Sarutobi knew he couldn't block!

Thinking of this, Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at the dejected Minato Namikaze across from him and asked, "Minato, if you were to abandon all your reservations and fight without regard for anything else, are you confident you can defeat King Uchiha?"

Although Minato Namikaze lost the 'sparring' just now, Hiruzen Sarutobi could tell that it was because Minato cared about the village and abandoned his most familiar fighting style in order to avoid the village being too affected, thus falling into the rhythm of King Uchiha.

If Minato Namikaze were to abandon all restraints, the outcome would be uncertain!

Upon hearing this, Minato Namikaze gave a wry smile and said, "Lord Hokage, my Flying Thunder God Technique prioritizes surprise attacks. Uchiha Jin is also very familiar with my abilities. If we fight him, the word 'surprise attack' will lose its meaning."

"Secondly, when Uchiha Jin activates his self-created Fire Release Chakra Mode, his speed is not much weaker than that of the Raikage of Kumogakure. At critical moments, he can also use fire transformation, similar to the Hozuki clan's Water Transformation Secret Technique, to avoid damage."

"With all these factors combined, even without any worries, I can only guarantee that I won't lose, but at the same time, I can't be sure of winning!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi frowned upon hearing this, still unwilling to give up, and asked, "Even if you activate Sage Mode, it won't work?"

Minato Namikaze shook his head again, saying, "Lord Hokage, I'm not actually very good at Sage Mode. To enter Sage Mode, I have to prepare for a while in advance, and I can't hold it for long. After using a few Sage Mode techniques, my energy will naturally run out."

"To maintain Sage Mode for a long time, one would need to summon the two sages from Mount Myōboku for help, just like Jiraiya did. But summoning those two sages requires a lot of chakra. Even Jiraiya had to prepare for a long time. I estimate that even if one could summon them, one would be exhausted on the spot!"

"So all things considered, the price I paid for using Sage Mode was too high, and it was somewhat not worth it!"

Upon hearing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed and shook his head in disappointment.

If there are other ways to make up for the deficiency, then the lack of chakra is a matter of personal talent, which even he, who has mastered the foundation of Konoha, cannot solve.

Of course, Minato Namikaze actually had a lot of chakra, but because using the Flying Thunder God Technique consumed too much of it, it made Minato Namikaze's chakra seem somewhat insufficient!

Um...wait!

There are ways to increase chakra!

As Hiruzen Sarutobi looked at Minato Namikaze, the image of Minato's fiancée, Kushina Uzumaki, flashed through his mind!

As we all know, becoming a Jinchuriki of a Tailed Beast has both good and bad consequences, but the biggest advantage is that becoming a Jinchuriki is like having a Tailed Beast-branded power bank!

To become a Jinchūriki, Minato Namikaze might have less chakra, but he was proficient in various sealing techniques, which could make up for this deficiency to some extent!

If Minato Namikaze were to become a Jinchūriki, his strength would definitely increase significantly!

Hiruzen Sarutobi thought about it more and more and felt it was a good idea, and began to carefully analyze its advantages and disadvantages.

Of course, Hiruzen Sarutobi wasn't after Kushina Uzumaki.

The Nine-Tails within Kushina Uzumaki is Konoha's ultimate weapon, and it cannot be used lightly unless absolutely necessary, so it must not be lost!

But don't forget, at this time, Killer Bee, the Eight-Tails Jinchuriki of Kumogakure, is still imprisoned in Konoha!

It's safe to say that if Konoha wanted to take the Eight-Tails for themselves at this point, it would be completely effortless!

But what followed was the Cloud Village's furious retaliation!

The pros and cons need to be carefully considered.

Hiruzen Sarutobi temporarily put that matter aside and instead asked, "Minato, has the Uchiha clan agreed to those things?"

Minato Namikaze nodded upon hearing this, a slight smile appearing on his face. "Kin Uchiha has already agreed to fully support me in becoming the Fourth Hokage. He even said he could relinquish some of the power of the Konoha Police Department, but..."

At this point, Minato Namikaze hesitated somewhat.

Seeing this, Hiruzen Sarutobi asked, "But what?"

Minato Namikaze said, "Kin Uchiha said he could divide the power of the Konoha Police Department into several parts, but Hokage-sama, the conditions you offered are a bit too low!"

"He also said he would invite people from various families in the village to participate in the formulation of the village's laws, and how much say they could gain in it would depend on how much they were willing to pay!"

Hiruzen Sarutobi sneered upon hearing this, saying, "Waiting for the best price, this Uchiha Jin is quite greedy!"

Despite saying that, Hiruzen Sarutobi breathed a sigh of relief, and his malice towards King Uchiha lessened considerably.

For Hiruzen Sarutobi, he wasn't afraid of Uchiha Jin's greed, but he was afraid of Uchiha Jin's lack of greed!

Hiruzen Sarutobi said, "I will find time to talk to him about this myself, so you don't need to worry about it."

After a pause, Hiruzen Sarutobi sighed softly before continuing, "There are only a few days left until the next Jonin meeting, so I plan to set off for the Daimyo's residence tomorrow to report on my duties and, while I'm at it, put in a good word for you with the Daimyo and recommend you for a promotion."