The video continued playing.
Hearing Minato Namikaze’s question, the masked man removed the robe covering his head, revealing a neat head of short hair, but he did not answer.
Minato Namikaze continued,
“No, that’s not right. You can’t possibly be Uchiha Madara. Uchiha Madara died a long time ago.”
The masked man’s voice rang out, carrying a casual tone.
“Who knows? That isn’t necessarily true.”
Minato Namikaze said,
“At this point, it doesn’t matter who you are. But what is your purpose in attacking Konoha?”
The masked man shook his head.
“You could say I did it on a whim, or you could say it was something I’d been planning for a long time.”
“You could say it was for war, or you could say it was for peace.”
As he spoke, he shook both arms.
Clatter!
Two chains slipped out from his wide sleeves.
Minato Namikaze also raised his kunai and assumed an attacking stance.
The next moment, whoosh!
Whoosh!
The two charged toward each other at the same time, launching attacks!
The moment they closed the distance, Minato Namikaze raised his kunai and precisely stabbed toward the masked man’s chest.
But immediately afterward, the masked man’s body turned intangible.
Minato’s kunai passed straight through him without touching his physical body.
Then Minato himself passed completely through the masked man’s body.
In an instant, their positions changed from facing each other to standing back-to-back.
The masked man then shook both hands before suddenly pulling!
He instantly became tangible again and used the chains to bind Minato Namikaze!
Minato quickly brought two fingers together and used the Flying Thunder God Technique to break free, teleporting to the grassy clearing some distance away.
Outside the video, the shinobi in the alternate dimension all secretly sighed when they saw this scene.
The masked man’s ability to freely switch between tangible and intangible states was simply too difficult to deal with.
Even the Fourth Hokage, Konoha’s Yellow Flash, Minato Namikaze, who had become famous throughout the Shinobi World during the Third Shinobi World War for repeatedly relying on his speed to achieve victory, seemed completely helpless against this masked man.
Especially the five Kage of the Five Great Nations—the Third Hokage, the Fourth Raikage A, Mei Terumi, Onoki, and Rasa.
All five stared at the masked man in the video with grim expressions.
They exchanged distant glances with one another, seemingly beginning to understand why they would hold a Five Kage Summit in the future.
Presumably, it was precisely to deal with this masked man, Tobi, and the Akatsuki he belonged to.
Naruto stared at the video, clenching his little fists so tightly that his entire face had even scrunched up from excessive tension.
“You have to win, Fourth Hokage!”
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Minato Namikaze stood up once again and looked toward the masked man in the distance.
The masked man raised both arms, the chains around his wrists clattering and creating an oppressive atmosphere.
Although Minato’s gaze was solemn, his expression remained calm and composed, without the slightest ripple.
Combined with his handsome appearance, this had already secretly captivated countless female shinobi watching the video.
Whoosh!
Minato Namikaze moved and launched another attack!
The masked man was unwilling to back down and charged forward as well.
The two once again closed in on each other!
Suddenly, Minato raised his hand and threw the kunai in his grasp.
The kunai shot forward with a whoosh, heading straight for the masked man’s forehead.
As expected, the masked man once again used his intangibility.
The kunai didn’t touch him in the slightest and passed straight through.
But at the exact moment the kunai completely passed through him, the masked man’s outstretched right hand had already…
touched Minato Namikaze’s clothes!
“Not good!”
“Fourth Hokage, watch out!”
“It’s over! It’s over!”
“Damn Tobi!”
“Damn it!”
The The twelve young shinobi of Konoha watching the video couldn’t help shouting out.
Once the masked man touched the Fourth Hokage, wouldn’t the Fourth be in danger?
Naruto was so angry that he puffed out his cheeks and shouted,
“This is way too unfair! How are you supposed to fight someone like that?!”
Sasuke also wore a serious expression as he thought about how he would respond if he encountered such a situation himself.
Meanwhile, all the shinobi in the alternate dimension revealed gloomy expressions upon seeing this scene.
It looked like the Fourth Hokage was about to lose.
But the next moment!
Everyone widened their eyes, their faces filled with disbelief!
In the video, beep, beep, beep, beep!
A strange sound rang out as Minato Namikaze’s other hand suddenly began glowing with blue light.
A sky-blue sphere of chakra had appeared out of thin air!
It was a Rasengan!
Immediately afterward, the masked man’s hand touched Minato Namikaze.
His voice rang out in delight.
The moment those words fell, whoosh!
Minato Namikaze’s figure suddenly disappeared!
Almost at the exact same moment, his figure appeared above the masked man!
Right beside the kunai he had thrown earlier, which was engraved with a Flying Thunder God seal!
“I miscalculated. Did he teleport to the kunai he threw earlier?” the masked man exclaimed in shock.
“This is Flying Thunder God: Second Stage,” Minato Namikaze said calmly.
He turned in midair, then ruthlessly slammed the Rasengan in his hand down toward the masked man.
Boom!
The masked man was slammed into the ground, coughing up a large mouthful of blood!
Even the earth beneath him was smashed into a huge crater, with dirt flying everywhere and clouds of dust rising into the air!
This scene immediately stunned everyone watching the video!
Kakashi rarely revealed such a shocked expression.
He murmured,
“Taking advantage of the fact that the masked man becomes tangible when launching an attack, he deliberately exposed an opening to lure the masked man into attacking, then used Flying Thunder God: Second Stage to evade the attack while launching a counterattack at the same time. As expected of my master!”
The Third Hokage also smiled.
Seeing how outstanding his disciple’s disciple had become filled him with pride.
“If only he hadn’t died…”
Naruto let out an excited howl.
“Woohoo!!! He won! He won! The Fourth Hokage is amazing!”
Sasuke also gave a soft snort of laughter.
He had been infected by the Fourth Hokage’s calm composure and overwhelming strength, and he had already begun to faintly regard him as someone he wanted to surpass.
The shinobi from the other villages were also filled with admiration.
The masked man’s technique, which had seemed nearly impossible to deal with in their eyes, had actually been deciphered with ease by the Fourth Hokage on their third exchange.
No wonder that during the Third Shinobi World War, the various villages had issued an order that went against the very nature of a shinobi: “If you see Konoha’s Yellow Flash, run immediately.”
The Fourth Raikage, A, remembered how he and his younger brother had once joined forces to deal with Minato Namikaze, only to be thoroughly outplayed, and couldn’t help sighing with emotion.
“He’s an opponent worthy of respect.”
Within the Akatsuki,
Deidara looked at Tobi and teased him.
“So you actually got beaten this badly before? And now it’s being played in front of all these people. That’s practically a public execution!”
Although Deidara knew that Tobi’s identity seemed somewhat suspicious, and even the leader, Pain, could no longer tolerate Tobi’s deception, Deidara didn’t really care.
Tobi gave a contemptuous snort and said nothing.
The video continued playing.
The masked man leaped backward onto a large rock, clutching his arm.
Clearly, he had suffered serious injuries.
Immediately afterward, a horrifying scene unfolded!