Minato's feet exploded with Chakra, swiftly maneuvering to the relatively open left side, then he flung a Flying Thunder God Kunai towards Kakashi and Nohara Rin, while carefully observing his surroundings, trying to locate the real Obito.
Kakashi and Nohara Rin easily dodged the kunai that Minato casually tossed, and pressed towards Minato together.
Kakashi pulled out a kunai, stabbing towards Minato's vital spots each time, but Minato's kunai skills were superior, his expression calm as he blocked all of Kakashi's attacks, and Nohara Rin's harassment was not very effective.
But this was just their pre-discussed attack plan. While Minato blocked Kakashi's stab towards the heart, Nohara Rin gathered a large amount of Chakra in her arm, greatly enhancing her physical strength, and swung a Monster Strength Fist towards Minato.
This punch required no further explanation; even someone who didn't understand Chakra could sense its power, as the momentum of the punch was entirely different.
Minato immediately increased his strength, pushing back Kakashi, with whom he was contending with a kunai, and then condensed Chakra into his palm to collide with Nohara Rin.
Bang!
With a loud crash, under the tremendous force, Minato was knocked back two meters.
"Such strong power, I didn't expect this kid, who seemed so ordinary on paper, to have such incredible strength," Minato was very surprised by being repelled.
The power beneath Nohara Rin's frail body shocked him; he had just used Chakra, albeit holding back, but for Nohara Rin, a freshly graduated student, to reach this level was quite remarkable, unlike Obito's outstanding school performance.
Kakashi seized the opportunity, swiftly lunging towards Minato, forcing Minato to only evade backward.
While pondering whether to exert more strength, Minato suddenly sensed a trace of crisis; he saw Kakashi in front of him cease action and begin forming hand signs.
"Explode."
"Fire Release: Impatiens Fire Jutsu!"
Simultaneously, Obito appeared from his hiding place on a tree nearby, spitting out numerous small fireballs to block off areas.
Rumble!!
The Explosive Tag buried underground by Kakashi detonated, the intense firelight engulfing Minato's location, and the thick explosion smoke obscured what was happening inside.
Obito jumped down and stood beside Nohara Rin, scratching his head and said, "What do we do now, maybe we killed Senior Minato, seems like he didn't evade our attack."
"We're in trouble; Senior Minato is Teacher Mokgetsu's good friend."
Kakashi gave Obito a slightly exasperated look, questioning if he really didn't realize their capability; defeating a Hidden Cloud Jonin required all three of them giving their all, and Minato was evidently not just any Jonin, how could he be taken down easily by them?
"He shouldn't, right?" Nohara Rin said somewhat uncertainly; her battle experience was the least, never having fought strong opponents before, feeling that Minato was quite formidable.
The smoke quickly dissipated, revealing a scene of scorched earth, and Minato's figure was nowhere to be seen.
Kakashi's expression immediately turned vigilant, deeply surprised, completely not realizing how Minato disappeared.
"You indeed gave quite a surprise, seems I need to respond more seriously to you all."
Minato's voice came from behind them; Kakashi quickly turned his head, discovering the smiling and unharmed Minato.
Obito immediately stepped in front of Nohara Rin, maximizing the Breathing Technique, entering an extremely focused breathing state.
"With such speed, as expected, not easy to deal with," Kakashi's eyes flickered without much shock, after all, Minato was acknowledged by even Mokgetsu to be strong, being effortlessly taken out by them would be strange.
Seeing the three of them immediately enter a fighting state again, Minato felt a bit emotional inside.
He was glad he was the one guiding these three; if it were a less experienced Jonin, he might have been in real trouble due to carelessness. Who could have expected three nine-year-olds to exhibit such prowess?
Obito's Fire Release, Nohara Rin's immense strength, Kakashi's attack rhythm, and traps, all of these abilities far exceeded those of their peers.
Whoosh whoosh!!!
Minato tossed a Flying Thunder God Kunai towards the three of them.
Clang!
Obito swung his kunai to block the attack, with the kunai embedding into the ground beside him.
Subsequently, Kakashi and Obito exchanged a glance and nodded.
"Fire Release: Great Fireball Jutsu!"
Obito gathered a large amount of Chakra in his throat, rapidly performing Nature Transformation, spitting out massive flames, ultimately forming a giant fireball over four meters in diameter.
Meanwhile, Kakashi silently leaped onto a tree, using it as a springboard to rapidly approach Minato, simultaneously tossing shuriken to lock him in position.
Swish!
Just as the fireball was about to hit, Minato vanished from the spot in an instant, the fireball and shuriken hitting empty air, Kakashi quickly searched around for Minato's location.
Bang bang!!
Utilizing Flying Thunder God, Minato appeared beside Obito and Nohara Rin, using incredibly swift Taijutsu to knock them into a tree.
"So fast!" The relatively hardy Obito quickly got up and said in astonishment.
He hadn't seen how Minato got there at all, suddenly appearing and then sending them flying.
Seeing Minato's position, Kakashi showed a thoughtful expression.
If he remembered correctly, there seemed to be a kunai where Minato appeared earlier as well, was it a coincidence?
Kakashi silently noted the positions of the two kunai, then launched another attack.
Nohara Rin, not wanting to be a burden, also stood up enduring the pain and assumed a combat stance.