Yagyu stood with his hands in his pockets, looking calmly at Minato, and spoke slowly. "As long as I don't want to fight head-on, no one in the world can do anything to me."
"Minato Namikaze~ Even though you're called the Yellow Flash, you can't compare to me in speed. Although the Flying Thunder God's spatial movement is instant, but..."
Yagyu glanced at the Flying Thunder God kunai scattered around, a mocking smile appearing on his face.
"Your spatial movement requires a Flying Thunder God seal as a marker. You can only move to places where the seal exists."
"As long as I don't appear in a place with a seal, you can't use spatial movement to suddenly appear by my side."
"Perhaps you can throw a kunai at me to mark my location, but..."
Yagyu raised a hand. Watching a kunai Minato threw at him, a golden laser beam snapped it in two mid-air.
"It's useless~"
Yagyu spoke slowly in a nonchalant tone. His slick cadence caused a knot in Minato's chest.
With Observation Haki combined with laser beams, Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai couldn't even get close to Yagyu.
"You've been attacking all this time. Now it's my turn, right? Be careful~"
Intense golden light erupted from Yagyu's fingertip. A cross-shaped light spun continuously, then fired off rapid laser beams.
Boom! Boom! Boom!
Yagyu fired lasers at Minato lazily. Minato could only rely on his Flying Thunder God kunai to teleport and flee.
The spectator stands were silent. The hearts of the Konoha villagers felt heavy.
A young man from another village was rubbing their village's genius into the ground.
As Konoha villagers, they felt unhappy, and the atmosphere became somewhat oppressive.
The Third Hokage's face was grim. Although it was confirmed that Sealing Jutsu was effective against Yagyu, the results were not optimistic.
Kushina's face was full of worry; this was the first time she had seen Minato in such a wretched state.
On the other hand, Fugaku Uchiha's complexion looked much better than before.
It seems it wasn't that I was too weak, but that this Yagyu from the Hidden Mist is just too strong!
Unlike the gloomy Konoha side, Genji and his group were all smiles.
Yagyu's dominant performance would certainly bring the Hidden Mist more bargaining chips.
"Young Minato Namikaze~ The game... is over!"
Yagyu looked at Minato with a smile. The relentless laser beams had already shattered all of the opponent's Flying Thunder God kunai. Now, a massive golden beam was blasting toward Minato.
Whoosh!
Minato sighed helplessly. Moving his body, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique, appearing instantly on the high platform surrounding the stadium.
"You win!"
By appearing on the high platform, Minato had already left the competition area, effectively conceding defeat.
"Either someone jumps in to save the day, or you just leave the match directly. Your Konoha really is willful!"
Yagyu glanced lazily at Minato and shook his head.
[Ding! Achievement Unlocked: Defeated Minato Namikaze!][Template Character: Kizaru – Unlock Progress: 23%!][Ding! Achievement Unlocked: Won the Konoha Tournament!][Template Character: Kizaru – Unlock Progress: 25%!]
...
A series of system notifications rang out, and Yagyu's strength increased once again.
Including the unlock progress gained from imitating Kizaru earlier and defeating Fugaku Uchiha, Yagyu had now unlocked 25% of the Kizaru template.
With powerful mobility combined with impressive destructive power, Yagyu was confident he could now contend with ninety percent of the ninja in the Ninja World.
This ninja tournament held within Konoha ended with the defeat of the Konoha ninja.
Seeing their own ninja fail, the Konoha spectators felt depressed, and the ending wasn't particularly spectacular.
"Tsk, tsk, tsk! Not a single bit of magnanimity. Is this how you act when your own ninja lose? I despise you!"
Yagyu leaned back lazily in his chair, looking at the Konoha villagers leaving in silence, and raised a middle finger disdainfully.
I won the ultimate victory, you know? Can't you at least offer me some congratulations?Narrow-minded. No wonder Konoha is becoming more and more desolate.
Yagyu speculated maliciously in his heart.
"Hahaha! Yagyu, well done!"
"You guys take your time and have fun in Konoha for the next few days. I'm going to be wrangling with the Third Hokage and his lot for a while."
Watching the dejected departure of the Konoha villagers and the Third Hokage's group, Genji couldn't help but laugh heartily.
...
Hokage's Office.
The Third Hokage had summoned Minato Namikaze and Fugaku Uchiha. Also present was the ANBU Commander, Konoha's White Fang—Sakumo Hatake.
Of course, the Konoha Elders—Danzo Shimura, Koharu Utatane, and Homura Mitokado—were there, along with the Uchiha Clan Head, Fukuyama Uchiha.
"You have all seen the battles. Minato and Fugaku were direct participants."
"Now, let us discuss what to do if we encounter the Hidden Mist's Yagyu on the battlefield!"
The Third Hokage picked up his pipe and spoke in a deep voice.
"From the current situation, Yagyu possesses an ability similar to the Hydrification Technique."
"It is unclear whether this is a Kekkei Genkai or a Secret Technique (Hiden) similar to the Hozuki Clan's Hydrification."
"Let us tentatively call it the 'Light-ification Technique' and analyze its weaknesses and capabilities."
Sakumo Hatake spoke first,
"The Light-ification Technique has the ability to release intense light, similar to a Lightning Style Genjutsu from the Land of Lightning, which can block a person's vision."
Fugaku Uchiha added,
"This ability can be countered with sunglasses. However, an Uchiha wearing sunglasses will have their visual Genjutsu blocked."
Fukuyama Uchiha frowned.
"Fugaku, you should have used Sharingan Genjutsu against him earlier, right?"
Judging from the original story, the Nine-Tails Incident was a major reason for the Uchiha clan's rebellion. The incident made the Konoha higher-ups suspect the Uchiha and made the villagers detest them.
But before the Nine-Tails Incident erupted, the relationship between Konoha and the Uchiha wasn't that tense yet. Although there were some contradictions, they were still within a controllable range.
Fugaku nodded.
"I did indeed use Sharingan Genjutsu on him, but the effect wasn't very good." "He seemed to be immune to Genjutsu, or perhaps he broke it in an instant."
The Third Hokage said gravely,
"I previously had Shinku Yuhi probe him with Genjutsu, and he broke that easily as well. In other words, Genjutsu cannot counter him."