"No wonder, this guy is very strong... You guys, be extremely careful, his speed is very high..." Yoshime was immediately taken for treatment. Those blows that Taigaku landed on her at the end were very painful and heavy.
"Don't worry, Yoshime, I'll definitely help you beat your opponent!" Satoru also made a firm decision.
There was only one fight left, and it was Satoru versus Namikaze Minato. Satoru hadn't expected to have to fight his own man.
"Satoru, I hope you won't hold back. I'll do my best to beat you too!" Minato smiled slightly, looking very confident.
"Heh, don't worry, I definitely won't hold back either," Satoru said to Minato.
Then the two of them stepped onto the arena.
Satoru knew that the Minato standing before him was no longer the same Minato. In these few years, Minato's progress had been, one could say, enormous.
Initially, Minato only knew Shadow Clone Shuriken Technique, but now he had mastered the initial stage of Hiraishin and learned to use Wind Release chakra to make his speed even higher.
Most importantly, under Satoru's guidance, Minato had mastered Armament Haki.
Satoru had once asked the System why ninjas of this era could learn Haki from the "One Piece" world.
The System replied:
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[It's all because you taught them!]
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Satoru could do nothing about it. Who asked him to be so generous?
However, it wasn't just Minato who had made great progress; Satoru's progress was even more astonishing.
In these few years, training under the Third Hokage, Satoru had studied various ninjutsu and combat concepts. One could say that the fight between Satoru and Minato was definitely going to be very interesting.
"Two supernovas of Konoha, interesting, who will turn out to be stronger?"
"Satoru is the personal student of the Third Hokage-sama, and Minato is the talented student of one of the Three Legendary Sannin, Jiraiya-sama!"
"I think this fight will be very interesting! Can't wait!"
On the stands sat not only the daimyo and high officials but also various jonin. At this moment, all eyes were fixed on Minato and Satoru.
"Good! You two, good luck! The fight begins!" The Third Hokage smiled slightly, announced the start of the fight, and then returned to the stands, clearing the arena.
Satoru and Minato looked at each other, but neither attacked first.
"Come on, start already. This is a competition," Satoru said.
"If that's the case, Satoru, sorry!" Namikaze Minato immediately threw several kunai at Satoru's feet, then instantly teleported using Hiraishin.
However, this technique was very familiar to Satoru, and naturally, he wouldn't let Minato succeed so easily.
"Fire Release: Great Fire Annihilation!" Satoru stepped back and immediately used the Sarutobi clan's fire technique. The flames instantly rushed toward Minato and the kunai at his feet.
On the stands, real madness began; everyone was watching this fight intently.
After the flames died down, Minato was nowhere to be seen.
*Sh-sh-sh!*
Minato appeared unnoticed behind Satoru's back.
"Sorry, Satoru!" Minato said.
"I should be the one apologizing," Satoru turned into a large wooden log with a loud boom.
"Body Replacement Technique!" Minato was shocked. "So you used Body Replacement Technique from the very beginning. Satoru, you're still as strong as ever."
"But I'm not that easy to beat either! Armament Haki!" Namikaze Minato spun beautifully and punched the real Satoru who suddenly appeared behind him.
And Satoru also raised his hand and grabbed Minato's fist.
"Rasengan!" What surprised Satoru happened: Minato's other hand immediately formed a Rasengan and rushed toward him.
"Discharge!" Satoru immediately released a powerful lightning bolt. Only then did Minato dodge backward with several flips.
"Satoru has Monstrous Strength, plus an incredibly strong lightning ability. Looks like getting close will be tough..."
"Thinking about how to beat me?" Satoru smiled slightly and asked: "Didn't expect you to be such a genius, mastering Rasengan. I only learned it recently myself."
"Satoru, you're very strong. I really don't know how to beat you, so..." Minato's expression suddenly changed. He bit his finger, formed a seal, and slammed his palm to the ground.
"Summoning Technique!"
And then Satoru was stunned. He hadn't expected Jiraiya to teach him this technique so quickly.
It turned out a huge toad appeared under Minato's feet. Though it was a huge toad, it wasn't Gamabunta.
Summoning Gamabunta to such an arena would definitely be madness.
Minato summoned a toad with a ninja sword, very agile.
"Please, help me buy some time!" Then Minato clasped his hands together, preparing something unknown.
And Satoru, seeing this, was extremely surprised too.
"Buy time... clasp hands... don't joke like that! Minato is still just a genin right now! Jiraiya is really reckless!" Satoru knew that if he wanted to win, he needed to interrupt Minato's technique.
"Your opponent is me!" The toad with the ninja sword was very strong and charged at Satoru. For a moment, it even managed to hold him back.
"Looks like I can't hide my power anymore," Satoru became a bit more serious, concentrated, and then immediately used the abilities of his Goro Goro no Mi.
"Raijin!"
"Discharge!"
Countless electric discharges rushed from Satoru's body. No matter how agile the toad with the ninja sword was, it was forced to dodge.
And Satoru, using Sharingan, instantly predicted the toad's position and used Discharge, instantly sending this toad back to Mount Myoboku.
Minato was shocked. Summoning the toad had taken a lot of his chakra, and Satoru dealt with it so easily.
"Minato, you have no more chances," Satoru instantly teleported to Minato. Faced with Satoru, he couldn't continue keeping his hands clasped and preparing that ninjutsu.
"Rasengan!" Minato immediately decided to abandon the previous technique and attacked Satoru with Rasengan at incredible speed.
"Great Rasengan!" Facing Minato's Rasengan, Satoru wasn't scared at all and immediately used the improved version of Rasengan — Great Rasengan!
Both Rasengans collided. However, no fusion of Rasengans occurred; instead, a huge storm arose.
This unusual phenomenon from the clash of powers didn't last long. Due to chakra instability, the Rasengans collapsed.
Both bodies began to tear apart at the same time. If they had continued maintaining the Rasengans, both would surely have died!
"Get back! Minato!" Satoru, seeing Minato couldn't hold on, kicked him away using Monstrous Strength.
Satoru himself immediately retreated too.
"Ha-ha-ha..." Minato's face was somewhat pale. If not for that kick from Satoru, he might have died.
"I have no more chakra, Satoru... You're really too strong..." Minato shook his head and said. "Sorry... I surrender."