Grind is My Ninja Way

*Boom*

Gamabunta descended from the sky and landed beside Namikaze Minato at the edge of the battlefield.

"Minato, what are you going to do next?"

Gamabunta asked.

As he spoke, his eyes were fixed on Roshi in the distance. He was obviously wary of Roshi's current state, and his tone was unusually serious.

Minato pondered for a moment and said, "The Four-Tails' ability is Lava Release. In a head-on battle, it's not easy for me to get close, so..."

"So..."

Gamabunta turned to look at Namikaze Minato.

Suddenly, his heart skipped a beat, and he had an inexplicable bad feeling, as if some great trouble was about to befall him.

Sure enough, Namikaze Minato's next words confirmed his guess.

He said, "So I need Boss Toad to attract his attention, and then I'll find an opportunity to strike."

"No! Absolutely not!"

Hearing Namikaze Minato's proposal, Gamabunta shook his head like a rattle drum, refusing to agree.

"One hundred pounds."

Namikaze Minato held up a finger and said with a smile.

"What?"

Gamabunta was confused.

Namikaze Minato explained, "One hundred pounds of top-quality tobacco leaves from the Land of Birds."

"Gulp~"

Gamabunta swallowed and said with difficulty, "This mission is a bit..."

"Two hundred pounds."

Namikaze Minato held up another finger.

"It's not..."

Before Gamabunta could finish his words, Namikaze Minato held up a third finger and said, "Three hundred pounds, that's the final offer."

"Alright, three hundred pounds it is."

Hearing this, Gamabunta's hesitant expression changed, and his tone became righteous.

He said, "Tobacco leaves and such are not important. We have a contract and should help each other. Since you have a request, I naturally won't stand idly by. Minato, just watch me."

As he spoke, Gamabunta pulled out the short knife from his waist, exerted force with his legs, leaped into the air, and pounced directly at Roshi, who had already revealed two tails.

Seeing his energetic appearance, Namikaze Minato shook his head with a light smile and then used the Body Flicker Technique to quietly follow.

Obviously, their bargaining just now was mostly playful.

...

At the same time.

At the edge of the battlefield.

Seimei only heard Gamabunta shout, "Hey! Take my Toad Blade Slash!"

Then, he saw Gamabunta wielding the short knife in his hand, descending from the sky, and slashing towards Roshi.

Well...

Calling it a short knife wasn't quite accurate.

Because this "short" was relative to Gamabunta's massive size. For normal humans like Seimei or Roshi, it was a giant blade over three meters long.

Looking at the giant blade slashing towards him, a hint of violence flashed in Roshi's already beast-like pupils.

He didn't retreat or dodge. He abruptly raised both hands, as if to catch the blade barehanded, and actually firmly clamped down on Gamabunta's slash.

Tremendous force transmitted from the short knife. With a "boom," the ground beneath Roshi's feet instantly cracked, and his entire body, from the waist down, sank into the earth.

Even with the Tailed Beast Cloak's protection, Roshi still let out a painful roar. Then, he swung his tails behind him, directly whipping towards Gamabunta.

The sound of howling wind rang out. Sensing the threat from those two tails, Gamabunta didn't choose to resist head-on.

He exerted force, pulled out his short knife, and then immediately jumped backward.

*Slap* *Slap*

The two tails missed their target one after another, whipping onto the ground, leaving two cracks. The earth trembled along with it.

Seeing the enemy dodge, Roshi didn't pause at all and immediately raised his hands, aiming at Gamabunta in mid-air.

Seeing this familiar scene, Seimei knew that the opponent was about to use the same move he had used against him earlier.

As expected, the dark red chakra on the surface of his hands instantly extended, condensing into two Tailed Beast Balls, grabbing straight towards Gamabunta.

At this moment, Gamabunta was in mid-air with nowhere to leverage his strength. His situation was very dangerous.

However, Gamabunta had rich combat experience and immediately thought of a solution. He quickly formed hand seals and used the Water Release: Water Bullet Technique in the blink of an eye!

Two water balls were spat out from his mouth, precisely bombarding the two Tailed Beast Balls, skillfully deflecting their trajectory.

Gamabunta grazed past the two Tailed Beast Balls and landed safely on the ground.

Then, with a short jump, he avoided the Tailed Beast Balls' attempt to grab him from behind.

Seeing this, Roshi was unwilling and wanted to continue pursuing.

But at this moment, an extremely dangerous feeling washed over him.

Almost instinctively, Roshi controlled the tails behind him to protect his back.

*Slash*

A kunai wrapped in wind-style chakra tore through Roshi's tail and pierced his back, but it was blocked by the Tailed Beast Cloak on his body.

Feeling the slight chill coming from behind, Roshi felt a lingering fear in his heart.

If he hadn't reacted in time and used his tail to block it, Namikaze Minato's kunai would have definitely torn through his Tailed Beast Cloak.

At that time, even if he didn't die, he would be severely injured.

That's right, the one who launched this attack was Namikaze Minato.

Just now, he seized the opportunity and decisively attacked, using the sharp nature of wind-style chakra, trying to take Roshi's life in one strike.

Unfortunately, Roshi, or rather the Four-Tails' survival instincts, were too keen, and he managed to block his attack at the critical moment.

This made his efforts go in vain.

Secretly sighing in regret, Namikaze Minato activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and disappeared from his original spot.

*Slap*

The tail whipped onto the ground.

Seeing Namikaze Minato disappear, Roshi became even more furious.

He opened his mouth, and magma balls were spat out, smashing towards Gamabunta.

Obviously, he was venting his anger on Gamabunta.

Not only that, but for his own safety, he also activated the Lava Release Chakra Mode, once again condensing a layer of lava armor on his body.

However, unlike the previous simple humanoid armor, this time the lava armor also included the tails.

Moreover, this part was much larger than his body, looking as if he was dragging two lava rivers behind him, appearing extremely powerful.

It had to be said that compared to the Five-Tails' Boil Release, the Four-Tails' Lava Release was obviously more difficult to deal with.

For agile fighters like Namikaze Minato, dealing with the Five-Tails Jinchuriki, Han, as long as they maintained the rhythm, they could easily toy with him and force him to retreat actively.

But it didn't work against Roshi. With that lava armor, let alone toying with him, even getting close to him was impossible.

In the past few days, on the frontal battlefield, due to the presence of too many of their own ninjas, Roshi didn't use this move, and Namikaze Minato could easily restrain him.

Now, without any worries, his difficulty had increased several times.

"Fortunately, I have Gamabunta to help, otherwise it would be really troublesome!"

In the shadows, Namikaze Minato muttered as he watched Gamabunta preparing to use Water Release ninjutsu to counter Roshi.

...That's it for today...

(End of this chapter)