Naruto: Flash Reborn — Minato’s Second Life

"Boom! Boom! Boom!"

Within the forest, terrifying explosions kept erupting as massive areas of trees turned to charcoal under rampant lightning flashes.

Sakumo and Ryo Yagura dove back into the fray alongside two Cloud Jonin.

"Crash!"

A deep-blue chakra-infused tanto smashed into Ryo Yagura's fist like a hammer. He flew backward from the impact.

"Lightning Release · Thunderbolt Dance!"

In an instant, thick webs of lightning erupted behind them, spreading wild and fast.

With no time to handle Ryo Yagura, who he'd just sent flying, Sakumo wove through the lightning like a shadow. Meanwhile, Ryo Yagura was completely engulfed by the surge.

Whoosh!

But not long after, another wild figure burst through the lightning—protected by his Lightning Release Chakra Armor, Ryo Yagura wasn't afraid of this kind of attack at all.

Clearly, their tactics against Sakumo were effective.

Sakumo was slightly annoyed too. Though he could break through the Lightning Release Chakra Armor, it would cost a significant amount of chakra. Ryo Yagura was definitely a tough opponent.

After using up so much energy creating the Chakra Armor twice, Ryo Yagura still charged forward like a ferocious tiger.

[Hatake Sakumo? That's all you've got?"] Ryo Yagura sneered as he charged forward.

Hearing this, Sakumo smirked slightly, "Is that right?"

By now, they had already moved quite a distance from where the fight initially began. Ryo Yagura and the others assumed he'd been forced into a dead-end retreat.

But what they didn't realize was that Sakumo had done this on purpose.

Earlier, the blow Ryo Yagura had aimed at Minato had left him momentarily shaken. If Minato hadn't reacted quickly enough...

That single strike nearly took Minato's life.

But by now, Junko Watanabe should've signaled—yet there was nothing.

Right now, he wasn't worried about Junko; instead, it was those two young boys facing off against enemy shinobi for the first time.

Thus, when Ryo Yagura charged again, Sakumo's expression changed.

"Boom!"

The lightning-wrapped punch collided once more with the chakra-enhanced blade. As expected, Ryo Yagura was thrown back again.

"Zzzt! Zzzt!"

Yet following immediately, surging waves of lightning filled Sakumo's vision.

Undeniably, the timing of that Cloud Jonin was spot-on.

"Hmph." With a sharp exhale, Sakumo didn't dodge this time but instead shot forward, darting past Ryo Yagura.

"Buzzzz."

Chakra radiated from the white blade in his hand, and from its short edge erupted blinding, intense light.

"Zzzt! Zzzt!"

The crackling lightning clashed—but this time, no explosion came. The chakra-infused tanto in Sakumo's hand sliced effortlessly through even the Cloud Jonin's Lightning Release Technique.

Whoosh!

Under the lightning, Sakumo's speed didn't decrease even slightly. Within moments, he sliced straight through the entire area of lightning. When Ryo Yagura regained his senses, the scene before him shocked him greatly.

He actually cut through thunderstorms. Just how powerful was this man?

After slicing through the lightning, Sakumo glanced toward the hiding places of the two Cloud Ninja among the trees. The latter two stood rooted to the ground, their bodies going stiff.

The overwhelming presence momentarily paralyzed the two jonin's combat instincts.

However, Sakumo ignored them. Noticing that Ryo Yagura had recovered awareness, he suddenly stamped his foot onto the ground and transformed into a streak of white light, vanishing from the sight of all three.

"Pursue him!"

At this moment, Ryo Yagura's voice snapped the two Cloud jonin out of their shock. He himself became a bolt of lightning and followed closely.

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[Fire Release: Phoenix Claw Bloom!]

Dozens of flying shuriken were covered in raging flames, causing the air to shimmer with intense heat.

"Boom!"

The shuriken struck against the gauntlet formed by Lightning Release chakra and were subsequently engulfed in flames, causing its shape to nearly collapse.

The two fighters jumped back again, but one appeared way too small and skinny, making the whole match seem off-balanced.

"He almost destroyed my Lightning Gauntlet."

The Cloud ninja chunin looked at Yan Uchiha in horror, no longer daring to underestimate him just because he was a child.

Both his combat skills and ninjutsu were definitely not those of an ordinary child.

Whoosh! Whoosh! Whoosh!

At this time, dozens of shuriken launched by Yan Uchiha flew over once more, resembling black afterimages.

Under the cover of darkness, the shuriken became even harder to trace.

However, through earlier combat experience, the chunin had figured out some of Yan Uchiha's battle patterns. As he withdrew, his hands began forming hand seals.

[Lightning Release: Rairan!]

He slammed both hands onto the ground. Lightning surged across the surface, zapping each shuriken mid-air and knocking them all down.

Swish!

But at this moment, Yan Uchiha's black figure descended suddenly from above. At that moment, the misty moonlight dissipated slightly, revealing the gleam on his pitch-black kunai, which finally exposed Yan Uchiha's position.

"Damn it!"

Yan Uchiha muttered under his breath. The battlefield he now occupied was where Sakumo and Ryo Yagura had fought earlier. Surrounded by heavily damaged terrain, the forest here had become slightly open.

He had intentionally lured the Cloud chunin here, using various ninjutsu techniques and shuriken arts to prepare for this fatal strike. Yet he hadn't anticipated that the environment would also limit him.

Now, moonlight poured unhindered into the clearing.

Still, Yan Uchiha moved fast enough. Although the enemy chunin had spotted him, he lacked sufficient time to counterattack and could only retreat.

A sharp kunai scraped across the chunin's right chest, but immediately afterward, Yan Uchiha himself was sent flying by a heavy punch.

Even though he saw the attack coming while airborne, he couldn't dodge in time.

"Cough."

Both sides retreated. Yan Uchiha clutched his chest, spitting out a large mouthful of blood.

After all, the enemy was a chunin — Yan had always known there would be a cost for trying to kill him.

He had nearly used up all his techniques, yet the surprise attack seemed to have failed.

If that's how it was, then there was no choice but to face the enemy directly.

"Judging from the previous battle of attrition," he thought inwardly, "his Lightning Gauntlet and chakra should have been severely depleted by now."

With this in mind, Yan directly tore off the white bands wrapped around both wrists, revealing the black patterns beneath.

Only now could he use [that technique]!

Instantly, he formed a hand seal. The markings on his wrists trembled slightly, and ten or so shuriken materialized out of thin air in his hands.

For the first time, doubt crept in — if that Cloud ninja chunin blocked his [Uchiha Flame Web] completely using his Lightning Gauntlet and other lightning techniques, Yan would be finished.

His battle with Minato had shown just how flawed this technique really was — it left the user temporarily weak afterward, seriously lowering their combat ability.

And that short window would be all the enemy needed to finish him off.

However, the earlier defensive actions using the opponent's chakra armor and chakra had also consumed tremendous energy.

As long as the Cloud ninja chunin's chakra ran out before Yan finished launching all the shuriken, the enemy would turn into a pincushion with this attack.

This final clash would end only with one side's death.

This was Yan Uchiha's final, life-or-death gambit — throwing everything he had into one last strike!

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Lately, I've been feeling under the weather because of an old issue, so my health isn't great right now. I'll catch up, so don't worry.

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