Rekindling the Splendor of the Second Hokage

Two were killed, one fled, the fog gradually dissipated without anyone to maintain it.

The Daimyo clearly saw the process.

"This... what kind of Ninjutsu is this?"

The whole river seemed to rise up, the earth below the river was reversed and swept all around.

The others were stunned.

They had never seen such Ninjutsu!

"It should be Earth Flow Wall."

Minato's mouth twitched.

Although it looked a lot like Earth Flow Rampart in scale, it should be Earth Flow Wall based on the appearance of the earth wall.

However...

This scale is too outrageous.

"This is Earth Flow Wall?"

The Daimyo was stunned for a long time, speechless for a while, then filled with admiration and emotion.

Worthy of being a descendant of the Hashirama!

Forcing out his opponent, Kyōichi quickly made seals, the moisture around him condensed, and in an instant turned into a dragon.

The Mist's Jonin were dumbfounded.

His Ninjutsu was instantly dispersed, and the opponent's water dragon had no damage at all, rushing towards him.

Damn it.

Who is the Mist ninja after all?

Why is your water jutsus stronger than mine!

He couldn't understand.

At this time, he didn't have the time to think more, the young man in front of him was obviously not easy to deal with, and so young, with such a genius emerging from Konoha, he must bring the information back to the village.

Taking advantage of the fact that the fog had not completely dissipated, he used the Mist Body Flicker to avoid the attack, only intending to run away.

Unfortunately not long after using the Mist Body Flicker, he felt something was wrong.

That Genjutsu!

He quickly pulled out his kunai.

Ding!

A crisp sound.

Sure enough, there was a kunai!

He felt a chill, and had to disperse the fog.

Konoha's ninja appeared.

At this time, he had no intention of fighting Kyōichi to the death, he just wanted to run away and bring the information back.

He was running and making seals.

Landing on the water surface, he slapped with one hand, and five sharks rushed out.

Five Feeding Sharks!

Kyōichi thought of the body that had just been torn apart.

The Demon Shark , he might learn this jutsu from this person...

"Never mind, getting the body is good too."

Kyōichi gave up on the idea of capturing him alive.

The next moment, the sword was out of its sheath.

The sword light flashed.

The light was blinding, he knew it was bad, quickly submerged into the water, and resisted with a Water Wall.

However.

The sword approached, with one slash!

The Wind Style Sword Technique cut through the river, creating an inch of vacuum.

Blood dyed the river water red, and the body floated up.

"So strong!"

The Daimyo's eyes were shining.

Such a prodigy.

If we could win him over...

Various thoughts were born in his heart.

Minato made his shadow clone instantly move to Aoba Yamashiro's side, but unfortunately, the two bodies were already shattered, only the one Kyōichi killed was relatively intact.

Aoba Yamashiro returned to the formation, his crow was monitoring the surroundings, the team continued to move forward, Kyōichi was talking with Minato's clone.

"Their original plan was to blow up the bridge and then make their move. I sensed a subtle chakra beneath when crossing the bridge, after taking action, there indeed were people hiding."

Kyōichi took out a detonating charm.

This was what he found under the bridge.

Minato's face was solemn.

The forehead protectors of the three had scratches, which is generally a symbol of rogue ninja, but...

Obviously, these three weren't.

Which family's rogue ninja would cause trouble for a feudal lord?

Isn't that just seeking death, without gain.

"It's good that you kept a body."

Minato took a deep breath.

These three were suicidal warriors, not afraid of death at all.

If they killed the feudal lord, the Land of Fire would surely be in chaos for a while, at that time, not only would the Hidden Mist declare war, the Hidden Rock and Hidden Cloud that had been recuperating, would also seize the opportunity.

Does the Hidden Leaf currently have the capability to fight against three villages?

The Hidden Mist is truly malicious!

"There are probably quite a few spies from the Hidden Mist in our Land of Fire, they have been plotting for a long time."

However.

Kyōichi increasingly felt, the Third might have suspected that they would be attacked and sent them on purpose!

Without the death of the Fire Daimyo, would the Mist take action?

Even if only a body is obtained now, it's still precious information!

"Um, I will send the body back immediately for the Anbu to examine, hopefully there's still memory imprint left."

Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God technique to send the scroll back to the Hidden Leaf.

They continued to move forward.

On the way, Aoba Yamashiro found quite a few traces, Kyōichi also found some sneaky ninjas, but they were in remote areas, not close by, and retreated as soon as they were in range.

It's difficult to kill such characters.

Kyōichi wouldn't waste the effort.

But.

It's clear that there are quite a few Anbu from other villages hidden within the Land of Fire.

There's no helping it.

Every country is like this, each has its own spies, like the information about the feudal lord's movement indeed can't be hidden from others.

All of this is a harbinger of the coming war.

Not long after the end of the war with the Hidden Sand, it seems the Hidden Rock and Hidden Mist will make their move again.

After crossing the bridge, there were no more enemy attacks from behind.

After confirming safety, the feudal lord said he wanted to rest first.

Kyōichi and the others could only obey.

During this time, the feudal lord wished to see him.

Kyōichi originally didn't want to see the feudal lord.

The feudal lord of this period was very young, looking very mild, but in fact had his own ambitions, otherwise, there wouldn't be the Twelve Guardian Ninja in the future.

"I'm not Asuma, getting involved with him would be troublesome!"

The feudal lord was sitting in his cart.

Kyoichi went over there, he lifted the curtain to have a look, and then asked: "Are you a descendant of the Second Hokage?"

"Kind of."

Kyoichi didn't deny it.

His grandmother was very similar to Senju Tobirama, and before the family split, she also more strongly identified with Senju Tobirama's concept and was one of his followers.

And the Kamida family's heritage is also from Tobirama.

"I've admired the Second Hokage since I was a child. Many people think that the First Hokage is great, but in my view, the Second Hokage is just as great. Without him, there wouldn't be the Konoha of today!"

The feudal lord sighed with emotion.

Obviously, he wanted to get closer to Kyoichi.

If Tsunade was in front of him, he might be praising Hashirama Senju instead.

So, Kyoichi just smiled: "The Senju Clan is gone, the glory belongs to the past Senju, it has nothing to do with me."

"If your strength is sufficient, the glory of Senju might reappear."

"That depends on Lady Tsunade. If Lady Tsunade wants to restore the glory of Senju, I will certainly not refuse."

Kyoichi didn't elaborate.

After listening, the feudal lord was silent for a moment, then nodded his head.

He put down the curtain, didn't dwell on the topic anymore, but casually asked about age, rank, and then asked Kyoichi to tell stories about his mission experiences.

Having rested enough, he signaled everyone to set off again.

Afterwards, he didn't bother Kyoichi anymore.

The mission was led by Minato, so when they returned to the village, Kyoichi didn't follow them anymore, but invited Asuma and the others to have ramen.

Aoba Yamashiro felt slightly constrained.

Despite his desire to cater for everyone, Kyoichi declined his offer.

Yet, he had enough to cover for ramen!

Asuma, though occupied with his bowl of noodles, was lost in thought about Kyoichi and the feudal lord.

What on earth did the teacher talk about with the feudal lord?

He was very curious!

"Alright, everyone should go back and train more. Now that this mission is over, it may not be so idle in the future, everyone should be mentally prepared."

Kyoichi stretched lazily.

Asuma thought about the teacher asking him to study the Hidden Mist Technique.

Combined with today...

He understood something and asked in a low voice, "Teacher, will Kirigakure come to fight?"

"It's hard to say for now, but it's already quite restless."