Chapter 26 - Katon: Trick no jutsu! (1/2)

”Come” Said the no-name chunin.

Taking the initiative, Minato lunged at him at low-chunin speed, and began to ȧssault the chunin with his still imperfect Goken. He prefers to fight with the swift style, but it's better to show that he still has progress to make in Taijutsu.

No-name was caught off guard, he never has thought that such a young kid could be this powerful, so he was on the backfoot during the first exchanges, dodging and blocking his attacks. Thankfully, he was slightly faster and stronger than Minato thanks to his size, so he began to counterattack and took back the upper hand

Minato could have kept him on the backfoot thanks to his 'Hyper intuition' and his experience, but he is only here to pass a test, not to show all his cards.

The battle continued, with the chunin on the winning side mainly thanks to his size and longer appendages, and Minato seemingly having no choice but to dodge, and unable to retaliate because of his short reach.

Instead of rejoicing, No-name became more and more restless, because he was unable to land the finishing blow, each time Minato will evade it at the last second.

He was unable to believe that he showed such an unsightly sight to the Hokage, taking such a long time to beat an academy student. Instead of being a show of prowess of that student, it became a true battle. If his friends learned of it, he will lose all face in the ninja corps.

Unfortunately, he was not thinking clearly anymore, he never asked himself why did the elders and the Hokage students come here?

Because of his restlessness, he made an obvious mistake letting a big opening. Knowing that it was safe to take it without appearing to be an experienced fighter, Minato took advantage of it and deliver a powerful kick in the stomach of his adversary, making him stumble back.

He then crossed the distance between them while doing hand signs (mudra). Seeing that, no-name was alarmed, ninjutsu was not authorized, what did that guy think he was doing? And where the fuċk did her learn one?

”Katon (Fire style), Fireball Jutsu” Finishing the hand signs, Minato took a deep breath, seemingly gathering chakra into his lungs to expel a fireball.

The chunin hurriedly rolled to the side, having no time to perform one himself because he was caught unprepared, unable to believe that this madman will use such a thing for a graduation exam.

Not only him, even the spectators were caught off guard, with the Sandaime frowning thinking that because he was losing, Minato resorted to cheating.