This puppeteer is a bit... well...

Chapter 79 Ultimate Reaction and Speed

"Minato, pronounce the verdict!"

Tsunade called out to Minato, who had slipped into the stands after shouting "Start!", and then walked disappointedly toward the players' tunnel.

"So, the result of this duel is..."

He paused halfway through his sentence.

Tsunade noticed the gaze coming from behind her and turned around abruptly... She saw Hei, who had been staring blankly at the sky, now looking down at her directly.

Furthermore, the color of his eyes and the look in his eyes have changed.

His pupils were black and indifferent, but now his eyes were wine red and full of interest.

Just like the mocking look of a cat when it sees a mouse, its aura changes completely, becoming aggressive, and even the air seems to thicken.

"What's going on?"

A young attendant sensed the change in atmosphere but didn't know where it came from, and involuntarily swallowed.

No one answered him.

Everyone felt the heavy atmosphere in the air, afraid that they would miss the exciting moment if they blinked. Even the Third Hokage looked solemn and did not ask what was going on.

Only Ryuji's smile widened even more.

No one can rival Hong, at least not the people here, he was certain of that.

Although it's a bit much to ask her to fight Tsunade with her black body and not harm her opponent, she'll definitely be able to do it.

Because she is currently the strongest ninja in the world.

"Is this black guy really that strong?"

Karura noticed the change in the audience and couldn't help but turn her gaze to the arena... Black was still embedded in the wall, but Tsunade, his opponent, had a serious expression.

This all speaks volumes.

(Even if I were on the field, I couldn't do that!)

……

"Tsk, can they still fight?"

Tsunade's previous casual expression vanished, replaced by a serious look as she stared at Kuro, saying, "While I'm glad you can continue fighting, I just wanted to vent my frustrations, not get caught up in this tough battle."

"Getting beaten up can also release pent-up anger."

To Tsunade's surprise, "Black" actually answered her question, making her eyes widen in astonishment.

If his previous silence wasn't an act, then this guy is definitely a closet pervert.

No, it's not that he's secretly passionate; he's just become a different person.

After seeing the "black" look in his eyes, Tsunade changed her mind... This guy's personality had become completely different from before.

"Bang!"

With a strong struggle, "Black" freed his left hand from the wall, and then with another effort, he freed his right arm as well.

Then, he placed his hands on the walls on either side of him, pushed off forcefully, and jumped down from the wall.

The Sand Village ninjas in the audience erupted in cheers, each one giving him their all.

"Black" was not affected in the slightest. He closed his eyes to familiarize himself with the body, and various information and data quickly flooded into his mind.

His physical abilities are average, his chakra nature is lightning, and his core ninjutsu is... ninjutsu and taijutsu?

No wonder they lost so badly. With this kind of physical strength, activating the cells with appropriate lightning-style chakra is enough to push them to their limit. Using ninjutsu and taijutsu is not very effective.

Perception is about broad-based searching, not refined insight, and it's useless now.

Three ribs are broken, which will affect mobility.

Common ninjutsu includes...

"I've really been underestimated!"

Looking at the "Black" who kept muttering to himself after being freed, Tsunade snorted and took a step forward.

Her movements weren't fast, but they were very strong.

With a single step, the ground cracked open in several places, and she flew out as if flying. In three steps, she reached "Black" and her right fist, enveloped in chakra, slammed into his head.

"Black" seemed oblivious, continuing to mutter something under her breath, making the audience on the sidelines hold their breath for her.

"call out!"

The fist moved with lightning speed, arriving in the blink of an eye.

But just as the fist was about to strike, "Black" made a lightning-fast move.

A burst of electricity erupted from his body, his legs bent, and as he squatted down, his head turned to the left, his nose almost grazing the fist as he dodged it.

"impossible!?"

The spectators outside the arena gasped and stood up, especially the people from Konoha, who instinctively looked at the dumbfounded Minato.

To dodge a punch when it's almost touching your skin is nearly impossible... In a fight between equals, no matter how fast a person is, they can't outrun a punch, unless it's a space jump without any wind-up.

This is why the people of Konoha would subconsciously look at Minato Namikaze after seeing this scene... because dodging the opponent's attack and then counterattacking under extreme conditions is Minato's specialty.

Dodging attacks under extreme conditions isn't about showing off; it's because in such situations, the enemy assumes the attack is a sure thing and their guard is greatly lowered.

At this point, a counterattack would be almost guaranteed to succeed. Even if they were both Kage-level experts, they would have a high chance of being killed on their first encounter if they had never seen this situation before.

This is exactly the same tactic of feigning defeat that the Second Hokage liked, only it's much more extreme and dangerous.

However, Minato's nervous system reactions were extremely abnormal.

What would be extremely dangerous for others is commonplace for him, and when combined with the Flying Thunder God Technique's spatial jump, he is almost invincible.

But, but, there's a but here.

Putting aside Minato's extremely abnormal neurotic reactions, he also had the Flying Thunder God Technique to assist him in completing this tactic.

Engage the enemy in advance, then calculate and lay down the Flying Thunder God Mark, then perform extreme evasion to lower the enemy's guard, and then jump to the enemy's blind spot to counterattack... This is the whole process of the tactic.

But this "black" only used lightning-attribute chakra to accelerate cell activation and achieved this.

What does this tell us?

Can the sheer speed of "Black" compare to a spatial jump like the Flying Thunder God Technique?

This is of course impossible.

Even within a confined space, there may be speeds that can keep up with the Flying Thunder God Technique, but the instantaneous movement through space jumps is something that no amount of pure speed can match.

"Black" was able to do this entirely because of her supercomputer-like computing power, which allowed her to calculate the shortest and most reasonable evasion route in a very short time.

In addition, the even more abnormal reaction and the speed at which the lightning-attribute chakra activated cells burst forth naturally made it possible to achieve this.

……

The reactions of those outside the arena did not affect the two players on the field.

After dodging the attack with a wire, "Black" immediately launched a counterattack, just like Minato's usual tactics.

She crouched on the ground, her body crackling with even more lightning. Her right hand transformed into a palm blade, crackling with lightning as it shot skyward. In that instant, she stood up, allowing the hand blade to strike its target even faster.

However, Tsunade is no ordinary person and has seen Minato's style before... Although she doesn't think "Black" can use the same style and therefore shouldn't be careless, "Black" is not like Minato who can instantly jump into a blind spot to attack.

Therefore, she reacted in time.

(End of this chapter)