Sky Curtain: Short Video Commentary on Konoha Villagers

[In the entire Hidden Leaf Village, there is no top-tier fighter capable of instantly suppressing Pain.]

Under the sky, the barrage of comments exploded again.

[Mei Terumi: Judging from this, Nagato did his homework before going.]

[Onoki: They're quite shrewd, deliberately choosing to attack when Konoha was at its weakest.]

[Fourth Raikage A: The problem is, if Minato were still alive, none of these conditions would apply. The Third Raikage wouldn't have needed to desperately seal Orochimaru, Jiraiya wouldn't have needed to go to Amegakure to his death, and Konoha's fighting strength would be at its maximum.]

[Kurotsuchi: So Pain wasn't fighting Konoha, he was fighting a weakened version of Konoha.]

[Hidan: Hahahaha! Low-health version! So funny!]

[Deidara: Hidan, you bastard! What's so funny about that?!]

The Hokage's office.

Tsunade looked at the sky, her expression very complicated.

"...That's right. When Payne attacked the village, I was the only one left who could fight."

Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe, marveling at how Minato's death had led to so many subsequent events.

"If Minato were still here... sigh, Minato left too soon."

The text on the sky changes.

The reason why Minato Namikaze is Pain's natural counter lies in his Flying Thunder God Technique.

What is the greatest advantage of the Six Paths of Pain? Shared vision. Six pairs of eyes give him virtually no blind spots.

But what exactly is Flying Thunder God?

He landed behind you the next second.

Under the sky, everyone gasped.

Mei Terumi: The Flying Thunder God Technique is a spatial jump, not a way to get around from behind. Even if Pain's vision-sharing ability allowed him to see it, his body wouldn't have time to react!

[Fourth Raikage A: Right! Shared vision is based on "seeing." But the Flying Thunder God Technique doesn't require an intermediate path; it jumps directly from point A to point B. So what if Pain's eyes saw it? His body is mortal and can't keep up with the speed of space-time ninjutsu.]

[Kurotsuchi: So Pain's greatest advantage became completely useless against Minato?]

[Onoki: It's not just for show, but seeing it is one thing, being able to defend against it is another.]

The sky continued to fall.

However, taking them down one by one would be a difficult problem for others.

But for Minato Namikaze, this was a tactic tailor-made for him.

The scene cuts in.

At a training ground in Konoha, Minato Namikaze is conducting a simulated combat exercise with three members of the Anbu.

Three secret agents approached from three directions simultaneously, working in perfect coordination: one held the enemy at the front while the other two flanked them.

Minato's figure disappeared the moment the three surrounded him.

The next second, he appeared behind the first member of the ANBU, his kunai pressed against the back of the opponent's neck.

The top-ranked member of the Dark Division was eliminated before he could even react.

Then, Minato threw a kunai that arced through the air and landed precisely on the tree trunk beneath the feet of the second ANBU member.

His men had already appeared there using the Flying Thunder God Technique.

It took no more than two seconds.

Two players were eliminated.

The third ANBU member stood frozen in place, his kunai still in his hand, when Minato was already standing in front of him with a smile.

"Sorry, I went too far."

Under the sky,

The ninjas from different time periods reacted differently to this scene.

Konoha Year 60, Training Ground.

Naruto's eyes widened in disbelief. He had only ever seen his father fight against the inherently evil Obito Uchiha on the sky before.

But this was the first time I had ever seen my father in such a visually appealing way.

That speed, that composure.

"So handsome!!"

Sasuke didn't speak, but his Sharingan had been activated at some point, and he stared intently at the scene on the sky, trying to capture every detail of the movement.

Useless.

Even with the Sharingan, one can only see the two moments of Minato's disappearance and reappearance; the process in between is completely blank.

Not to mention, Minato Namikaze's battle intelligence was among the highest in the history of the ninja world.

When Minato first encountered Obito Kamui, who possessed an information advantage, he completely figured out Obito's weaknesses after only a few exchanges.

[Furthermore, he left the Flying Thunder God mark at the moment of their exchange, foreshadowing his subsequent counterattack.]

The same applies to dealing with Pain.

With Minato's combat intelligence and reaction speed, it won't be long before he gathers enough intelligence to find a way to counterattack.

The scene cuts in.

A hypothetical battle scene unfolds on the sky.

Minato Namikaze faces Pain in the Six Paths.

Pain raised his hand, and the suction force of Universal Pull swept all the surrounding rubble into the air.

Minato's figure disappeared before the suction wave reached him.

Flying Thunder God.

He appeared behind the Animal Path, his kunai flashing past, but the Preta Path instantly blocked his path, absorbing all the ninjutsu.

Minato did not linger and disappeared again.

When he appeared for the third time, he had already landed near the Human Path and observed the location of the black rods and the direction of chakra flow up close.

"These black rods...are they devices for receiving chakra?"

After only a few exchanges, Minato had already gathered most of the core information about the Six Paths of Pain.

Under the sky,

Konoha Year 60, Training Ground.

Naruto was completely stunned.

"Dad, he..."

"That's amazing."

The Hokage's office.

Hiruzen Sarutobi put down his pipe, a complex expression appearing on his aged face.

"Watergate..."

"You always make me feel that the world owes you so much."

In addition, Minato also possesses the sealing techniques of the Uzumaki clan as a foundation.

[His wife, Kushina Uzumaki, was a descendant of the Uzumaki clan, and Minato himself was proficient in various sealing techniques.]

Minato had plenty of ways to deal with Pain's black rod interference and summoning jutsu suppression.

After all, sealing techniques are naturally effective against summoning techniques and chakra receiving devices.

[More importantly, the person who orchestrated the Nine-Tails' rampage back then was none other than Obito Uchiha.]

[As for Obito, he was truly defeated by Minato back then.]

If Minato were truly in charge of Konoha, Obito would never be foolish enough to allow Pain to directly attack the village.

That's courting death.

If he really intends to target the Nine-Tails, he'll most likely resort to underhanded tactics.

The scene cuts in.

Several possible scenarios were displayed on the celestial screen.

scene one:

Urgent reports came from the border: enemy ninjas had gathered in large numbers, suspected of invading.

As the Hokage, Minato Namikaze had to go to the front lines in person, and with the speed of the Flying Thunder God Technique, the round trip would take no more than half a day.

But in that half-day window, a small team quietly infiltrated Konoha, their target being Naruto's residence.

Scene two:

Naruto and his team left the village for a mission, but their route was leaked in advance.

In a canyon outside the village, Akatsuki members, who had been lying in ambush, launched a surprise attack the moment Naruto was alone.

Scene three:

A more covert method would be to use spies to poison Naruto's food or create "accidents" during missions to separate Naruto from the team.

Each proposal avoided a direct confrontation with Minato Namikaze.

The core idea behind each plan is the same: to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Within the Divine Might Space,

Obito chuckled self-deprecatingly.

Tianmu is right.

Having experienced what happened back then, he really didn't dare to face his teacher directly again.

But so what?

Ninja battles are never just about head-on confrontations.

"But then again..."