Naruto : Minato back to the past

The huge forest is full of thick trees. The intertwined trunks and leaves almost completely block the sunlight, giving an extremely gloomy feeling.

After entering the Death Forest, Minato and Kushina separated from the others. After all, anyone could be an enemy if they were unfamiliar with the place.

The two hid in a tree with lush branches and leaves, and at this moment, a crushing battle was unfolding in front of them. Three Genin had formed a team and encountered a team of students from the Ninja School, about ten in total.

Although the students had the numerical advantage, within minutes, the chakra marks on their foreheads and chests were completely eliminated.

This chakra mark was applied when the contestants entered the trial. The way to eliminate it is very simple. You only need to shatter it with physical attacks or erase it with chakra.

Those whose marks were erased also unexpectedly lost the qualification to participate in the competition. However, even if they failed, they would not be allowed to leave the Death Forest and would still have to survive in the wild for three days.

In this way, the village leaders not only wanted to test the strength of these children but also hone their will and make them grow rapidly.

Most of the students whose marks were erased were full of resentment, but they were not at the same level as the other party in terms of strength and experience.

"What weak kids," one of the Genin said after they easily dealt with the ten students and left.

After the three Genin completely left, Minato took Kushina away. Now they had no need to fight head-on with others. Among nearly three hundred people, only ten could pass this trial in the end. That was a waste of energy, and in this environment where there were crises everywhere, any chakra consumption could affect success or failure.

Kushina didn't like hiding, but although she was not as thoughtful as Minato, she knew that they shouldn't fight meaningless battles. However, she still couldn't stand the behavior of those Genin who looked down on the students of the Ninja School.

The two kept moving forward in the forest, and noticing Kushina's unhappy expression, Minato comforted her: "Okay, sooner or later we will fight them, but now the first priority is to try to maintain our strength."

Minato knew that this trial was like a big wave washing away the sand, and those who could survive in the end must have some skills, but there was only one final spot. By then, every battle they would have to fight would never be so easy.

Kushina curled her lips when she heard this, but she absolutely believed everything Minato said. Minato smiled gently, and his eyes scanned around vaguely.

He found that the Anbu who had been protecting Kushina did not follow after entering the Death Forest. Did this mean that the Third Hokage had completely handed over the work of guarding Kushina in the Death Forest to himself?

"I don't know how Mikoto is doing now," Kushina said, a little worried about Mikoto, who was not in the same group as her and Minato.

After confirming that there were no potential dangers around, Minato replied, "I think Mikoto should be hiding somewhere in the Death Forest now. With her strength, she doesn't have to worry about being easily eliminated. I believe that in a day or two, when there are not many people left, we will meet."

Mikoto's strength was evident in her last battle with Uchiha Yoruki. She was absolutely powerful. Moreover, she had been trained since childhood and could handle the current situation better than them. Minato was not worried at all that Mikoto would be eliminated.

"Yeah," Kushina nodded, and then said excitedly, "If you see Uchiha Yoruki again this time, you can't stop me. He is my opponent!"

Hearing her say this, Minato couldn't help but twitch his mouth. Kushina had never forgotten this. As a "Red Hot Habanero," how could she easily forget the opponent who ignored her?

Minato also remembered the conversation with Uchiha Yoruki in the classroom a year ago. If they met again this time, he would likely come for him completely.

The two of them walked forward and stopped in the forest, and they didn't encounter any trouble. With their current strength, if they were to hide, no one would be able to notice them.

It was almost lunchtime, and Minato picked some wild fruits from the forest. Because they couldn't make a fire, that would expose their tracks, so now the two of them could only eat this.

The wild fruit was bright red and as big as a fist. After walking for so long, Kushina was obviously a little hungry, and she was about to eat it but was stopped by Minato.

"What's wrong?" Kushina asked, and Minato looked at her with a slight smile, then picked up a wild fruit and took a bite himself.

"Wait," Minato swallowed it whole and said. He couldn't tell whether the wild fruit was poisonous or not, because Jiraiya-sensei had said that there were many poisonous insects and wild fruits in the Death Forest.

After a while, he didn't have any symptoms of discomfort, and then looked at Kushina and said, "It's okay, eat it."

Kushina was stunned for a while, and then looked at Minato with some ripples in her eyes. "Minato, thank you." Kushina said, then picked up a wild fruit and started eating it. The former smiled faintly upon hearing this. Only then did he realize that he still had many shortcomings.

If he had enough knowledge, he would not only be able to tell whether wild fruits were poisonous but he would even be able to know their taste in advance, instead of testing them every time before foraging like he did now.

Although chakra can resist toxins, this approach is a bit too risky. But there is no other way.

Huhuhu.

When the two were about to finish eating, a strange wind suddenly blew from one side.

"It's wind release jutsu!" Minato keenly felt the difference. This was not natural wind, but the rapid flow of air caused by wind release jutsu.

Huhuhu!

Kushina also immediately became alert and jumped onto the big tree behind her. The fact that the wind could blow here meant that there must be someone fighting not too far away, and one of the parties was using wind release jutsu.

It was unlikely that students in the ninja school knew how to use wind release jutsu, which means that at least one of them is a Genin.

Immediately, the two concealed their figures and approached the direction where the wind was blowing, and soon they approached an open space in the forest. Several extremely embarrassed figures also came into their sight.

Two of them were actually classmates of Minato and Kushina.

"Takenouchi Rin. Akasaka Yu?"

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