Revolution in the Ninja World

"Lord A, Lord Bee, over here!"

The Cloud's A-B duo arrived at the location where Habara had fought earlier. Or rather, after the two Cloud ninjas that Habara hadn't dealt with reported the battle situation, A and Bee, who were searching everywhere for the Yellow Flash, rushed over.

Then they saw a very extravagant metal "dandelion."

Glittering fine threads interwoven between the ground and the trees, holding the thing in place. The extremely low temperature caused tiny dewdrops to cling to each line... If it weren't for the fact that a person with an exploded head was stuck in the middle of this thing, and that this person's body was also shattered on the ground, anyone would have to say that this thing was quite artistic.

"This is the enemy's jutsu?"

A asked this as he reached out and gently touched a thin thread. The skin of his hand was easily cut.

And when he covered his palm with Lightning Release, providing ample defense, and then pulled with force, the metal thread, thinner than a hair, first emitted a mournful sound, then was forcibly snapped by him.

The metal thread was extremely tough and sharp, but that didn't mean it was indestructible. However, A still took the threat of this thing seriously, because under normal circumstances, if a tearing force was applied to these threads, it would definitely be the ninja's body that was cut first, not the thread itself.

"Yes, Lord A, at that time..." The ninja then described the battle situation to A.

"To be able to use such a powerful jutsu, yet feign weakness at first? What a treacherous guy..." A, the type who preferred a direct confrontation, looked down on such shameless sneak attacks. "Hey, Bee, can you pull Toroi out?"

Killer Bee's forehead was covered in cold sweat. He took a step back as if frightened. "The Eight-Tails' fear, infinite, octopus legs, sliced!"

Octopuses were naturally afraid of such thin, long, net-like things, and the Eight-Tails wasn't a tailed beast known for its physical strength. In fact, the Eight-Tails' characteristic was its powerful regenerative ability... Habara's "Mercury Lamp" could definitely cut through the Eight-Tails' body with relative ease.

"You're useless!"

A habitually complained about his unreliable brother, but he quickly noticed Bee's abnormality.

Killer Bee was taking steps backward, while his eyes kept glancing at a large tree to his right. And when A noticed the direction of his gaze, Bee gave an almost imperceptible nod.

With the brothers' rapport, A naturally understood instantly what Bee was conveying.

There was someone hiding in that tree, silently observing their actions.

So, the next moment, A, who had just been talking about some strange ninjutsu, suddenly erupted. Intense lightning covered his entire body, and then he jumped high and punched a certain spot on the tree!

"Hiding so close! Yellow Flash, you underestimate us!"

The person hiding there and secretly spying was none other than Minato Namikaze, acting alone. And although the A-B duo's actions were incredibly sudden, Minato wasn't about to be hit by a single blow.

Minato's figure disappeared from the tree, and then A's entire arm sank into the trunk where he had originally been standing. Then, Minato's figure appeared on the ground.

"Wait, I..."

Minato wanted to ask the Cloud what they were doing, but the Cloud brothers didn't give him a chance to speak.

Killer Bee directly began to "transform." Although this perfect jinchuriki wasn't at his most perfect state yet, he couldn't worry about that now.

"Tailed Beast Transformation, my decision, Yellow Flash, no escaping my vision!"

The battle between two future Kage was on, once again.

And this time, the battle became even more difficult for Minato Namikaze than the last. Because although he was very strong, he was only specialized against humanoid opponents, not against tailed beasts... In dealing with tailed beasts, the Yellow Flash wasn't as specialized as one might think.

And Minato Namikaze couldn't simply retreat, because he had to consider the possibility of these two enemies directly attacking the Konoha camp...

The Cloud's muscle brothers VS Konoha's Flying Thunder God Hokage, this scene seemed to have appeared somewhere before.

Even though their strongest fighters were already engaged, the main forces of Konoha and the Cloud remained stationary. On the one hand, the people fighting were momentarily unable to relay information; on the other hand, this "standoff" between the two sides was ultimately a "misunderstanding." It happened too suddenly. In reality, neither side was prepared for an all-out battle in the short term. Plus, neither side could afford the consequences of defeat, so both commanders were extremely restrained, adopting a posture of passive defense rather than active offense.

Under these circumstances, Habara, who had finally obtained new ninjutsu, had absolutely no opportunity to practice or train. Even he had to be ready to be thrown into battle at any time.

In Habara's impression, although single combat and small squad battles between ninjas were interesting to watch, large-scale, army-like combat between ninjas was... to put it bluntly, ugly.

Because ninjas weren't weapons designed for large-scale, head-on battles in the first place.

Moreover, ninja group combat was inefficient. Forget about modern warfare; imagine throwing a regiment of Konoha ninjas onto the Western Front of World War II... They probably wouldn't even make a splash.

A ninja army's energy projection was negligible. A regiment of ninjas' combat effectiveness wasn't even equal to a single Karl-Gerät mortar.

Of course, this applied to the current stage; later on, ninjas would start developing all sorts of strange chakra weapons.

Regardless, firepower was true justice... It was clear that everyone had a little Deidara living inside them.

The huge chakra reaction soon attracted the attention of both Konoha and the Cloud. They noticed the battle, but...

Both sides remained restrained.

It wasn't until several hours later that a battle-worn Yellow Flash returned to the Konoha camp.

The battle was declared over. The result seemed to be another draw.

The Eight-Tails had caused Minato Namikaze a great deal of trouble, but regardless, since he was able to safely return to the camp and no Tailed Beast Bombs or anything like that came flying over, the outcome of this matter was acceptable.

Minato Namikaze seemed to have brought a problem and then solved it, and also seemed to have neither brought a problem nor solved it. Truly, a "Schrödinger's Minato."

After this, the tense atmosphere between the two sides continued for a few days, and then gradually eased. As the saying goes, the first drumbeat inspires, the second weakens, and the third fades away; the all-out battle seemed unlikely to happen.

So...

What exactly happened during this time?

It was utterly baffling.