What the hell is making games in the Ninja World?

Two elite jonin, four jonin, four special jonin, and ten chunin.

The forces sent by the Mist Village are certainly powerful. If the ambush is done right, even some weaker Kage-level fighters could be taken down.

It can be said that the Mist Village's forces sent to ambush Minato's team are extremely strong. In times outside of the Ninja Wars, it's rare to see such a concentrated use of power.

Although in a few years, using this kind of force against Minato would be nothing more than a joke and a death sentence, in the current era, before the 'Yellow Flash' has fully emerged, it feels quite absurd.

If you didn't know better, you'd think the Mist Village was setting up an ambush for one of the Legendary Sannins.

So, why are these Mist Ninjas targeting Minato's team?

The answer has already been revealed.

"Lord Minato, we mean you no harm. We just want to invite you to the Mist Village as a guest."

Yes, these people are after Minato, and the reason for this is...

"If I had known being a game spokesperson would lead to something like this, I would never have agreed to it in the first place."

Minato couldn't help but mutter in frustration.

Of course, it was just a mutter. Even if he had to do it again, he would still agree to Uchiha Kai's request. After all, it was a favor from a close friend.

However, it was truly surprising that the Mist Village would set up such an ambush just because Minato became a spokesperson for a genjutsu game.

Though, it also seems somewhat reasonable.

After all, outside of Konoha, people have limited knowledge of genjutsu games, and Minato, as the spokesperson for the game, has his poster with a bright and handsome smile displayed in many arcades across the land.

In this situation, it was quite normal for the enemy countries, who didn't know much about the specifics of the Genjutsu game, to target Minato Namikaze. 

They would definitely think that Minato knew the secrets of the Genjutsu game, or he wouldn't have been chosen as its representative.

The Genjutsu game had that kind of attraction.

Minato Namikaze looked at his disciples apologetically. "Sorry, this time it's my fault for dragging you all into this. Don't worry! I will make sure to protect all of you."

Upon hearing Minato's words, the three young ninjas immediately reassured him that they didn't blame him. Though nervous, they felt at ease.

After all, Minato was a rare space-time jutsu using ninja. With just a few people, they couldn't possibly interfere with his space-time ninjutsu. Even if they couldn't win, escaping with everyone was still possible.

Among them, Obito Uchiha, who was Rin Nohara's devoted admirer, even said that when it was time to escape, Minato-sensei should take Rin first, while he and Kakashi could stay behind and hold off the enemies.

"..." Kakashi silently glanced at Obito.

However, he didn't oppose the idea.

Minato Namikaze simply smiled brightly and ruffled Obito's spiky hair. "I've already said it, I will protect all of you. This is my promise. And..."

At this point, his gaze turned toward the location of the Hidden Mist ninja in the distance.

"Rather than running away, I think it's better to deal with these people. This way, each of us can earn an S-rank mission record."

"Getting an S-rank mission record right after graduating from the Ninja Academy is a rare opportunity."

Hearing this, the three young ninjas were shocked. Using a group of powerful ninjas to earn a record, and they were going to be involved in this? Was this some kind of joke?

The enemy had twenty people, with many Jonin-level ninjas. Could they really handle such enemies? 

Even if Minato-sensei uses space-time ninjutsu, he could probably only help them escape in front of so many enemies, right? 

After all, the second Hokage, the inventor of the Flying Thunder God technique, died from an enemy ambush, and there weren't even as many enemies as they were facing now.

Seeing the surprise in the three students, Minato Namikaze smiled warmly, his face full of confidence: "If this were a month ago, I would have chosen to escape to protect you all when facing these enemies."

"But now, over these days, the experience I gained from playing 'Fruit Ninja' has brought more than just an improvement in combat skills."

Hearing Minato's confident words, the three students exchanged looks, and then Obito Uchiha couldn't help but ask, "Teacher, will we win?"

Minato Namikaze: "We will win."

Then, Minato bit his finger and used a summoning technique to summon a sealing scroll. When the scroll opened, a large number of special kunai with tridents for the Flying Thunder God Technique appeared.

Minato's instructions to the three students were simple: throw the trident kunai toward the enemies' position.

There was no need to hit the enemies, just aim toward their location.

Although the three students didn't know what Minato was planning, they followed his instructions. After Minato used a Wind Style: Great Breakthrough as cover, the three students threw the kunai with all their might.

Kakashi Hatake even used the Shadow Clone Technique, splitting his already limited chakra in order to have more clones throwing kunai.

So, a large number of kunai were thrown at the Mist ninjas.

The Mist ninjas were startled by Minato's Wind Style, but when they saw the weak kunai coming at them, they all sneered, looking down on the attack.

Even if dozens more of these kunai came at them, they wouldn't pose any threat.

One of the Mist Jonin even rushed forward with his ninja blade, casually knocking a trident kunai away, ready to say some mocking words.

However, this man would never speak again.

Because in the next moment, he felt a sharp pain in his neck, losing his ability to speak. The spraying blood and rapidly draining life force signified his death.

And this man never even knew how he died.

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