country of rain,

The mountain behind the frontline camp.

Under the waterfall.

The silver stream falls and the water rumbles.

After countless years of erosion, a deep pool and a meandering stream from east to west have been carved out of the original flat land.

In this rain forest with abundant water vapor, it seems that you can find such small and large water pools scattered everywhere.

When Aida Masaki found this place, he saw Namikaze Minato standing with his upper body naked in the middle of the deep pool, silently letting the water of the waterfall wash over his body.

His eyes were closed tightly, and he kept the standard upper sword in his hand. His body shape slowly rose and fell with the changes of water flow, impact air waves, and breathing, and the body of the air sword was highly integrated.

The half-long golden hair was slightly moist and stuck to the scalp under the mist.

The water droplets slowly flowed along the hair and fell.

It seems that he is feeling something with concentration.

Suddenly, a blackened wet wooden pile rolled down by the current from the upper reaches of the waterfall.

The roaring sound of water and water vapor covered all basic perceptions.

However, Minato suddenly took a deep breath.

"ha!"

Exhale loudly.

In an instant, the water vapor on the blond boy's body seemed to be subject to some violent shock in an instant, and the chakra and air flow expanded and spread at the same moment.

The wooden pile suddenly exploded.

From beginning to end, his configuration never wavered.

"Be more restrained in your momentum."

However, even so, the 'teacher' standing beside the deep pool was not completely satisfied.

Hatake Sakumo held a rare cigarette in his mouth and pointed out in a calm tone: "If you are too sharp, it is easy to show murderous intent the moment before you draw the knife."

"Minato, your 'will' is too clear."

"yes!"

As the one who was being disciplined, Namikaze Minato did not complain at all, and still maintained his standard posture and responded loudly - in this environment, if the voice was lower, it would be buried by the water flow.

"Sakumo-sama?"

Witnessing this scene, Aida Masaki smiled and said hello, and Minato and Sakumo subconsciously turned their heads to look over.

Seeing his interested eyes, Hatake Sakumo, who was holding a cigarette in his mouth, felt excited unconsciously. He smiled vaguely and put away the half-smoked cigarette in his hand. He put the cigarette butt in the iron box and put it out, pretending

He waved his hands carelessly to disperse the smell of cigarette smoke——

Because of Chika-san's illness, Hatake Sakumo developed the habit of not smoking around his family and acquaintances even if he was under great pressure.

Only when the pressure is very high, I will occasionally have two.

Therefore, when Aida Masaki, who always thought he did not smoke, saw this scene, he would feel a little embarrassed even if no one said anything.

"Ahem."

Hatake Sakumo coughed dryly, put away the iron cigarette case, and casually ordered to Namikaze Minato:

"It's almost time, let's rest for a quarter of an hour."

"Continue later."

"Yes! Hatake-sama."

After receiving the order, Namikaze Minato first agreed, then walked out from under the waterfall with a smile and waved in the direction of Aida Masaki.

In the end, I didn't even take two steps, and almost stumbled because my legs were weak, and I finally staggered through the water to the edge of the deep pool.

Whether you are fighting against the heavy pressure of a waterfall or treading water in a deep pool, you need to maintain body balance and highly subtle control of chakra at all times.

Not to mention the additional kendo training based on this.

At this moment, he was not so tired that he fell into the water. This was because Minato's will and body were strong enough.

Since Aida Masaki last talked with Minato, he began his training journey with Hatake Sakumo - but it was only for a short period of time after the mission was completed.

For those on the front lines, this time is extremely precious.

And the relationship between the two is naturally not that of master and disciple.

If I have to make an analogy, it's a bit like the situation when Sasuke and Kakashi attacked the training in the original book.

More than teacher and student, but less than master and apprentice.

A kind of ambiguous relationship that may make Jiraiya, the real master, feel subtle and ambiguous.

"As expected of you, Jianghui!"

"Your message has been spreading in the camp these days, thank you!" Minato Namikaze sat down on the shore, took the towel handed by Aida Masaki, wiped the water stains on his body, and said with some envy, "

Everyone is spreading the word about your deeds!”

"I almost succeeded in killing the Third Kazekage. Everyone in the camp said, Jianghui, that you already have the strength to become a 'Kage'."

"Jianghui, you are always able to do these incredible things."

The young man's tone was quite emotional, and he covered his head with a towel, water drops dripping from his wet hair:

"I feel like I've been far away from you."

Hearing this, Xiangtian Jianghui was startled for a moment, and then asked:

"Watergate?"

"Um?"

"It's been a long time since you've fought against the real seniors in the ninja world, right?"

Namikaze Minato was also stunned for a moment.

Aida Masaki smiled gently and said, "If you have participated in some difficult missions recently, or even used a Zanpakutō, you might have shocked yourself."

"Well."

Hearing him boasting about himself like this, Minato couldn't help but scratch his face, showing a bit of a youthful feeling: "I have actually fought against Hatake-sama. It's not even close."

"How can it be the same?"

Aida Masaki said with a matter-of-fact expression: "Sakumo-sama is the kind of guy who will make you fall for you as long as you can survive the foreplay."

"Hey! You kid, don't think I don't exist."

Hatake Sakumo, who was smoking across the deep pool, yelled angrily, but he only received a perfunctory reply of "Yes~" from Aida Masaki.

So, he reluctantly walked further away to smoke.

This caused the two teenagers on the other side to laugh lowly.

"By the way, Jiang Hui."

As he said that, Namikaze Minato's eyes brightened slightly and he looked at him curiously: "How is the Kazekage? He should be a very challenging opponent, right?"

"have no idea."

Aida Masaki answered honestly: "Although the rumors say that I was the one who beat him, in fact, he was defeated by Shinya and Shoichi with the Zanpakutō."

"Eh--?!"

Namikaze Minato subconsciously made a long note and opened his eyes wide.

However, when he lowered his head and looked at the 'wooden knife' in his hand, he felt that it seemed very reasonable.

"Zanpakutō."

This is indeed a ‘weapon’ that can change the impossible into the possible.

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Seeing his somewhat subtle expression, Aida Masaki asked: "Why is this expression?"

Minato thought for a while and then told the truth: "To be honest, when I was patrolling recently, even if I met a more powerful opponent, I didn't dare to use the first solution at all."

"Why?"

Aangda Shoghui was startled.

"Because of natural energy, Shohui-kun." As soon as this topic was brought up, Minato couldn't help but start to express his bitterness, "Although Shijie is very powerful, the consumption of natural energy is too great."

"After I came from the village to the front line, I have only used the initial solution three times in total. As a result, now there is less than one-fifth of the natural energy left in the 'shallow attack'."

"If you want to make up for it, you have to go back to the village."

At the end of Minato's words, he clasped his hands together and begged loudly: "Almighty Shohui-kun! Please create a more convenient device that can store natural energy!"

Aida Shouhei took out his sword and hit him on the head gently or hard, making a clear 'dong' sound:
To be continued...