Naruto: Minato Namikaze, born evil

Chapter 33 Super S-Class

The next morning, Tsunade led Minato to a small lake in a corner of the village.

The two stood on the shore, looking at the azure lake before them. Tsunade nodded in satisfaction: "Let's stay here."

Minato's Light Release technique is too powerful, and its attacks are accompanied by high-temperature explosions, making it too noisy and unsuitable for training in crowded places.

Logically speaking, when the village's ninjas practiced ninjutsu that involved more disturbances, they would go to an open area outside the village.

However, in Tsunade's view, leaving the village still posed a risk to Minato, even if the possibility was infinitely close to zero.

Safety is not absolute, it is absolutely unsafe!

Given the talent that Minato has shown, she can never be too careful.

So Tsunade chose this training ground in the corner of the village as her location.

The training ground is very large, with a forest environment and a small lake in the center, making it very suitable for practicing water and fire ninjutsu.

"Although I said I would guide you in your training, I don't know anything about your light escape technique yet."

Tsunade leaned forward slightly, her hands behind her back, looking at Minato with a charming smile and a hint of inquiry in her voice.

"Would it be convenient to talk to the teacher?"

"There's nothing inconvenient about it."

Feeling Tsunade's respect for his privacy regarding his abilities, Minato felt a warmth in his heart and said softly, "The power of Light Release is somewhat special; it is activated directly through physical strength."

"The physical strength that ninjas refer to is the ability to directly refine it into chakra, encompassing both physical and mental power. However, the physical strength required for Light Release is simply physical strength, unrelated to mental power."

"So strictly speaking, it cannot be considered a ninja system."

"Is that so..."

Tsunade stroked her chin: "That's really convenient."

For ninjas, both physical strength and mental strength are indispensable in order to extract chakra.

If one's mental energy is depleted, even if one's physical strength is abundant, one will be unable to extract chakra.

Light Escape, on the other hand, does not have this concern.

"So how do you plan to cultivate?"

"Two directions!"

Minato held up two fingers: "The first direction is to deeply develop its own power, and the second direction is to integrate it with the chakra system. I plan to start with the first direction."

Although the purpose of this training was not for cultivation itself, now that he was out, Minato wouldn't be perfunctory.

"Judging from your previous performance, this ability seems to enhance your speed and also allow you to directly unleash energy attacks."

Tsunade pondered, "It feels quite comprehensive already. Is there any way to develop it in other directions?"

"Yes, teacher, yes."

Minato chuckled lightly: "Didn't I say before? The essence of this ability is light, not just the sunlight, firelight, or lamplight that we can observe with our naked eyes, but the concept of light itself!"

"For example, lasers, auroras, and some light invisible to the naked eye can all be included!"

"..."

Tsunade looked surprised: "If that's the case, then the value of this ability seems to be no less than that of Wood Release."

"Yes, not only that, but the direct combat ability of Light Release is very strong, and there is not much room for development in combat."

Minato said somewhat helplessly, "So I plan to develop it in terms of functionality."

"Isn't that a bit too definitive?"

Tsunade raised an eyebrow slightly: "Why don't you show me your abilities first? Demonstrate your strength, speed, power, and range."

"Alright."

Minato nodded. Although Tsunade didn't understand Devil Fruits, she was still a Jonin and might be able to offer some advice from other perspectives.

"I won't demonstrate my strength. Light Release doesn't provide any power boost; it can only enhance attack power through speed. As for speed, would you like to have a speed contest with me, teacher?"

"Oh?"

Tsunade immediately perked up: "How do we compete?"

Shuimen pointed to a tree a few hundred meters away on the opposite shore of the lake: "How about we use the lake as a race track and see who gets to the other side first?"

"interesting!"

Tsunade agreed without hesitation, then casually picked up a pebble and tossed it lightly: "Let's use this as a signal flare. The competition will begin the moment it touches the water."

Minato nodded: "Okay."

Having received a reply, Tsunade assumed a starting stance: "Then let's begin!"

As he spoke, he casually tossed a pebble into the lake!

Under their watchful eyes, the pebble traced an arc in mid-air before splashing into the water.

And just as the pebble touched the water's surface, the land on the shore suddenly exploded with a loud bang!

Large swaths of soil and rocks rolled into the river, and Tsunade's single step caused the entire riverbank to collapse!

At the same time, her figure shot towards the opposite shore of the lake like a cannonball, leaving two splashes of water behind her.

There's a saying that speed is power.

But in Tsunade's opinion, this statement might not be reversed!

With her immense strength and meticulous chakra control, Tsunade's every step on the lake felt like stepping on solid ground.

Using the reaction force of her superhuman strength, she pushed her speed to its limit.

In the blink of an eye, she appeared on the other side of the lake!

Then, she stepped onto the grass on the opposite bank of the lake.

Before she could even cheer, a blond-haired young man appeared beside her.

"This…"

Tsunade's lips twitched. She turned around and looked in the direction they had come from. The shore where the two of them had been was completely collapsed, and the lake surface looked like it had been ravaged by a hurricane, with messy ripples.

"The speed boost from Light Release is quite significant..."

Minato scratched his head and grinned.

Tsunade was speechless for a moment.

Although she is not good at speed, with the help of superhuman strength, she is no slower than those Jonin who specialize in speed.

Tsunade glanced at the other person's calm and composed demeanor and chuckled inwardly.

This guy is quite good at taking care of her feelings.

"Not bad, at least I don't need to worry about you not having enough time to escape if you encounter danger."

Tsunade nodded in satisfaction: "Now, let's see the power of your Light Release. What you showed before shouldn't have been your limit, right?"

Minato nodded. He was also a little curious about how much power he could generate if he pushed himself to the limit with his current strength.

Thinking of this, he raised his palm and aimed it at the center of the lake, his palm emitting a dazzling light.

Although there was no grand opening sequence, the ever-accumulating energy still gave Tsunade a chilling sense of threat.

Suddenly, a ball of light shot out from Minato's hand and disappeared into the lake.

boom--

The next instant, the lake water shot skyward!

The terrifying explosion created a giant wave nearly 100 meters high, resembling a red hemisphere overturned on the lake's surface, with the blast radius covering almost the entire small lake!

The commotion was so great that it could be clearly seen even from several kilometers away.

Ignoring her shock, almost the instant the giant wave surged up, Tsunade scooped up Minato and ran off into the distance, her heart pounding with barely suppressed excitement.

The power of this attack must be at least S-class, right?