Chapter 54 Invitation to Battle
"Pfft"
While Aangji was working hard to maintain the concentration of water attribute chakra and wind attribute chakra in his body.
A gust of wind appeared out of thin air around him, which directly cut the sleeve of Aangji's left forearm, leaving a red blood mark on his forearm.
"It failed again."
Aangji didn't even glance at the small wound, and fell into distress.
Over the past year, this has happened countless times.
Every time he failed, Aangji would either be drenched in water, or his clothes and skin would be cut by the wind blade, leaving bloody marks like now.
It's pretty good now, but it was even more terrifying when I first started to fuse the Ice Release Blood Successor.
I remember one night, after Aangji finished training, his whole body was cut into a bloody man by the wind blade.
All his clothes were in pieces, making Minato and the others think that Aoji had been attacked by an enemy.
Another time, after Aangji failed to match the two attributes of chakra in his body, he seemed to be sinking to the bottom of the sea and almost drowned in the water.
These are the consequences of the failure of the proportion of wind and water chakra in Aangji's body.
Just like this, I failed again and again. Although I was hurt every time, the situation was always developing in a good direction.
This failure only left a small hole.
"Then continue." Aangji was not discouraged. At least he had seen some light on the road ahead and would not be enveloped in despair like a year ago.
Until Aangji left two blood marks again, his feet were splashed with water once, and his head was once splashed.
Aangji finally ended the training and returned to the camp to lie down and rest.
In the darkness, a figure opened his eyes and looked at Aangji's tired figure, who had not fallen asleep for a long time.
"Aoji, you have been working hard, and I will not relax." This person was Namikaze Minato.
Dark night came, and sleepiness finally overwhelmed Aoji and Minato.
The next day, a few people got up early, packed everything, took a soldier's food pill, and prepared to continue towards the direction of Konoha Village.
After all, it was only one day before the mission ended, and they hadn't been back for a while, so several of them were very excited.
"I must eat 3 big bowls of Ichiraku Ramen when I go back to reward us for all our hard work during this period." As if thinking of the deliciousness of ramen, Uchiha En couldn't help but lick his lips.
"It's okay. We haven't encountered those bandits or rebel ninjas in recent times. Except for yesterday, the last time we encountered a rebel ninja was more than half a month ago." Uzumaki Kushina didn't have anything to say about this. express.
As soon as they arrived, Kumogakure and Iwagakure had already stopped fighting with Konoha. Kirigakure had not moved, and only one Sunagakure was still jumping around.
Those troublemakers who saw that the situation was not good fell silent.
Secondly, Aangji's team of four is now well-known in the Land of Fire. The evil people are afraid of them, and the good people welcome them.
Nowadays, many times, after the four members of Aangji inquire about the lair of the traitorous ninja, by the time they pass by, the other party has already fled in advance.
It is different from four years ago when a group of bandits and rebel ninjas could be cleared out basically every two days.
Now the possibility of not meeting these guys even for a month has arisen.
I can only blame a few people for being so famous now.
This is also the reason why a few people did not waste time looking for the remaining random ninjas and bandits.
In two days there might not even be a bandit hair to be found, let alone the cunning rebel and wandering ninjas.
"Haha, this may be the so-called close nostalgia, not timid but sincere." Aangji teased his friend with a smile.
Minato had been observing the surrounding environment, while silently watching the warm daily bickering between the three friends.
"I hope to live like this forever." Namikaze Minato thought to himself.
A few people were chatting on the side of the road while rushing on their way, and it was soon afternoon.
"That's all right. We'll get up tomorrow morning for the rest of the journey. We'll be back in the village around noon. There's no need to be in such a hurry."
There was only the afterglow of the setting sun in the distance, and Minato didn't force his teammates to travel all night.
Not to mention that after a day, several people were already very tired.
And traveling all night is very dangerous and tiring.
There's nothing else to do anyway, so there's no rush, right?
After dinner, the group went to the forest to hunt two hares, picked some wild fruits, mushrooms and vegetables, and also went to the nearby river to catch some fish.
Then around the campfire, Kushina Uzumaki cooked a delicious meal.
Although Bingliang Pills can also satisfy hunger, if there is food to eat, who would want to eat that cold thing to satisfy hunger.
You just have to think about when you are eating instant noodles, and there are people next to you eating lobster, abalone, and a full banquet. How can you still swallow it?
After dinner, we rested for a while. Because of the summer, the sky was still bright at this point.
Aangji stood up and walked to Namikaze Minato.
Taking a deep breath, Aangji said firmly: "Minato, practice with me, do your best."
Aangji's tone was serious, without the slightest hint of joking.
"Have you successfully developed your ninjutsu?" As he said this, Minato had already stood up.
The other three have seen Aangji's craziness every night in the past year.
However, they only thought that Aangji was developing new ninjutsu and did not think about the limits of blood succession at all.
The conversation between Aoji and Minato, and the subsequent actions, also attracted the attention of Uzumaki Kushina and Uchiha En next to them.
Among the four of them, Aoji and Minato were always the strongest.
Until a year ago, the two were equally matched in strength, and each would win or lose in a fight, commonly known as a 50-50 split.
However, in the past year, Minato's strength suddenly increased by leaps and bounds.
They can clearly see this from their usual battles with the enemy.
Not only Aoji, Uchiha En also felt a slight pressure every time he faced Minato. As a girl, Uzumaki Kushina still liked Minato, but she didn't have much intuitive feelings.
But as a Nine-Tailed Jinchuuriki, there was a time when he wanted to prove his own strength.
After activating the three tails of the Nine Tails, her keen sense told her that she was no match for Minato.
And Uzumaki Kushina in the three-tailed state has reached the shadow level!
Contrary to Minato, Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina could feel that Aangji's strength had not improved much since a year ago.
The most obvious thing is that although Uzumaki Kushina still can't defeat Aoji normally, she feels that Aoji is not her opponent when the three tails are activated.
As for Uchiha En, he found that he could fight Aangji for longer and longer.
I believe that if he continues like this, he will not be far from catching up with or even surpassing Aangji.
After hearing Minato's question, Aangji shook his head and didn't explain much.
"I want to see the gap between you and me now, and try to break through myself." Aangji said while looking at the smiling Namikaze Minato.
"Okay, I accept it, Aangji. I will do my best, but you have to be careful." Namikaze Minato also put away his smile at this time and said with sharp eyes.
Since my friend has this request, I will definitely agree to it.
The two have known each other since they first entered the ninja school, and have been roommates for many years. The friendship between them cannot be expressed in words at all.
But over the years, the two have fought countless times, but there has never been a winner.
Today it may be that I narrowly win, but next year it may be that you beat me.
But since he broke through the boundaries of film-level strength a year ago, the two have never fought against each other again.
Minato could feel that Aoji was no longer his opponent.
And from that time on, Aangji would squeeze himself crazily every day.
Minato knew that Aangji must be very unwilling and wanted to catch up with him.
And he has been waiting for Aangji's ninjutsu that has been developed for a year.
I just didn't expect that Cangji would challenge himself before successfully developing it.
Originally, Minato thought that this battle would be delayed until Aangji successfully developed this ninjutsu and reached the Kage level.
"Yan, who do you think will win between the two of them?" Uzumaki Kushina watched excitedly as the two friends prepared to start the competition.
One of them is one of his best friends, and the other is the person he likes.
"If it was a year ago, I would probably say I don't know. Now, Aoji can't beat Minato." Uchiha En had already opened his Sharingan, and he was ready to take a good look at the two friends after a long absence. Years of fighting.
"Yes, Minato has entered another realm, and Aangji was almost at this level a year ago. His chance of winning in this competition is very low." Not only was it very low, Uzumaki Kushina just politely did not say anything. Aangji's winning rate in this competition is zero.
Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina were not the only ones who disliked Aoji.
Even Hinata Aoji himself felt that he had no chance of winning.
From beginning to end, this competition was just Aangji trying to break through the bottleneck by using the pressure Namikaze Minato put on him.
If there is no breakthrough, not only Minato will pull himself further and further away, but Uchiha En and Uzumaki Kushina will also get closer and closer to him.
No, strictly speaking, Uzumaki Kushina has surpassed herself.
Although he was very unwilling in his heart, Cangji had to admit that these were the naked realities before him.
When you are standing still and others are moving forward, you will only slowly fall behind everyone in the end.
Aoji and Minato walked to the open space next to them, stood about 10 meters apart from each other, and then formed a seal of opposition at the same time.
This seal gets knotted up every time a few friends compete. There is no reason, just because of the sense of ritual.
They will also form a seal of reconciliation at the end of the battle.
This has become a habit engraved in the DNA of many people.
"So, Minato, are you ready? I'm coming." Looking at Namikaze Minato opposite, Aoji said excitedly.
"Ah, come on, I've been waiting for you, Aangji." Minato was also happy to be able to fight against his friends again.
Aangji didn't know why, but he clearly felt the difference in strength between himself and Minato. At this moment, not only was he not afraid that he would lose, but he also felt a faint sense of expectation.
It can be said that the mental shackles Aangji put on himself at this moment have been released.
For the past year, Aangji has stopped fighting with Minato. Unexpectedly, an emotion called fear has arisen deep in his heart unknowingly.
Afraid of losing, afraid of failure, afraid of having his hat of genius of the Hyuga clan taken off.
I clearly didn't care about this title.
When did you start to fear losing?
It should be that over the years, I have been able to be evenly matched with the fourth generation Hokage in the original work, and I have lifted myself up to infinite heights from the bottom of my heart.
In Aangji's subconscious mind, he thought that if he no longer fought Minato, then he would always be the genius of the Hyuga clan who could win or lose with each other!
This is probably one of the reasons why Aangji has been unable to concentrate the water and wind chakra in his body into ice escape this year.
The loopholes in the soul cannot be repaired through hard training in reality.
If Aangji hadn't suddenly invited him to fight Namikaze Minato on a whim, he would still not be aware of the seriousness of this problem.
It would be meaningless to wait until you feel you can defeat the other party before requesting a fight.
Without the courage to face difficulties, you will never be able to make a breakthrough!
