"Then let's put this matter aside for now! If you have questions, ask me. If I can't solve them, I'll pass them on to Kushina and have her answer them!"
Minato said seriously to Akira.
He did not want to cause trouble for Akira for no reason.
The trouble surrounding Akira right now was already not small.
In truth, deep down, Minato was also very dissatisfied with the Third Hokage and the others' attitude and treatment toward Kushina.
It was just that his current strength and influence were still insufficient. He had no way to change the things he disliked.
"Perhaps once I become Hokage, I'll be able to change all this? …No! I definitely will change all this!"
Minato secretly swore in his heart.
He hoped to become Hokage in the future and build Konoha into the image he desired.
Not like it was now.
"Fine! I'll listen to you!"
Akira nodded. "Actually, I don't really care about certain people's dark thoughts. With my current strength, if I truly want to do something, no one can stop me."
Absolute strength forged absolute confidence.
"Heh…"
When Minato heard this, he shook his head with a bitter smile. "Try not to completely fall out with the village! Consider it me begging you!"
He could feel it. This kid possessed immense power.
He even saw through many matters more clearly than Minato himself did.
As expected, he was a monster!
In every sense of the word.
But in Minato's eyes, Akira's attitude of not caring was very dangerous.
No—rather, the village would be in danger.
Although he disliked the methods of the Third Hokage and the others, he likewise did not want major problems to arise in the village.
His feelings toward Konoha ran very deep.
"I'll try!"
Akira shrugged and did not give a definite guarantee. "As long as certain people don't go too far, I won't mess around either. But if they expect me to swallow my anger completely and let them bully and manipulate me, then they're definitely thinking too much."
He had never been the kind of person who suffered losses quietly.
The two chatted for a while longer before Minato finally left.
Akira then took out the Flying Thunder God experience notes Minato had given him and carefully began reading.
One day later, Akira took out two kunai.
After holding the kunai in his hands and examining them, he directly activated the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit.
"Lightning Metallurgy!"
His hands transformed into lightning, condensing high heat that enveloped the two kunai. The kunai rapidly melted.
Then, under Akira's psychic control, they began to change shape. Before long, two special kunai completely different from Minato's Flying Thunder God kunai took form.
Akira ended the smelting process and used water to cool and quench them.
Two specially made kunai appeared in his hands.
No—perhaps calling them short swords would be more appropriate.
They had a broader surface area, resembling a pair of short swords.
Akira then gripped the two Flying Thunder God short swords, and lines of sealing techniques began flowing from his hands onto the bodies of the blades.
Before long, the two Flying Thunder God short swords were completed.
"I originally thought Minato made his Flying Thunder God kunai into that special shape just to distinguish them and show off. Turns out it was to increase the surface area for inscribing sealing formulas! That makes sense!"
Akira looked at the two Flying Thunder God short swords in his hands and smiled softly.
With a thought, he teleported to a secluded valley ten kilometers away from the camp.
After sensing his surroundings and confirming that no one was nearby, Akira threw one of the Flying Thunder God short swords in his hand high into the air. Immediately after, he vanished from where he stood and appeared beside the short sword, catching it in a reverse grip.
Then he threw the other Flying Thunder God short sword into the distance with a backhand motion.
Immediately afterward, he vanished from midair again and appeared beside the other short sword.
Just like that, Akira began continuously performing the Flying Thunder God Technique.
At first, he was still somewhat unfamiliar with it, and his transitions were not smooth or seamless enough.
But after a few minutes, that situation began changing rapidly.
He became increasingly proficient.
Gradually, he even began playing with the Flying Thunder God Technique in all kinds of flashy ways.
For a time, Akira's figure continuously flickered through the nearby sky.
From time to time, he also linked it with the Rasengan, sword slashes, the power of the Rumble-Rumble Fruit, and other techniques, combining them with the Flying Thunder God Technique for attacks.
Sometimes, he even used teleportation to connect and coordinate with it.
It looked smooth and natural, without the slightest sense of disharmony, and it was full of misdirection.
Only after half an hour did he finally stop training.
He landed from midair, stored the Flying Thunder God short swords into his spatial ring, and laughed. "The difficulty of this Ninjutsu is still pretty low! I learned it without any hardship at all. As expected, I really am a genius."
"Now I have another trump card in my hand."
"Since the first stage is complete, it's time to begin the second stage. This one seems even easier!"
If the greatest difficulty of the first stage was talent, then what the second stage tested was one's mastery of sealing techniques.
That was because the second stage of the Flying Thunder God no longer limited the application of Flying Thunder God formulas to Flying Thunder God kunai. Instead, any object that was touched could be planted with a Flying Thunder God formula, allowing teleportation through it.
Minato was currently still exploring this stage, so the experience he provided was not extensive. There were only some of his own experimental data and projected directions.
On the other hand, the Flying Thunder God Technique given by the Third Hokage contained part of the Second Hokage's experience regarding the second stage of the Flying Thunder God.
Akira quickly digested and absorbed all this information. After trying for a while, he successfully imprinted a Flying Thunder God formula onto a stone.
Then he successfully completed a teleportation through that formula.
"Haha! As expected, it couldn't stump me! Success!"
Akira grinned happily.
He immediately remembered the feeling and began practicing.
He constantly used psychic teleportation to appear somewhere nearby, then carved a Flying Thunder God formula there.
Sometimes it was on a stone, sometimes on a tree trunk, sometimes on a leaf, and sometimes even on an animal.
In short, over the next half a day, Akira tested the value of time to the extreme and practically traveled across many places within a radius of over a hundred kilometers around the Konoha camp near Kumogakure's side.
He left behind Flying Thunder God formulas everywhere.
In fact, in order for the formulas to last longer, he even specially used kunai and the Rumble-Rumble Fruit's ability to smelt dozens of short swords, inscribing Flying Thunder God formulas on them.
Then he buried them in different areas throughout the region, so they could be used in the future if necessary. He would be able to teleport using these Flying Thunder God short sword coordinates.
After taking care of all this, Akira finally used teleportation to return to his tent.
"You brat, you go out without even saying anything? What, don't tell me you've already learned the Flying Thunder God Technique?"
As soon as he returned, he heard Minato's voice.
This did not exceed Akira's expectations. Before teleporting over, he had more or less already sensed him.
"Yeah! I've already learned it!"
He immediately and calmly teleported a Flying Thunder God short sword from his spatial ring into the soil beneath his feet, then bent down and dug it out. He raised it toward Minato and said, "Here! I've already made my Flying Thunder God short swords! This technique really is useful. Traveling will be much more convenient from now on!"
"I even left the camp earlier and practiced around the area for a while."
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