Namikaze Minato slightly lifted his chin, watching Roy bring along Nohara Rin, their figures disappearing into the hurried forest, nearly vanishing from sight. He squinted and smiled, a smile full of joy and merriment. Then, with a quick slap to his waist, he flung a kunai imprinted with the "Flying Thunder God Technique", piercing the air as it streaked forward!
His blonde hair fluttered, the man vanished in a flash, reappearing in an instant, overtaking Kakashi and Obito, appearing at the marked spot of the kunai. Just like that... "toss out", "flash", "toss again", "flash again"... across kilometers, all beneath his feet... in just a moment's time,
Namikaze Minato caught up, flashing beside Roy!
Green Jonin vest, blue forehead protector, and a pair of lake-blue eyes cast a blazing gaze... Namikaze Minato felt the "spatial ripple" emanating from Roy's side, and with admiration, said: "A very impressive 'space-time ninjutsu',"
"Using objects as the entrance and exit of space, skipping the 'marking', a genius idea."
Indeed, as Namikaze Minato said, [Swamp Space] compared to [Flying Thunder God Technique]—this directional "instantaneous body technique"—directly skips the step of "chakra marking". With just a thought, a gate can open anywhere, indeed simplifying things, yet... akin to... the "law of equivalent exchange" in Hunter World, the size of ability often correlates with "risk" and "restriction"....
[Swamp Space] is as you wish, but the distance becomes shorter, limited to the extent of what your eyes can see, far inferior to [Flying Thunder God Technique] which also boasts transfer capability, reaching far.....
"This is currently my 'fastest'..." Roy straightforwardly told Namikaze Minato: "Three hundred meters is my limit."
'Also the limit of my current [En] can capture,' after speaking, the young man silently added in his heart.
"Step..." With a step forward, Namikaze Minato instantaneously moved along with Roy, casting a sidelong glance at the slightly dizzy Nohara Rin bound by a Nen Line, and with a smile said: "Quite impressive, considering you're carrying someone."
'Human... Am I still considered human?'
The wind blew by, clouds drifted in the sky, and sunlight fell on Nohara Rin. The girl's short, brown, beautiful hair was wet and sprinkled with a string of sparkling water beads from the creek. Listening to the conversation between the boy and the teacher ahead, feeling a bit dazed, she felt less like a "human", more like a "worm", a "worm" that burrows through soil, wades through water, and nibbles at tree and stone fragments!
It's so magical!
So... Earth Release feels like this,
So... Water Release feels like this,
So... Wood Release feels like this... I'm done being a human, Nohara Rin!
The brief space-time traversal brought the girl an indescribable thrill, a fresh feeling she had never experienced before, for the first time made her aware... that the boy named Uchiha Jin, ahead, was extraordinary!
"Whoa~" The Nen Line at her waist moved, Nohara Rin exclaimed, once more drawn underground by Roy... Soil like air whistled past her ears, as she returned to her senses, Roy appeared again, taking her leaping forward over a hundred meters, then shaking his head at Namikaze Minato: "You flatter me... I'm merely taking advantage."
Taking the "Doppelganger Demon" opportunity, skillful with the "Blood Demon Art", because [Demon Encyclopedia] mimicked the other's talent, not Roy's own creation, naturally there's nothing to boast about....
Namikaze Minato's gaze flickered with ripples, noting the truthfulness in the young man's words unlike Sai, and once more instantaneously moved alongside him, curiously asked: "Are you dissatisfied?"
Should I be satisfied?
Great-grandfather always said... imagination leads to... mimicry, surpassing, then creation.....
Now I've remained in the mimicry stage of the [Doppelganger Demon], not just considering creation, even surpassing it, relying only on [En]'s enhancement; what's even "satisfaction or dissatisfaction"?
Roy remained silent, simply carrying a log, traveling with Nohara Rin through the boundless depths of the southern forest.....
One lap, two laps, three laps... Running around the forest for him now, who surpasses a thousand "constitution", and whose "potential Nen amount" broke through to B-level, is merely a matter of catching a breath......
He kept silent, leaving Namikaze Minato frowning in thought, for a long time, until crossing a small creek, both waded through water, listening to the bubbling sounds of the stream... Namikaze Minato turned his head to look at the young man, tentatively said: "Perhaps it's a human issue, not a technique issue."
Human? Technique?
Roy was taken aback, halting his steps, the door opened a bit late, so much that half of Nohara Rin's body remained underground, her head first emerged, appeared in the creek water, rudely taking a mouthful of the creek water forcibly, unable to help coughing, Roy returned to his senses, swiftly quickened his pace, leaping with her out of the water.....
"Cough cough cough....."
"Sorry,"
Both young man and girl halted simultaneously, Roy reached out from his bosom to take out a square cloth, handing it over, one that his mother, Mikoto, prepared for him to wipe sweat with, now apparently... useful for Nohara Rin.
"No need, I have one." Nohara Rin's hair wet, she lowered her eyes, declined Roy's kindness, retrieving a handkerchief from her bosom to wipe... her youthful demeanor momentarily reminded Namikaze Minato of the first encounter with Kushina when she fiercely beat up a classmate.
"Hehehe... I didn't say to stop~" The man "persistently" winked at Roy and Nohara Rin,
Roy helplessly looked at Nohara Rin, specially instructed her warmly: "Let's go."
Nohara Rin, voice as faint as a mosquito, softly hummed, simply tidied herself a bit, then picked up the log again, following Roy "up and down", instantaneously moving, running forward....
Four laps... five laps... six laps... Wind roared through his ears, Roy meanwhile using [Swamp Space] for instantaneous movement, while contemplating Namikaze Minato's words, shortly after, he turned his head towards the man beside him and asked: "Teacher, what is a human, what is a technique?"
"A human is certainly a human, but a technique is not necessarily just a technique." Namikaze Minato gave Roy a meaningful smile: "Or perhaps, a technique is also human, merely an embodiment of human imagination manifested through chakra....."
Manifested through chakra? ✕
Manifested through "Nen"! ✓
Roy furrowed his brows, seemingly grasping something in a haze...
He remembers back when he once "discussed the heart" with Silva... then experienced stargazing with Wutong at night... and discussed the concept of human imagination with great-grandfather Maha... gradually... a familiar yet exotic answer emerged from his heart, coming into fruition....
'It's the sun!' The boy's eyes suddenly emitted a bright light, softly murmuring: "The omnipresent sun...."
Just like the "Doppelganger Demon" realizing "instantaneous movement" through the "swamp", reflecting its "muddiness" and "filth"....
"My instantaneous movement should be like the sun!"
"Buzz...." Suddenly a gust of wind arose, blowing away several leaves, unexpectedly....
A far stronger "spatial ripple" than before swept out, enveloping Namikaze Minato in an instant!
Namikaze Minato gawked at Roy, the boy a radiant sun above his head, momentarily entering an esoteric state, lifting a foot, his body instantly "transformed into light"!
With a gust of wind, he morphed into scattered glimmers, merged into the sunlight, unknown whether he was the sunlight or the sunlight was him, in any case... when Namikaze Minato tried once more to catch the boy's presence... with a leap, he suddenly reached kilometers away, emerging from the sunlight, revealing his form...
"This....."
Namikaze Minato halted his steps abruptly, squinting his eyes.
Following Roy's revealed form, Nohara Rin also transformed into a mass of light, appearing behind her, she stood in place, momentarily dazed, seemingly ethereal, losing any sense of reality!
"Light... I seem to have turned into a beam of light?" The girl dumbly lifted her chin, gazing towards the young man in front not far away who similarly paused his steps, closing his eyes to savor the feeling.
At this moment, any punishment, any lap running, has become irrelevant, it seems only the light, the light alone, the dazzling light, the striking light remains eternal, like a blade of light, crossing the river of time, piercing the [Telescope Technique], fiercely stabbing Sarutobi Hiruzen!