Naruto: Naruto's Uchiha girlfriend is too arrogant

Chapter 31 Fastest in the Ninja World vs. Fastest in History

At the edge of the charred crater, the Raikage's boot crushed a still-burning splinter. His gaze swept across the battlefield, settling on the unnatural things on the ground.

Inside the giant pit, a few specially made kunai were scattered about.

On the blade of the kunai were engraved similar, yet different, jutsu patterns. Those were the symbols that enemy ninjas once feared most on the battlefield, the shadow that the blond man left on the entire ninja world—the Flying Thunder God Technique.

"...I never imagined that someone would learn such a troublesome ninjutsu after the Yellow Flash's death!"

A dark figure stood silently atop the ruins. Menma stood with one foot on a broken tree trunk, casually tossing a Flying Thunder God kunai in his hand.

"This is clearly the most troublesome space-time ninjutsu ever, and you actually charged in all by yourself?" His voice came through the mask, laced with lazy mockery. "Should I call you confident or arrogant?"

"Stop talking nonsense!!"

The moment the Raikage's roar exploded, his figure transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning! Lightning Release: Righteous Lightning Sinking Thunder Axe!

His elbow was raised high, then cleaved down like a battle axe, the air exploding as the brute force and lightning energy compressed it. This strike was enough to pulverize mountain rocks.

But it missed.

Menma's figure vanished like a phantom the instant before the Raikage could touch him. The Raikage's nerves tensed instantly, his eyes darting around, trying to pinpoint the location of each kunai.

Left side? Right side? Front? Back?

"Here it is!"

The Raikage's intuition suddenly warned him! He roared, and lightning crackled around his body as he erupted once more. "Lightning Plow Blade!!"

The direction he charged was exactly where Menma had just appeared! But just as he lunged forward, Menma curled the corners of his mouth and suddenly tossed the kunai in his hand high into the air.

The Raikage's muscle memory outpaced his thinking. Since the kunai had been thrown into the air, the enemy must have teleported into the air! He abruptly reversed his sprint trajectory, and lightning shot straight into the sky like a dragon raising its head—however, there was no one in the air.

"Oh no...!"

The hairs on the back of his head stood on end. A low, cold laugh came from beneath the mask in the Raikage's ear. "You rely too much on 'prediction,' Raikage."

"Spiral Wheel Yu".

A jet-black chakra sphere exploded on the Raikage's back, the distorting force of the collapsing space tearing cracks in his Lightning Release armor. The excruciating pain, accompanied by the blast, blasted the Raikage away, his body crashing into the rubble, kicking up clouds of dust.

"cough……!"

The Raikage struggled to his feet from the rubble, a trickle of blood escaping from the corner of his mouth. He wiped away the blood, his Lightning Release armor surging once more, but the fighting spirit in his eyes grew even more ferocious.

"That's fantastic! Flying Thunder God Technique!!"

"That battle that ended with Minato Namikaze...!" His fist clenched, and his Lightning Release chakra surged once more. "Right here, answer my questions!!"

Who is truly the fastest ninja in the world?!

"Whoosh—!"

Menma's figure vanished like a ghost, and the next second, he appeared behind and to the side of Raikage, his spiral wheel mercilessly slamming into Raikage's back.

Raikage's reaction was terrifying. The instant the Spiral Wheel touched him, his body transformed into a blinding bolt of lightning, shifting several meters to the side and narrowly avoiding a fatal blow.

"boom--!"

The spiral wheel crashed into the air, blasting a giant crater ten meters in diameter into the ground. The aftershocks of dark chakra spread out like ripples, causing even the air to tremble.

"Tsk, you dodged pretty fast." Menma's voice came from under the mask, tinged with mockery.

The Raikage did not respond; his gaze was fixed on Menma, the lightning arcs on his Lightning Release armor crackling, and his muscles slightly burning from the high-speed movement.

Black phantoms and lightning constantly intertwined on the battlefield. Spiral Wheels kept exploding in the giant crater. After suffering the consequences, Raikage was no longer reckless and began to constantly dodge the numbing Spiral Wheels.

After a brief battle, the Raikage concluded that this guy... was different from Minato Namikaze!

Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique was more elegant, like a golden flash weaving a trail of death across the battlefield. But Menma before them… his fighting style was far more brutal, far more insidious!

"Don't get too cocky, kid!"

The Raikage stomped his foot on the ground, cracking it under the immense force. His figure shot towards the enemy like a cannonball, his Lightning Release chakra gathering at his fist.

"Heavy Current Storm!!"

Menma neither dodged nor avoided, but simply tossed up a Flying Thunder God kunai.

"Whoosh!"

The Raikage's fist pierced through the afterimage, while Menma's true form appeared in mid-air, the black spiral wheel in his hand coalescing once more.

"It's useless. No matter how fast you are... you can't beat 'teleportation'."

The battle gradually devolved into a one-sided war of attrition.

The Raikage's speed is indeed unparalleled in the ninja world; his Lightning Release armor allows his explosive power and reaction speed to reach the limits of human ability. But Menma's Flying Thunder God Technique... doesn't even fall into the category of "speed."

This isn't about who's faster... it's about who's closer to the "finish line"!

The Raikage's breathing became heavy, and the chakra consumption of his Lightning Release armor far exceeded expectations. Every charge, every dodge, was rapidly draining his stamina. Meanwhile, Menma... remained completely at ease.

"boom--!"

Another spiraling wheel exploded beside the Raikage. Although he barely managed to dodge it, the aftershock of the explosion still tore through the Lightning Release armor's defenses, leaving a bloody gash on his shoulder.

Damn it...!

The Raikage gritted his teeth, his fighting spirit still burning, but the exhaustion in his body was undeniable. His wounds multiplied, and the light from his Lightning Release armor gradually dimmed.

But Mianma... remains as elusive as a ghost.

"Shall we continue, Raikage?"

Menma's voice came from all directions, and Flying Thunder God Kunai were scattered all over the battlefield, his figure seemingly omnipresent.

The Raikage was panting heavily, the arcs of electricity on his Lightning Release armor flickering weakly. His gaze swept around, finally settling on Menma's true form.

"Stop looking down on me...!"

He pounded his fist into his chest, his Lightning Release chakra erupting once more! "I am... the Raikage!!"

However, an unexpected situation occurred.

"No, I don't want to fight anymore."

The numb voice suddenly rang out, like a bucket of cold water poured on a scorching battlefield.

The Raikage's muscles even tensed slightly. He stared intently at Menma, a storm raging within him. What was this guy saying?

He clearly had the upper hand, and if he continued to drag it out, he would only lose... So why did he stop?

Raikage remained defiant, letting out a cold snort. "What, scared?" But his nerves were even more taut; years of combat instincts had made him sense something was amiss.

Menma did not answer immediately. His gaze, hidden beneath the fox mask, swept over the Raikage and then across the distant Konoha. Silence, like an invisible pressure, slowly enveloped the battlefield.

"You seem to have misunderstood something."

Finally, Menma spoke, a hint of barely perceptible weariness in his voice. He slightly raised his hand. "I don't want to fight anymore—not that I can't fight, but I want to end this battle."

As soon as he finished speaking, he clenched his fists tightly!

"boom--!!!"

A violent burst of Wind Release chakra erupted suddenly, compressing the air into a visible hurricane in an instant. The ground cracked, and rubble was swept into the air, turning into a deadly barrage! The Raikage's Lightning Release armor emitted a piercing hum in the wind pressure. His feet sank deep into the ground, carving out two furrows, but unusually, he did not choose to charge headlong into it. Instead, he firmly steadied himself.

No. This wind technique isn't for attacking, but rather... to block movement?

Raikage's intuition sent a frantic warning. He looked up and saw Mima's figure floating in mid-air, his black robes fluttering, his right palm facing upwards, a ball of pitch-black energy gathering at an alarming speed.

That is no longer the spiral wheel.

The concentration of chakra far exceeded that before, and the surrounding air was distorted due to the energy overload, even faintly tearing open tiny spatial rifts. Just staring at it was enough to make one's eyes sting.

"Great Spiral Wheel. Don't die, Raikage!"