"You bastard, Nawaki!" Kushina clenched her fists.
If Mikoto hadn't been holding her back, she probably would have punched Nawaki.
There was nothing she could do. That bastard Nawaki was just too infuriating.
So what if she failed the theory exam?
Her strength would definitely surpass Nawaki's in the future. Just like with the Rasengan, Nawaki wasn't learning it as fast as she was.
Moreover, she was already close to catching up to Nawaki's Chakra reserves, and she was confident that she would be stronger than Nawaki in the future, even if Chakra reserves didn't entirely determine strength.
Minato looked at this scene with a hint of envy. There still seemed to be some distance between him and these people.
He then turned his gaze to Kazuki, who was standing nearby. He had always known that Kazuki was very strong and talented. Previously, he believed that as long as he was given time and resources, he would definitely not be inferior to Kazuki.
But now, Kazuki had already surpassed his teacher, Jiraiya, becoming a famous powerhouse in the Ninja World, and he was only ten years old.
No matter how confident Minato was, he didn't think he could catch up to Kazuki anymore.
"You should already know about Jiraiya's situation, right?" Kazuki said, looking at Minato with his arms crossed.
During their academy days, Kazuki and Minato had a good relationship. For the past two years, Minato had also trained with him. He was Jiraiya's disciple, so technically, they were like fellow students, all from the same "guild."
They shared a common guild leader.
He hadn't expected Hiruzen to arrange for Minato to be his subordinate. It seemed that Hiruzen wasn't as opposed to him becoming Hokage as he had imagined.
Kazuki's gaze deepened. As long as there was no opposition, he wouldn't mind giving up some benefits. He needed to make Konoha bigger and stronger. The bigger the pie, the more everyone would get.
"Hmm, Jiraiya-sensei, he..."
Minato was at a loss for words, unsure how to comment on Jiraiya. However, given his personality, he wouldn't hold a grudge against Jiraiya for this.
After all, Jiraiya was his teacher, not his biological father, and wasn't obligated to take care of him. Moreover, Jiraiya had taught him a lot previously, and without his careful guidance, he wouldn't have grown so quickly.
"He's somewhat unreliable and didn't follow the rules and regulations of a Konoha ninja. If he weren't the Hokage's student, he'd probably be a rogue ninja by now." Kazuki sneered.
He still couldn't understand Jiraiya's actions. Perhaps at the moment he saw Nagato, he was hypnotized by Madara's Rinnegan.
Minato was even more unable to defend Jiraiya. After all, according to the theoretical knowledge he had learned, Jiraiya's actions indeed did not comply with the rules.
Jiraiya-sensei really was a very unreliable person.
"Alright, next, I'll be taking you on missions. If there's anything you don't understand, you can ask me. I'm quite confident in my strength."
Kazuki continued, "Even if you want to learn Flying Thunder God Technique and Rasengan, it's not impossible for me to teach you."
"Thank you so much." Minato hadn't expected Kazuki to be willing to teach him these things.
He had heard of the Flying Thunder God Technique. As for the Rasengan, he had personally seen Kushina use it. It was a ninjutsu with extremely great destructive power and an A-rank difficulty to learn, and it seemed to have been created by Kazuki himself.
The moment he saw the Rasengan, Minato felt that this ninjutsu seemed to be fated for him, but he was too embarrassed to ask Kushina for the Rasengan's training method. He hadn't expected Kazuki to proactively offer to teach him.
Kazuki didn't mind helping and investing in Minato. Currently, no one in the Ninja World understood Minato's potential better than Kazuki.
Moreover, the other party was not an ungrateful person. At worst, he could just train him to be the next Hokage.
While Minato was still young, he could instill some of his own ideas.
For example, the concept of peace.
Achieving peace in the Ninja World was the dream of countless people. Anyone who had witnessed the cruelty of war would mostly pursue such a goal.
If Kazuki guided well, he could gather countless supporters.
His goal was to make Konoha's conservatives feel that his radical ideas were too conservative.
"The Rasengan requires very high Chakra control. I hope you can persevere."
The Chakra of ordinary ninjas is limited, and learning a ninjutsu requires a large amount of Chakra, which becomes a hindrance to their learning process.
Minato's Chakra reserves were not much, but not little either. They are standard for an ordinary ninja. Kazuki just didn't know how long it would take him to learn the Rasengan.
Days passed one by one, and when the combat arena refreshed, Kazuki was stunned. He hadn't expected that the combat arena would bring him out.
Successor of the Sage of Six Paths — Young Asura!
He had previously thought that in the future, to awaken the Rinnegan, he would need to first defeat Hashirama or Naruto and obtain Asura Chakra from them.
However, he hadn't expected to directly encounter Young Asura.
If he could defeat Asura and obtain what he wanted from him, would he be able to complete his bloodline?
But, was he a match for Asura now?
Kazuki was somewhat uncertain, but he had to defeat Asura, at all costs.
Immediately, Kazuki ignored the other refreshed ninjas and entered the combat arena, preparing to fight Asura.
Asura was not particularly outstanding from a young age, at least far inferior to Indra, but that doesn't mean Asura was weak.
In terms of bloodline, Asura was definitely incomparable to future ninjas.
As for who was stronger between Asura and Hashirama, it's a bit like comparing apples and oranges, as in the era of the Sage of Six Paths, people didn't really develop Ninjutsu. Indra developed hand seals, and was even scolded by the Sage of Six Paths for it.
But Asura's bloodline certainly surpassed Hashirama's.
Of course, in Kazuki's opinion, Asura at his peak should be stronger than Hashirama.
He had once received a gift from the Sage of Six Paths and could use Truth-Seeking Ball to fight.
Asura in that state, even if he hadn't reached the Six Paths level, was at least half a Six Paths level, which Hashirama had never achieved.