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Chapter 76 Rope Tree Out~
The next day, early in the morning.
Minato, along with Nawaki, Kushina, and Mikoto, arrived at a valley outside Konoha Village.
"This is a trap training ground. As the name suggests, there are traps set up everywhere in this valley."
Standing at the entrance to the valley, Minato explained to the three, "Before coming here, I made some minor modifications to the equipment."
As he spoke, he casually pulled out two pieces of paper shaped like explosive tags, one blue and one red.
"These are the talismans I made for practice. The blue ones represent ordinary explosive talismans, and they contain water."
"Red ones represent high-powered explosive tags, which contain low-powered fireballs. While they won't cause serious injury or death, they will certainly cause some physical pain."
Minato casually tossed out two explosive tags. One exploded, creating a spray of water with a range comparable to that of a regular explosive tag.
Another sheet exploded with a bang, bursting open a fireball the size of a human head.
"Next, you will have to cross this valley alone. During this time, if you trigger a blue explosive tag and get splashed by water, it means you will die," Minato explained.
"What about the red explosive tag?"
Rope Tree asked impatiently.
"Triggering the red detonation tag means the death of the entire squad."
Minato said solemnly, "This also means that you killed your teammates and caused the mission to fail completely."
As soon as he finished speaking, a heavy, oppressive silence fell over the air.
"In addition, there are other traps in the valley, also in two colors, with red representing the most serious consequences."
Minato explained, "There is my wooden clone in the valley that updates the traps in real time. Every time you die, the clone will take you back to the entrance so that the next person can enter."
"I'll go first!"
Rope Tree clenched his right fist and placed it against his left palm, looking eager to try.
"You can discuss it yourselves."
Minato smiled gently and gestured for him to proceed.
After discussing it, the three decided that Nawaki would go first, Mikoto would go second, and Kushina would go last.
After the negotiation was completed, Rope Tree arrived at the entrance.
He looked serious and took a step forward.
Snapped!
A splash of water erupted at his feet, soaking his clothes.
"..."
There was a moment of silence, then Nawaki suddenly clutched his head with both hands, his face contorted in utter despair: "What the hell is this?!"
Minato, arms crossed: "Napaki, out!"
"Hahahaha!"
Seeing this, Kushina burst into laughter: "To be killed by an explosive tag alone! How pathetic!"
Mikoto couldn't help but smile; she hadn't expected Minato to so casually place the explosive tag in such a spot.
The most ridiculous thing is that because the detonation tag exploded from the ground upwards, Rope Tree's pants were soaked, but his shirt was not affected much, making it look like he had wet his pants.
"Damn it, stop laughing! You wouldn't be able to get past me even if you came!"
Rope Tree, his face dark, sat down under a tree near the entrance, waiting for the two to suffer a setback.
"I'll give it a try."
Mikoto stepped forward, her eyes instantly turning blood red, with a black magatama slowly rotating in each of her pupils.
Using explosive tags as traps requires reserving a certain amount of chakra.
Although the Sharingan cannot see through things, it can observe chakra, so unless it is buried too deep, it is difficult to threaten her with explosive tags.
Having learned from Rope Tree's experience, Mikoto dared not act rashly. She carefully surveyed her surroundings and walked about twenty meters away.
She lifted her foot and stepped across an extremely thin steel wire, then stepped onto fallen leaves.
With a soft click, the mechanism was activated.
Mikoto's expression changed, and she dodged backward. In the next instant, more than a dozen wooden kunai were embedded in the spot where she had just been.
One of the kunai was stuck in the wire she had just stepped over, and a muffled thud came from the ground beneath Mikoto's feet as the ground collapsed.
Did you even calculate the distance of retreat?
Mikoto was surprised, but having experienced the Chunin Exams, her reaction was much better than Nawaki's.
Almost at the same instant, she raised her hand and threw a kunai, which nailed to a nearby tree trunk.
A steel wire was attached to the ring of the kunai. Mikoto pulled on the end of the wire and used it to fly towards the tree trunk.
Mikoto flipped herself onto a tree branch and looked around. She noticed that there were disguised explosive tags everywhere, and she wondered why Minato was so obsessed with them.
Little did they know that the water gate was a last resort.
He went to great lengths to prevent Nawaki from following in the footsteps of the original work.
Who would have thought that right at the start, this kid stepped on an explosive tag that he had casually covered with dirt.
Minato even suspected that he might have some kind of affinity for explosive tags.
Bang!
A loud bang echoed through the valley.
After briefly slithering for over fifty meters, Mikoto stepped into the mud, detonating a series of explosive tags hidden within.
"It failed..."
Mikoto sighed and pulled her muddy feet out.
A wooden clone instantly appeared beside her, placed a hand on her shoulder, and the two of them appeared at the entrance next to Minato.
Mikoto looked at Minato in surprise: "This is... a space-time ninjutsu?"
"A little trick."
Minato smiled and asked, "How were you eliminated?"
"I stepped into a patch of mud that looked like flat ground."
Mikoto said helplessly, "The traps are too dense, and many of them are chain traps. I fell into one in less than a hundred meters."
"Not bad, you've surpassed someone's record of 0.6 meters," Minato said with a smile, trying to comfort him.
Rope Tree's face darkened, and he turned his head away, muttering to himself, "I was just careless..."
"My turn! My turn!"
Kushina walked to the entrance of the valley, looking full of energy.
"Watch this, Shadow Clone Technique!"
With a bang, a shadow clone appeared beside Kushina.
Then she pointed towards the valley: "Go! Kushina No. 1!"
"Yes, sir!"
Without saying a word, the shadow clone launched a suicidal charge towards the valley!
Rope Tree looked astonished: "Huh? There's such a method? Damn it, how come I didn't think of that?"
"This shows that Kushina's battle IQ is higher than yours."
Minato laughed and said, "However, this method is not something that ordinary people can use."
Shadow clones divide the original body's chakra equally. Although the remaining chakra will flow back after the clones are released, chakra cannot be stored under normal circumstances. Even if it flows back, it will disappear quickly, which is still a considerable drain on ordinary people.
Only a clan like the Uzumaki, with their massive chakra reserves, could use it so recklessly.
However, this method alone was not enough for Kushina to cross the valley.
This valley training ground is two kilometers long. Although the traps at the beginning are dense, they are just appetizers. The main event is yet to come.
Bang bang bang!
One trap after another was triggered by the shadow clones, and finally, after recklessly rushing more than thirty meters, Kushina's shadow clones were destroyed by a dense barrage of wooden shuriken.
Kushina, on the other hand, walked unhurriedly along the safe path paved with the lives of her shadow clones.
Then he created another shadow clone and repeated the same trick.
Bang!
The second shadow clone fell into a pit trap after walking a dozen meters.
The third shadow clone walked across an open space, with Kushina hanging not far behind it.
Then, with a loud bang, Kushina's body was blown to pieces.
"Why is that?"
Looking at the wooden clone that appeared beside her, Kushina looked puzzled: "The shadow clone walked past without any problems."
The wooden clone chuckled: "Who says traps are always pre-set?"