When Night Light entered the park, he first saw the Anbu in a civil war.
More than ten Anbu were fighting chaotically, and there were already several Anbu corpses on the ground.
There were indeed Kumogakure Spies among the new Anbu recruits!
During the Uzumaki Clan's extermination, Konoha only sent Anbu to participate, and the Anbu suffered heavy casualties, with 4 large units being crippled and rebuilt one after another.
The rebuilt Anbu were a mixed bag, and Kumogakure Spies had infiltrated them.
Avoiding the battle between the Anbu Ninja, Night Light rushed out of the forest and saw Vortex Kushina being carried on the shoulder of a Kumogakure Spy.
If Vortex Kushina were captured and taken to Hidden Cloud Village, she would definitely be dissected and studied for her Sealing Ninjutsu.
Night Light quickly followed.
Recovering Vortex Kushina would be a great achievement, at least an A-rank mission, and possibly even an S-rank mission.
An S-rank mission's reward of a million Ryo would be enough for him to splurge for three months.
The Anbu Spy moved through the alleyways, constantly disappearing into the darkness.
As expected of a Spy, he was so familiar with Konoha, much more familiar than Night Light, who rarely came to the western district of the Village.
Night Light walked and stopped, each time needing to spend time searching for the Kumogakure in the darkness.
To be safe, Night Light took out an Exploding Tag Kunai and threw it high into the sky.
The Exploding Tag exploded in the air.
The nearby Ninja and Anbu all understood that this was an emergency warning signal.
Soon, the Spy disappeared through a hole under Konoha's wall.
Night Light suddenly had an epiphany.
In the park next to the Senju Clan Grounds, Vortex Kushina was abducted, and the Senju Clan remained inexplicably silent.
The Village was very dissatisfied with the Senju Clan's control over Vortex Kushina; if Vortex Kushina's safety became an issue, perhaps the higher-ups would have an excuse to make trouble for the Senju Clan.
Some of the situations he saw tonight might be the result of Anbu connivance.
The Spies performed too well; it was abnormal.
They even made a hole at the bottom of Konoha's wall.
Night Light quickly squeezed through the hole, followed them out, and left the Village.
Just after leaving the wall, Night Light heard a sound from the hole in the wall behind him.
Night Light hid behind a large tree.
A blonde boy emerged from the hole, still clutching some red hair.
Minato Namikaze was truly perceptive; he discovered the red hair Vortex Kushina had left behind early on.
Night Light suddenly felt a surge of ambition.
Minato Namikaze was a speed-type Ninja, with extremely fast reaction speed.
Ninjutsu, Chakra, these things could be slowly improved.
One quick move can break ten thousand techniques; true speed is about quick reactions.
He had originally followed Vortex Kushina to get an A-rank or S-rank mission, to have money to enjoy himself at the Izagaya.
The situation had changed.
While Minato Namikaze knew few Ninjutsu, he might be able to draw another reaction-boosting ability.
As for protecting the Whirlpool Princess, that was Konoha's business, what did it have to do with him?
Following Minato Namikaze out of the Village, when Minato Namikaze saw Vortex Kushina and his attention was completely drawn to her, Night Light moved!
Dressed in plain clothes tonight, without a Ninja sword, Night Light held a Kunai and suddenly leaped down from the treetop.
Gripping the Kunai with both hands, he fiercely stabbed towards Minato Namikaze's head.
Minato Namikaze was leaping on a tree trunk, very close to Night Light.
In mid-air, Night Light's eyes slowly filled with despair.
He saw Minato Namikaze look up.
Minato Namikaze's gaze was stern.
He completely captured Night Light's movements.
Not only that, he scanned him up and down—the mask, the Kunai, his hands and feet—and even glanced at the treetop where Night Light had just been hiding.
These eye movements were completed in an instant.
Such reaction ability, even a Three-Tomoe Sharingan would be no more than this.
Minato Namikaze pushed off with his front foot, suddenly stopping his forward momentum and standing on the tree trunk.
Night Light landed in front of Minato Namikaze, his sneak attack failed, and he quickly swung his Kunai.
Minato Namikaze reacted even faster, bending over to dodge the Kunai.
He grabbed Night Light's wrist with one hand and, holding a Kunai in the other, stabbed it into Night Light's abdomen.
Too fast!
He completely saw Night Light's every move and reacted accordingly.
Whether it was observation, nerve transmission, or muscle response, all were top-notch.
Was this a born Ninja?
Was this the fate of a villain?
He couldn't even defeat Minato Namikaze from the Ninja School, getting killed by an elementary school student.
This made Night Light look like a clown.
Before Naruto Uzumaki was born, Minato Namikaze was the current Child of the Plane; provoking the Child of the Plane led to a quick death.
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His vision went black, and his surroundings shifted.
Night Light returned to the previous Moon Viewing Arc, appearing in the backyard of the Izagaya.
Qiao Yi was sweating profusely above him.
Night Light closed his eyes, enjoying... the system's reward.
[Moon Viewing Arc activated!
The Host has only one resurrection chance per month; after death, you will revive on the previous Moon Viewing Arc.
Reward one lottery chance:
1 - Wind Release Chakra;
2 - Chunin-level Chakra (stackable);
3 - Reflexive Response (Second Breakthrough).]
Wind Release Chakra: Minato Namikaze's initial Chakra nature was Wind, just like Naruto in the original work.
This attribute was temporarily useless to Night Light.
If he went to the Land of Hot Water later and encountered many Kumogakure, he could consider adding Wind Release Chakra to counter Lightning Release.
Chunin-level Chakra volume proved that Minato Namikaze's Chakra volume far exceeded the Genin level.
In the original work, Minato Namikaze had a massive amount of Chakra, easily transferring Tailed Beasts and Tailed Beast Balls.
Looking at the third option, Night Light was overjoyed.
There was indeed an ability to increase reaction speed!
Reflexive Response (Second Breakthrough)!
Night Light quickly chose the third reward.
In an instant, Night Light's reflex nerves became even more active; whether it was visual nerves, spinal nerves, or muscle nerves, all were strengthened.
Night Light's original reaction speed was 0.2s; after one enhancement, his reaction speed became 0.15s.
He saw crystal clear sweat drops hanging from Qiao Yi's chin.
A sweat drop on Qiao Yi's chin suddenly fell, and Night Light reached out to catch it.
Estimating the height at which he caught the sweat drop, Night Light's current reaction speed was approximately 0.12s.
The first breakthrough improved by 0.05s, and the second breakthrough improved by 0.03s.
Reaction speed was indeed very difficult to improve; trying to improve 0.03s through self-training would probably be impossible.
"Hmph! Why are you catching my falling sweat? Are you mocking me for being too proactive?"
"I'm just worried you're tired."
The next morning, Night Light left the Izagaya feeling refreshed.
He hoped to encounter more speed-type Ninja and repeatedly improve his reaction speed.
Once his reaction speed increased to the strongest in the Ninja World, he could become a Taijutsu master based on reaction speed alone.