Hidden Emperor Of The Naruto World

When Minato thought that he will not have to do anything, the root agent came out of hiding after having taken care of the ambush, while donning a neutral attire and an oni mask.

Seeing an enemy appear out of nowhere greatly alarmed Chisato, making him go tense. The genins behind him dropped the carts too and began to panic, they didn't anticipate an enemy attack in the Land of Fire at all.

"Calm down! I will protect you all with my life. I will not let anyone of you die!"

Hearing that a Konoha Chunin was protecting them with his life, they relaxed. It was so sudden that they lost their composure.

"Yeah, we're thirty while this guy is alone, what is there to be afraid of?" "You're right, it's this guy who should be afraid of us" "Attacking Konoha shinobi in the Land of Fire, he sure has guts" Boasted the genins.

The root agent was not affected at all by the boasting of kids, having long lost his emotions, so he paid them no mind and rushed in the direction of Chisato, with a kunai in hand.

The Chunin took his own kunai from his tools pouch and clashed with the root agent.

Clang

Instead of seeing what they imagined, the genins were startled to see Chisato being pushed back in the first clash.

The latter felt his arm go numb from just his small exchange, making his mind go heavy. He knew that he had no chance of winning, and even if his subordinates entered the fray, it will not change anything. The guy attacking them was strong, far too strong for them.

'What to do? If they escape like that, there are high chances that they will be pursued and killed after this guy takes care of me. Even without him, they will not survive long in the outside world if there is nobody to take care of them. But if they stay here, they will be slaughtered like chickens. Shit, why does it have to happen on my first big mission? I've got some lousy luck' Grumbled Chisato internally.

Paying no mind to what they were thinking, the root agent continued his assault. He went for his opponent's left arm this time or at least made Chisato believe so. Chisato blocked hurriedly but the root's agent changed direction and went for his head at the last moment.

Having no time to counter that because of the speed of the slash, Chisato tilted his head just in time to escape from the attack and only suffered a small nick on the cheek.

In the space of three moves, the first blood was drawn.

Looking at the battle, Minato knew that the root agent was not acting to kill, if not, Chisato would have been long dead. The root agent was only targeting non-lethal areas and was not giving his all.

'So that means he is here for me. It must be a test. Will I lose myself to fear and escape, or sacrifice myself for my comrades? Though luck, Konoha higher-ups, the answer is none of them. I will just battle him till he is satisfied and return home informing you of my loyalty'

Not delaying anymore, Minato rushed to the battle at full speed. There is no use to hide his body speed, it's only the result of his hard work, not of special training. He didn't use the shunshin no Jutsu of course, he was not supposed to know it. And even without it, he will not be at a disadvantage in battles. Only Shisui successfully implemented it in battle situations, nobody else should know how to do it, let alone a lambda root agent.

Chisato broke into a cold sweat. This guy was toying with him. He knew that he could have already died if this guy wanted, maybe they were attacked by a sadist that loved to play with his prey? Only people like him will wear this sort of mask. If that's the case, it's better to send the genins away. At least, some of them will survive and he could be avenged.

'I hope that my body will not be defiled by this psychopath...'

When he was going to tell them, a figure passed by him and clash with his opponent. Startled, he looked back to see Minato clashing head-on with the sadist.

He was going to reprimand him but stopped at the bewildering scene. The shivering genin, that lost all their boastful attitude seeing a Chunin of Konoha being harmed in a few seconds without even knowing how were so astonished that they forgot their fears.

Minato was not pushed back, the two of them were on equal footing. With the Oni-guy being forced to retreat because Minato sword has more reach than his kunai.

"I will stall him, guys. Escape while you can, I have no chance to kill an experienced opponent like him but I can at least give you some precious minutes to escape."

"But.." "There is no way that we..." "No..."

Seeing their unwillingness because of their pathetic pride, Minato shouted "Chisato-san! Hurry up and escape with my fellow genins! Don't let my sacrifice be in vain."

Hearing Minato calling him broke out Chisato of his stupor. He wanted to help him but knew that he will only be a burden after what Minato showed in just the first exchange. He had no choice but to grit his teeth. "Let's go, guys. Forget about the convoy and just fall back! Don't let him sacrifice in vain!"

"But Chisato-san..."

"If you want to repay me! Become Hokage and lead Konoha to greatness!" Exclaimed Minato, ready to go back to the battle.

But when he focused back on his opponent, he was 'surprised' (Hyper intuition, wink, wink) that his opponent was escaping. Minato didn't bother to pursue him, after all, he will not earn anything from that. The root agent must have determined his job done and fell back. He knew that it will go like that. Danzo love Konoha, he will not let a bunch of supplies be lost on the road like that for tests that could be done anytime.