『PRODIGY CHUNIN EXAM — Kid Minato Namikaze』 『SECOND ROUND… THIRD EXAM 』

At the center stands a boy. Ten years old. Exceptionally intelligent. Incredibly perceptive & shrewd for his age. A once-in-a-decade genius.

Kid Minato (10 yrs old):

His thoughts were racing, analyzing & already coming up with the best strategy... against this opponent…

”His skills are admirable… but going against him with taijutsu is pointless. I’ll have to use the new jutsu I learnt…”

[NARRATOR: Intelligence: Extraordinary Genius. A genius of terrifying proportion. Minato's brilliance first showed itself in the Shinobi academy, when he graduated at just ten years old, with the average age being 12. Even as a Genin, Minato's intellect and talent allowed him to rise above even the best Konoha soldiers, & become an international legend at the same time most ninja were learning the basics. When it was time take the Chunin Exams, Minato's intelligence once again left a mark, when he earned the highest written exam score in the history of Konohagakure. Even other geniuses who succeeded him, like Itachi, and Shikamaru failed to overtake this score. This test included Kinematics, Trigonometry, and other topics too advanced for his age group. These initial accolades are what made even the Legendary Sannin praise him as a flawless genius overflowing with talent, that everybody paled in comparison to. A genius only seen once-in-a-decade, and incredibly rare to come across. Minato was even hailed as the most brilliant ninja in Konoha history. Minato's true genius shined in his unique aptitude for Ninjutsu. Minato was born with two Chakra whorls, as opposed to one, a symbol of a true genius, but also, a sign of his incredible ability to understand different techniques. Minato on a multitude of occasions demonstrates a high aptitude for breaking down complex techniques to make new ones, or improve existing ones. Minato's Ninjutsu talent was displayed in a variety of ways. He was able to create a variety of Ninjutsu in his own style, principal among these many Ninjutsu he invented was the Rasengan. Minato's incredible Ninjutsu prowess extends beyond merely creating new techniques, his ability to break down Ninjutsu's mechanics and rework them extends to improving existing Ninjutsu as well. With the Flying Raijin Jutsu, Minato evolved the technique beyond its creator Tobirama's limits. Creating several supplementary techniques for it like the Flying Raijin: Guiding Thunder, a Ninjutsu that combines the principles of the Flying Raijin with the barrier structure of the Uzumaki sealing techniques he learned from Kushina. Minato has further improved the Uzumaki sealing arts in his own way similar to the Flying Raijin. At an extremely young age, Minato evolved the Uzumaki sealing techniques that he was learning rapidly in his own style, a feat of Ninjutsu mastery that caused Kurama to compare Minato's talent to Hashirama, the most famous figure in the Shinobi world. Minato's ability to break down techniques forms the next pillar of his intellect, his strategy. In mere moments, Minato can break down an enemies thought pattern, and attack plan, in addition to the actual functions of their techniques to quickly dominate and disable them. Minato can instantly understand technique weaknesses to better advise his allies how to act. Upon seeing Kakashi's Chidori for the first time, he instantly understood why the Jutsu should not be used again, due to his lack of perceptional speed keep up with it's travel speed- despite all he was seeing was that Kakashi simply missed. Against opponents, Minato earns his moniker as the Yellow Flash, by surgically and quickly breaking down what the enemy is thinking, how they plan their attack, and how he can counter. Minato's lightning fast adaptations to his enemies before disposing of them were so dominant, he was thought of as unbeatable, and enemies had to retreat upon even seeing him. Minato's mind is only able to make reads on his enemy at lightning-speed perfectly… even on an emotional level.]