Vengeance

A few years ago, the three members of the Orochimaru Squad, who had only just been promoted to Jōnin as a group, had fought Kitsuchi once. Kitsuchi was of the same generation as Minato Namikaze, but compared to Minato Namikaze's rapid growth, his own growth curve had been much steadier. During the Third Ninja War, Minato Namikaze had already become a Peak Kage-level powerhouse renowned throughout the Shinobi World, while Kitsuchi had still fallen far short.