"Here it comes!"
At this moment, in the cave, Minato's pupils shrank. He sensed the violent fluctuations of Uchiha Yoruki and Sakumo's chakra. This showed that a battle had already begun outside. A frightening murderous aura filled his eyes because he was not unfamiliar with the special energy that was confronting the two of them.
Masked man!!
Outside the cave, the Anbu members scattered around were watching the battle not far away with trembling eyes. Even with the combined efforts of Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo, the masked man remained unharmed. In fact, their attacks didn't even touch him.
"Those eyes."
At this moment, both Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki were trembling in their hearts. Although their attack just now did not cause any substantial harm to the masked man, under such close observation, they could clearly see the special pupils hidden under the wide black robe and mask.
"It's actually the Sharingan?"
Uchiha Yoruki exclaimed in surprise. He never thought the masked man in front of him actually possessed the Sharingan.
I have never heard of such a person in the clan. Who exactly is he?
"So, this ability is Dojutsu?"
Based on this observation, Uchiha Yoruki made a bold guess. Immediately, the flame patterns in his eyes began to rotate slowly. It now seemed that the man in front of him could make his body become intangible when subjected to physical attacks. Just now he obviously wanted to attack Sakumo, but was intercepted by the Rekka No Ken just a moment ago.
"Senior Sakumo, there is something I want to verify. Please help me."
Uchiha Yoruki said to Sakumo beside him, and the latter was slightly stunned when he heard it. The arrogant boy from back then had really changed a lot.
"Okay!" Sakumo responded.
At the same time, Uchiha Yoruki also used the Mangekyō to lock onto the masked man in front of him. If his special ability really came from the Sharingan, then with his eye power, he should be able to find a way to crack it!
Looking at Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki who were about to attack him again, the masked man's eyes flickered slightly. After just one round of encounter, he was able to make a preliminary assessment of Yoruki's abilities. This kind of intelligence was indeed worthy of being the rival of the Fourth Hokage since childhood.
"Waah!!"
At this moment, the clear sound of a baby crying came from the cave.
"Are you finally here?"
The masked man looked towards the cave, while Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki exchanged glances, preparing to attack in succession.
Swish!
The two of them moved in coordination at an extremely fast speed.
"Uchiha Flame Formation!"
The masked man pressed his palm on the ground at this time, and red flames rushed up from in front of him, turning into a barrier that blocked Hatake Sakumo and Uchiha Yoruki.
As the barrier formed, special patterns appeared in his scarlet eyes, and the space around him began to distort rapidly. The next moment, he disappeared from the spot.
"Swish!"
At the same time, a scarlet rainbow light streaked down the wall of the fire barrier.
"What kind of technique is this!?"
After using the Rekka No Ken to cut through the masked man's barrier, Uchiha Yoruki was still surprised. He and Sakumo both rushed out immediately, but in this short period of time, the masked man had disappeared without a trace.
"He can move through time and space, so he must have gone inside!"
Hatake Sakumo said that the masked man suddenly appeared in front of them just now, which was something that could only be achieved by space-time ninjutsu. Moreover, his time and space movement seemed to be more advanced than Minato's Flying Thunder God Technique.
"Go in and protect Kushina and Biwako-sama!"
As he rushed out, Sakumo shouted at the dozen or so Anbu guarding the surroundings of the cave. However, no one responded to him.
"What's going on!?"
Hatake Sakumo's face darkened as he spoke in a deep voice.
"Naruto."
At this time, in the cave, Minato's expression relaxed a little. He looked at Naruto in Biwako's arms, and the expression in his blue eyes became heavier.
"Waah!"
His eyes suddenly fell to a certain place in the cave, where the space was distorting in a vortex, and a black-robed figure gradually became clear in his eyes.
"It's him indeed!!"
Looking at the masked man who suddenly appeared in front of them, Minato and the other consciousness in his body spoke in a deep voice. Although the mask he was wearing seemed to have changed a little, Minato would never make a mistake. This space-time ninjutsu user was the culprit who had attacked Kushina and Konoha that night!
In Minato's mind, the person in front of him was an enemy that must be wiped out no matter what!
When the masked man saw the look in Minato's eyes, the eyes hidden under his mask also shrank suddenly. But it only took a moment for everything to return to normal.
"Who?"
Kushina, who had just given birth, as well as Biwako and another female ANBU beside her, all had their pupils shrink when they saw the masked man who suddenly appeared.
The masked man did not say anything, but directly reached for the Third Hokage's wife, Biwako, who was holding Naruto in her arms.
Biwako had no idea what he was doing.
Swish!
However, at this time, Minato formed a seal with one hand, and black lines appeared on Biwako's wrist. Just before the masked man touched Biwako, her figure suddenly disappeared.
"Have you been prepared?"
The attack missed, and the masked man was pondering in his heart. In fact, he still couldn't figure out why the people of Konoha could guess that he deliberately released the news of Sasori in order to lure the tiger away from the mountain, all for the purpose of attacking the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki who had just given birth today.
Although Minato Namikaze was indeed intelligent, this kind of judgment could not be made accurately by the brain alone. He probably didn't have enough information to make such a judgment.
"What? Aren't you going to transfer the Jinchūriki?" The masked man laughed sinisterly.
"Kushina..."
Minato glanced at Kushina. He couldn't transfer her directly back to Konoha now, because the seal of the Nine-Tails had been weakened.
But Minato had already made a plan for this! His eyes narrowed. Although he couldn't bring Kushina back to Konoha directly, he could take her somewhere else first. Then repair the seal of the Nine-Tails there!
"Want to leave!?"
However, at this moment, the special pattern in the pair of scarlet eyes hidden under the masked man's mask suddenly intensified.
"Buzz!"
Wherever his sight was focused, the space around Minato distorted out of thin air. In that distorted space, Minato, who was about to move through time and space with Kushina, suddenly trembled.
The man in front of him could actually stop his Flying Thunder God Technique!?
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