"Buzz!"
The space where Minato was located produced a vortex-like distortion. Under this state, he was unable to move in time and space for a moment.
Although the degree of distortion was not as strong as the new technique developed by Minato, its activation speed was obviously much faster than his.
This was an ability that the masked man had never used when he fought him before.
Swish!
But the next moment, in the distortion of space, Minato's figure suddenly disappeared. He appeared at Kushina's side.
"It's still not fast enough."
Seeing this, the masked man sighed in his heart. With the current level of this eye technique, it was not enough to kill Minato with one blow. But he never thought that the latter would be killed by him so easily.
"You want to move with your Jinchūriki, even if you use the indirect movement of Flying Thunder God, the speed is much slower than your own movement!"
After his attack failed, the masked man rushed directly towards Minato and Kushina.
Minato could use the Flying Thunder God Technique to move himself or objects that were in indirect contact with his chakra, but the latter's movement speed was far inferior to the former. Because it took him some time to activate that part of the chakra.
However, even the four major ninja nations, which had spent a long time studying his abilities, did not know this.
"You can't leave!"
The masked man said in a deep voice. At this moment, a figure suddenly rushed towards him. In the palm of that person's hand, there was a blue chakra ball condensed.
"Rasengan!?"
The masked man glanced sideways. The attacker was also moving quite fast.
"It's not an ordinary ANBU. This chakra is..."
The masked man also knew how to perceive things. Just now he had completely ignored the other female ANBU who was helping Kushina deliver the baby.
"Bang!"
Smoke suddenly rose from the female ninja's body, and then a tall figure rushed out.
Jiraiya!!
"Minato, take Kushina and go!"
Jiraiya explained that Biwako delivered Kushina alone, and he was here just to help at the critical moment.
"I see."
The masked man then realized that the barrier at the place where Kushina gave birth could block chakra perception, so he could not detect the changes in Jiraiya's chakra.
Konoha's preparations were as if they knew his plan in advance!
However, the masked man was still not panicked. Although Jiraiya's strength was not weak, his speed was not that extraordinary.
"Whoosh!"
At this moment, the space in front of the masked man's right eye once again produced a vortex-like distortion.
From the distortion, a figure also wearing a loose black robe was released.
At the same time, the masked man glanced sideways, and at the moment when Jiraiya's Rasengan attacked him, the space in front of his palm distorted again, and then the Rasengan disappeared into thin air.
Just as Minato was about to grab Kushina's wrist, his body was suddenly pulled by a powerful gravitational force. Then his figure actually flew towards the man in black robe who suddenly appeared.
At this moment, the masked man was about to grab Jiraiya's hand with his backhand, but the latter seemed to be on guard, paused, and then stepped back.
At the same time, the man in black robe raised his other hand, with his palm facing the direction of Kushina.
"Shinra Tensei!"
A powerful repulsive force burst out from his other palm, pushing Minato, who had just flown over, away again.
Minato, who was pushed away, looked at Kushina who was being pulled toward the black-robed man who suddenly appeared. A stern murderous intent emerged in his eyes!
Minato formed a seal with one hand, and in an instant, his originally blue eyes turned into horizontal brown pupils.
"Hmph!"
He snorted coldly, and all the natural energy around him rushed towards him, then he forcibly stabilized his body.
"Boom!"
Minato steadied his body and punched out without hesitation.
Swish!
At the same time, his figure disappeared again.
"The power of Sage Mode?"
Even the four major ninja countries didn't know about the Sage Mode, but the man in black robe seemed to know about it. Facing the invisible attack launched by Minato, even he had to temporarily avoid the attack.
Immediately he stepped back to the side.
At this time, Minato also appeared beside Kushina, and the black-robed man was forced to give up pulling her because of Minato's attack.
"Boom!"
Minato hugged the extremely weak Kushina, and at this moment, the wall on one side of the cave suddenly collapsed.
"I'm sorry, Kushina," Minato said softly, looking at his wife in his arms.
"I'm fine."
Kushina had a faint smile on her face, but she, who was usually full of energy, now looked as pale as paper.
"Ah!"
Suddenly, Kushina's body trembled, and a hint of fox eye appeared in her eyes.
The seal of the Nine-Tailed Fox had not been completed yet, and without Minato's suppression, it was attacking the seal again.
"Minato, are you okay?"
At this moment, Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo also arrived outside the cave.
"Mm."
Minato responded, then he slowly stood up while holding Kushina, his eyes locked on the masked man and the black-robed man in front of him.
If you looked closely, you would see that the man in black robe was also wearing a mask.
But he didn't care about these details now. An unprecedented murderous intent was madly overflowing from Minato's eyes.
The two people in front of me tried to hurt Kushina, they must die!
Feeling Minato's astonishing murderous intent, the pupils of the black-robed man and the masked man shrank slightly.
"What about the others?"
Minato asked. Apart from Uchiha Yoruki and Hatake Sakumo, there should have been more than a dozen Anbu guarding around here.
Hatake Sakumo frowned and said, "For some reason, they all died of poisoning at almost the same time."
Hearing this, the murderous intent in Minato's eyes intensified.
As Hokage, he would not allow anyone to hurt anyone in the village.
"Sure enough, you have teamed up with the Red Sand Sasori."
In today's ninja world, there were only a few people who could poison more than a dozen Anbu members without anyone noticing. And there was only that one person who targeted Konoha.
"It seems like a failure."
Faced with Minato's accusation, the masked man naturally did not answer, but murmured softly.
It was impossible for them to take away the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki in front of Hatake Sakumo, Uchiha Yoruki, Jiraiya, and Namikaze Minato.
"You killed more than a dozen ANBU, don't even think about getting away with it that easily!"
Uchiha Yoruki also showed anger at this time. Among those dead Anbu, some were his subordinates.
Although this masked man had special abilities, it would not be easy for him to escape from their sight as long as they were on guard.
"Hehe."
In response to the murderous looks from the four people around him, the masked man grinned grimly.
He cast his gaze towards Minato and said grimly:
"Fourth Hokage, do you think things will be so simple?"
Minato was also frowning at this time, because since the person in front of him had joined forces with Sasori, that guy's role should not be as simple as just poisoning a dozen Anbu.
"Too naive."
The masked man said in a deep voice. At this moment, the man in black robe beside him slowly raised his hand.
"This Chakra—"
"Oh no! Everyone be careful!"
Minato sensed that in this instant, the man in black robe gathered an extremely large amount of chakra.
Just as he finished speaking, a powerful repulsive force suddenly erupted with that person as the center.
"Shinra Tensei!"
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