Within Konoha, they had naturally noticed long ago that something major was happening outside the village.
Or rather, after future Sasuke had explained the severity of the situation to Minato, Minato had already revealed part of the information to the Third Hokage in advance.
Thus, the Third Hokage and some of Konoha's higher-ups knew that Minato's family would be fighting a terrifying enemy.
However, in their view, given Minato's family's strength, no matter how terrifying the enemy was, they should have been able to handle it with ease.
Therefore, the Third Hokage and the others had not been particularly worried about Minato's family at first.
In the end, the only thing the Third Hokage did was send Anbu to evacuate everyone nearby and forbid anyone else from entering the area during this period.
However, once the sun began to set today, that area truly started to feel wrong.
After all, that place was only a few kilometers away from Konoha. It could entirely be considered part of Konoha's territory.
Thus, the Sensory Ninja in the village had been constantly monitoring all directions.
And not long ago, Konoha's Sensory Ninja detected several terrifying Chakra fluctuations.
One of them in particular far surpassed all the others!
Moreover, as the battle in that area grew more intense, the person who had originally possessed the greatest amount of Chakra became even more terrifying!
After realizing this, Konoha's Sensory Ninja had all broken out in a cold sweat.
So, they immediately reported the intelligence to the Third Hokage and Konoha's higher-ups.
After hearing the Sensory Ninja's report, the Third Hokage finally understood just how terrifying the enemy Minato had spoken of was.
Still, out of trust in Minato, the Third Hokage restrained his impulse to intervene.
After all, if even Minato's family could not deal