Don't Underestimate the Hyuga Clan!

Obito threw little Naruto into the air right in front of Minato Namikaze. Beneath his mask, a triumphant smile spread across his face.

"Now... get away from the Jinchuriki!"

With that thought, Obito had already been consumed by the flames of vengeance. Even when facing Kushina, his former teacher's wife, there was not a trace of emotion in his eyes.

No one could understand why Obito's targets for revenge were Minato and Kushina. In Obito's eyes, Minato, as the Hokage, had failed to save Rin's life. That alone was reason enough for revenge!

Now, he wanted this outstanding Minato to experience the pain he had once felt.

Failing to save his own child, failing to save his own wife—surely that pain would let Minato understand exactly how he felt!

"Naruto!"

Watching Naruto being tossed into the air, Minato had no time to calmly analyze anything. As a first-time father, how could he possibly abandon his child?

He activated Body Flicker. In the blink of an eye, Minato had appeared above Obito and caught Naruto in his arms.

Obito looked up with a smile on his lips. Ignoring Minato entirely, he darted straight toward Kushina.

The instant Minato caught Naruto in midair, he smelled a faint burning odor. Alarmed, he pulled open the swaddling cloth around Naruto and saw that it was covered in Explosive Tags. Several of them had already burned halfway through.

"!!!"

Moving swiftly, Minato tore away the swaddling cloth and activated Flying Thunder God with Naruto, vanishing from the cave in an instant.

The situation was urgent, and Minato had no other choice. The blast from so many Explosive Tags would not be weak. If he did not use Flying Thunder God to take newborn Naruto out of the cave, an explosion in such an enclosed environment would create shockwaves powerful enough to kill an infant.

Moreover, Minato specialized in Flying Thunder God and the Rasengan. He knew only a limited number of defensive ninjutsu, and their defensive power was limited as well.

In the span of a breath, the scenery behind Minato had changed completely. This was a Safe House in Konoha, one Minato had arranged before Kushina gave birth.

Holding Naruto, Minato leaped out of the house. The very next second after he left, an explosion erupted inside. The flying wood chips were even more dangerous than shuriken thrown by ninja, and a wooden splinter pierced Minato's rear thigh.

At the same time, Minato activated Flying Thunder God again, flashing away from the blast zone with Naruto and appearing inside another house.

This was another Safe House prepared in advance, likewise located within Konoha.

Numerous kunai engraved beforehand with Flying Thunder God Marks hung neatly in rows along the wooden walls.

A brand-new soft bed had been placed in the room. Carrying Naruto, Minato quickly walked over to it and gently laid the crying child down, then tucked the blanket around him.

"Naruto..."

"Damn it... I fell for Obito's diversion. His target... is Kushina!"

Everything had happened incredibly fast, but once Minato calmed down, he immediately realized Obito's true objective.

Inside that cave, aside from himself, the only person who still had ties to Obito was Kushina.

The reason he had suddenly attacked while Kushina was giving birth was probably because...

"Nine-Tails!"

Minato's expression turned grave. After sensing Kushina's location, he quickly used Flying Thunder God.

Inside the cave.

Minato had appeared directly above Obito with Body Flicker, then taken Naruto and left the cave using Flying Thunder God.

Minato's every move had been within Obito's expectations.

He had no interest in that brat's life to begin with. What he wanted was to release the Tailed Beast sealed within Kushina's body.

He would use the power of the Mangekyo to control the Tailed Beast. After gaining the Nine-Tails' power, he could also weaken Konoha along the way. Only then could he better carry out Madara Uchiha's Moon Eye Plan.

The instant Minato activated his technique, Obito rushed toward Kushina. But just as he was about to seize her, Hizashi Hyuga behind him moved as well. He was even slightly faster than Obito, and at the very moment Obito was about to succeed, he slammed his palm down toward Obito's back.

"Again and again, you keep getting in my way!"

"Then I'll deal with you first!"

His actions had been thwarted repeatedly, and Obito Uchiha finally lost his patience. As he lunged toward Kushina, he abruptly turned around. Using the right half of his body to take Hizashi's palm strike head-on, he swiftly reached out and grabbed Hizashi Hyuga by the wrist.

The next moment, a spatial vortex erupted from Obito Uchiha's Sharingan, attempting to drag Hizashi Hyuga into Kamui Space.

Feeling the pulling force from the Other Dimension, Hizashi's mind remained incomparably calm. Instead, a scene from his conversation with his nephew some time ago unexpectedly surfaced in his mind.

[The Masked Man's abilities are powerful, but they are not without flaws.]

[His abilities can be broadly divided into absorbing enemies into the Other Dimension and drawing himself into the Other Dimension.]

[The former works just as its name suggests. He can use his ocular technique to absorb the body of anyone he touches into the Other Dimension, where their lives will be at his mercy.]

[The ability to draw himself in manifests as intangibility. His body can pass through any substance, and enemy attacks are ineffective against him.]

[Both abilities are practically invincible, but they do have weaknesses.]

[When he wants to grab an enemy and pull them into the Other Dimension, or when he wants to attack an enemy, his real body cannot become intangible. That is the flaw—and the opportunity!]

The scene of Hizashi's conversation with Shinichi Hyuga flashed through his mind like a Flashback. Yet in reality, not even an instant had passed.

Feeling the pulling force from the Other Dimension, Hizashi knew that the chance to counterattack had arrived.

"Don't underestimate the Hyuga Clan!"

"Bastard!"

Hizashi roared as Chakra erupted from acupoints all over his body. The terrifying Chakra formed a Chakra Wall around him. Though the suction of the Other Dimension was devouring his Chakra, his Chakra still successfully made contact with Obito Uchiha's body.

Eight Trigrams Palm—Kaiten!

Hizashi's body spun at high speed. While resisting the pull of the Other Dimension, the force of Kaiten slammed into Obito.

"Boom!!!"

His body suddenly struck by a heavy blow, Obito was sent flying backward and smashed into the cave ceiling. Kamui came to an abrupt halt.

The Main Family's secret technique—Kaiten.

In order to strengthen Hizashi as much as possible, Shinichi Hyuga had not merely revealed information about Obito Uchiha himself...

After knocking Obito away with a single strike, Hizashi's spinning body gradually came to a stop. He then stepped to Kushina's side and shielded her behind him.

The Anbu guarding the entrance, along with Daiki Hyuga, also closed in on Obito. In an instant, offense and defense had switched places.