"Teacher Minato!"
As the Fourth Hokage's white cloak slowly fell, revealing that stern yet handsome face, Hirohiko and Yukina spoke almost in unison.
"Minato!"
Hearing her two disciples and sensing someone enter the room, Kushina's face immediately flashed with excitement as she cried out as well.
Hirohiko... Yukina...
At that moment, Minato Namikaze, returned via Flying Thunder God, felt his eyelid twitch slightly, his gaze falling on Hirohiko's severed arm.
The perilous scene from moments ago flashed through his mind. By the time he had realized someone was behind him, it had already been somewhat too late. When that frost-laden sword light struck, he had been at the critical point of repairing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's seal and suppressing the Nine-Tails. At that time, Kushina had realized that things could not continue like this and had summoned her last shred of strength. Just as she had managed to suppress the wildly struggling Nine-Tails, the enemy had struck. Their timing had been terrifyingly precise.
Not even half a second had been wasted! At that moment, he had only two choices. One was to block the sword light, suffer grievous injuries beneath it, perhaps even be killed in a single strike, and let the seal collapse.
The second choice was to evade the sword light and let the seal collapse.
It could be said that it had been a certain death situation. How could he possibly abandon his wife and infant son to dodge that sword light?
But at that very moment, a figure suddenly darted out from the side and, by a hair's breadth, blocked the sword light. Blood sprayed everywhere, and while stopping the sword, one arm flew into the air and landed before the door with a slap.
He had originally thought he had escaped one danger and gained a