In one minute, the heart would give a faint beat?
Hearing the slightly disdainful, mocking words coming from some distance away, Kushina, Yukina, Hirohiko, and even Minato Namikaze all froze slightly.
"I advise you not to make any rash moves right now. Taki Chiba's life is in my hands. If you dare leave, or make any unusual move, then even without getting close, I have ways to leave not even his bones behind."
Watching the four of them react, Uchiha Nobuhiko wiped the arrogance from his face and spoke calmly.
"Yukina..."
At that moment, Minato Namikaze turned his head slightly and called out softly.
"Yes!"
Before Minato Namikaze could finish, Yukina nodded. At the same time, the veins around her white eyes bulged, the veins at her temples spreading until they reached her temples.
"Snap!"
Then, at the very instant her Byakugan vision unfolded, Yukina's expression changed slightly. Amid a soft sound, she immediately looked toward Hirohiko beside her.
"Stop! Don't do anything rash, Hirohiko!"
At the same time, Kushina's deliberately lowered voice rang out.
A crimson claw formed of Chakra had already seized Hirohiko, who had turned around. The source of that claw was Kushina, whose face was filled with a tangled mix of solemnity and conflict, while her eyes brimmed with worry.
At some point, Hirohiko's gaze had locked onto the enemy standing opposite him, the one wrapped in a mass of pitch-black Chakra. His entire body leaned forward as if ready to launch himself out at any moment. The peculiar pattern of the Mangekyō Sharingan had already appeared in his eyes, nearly blood-red, and his poker face had twisted somewhat from his agitated emotions. His teeth were clenched so tightly that his body was almost trembling.
It was clear that if Kushina had not held him back,