"Minato, what's wrong?"
Kushina glanced at Hirohiko, who had crouched down. Having recovered some strength thanks to the provisions and specially made Ration Balls, she slowly rose to her feet. She had originally wanted to ask Hirohiko something, but her attention was drawn to her husband instead.
"No, it's nothing."
Minato Namikaze, already crouching beside the Masked Man lying face-down on the ground and staring at his mask, shook his head and answered somewhat absentmindedly.
Clearly, all of his thoughts were fixed on the Masked Man's mask.
"Is there something suspicious about this Masked Man? Isn't he the real one?"
Hearing this, Kushina, who knew her husband well, naturally could not fail to notice his current state. She immediately asked bluntly.
Although they were safe now, and they had three capable reinforcements in Nara Shikaku, Yamanaka Inoichi, and Akimichi Choza, they could not relax for even a moment until everything was settled.
Even though they were already quite exhausted.
And her husband's reaction was obviously strange. Kushina had to get to the bottom of it.
They were just one step away from the finish line. Nothing could go wrong. She had to ask about even the slightest anomaly.
Especially while Yukina's attention was focused on Chiba.
Hm? The Masked Man? Is there something suspicious about him?
At that moment, hearing Kushina's question, Nara Shikaku, whose thoughts had been on Chiba, frowned slightly and turned to look at Minato Namikaze.
"Kushina, there's something I didn't explain clearly to you. Since Shikaku is here as well, although the timing isn't ideal, I need to tell you both about it."
At the same time, seemingly noticing Nara Shikaku's gaze, Minato Namikaze included him as he answered his wife's question.
"What is it?"
Kushina immediately asked.
"Please, Fourth Hokage."
At the same time, Nara