D-Damn it! When did he—? Hearing the chilling, icy words suddenly sound out behind them, Nara Shikaku, Akimichi Choza, and Yamanaka Inoichi instantly shifted their gazes to Kushina's front—to the young man who had stepped forward, spread the five fingers of his hand, and pressed it against Kushina, with only his left eye still open.
Whether from the corners of their eyes, directly ahead, or by straining to look back, all their gazes fell upon that young man.
And before they could even fully react to Uchiha Nobuhiko's sudden ruthless attack that had destroyed Hirohiko's eyes, their hearts sank, and their expressions changed several times.
Fast! Too fast! It was as if, in the instant blood had burst from Hirohiko's eyes, Uchiha Nobuhiko had taken a single step and arrived before Kushina. There had been no interval at all. It was as though Uchiha Nobuhiko had been standing behind them from the start.
A sensation of crossing through time and space rose within them.
No!
What was Uchiha Nobuhiko trying to do? Then, after their hearts sank, the three of their heartbeats suddenly accelerated.
Who was Kushina?
And what had Uchiha Nobuhiko just said? Nine-Tails!
In an instant, they all realized the severity of the situation.
What's going on?
How did Uchiha Nobuhiko get behind me?!
There wasn't even a sound of footsteps! And just now... was that a spatial fluctuation?
At this moment, although Minato Namikaze had not seen what was happening behind him, his heart also sank. Cold sweat dripped from his temple at an agonizingly slow pace.
As a master of Space-Time Ninjutsu and a Space-Time Ninja of considerable strength, Minato Namikaze was exceptionally sensitive to the concepts of space and time. The mark-sensing within his mind was the best proof of that.
Just now, when the