W-what was that?
D-disappeared?
A layer of bloodstained sand and dust lightly brushed past her ankles. Yukina's eyes widened slightly, and she gently parted her lips before swallowing the "Stop!" that had nearly escaped.
At this moment, within her intensely focused field of vision, Uchiha Nobuhiko was nowhere to be seen.
Just now, as Uchiha Nobuhiko had been about to open all the seals at once, his figure had blurred for a moment—then vanished.
He had disappeared from where he stood.
Meanwhile, her Teacher Kushina was standing there completely unharmed. Although the seal had been opened a little further, it did not seem to have caused any major harm. Some Nine-Tails Chakra was leaking out, but it was not enough to form tangible Chakra. Compared to the Nine-Tails' total Chakra, it was negligible.
Moreover, the seal showed no signs of loosening.
Though part of it had been undone, the seal as a whole remained intact.
Based on what she had observed and predicted through her Byakugan vision, Uchiha Nobuhiko's actions just now should have been aimed at forcefully twisting open the seal and completely releasing the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki's seal. If he had not suddenly disappeared, the seal would probably have been undone by now.
Though she did not know what had happened, it seemed that her teacher had been saved.
"H-he... she's saved?"
After a series of thoughts flashed through her mind, having swallowed back that "Stop," she spoke with a stiff upward curve at the corners of her mouth, as though a great burden had been lifted.
D-disappeared?
H-how could he have disappeared?
At this moment, Minato Namikaze, looking at the suddenly brightened scene before him and his completely unharmed wife, was unable to react as well.
It had happened far too suddenly. Uchiha Nobuhiko had just vanished like