Boom—!
Almost the instant Kushina's words fell.
A deafening blast suddenly erupted from the surface of the outermost barrier in the distance, as though a giant glass dome covering the sky had been effortlessly shattered.
Then came the second layer, the third layer.
Konoha's mastery of Fuinjutsu and barrier techniques had all been inherited from Uzumaki Mito, the First Hokage's wife. Even across the entire Ninja World, they stood at the very pinnacle.
To protect the precious Nine-Tails Jinchuriki—and to prevent the Nine-Tails from suddenly going berserk—the entire Konoha Sealing Team had deployed five layers of Sealing Barriers throughout this district, with the efforts of dozens of people.
Even if the Nine-Tails were truly unsealed, these barrier formations, built over many years, would be enough to hold out until reinforcements arrived.
Not even the legendary Tailed Beast Bomb could possibly shatter them completely.
And yet now.
Those layers upon layers of barrier techniques had become like bubbles beneath an attack from nowhere.
A brute-force breach!
Almost the instant this "attack" appeared, an entire Anbu squad within the barrier zone sprang into action.
The two white-robed Anbu Squad Leaders, each at least Jonin-level, who had been stationed beside Kushina, appeared at once. One on each side, they grabbed Kushina by the arms while ordering Namikaze Minato beside them:
"Jonin Minato, please immediately escort the Jinchuriki out of here!"
"Yes!"
Only then did Minato suddenly snap back to his senses and disperse the chakra sphere in his palm.
"Hey!"
"I can run on my own! Stop dragging me around!"
Uzumaki Kushina struggled twice in displeasure, glanced at Minato beside her, and forcefully pulled her arms free from their grasp, looking rather irritated.
However, after they had only run for a short while, one of the Anbu Squad Leaders suddenly covered his ear