Kushina stood to one side, grumbling.
"The meaning of Puppet Technique lies in power!" Mukade said. "So..."
"Ninjas of the Hidden Leaf Village, behold your own weakness and ugliness!"
"Power is beauty!"
"Power is strength!"
The puppeteer Mukade declared.
Combat Puppets that he had replaced stood all around him. These puppets were also unusual; at Mukade's summons, they flew directly toward him, and all their bodies actually fused together.
Mukade's body instantly grew to a hundred times its original size.
Kitahara Kaede watched Mukade and sensed a trace of fear in the heart of the young queen beside him.
She had probably only just realized what a terrifying thing had been lurking at her side all this time, while she had known nothing.
And...
Her hand clenched into a fist, her fingertips seeming ready to pierce her palm. She had likely fully confirmed that Mukade was the one who killed her mother.
"Then I'll leave this to you," Kitahara Kaede said. "Next, I'll take Sara to rescue the young and strong adults Mukade captured."
"No problem."
"Leave it to me!"
The father and son, Minato Namikaze and Naruto, nodded.
Kitahara Kaede had already briefed the younger Minato, while Naruto was simply following orders.
Naruto was not exactly quick-witted, so he was suited to work where someone assigned him a task and he went to do it.
Besides.
Kitahara Kaede had deliberately brought him back here, where he got to meet the father he had never seen before. That alone was enough to make him happy.
"However..."
Minato handed over a Chakra Blade bearing the symbol of the Hidden Leaf Village.
"If you encounter puppets on the way, you can use the Chakra Blade to sever the Chakra connecting them."
"Then they won't be able to move."
Minato said.
This was