"Ha!"
Anrokuzan shouted, and a blinding purple light shot up from the ground of the ancient city.
"Oh no! Stop him, quickly!"
Seeing the situation turn bad, Minato tried to cut off the source and interrupt Anrokuzan.
Even with Flying Thunder God, he couldn't reach Anrokuzan in time. Anrokuzan had been planning this for years.
"Rumble! Rumble!"
One tall building after another collapsed, and a huge crack split open in the ground. Countless puppet guards resembling Anrokuzan crawled up from below, packed so tightly they seemed endless.
"Hahaha! What you're seeing now is the army of puppets I created to conquer the world!"
"Let your blood bear witness to this great moment!"
Anrokuzan raised his hands and spread his arms wide. His long hair whipped in the wind as he shouted.
"Go! My soldiers, destroy them!"
Anrokuzan pointed, and the puppet soldiers surged toward Minato and the others like a raging storm.
"Teacher, what do we do?"
Obito asked urgently. Although he had experienced the Ninja World War, he had never seen such a vast army charging at them. He couldn't help feeling nervous. Naruto was even worse off. Born in peacetime, he had only ever fought battles involving a hundred or so people. This was his first time seeing an army attack.
"There's no other choice."
There were simply too many enemies. If Minato went after Anrokuzan, Kakashi and the others would surely be swallowed up by the puppet army. It wasn't worth the risk.
"Karot, you've been watching long enough. Aren't you going to step in?"
Minato shouted. He knew Karot was nearby, watching the battlefield. Even if he didn't care about the mission, he had to care about Kakashi's safety.
"Right! We still have Karot!"
Obito said happily. Karot was even stronger than Teacher Minato.
"Can Karot