"Looks like those extra lessons Jiraiya-sensei gives you are really paying off." Kushina smiled as she surveyed the boiling mixture of oil and water on the ground.
"Move! We're out of oil!" Minato had run out of oil in his mouth and hurriedly warned them, "Upstairs! We'll get out through the windows!"
With that, he grabbed the two of them and ran upstairs.
Just then, Sōga controlled his puppets and fired several poisoned projectiles in a row, blocking their path.
The three had no choice but to stop. Along with the Sand Ninja, they clung upside down to the wall and faced off against the enemy.
"Finish them while we can!" Sōga ordered.
In an instant, numerous Sand Ninja charged at the three of them, wielding poisoned kunai and controlling puppets equipped with all sorts of mechanisms.
"Focus on their legs. If they fall, they're as good as dead!" Sen took the lead, knocking away two projectiles as he charged toward the nearest enemy. "You two, keep Sōga and his wife occupied. It's cramped in here, so their puppets can't maneuver!"
Sen's Sharingan was already working at its limit. Even as he barely managed to dodge the attacks of dozens of enemies, his thoughts remained fixed on Kushina and Minato—
They had Jonin to deal with, so their situation was even more difficult than his.
Sure enough, Minato and Kushina struggled to both attack and defend as they fought Sōga and his wife together.
The two had thought that once they defeated four of the enemy's puppets with everything they had, their opponents would give up. Instead, they discovered that the fewer puppets their enemy had, the more effectively they could control them.
Before they knew it, the three had been forced back to where they started and were trapped