Kushina's gaze narrowed slightly. The purpose of her trip was to dispel the Genjutsu on Yagura, so naturally, she would not give him any chance to resist or escape.
With the Nine-Tails' Chakra empowering her—
She appeared in front of Yagura in an instant. Just before his hand could touch his weapon, Kushina placed her palm on his shoulder.
With the strength he possessed as Mizukage, Yagura had originally had a chance to dodge or block the move.
But the instant Kushina's palm touched him, the instinctive consciousness within him, suppressed by the Genjutsu, surfaced once more.
He hesitated and froze for an instant, as if the real Yagura himself knew that this was a once-in-a-lifetime chance to break free from the Genjutsu's control.
And that brief hesitation gave Kushina the perfect opening.
Then, as Kushina injected her own Chakra into Yagura's body, that powerful external force began forcibly striking against the chaotic Chakra within him.
Yagura's body suddenly stiffened. Then he stopped all movement, frozen where he stood, his eyes turning vacant.
The Anbu sprawled on the ground were wracked with pain. They struggled to rise and protect the Mizukage, but their injuries prevented them from getting up.
All they could do was watch helplessly as the Mizukage stood quietly beside that unidentified, terrifyingly powerful red-haired woman.
A moment later, the hollow, indifferent look in Yagura's eyes rapidly faded, replaced by a weary yet bright gaze that belonged to him alone.
Yagura shook his head, as though waking from a long dream. In a weak but deeply grateful voice, he said to Kushina, "Th... thank you for helping me."
After saying that, he rubbed his still-throbbing temples, confusion appearing on his face as he asked, "By the way, why are you in Kirigakure? And why..."
Seeing that Yagura had