Minato Makes His Move

"It's Minato!"

"Great! Minato has made his move!"

Some ninjas recognized it as Minato's technique and cheered.

Kazashiro also breathed a sigh of relief that his "head" had been saved.

But the relief didn't last long; a huge hidden danger was still looming overhead.

Yao Wan was furious that neither of his two Tailed Beast Bomb had achieved their intended purpose, especially after noticing the yellow color unique to Minato, which intensified his displeasure.

Driven by emotions, Yaowan irrationally changed his target from the building to Minato himself.

Minato was also somewhat flustered at this point; using the Flying Thunder God to transfer such a powerful attack was a considerable burden for him.

"You have to know what you're going to do to someone else's husband!"

Accompanied by Kushina's unique verbal tic, she, who should have been protected, leaped across the rooftops of buildings, releasing a large number of chains from her body after reaching a higher position.

Uchiha Hikari, who was standing on the ground watching, suddenly stiffened, clearly recalling some unpleasant memories.

The chains hooked onto the Seven-Tails's abdomen, preventing it from flying higher.

At the same time, more chains began to spread towards the opponent's wings.

Yaowan struggled to maintain his balance, glaring fiercely at Kushina was fighting against Tailed Beast with a human body.

"Fire Style: Great Fireball-- "

Yaowan, having completed the hand seals, saw a strange Kunai into his face.

It's Minato.

Using the Flying Thunder God Kunai that Kushina always carried, he arrived at the other party's side, quickly rushed to a position closer to Yaowan by stepping on the path constructed of chains, and threw out the Flying Thunder God Kunai.

By the time Yaowan realized what had happened, a huge gash had been cut into his shoulder.

Wow, that was fast.

This guy in front of me is far more skilled in using the Flying Thunder God Technique than the Fifth Hokage.

Yaowan clearly demonstrated this through his actions.

"Get out of here!"

With a roar of resentment, Yaowan used his Dojutsu to reverse Minato's vision while simultaneously activating Wood Release: Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence.

Unfortunately, they came up empty-handed.

Minato has returned to Kushina's side.

"Are you alright, Kushina?"

He was very concerned about his wife's current condition, after all, the opponent she was fighting was a Tailed Beast.

Kneeling on the head of the Seven-Tails while clutching his wounded shoulder, Yaowan regretted not having evacuated in time.

At that moment, he was completely unaware that Minato had left a Flying Thunder God Mark on him during the attack.

Yaowan exhaled unconsciously, and suddenly realized that his breath was condensing into white mist.

"Ice Release: Magic Mirror Ice Crystal"

Ice Mirror appeared behind him, and Kazashiro, who had somehow reverted to his Tailed Beast Transformation, appeared within Ice Mirror.

"This is bad."

Although the Dojutsu was still active, what Kazashiro was holding was neither Kunai, nor Senbon, nor Rasengan, but a stack of Exploding Tag.

I don't care where you are, I'll show you what indiscriminate attack is like.

After throwing out all the Exploding Tag in his hand, Kazashiro, like Minato, immediately returned to his original position after successfully grabbing them.

An explosion occurred on its own head, and the Seven-Tails, which had been under its control, could no longer maintain its flight state. After howling twice, it began to fall to the ground.

Kushina quickly unlocked her chains to prevent herself from being affected by the force of the fall.

Susanoo activate his Susanoo to protect himself, completely lost his sight; everywhere he could see were explosions.

At this moment, he could only feel himself falling, but he had no idea how far he was from the ground.

Left with no other choice, Yaowan opted to jump ship—or rather, jump into the Tailed Beast.

He was quite lucky; he jumped down when he was still three meters away from a rooftop, and with the help of Susanoo, Yaowan tumbled several times in a disheveled manner before finally coming to a stop.

Taking advantage of his weakness, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God and, the instant Yaowan stood up, appeared in front of him and pressed his hand down on him.

"Contract Seal"

"Damn it, you want to take the Seven-Tails— "

"In that case, the Seven-Tails will no longer be yours."

Minato coldly released his hand and disappeared from Yaowan's sight once again.

The opponent's Dojutsu was indeed troublesome. Every time he got close to the opponent, he would briefly lose his target and be unable to determine the opponent's exact location.

"Damn you all..."

A chill enveloped him once more. Yaowan knew that Kazashiro's Ice Mirror had begun to solidify again. At this moment, he had lost all his options and could only quietly await death.

"Waste."

When Minato Kazashiro reappeared beside Yaowan, they both heard a cold yet magnetic voice.

A massive black vortex appeared beneath Yaowan, dragging him into boundless darkness.

"This is?"

After a brief moment of stunned silence, Kazashiro and Minato watched as Yao Wan disappeared before their eyes, and the black vortex vanished in an instant after achieving its purpose, as if it had never existed.

Kazashiro cast his hopeful gaze toward Minato, hoping that the latter could activate the Flying Thunder God to find Yaowan's location.

After closing his eyes and carefully sensing his surroundings, Minato shook his head helplessly. "I can't sense his location."

"Tch, that guy got away again."

Kazashiro threw a punch into the air, dissatisfied with the result.

The dignified Konoha actually allowed this bastard to attack three times and escape unscathed. I, as the Hokage, have completely lost face.

"That vortex is too strange; it seems to be some kind of Space-Time Ninjutsu."

Minato was not swayed by his emotions, but calmly analyzed the final vortex that appeared.

"Fortunately, this exam was held at the Kikyo Mountain Fortress; otherwise, those outsiders might have had some other ideas."

After confirming that Sakumo was safe, Kakashi quickly went to Kazashiro's side.

"The squad consisting of Kurenai Yuhi, Iruka Umino, Aburame Shikuroo has set off and is pursuing the enemy attacking from the air."

Orochimaru has requested assistance, hoping the village will send people to protect the ruins of the Research Bureau.

"The ninjas stationed at the Hokage Building have reported that a group of unidentified ninjas broke into the archives and stole some Forbidden Jutsu. They are currently determining the specifics of these Forbidden Jutsu."

"The injured have been sent to Medical Unit and hospitals, and there are currently enough beds available."

After reporting the general situation to Kazashiro, Kakashi awaited further orders.

"Summon Nara Shikaku. You and he can handle these matters together. At the same time, send someone to inform those retirement advisors. Some suggestions are worth considering, but don't give them the authority to make decisions."

Although there were many and complicated things to do, Kazashiro did not want those old advisors to come out and share the burden for him.

Especially those two pro-Daming factions, there's no way they could return the power they've already seized to the other side.

"The most troublesome problem is this huge thing in front of us..."

Everything else can be put aside, but there is one thing Kazashiro must come up with a solution for immediately.

That was the Seven-Tails, Chōmei, who had been brought back under Kushina's control.