After confirming that Orochimaru had left with Tenzo using the Reverse Summoning Technique, Hiruzen Sarutobi ordered everyone to clean up the aftermath.
Kushina seized the chance to grab Hayate and said solemnly, "Hayate, please go check on Minato. I'm a little worried."
"I'm going too!" Kakashi appeared from who knew where.
He was desperate to see Obito and ask him to his face why he'd done such unforgivable things!
"And me!" Asuma, Might Guy, and Kurenai Yuhi, his three fellow classmates, came over as well.
Kushina looked at the four of them, united in purpose, but hesitated.
It was true that there was strength in numbers, but sometimes having more people around could be a burden.
After all, Namikaze Minato was currently facing Obito Uchiha, who had awakened the Mangekyō Sharingan, as well as a rampaging Gyuki!
If Kakashi and the others went... only Guy might be able to help, and only if he opened the Eight Inner Gates Formation.
And in the worst-case scenario, Kakashi and the others might fall under Obito Uchiha's Mangekyō Genjutsu. If that happened, they'd only make things worse!
Kushina was about to reason with Kakashi and the others to stop them, but Hayate couldn't stand the dithering. Without another word, he activated Tenseigan Chakra Mode, shot into the sky, and flew straight toward the direction the Tailed Beast Bomb had come from.
"Hayate?" Kakashi watched Hayate turn into a green flash and disappear at the edge of the sky, feeling deeply frustrated.
That guy!
After flying for a short while, Hayate spotted the ravaged center of the Sea of Trees in the distance. Two gigantic creatures were... having some kind of S&M session?
Hayate narrowed his eyes... Yep, he wasn't mistaken.
Gyuki was roaring at the sky while swinging his tentacle tails, slapping