"Enma!"
At Sarutobi Hiruzen's command, the iron staff instantly stretched out, hurtling toward the sky.
"Bam!!"
One punch!
A single punch sent the charging staff flying. Uzumaki Sora once again met Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze.
"Fourth, we can't get close to him like this. Help me," the Third Hokage said quietly.
At that moment, Uzumaki Sora also understood the awkwardness of their brief exchange of looks.
So that was why the old man had suddenly given up. Didn't he need to look after the Sarutobi Clan? Didn't he need to support the Shimura Clan?
Turns out he'd been trying to salvage his image. Maybe only the Fourth still believed him, though he'd probably figure it out once he got back.
As Mr. Zhou had said, politics had been dirty from the moment he'd come into this world.
"Third Hokage, you put on quite a convincing tragedy. But I'll be going. I'd hate to smash up the ramen shop later."
As soon as he'd spoken, Uzumaki Sora vanished from the top of the giant tree towering in midair.
Down below, Third Hokage Hiruzen Sarutobi also quietly breathed a sigh of relief.
"Fourth, is there no way to block the Flying Thunder God Jutsu?"
Namikaze Minato gave the Third Hokage a complicated look. After a moment's thought, he replied, "The power of Space-Time Ninjutsu lies in the fact that it can't be locked onto. In a fight, you can lock onto a technique within a small area. But if the other person is determined to leave... no one can stop him."
After thinking it over for a moment, the Third Hokage nodded helplessly.
If the Second hadn't stayed behind to help them escape back then, perhaps the Flying Thunder God Jutsu alone would have been enough for him to get away safely.
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