Hiroki's pupils suddenly constricted.
He did not even have time to mount any defense. He could only shield Kushina behind him with all his might.
This was...
[Kamui Dimension]!
Uchiha Obito from the future!?
Madara had likely told him long ago that enemies from the future might come to attack him, so Hiroki immediately realized who had launched the assault!
But what use was knowing who it was? It was useless!
Only a flash of golden light appeared.
"Squelch!"
A muffled sound of a blade sinking into flesh.
Warm blood splattered across his face.
It was Kushina!
It was Kushina!?
Kushina let out a pained groan. Her right arm had been severed cleanly at the shoulder, the cut as smooth as a mirror as blood gushed out like a fountain! "Kushina!"
Hiroki's eyes nearly split apart. He instantly appeared behind her and caught her swaying body. The glow of the Mystical Palm Technique appeared in his hand, while Earth Grudge Fear's black tendrils surged out wildly, trying to stitch up the wound on her arm.
But the golden light did not stop. It flashed again, still targeting Kushina's head!
Hiroki vaguely sensed that something was wrong, but he had no time to question it...
Because a powerful, spiraling suction force appeared out of nowhere at nearly the same instant, pinning Hiroki firmly in place and making every rescue attempt slow and difficult.
Damn it!
A space-time ninjutsu so fast it was impossible to perceive...
An ability that could warp space and lock a target in place...
Was it Minato and Obito?
Obito being a lunatic was one thing. After all, in the original story, he had gone mad over the death of the girl he loved and wanted to activate the Infinite Tsukuyomi. But why had Minato come back to