Within Konoha.
Kushina's girlish heart had flared up. After chasing everyone else away, she dragged Minato Namikaze and Naruto off shopping, claiming they were going to enjoy some quality time as a family of three!
Houka, Kakashi, Guy, and the others could only helplessly take another route and leave.
"Captain Kakashi, I have something to take care of. I'll be leaving for a while," Sai suddenly said.
Kakashi narrowed his eyes slightly. He knew Sai was surely going back to Root to report the intelligence, but now that Minato Namikaze and the others had returned, it was already a done deal. Even if Danzo wanted to make trouble, he no longer had time to arrange anything!
So he nodded. "Go."
Sai nodded, jumped directly onto a nearby rooftop, and quickly departed.
"Then, shall we go see the Hokage first?" Kakashi looked at Houka.
Yet Houka said nothing, staring fixedly in a certain direction as the expression on his face grew increasingly grave.
"What is it?" Kakashi and Guy both looked at him strangely.
"Someone attacked Konoha!" Houka pointed toward Kage Rock and spoke solemnly.
Houka's first thought was that Uchiha Sasuke, consumed by his desire for revenge, had charged straight into Konoha and begun slaughtering people!
With the power he possessed after awakening the Mangekyou, destroying Kage Rock would have been effortless.
But then, his consciousness instantly sank into the Sealing World within his body.
Upon the tranquil lake, Yang-Style Three-Tails Isobu poked out its turtle head, its lone eye filled with an unusually grave expression!
"You called me here all of a sudden. Did you discover something?" Houka asked.
Isobu nodded and said in a deep voice, "The other half of my Chakra has disappeared!"
"Disappeared?" Houka's expression shifted slightly.
Kurenai... Could she be out on a mission, not