Araki's attack had been silent, yet precise and lethal, perfectly embodying the principles of Wind Without Form and Water Without Constant.
No one had expected the Hyuga Clan's so-called absolute defense, [Secret Technique: Rotation], to be so utterly vulnerable beneath his sword.
Calling it as thin as paper would have been giving it too much credit. It was practically air!
That was precisely why no one had been able to react in time and lend him a hand. Only after Araki had completed the final triple combo of gouging out the eye, drawing his sword, and retreating did Namikaze Minato, whose reflexes were the fastest, manage to shout.
"Hizashi!!"
Unfortunately, although Talk no Jutsu was the number one technique in the Shinobi World, Namikaze Minato clearly had not mastered it. His cry could not rekindle the extinguished flame of life after Hizashi Hyuga had formed his final hand seals.
Thus, aside from grabbing Hizashi Hyuga's corpse one-handed, all he could do was glare viciously at Araki.
Whoosh!
The next moment, the Flying Thunder God Technique activated, and the five people and one corpse vanished in the blink of an eye.
Shinobi battles were sometimes like this. It was not guaranteed that a group of people with overwhelming strength would win, because compared to their offensive power, their frail bodies allowed for far too little room for error.
Therefore, faced with the Explosive Tags blanketing the sky, they could only run.
To be fair, Namikaze Minato's intentions before activating the [Flying Thunder God Technique] had been far too obvious. Araki had considered tossing a Lightning Stiletto onto him and tracking him over a thousand miles.
But after weighing it briefly, he abandoned that tempting idea.
There was no other reason: Lightning Stiletto combined with [Stellar Restoration] could not teleport people, and