This time, the Third Hokage was no longer fighting alone. Uzumaki Kushina stood to his left, Kosuke to his right, and behind him followed a group of Anbu clad in black and wearing masks. Each of them also had a tiny Katsuyu hanging from their body.
The leader of a village carried an imposing presence.
Six golden chains extended from behind Uzumaki Kushina, crossing The Void and tightly binding the medium-sized Clam that Araki and the others had planned to ride away on.
At the same time, the Third Hokage's aged yet commanding voice rang out. "Did you think you could simply leave after causing such a huge incident in Konoha?"
The three of them turned back at the sound.
The moment Hozuki Sengetsu saw that lineup, his expression immediately grew grave. "The Nine-Tails Jinchuriki?"
That was right. Uzumaki Kushina's bright red hair was impossible to hide. Anyone with even a little standing among the Five Great Shinobi Villages knew that Konoha's Nine-Tails Jinchuriki came from the Uzumaki Clan.
Back then, Kumogakure had even specifically sent people to kidnap her, though their kidnapping attempts had never succeeded.
Therefore, the instant Hozuki Sengetsu saw Uzumaki Kushina, his heart skipped a beat.
The Tailed Beasts were infamous to all, and as the strongest Tailed Beast, standing above the other eight—Nine-Tails—Hozuki Sengetsu, who had witnessed the strength of Three-Tails and Six-Tails, did not dare underestimate her in the slightest.
As for the hunched old man carrying an iron pot on his back, since he could stand alongside the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki, he was surely no easy opponent either. Hozuki Sengetsu tightened his grip on his sword hilt. While secretly signaling Mangetsu behind his back to continue summoning, he walked toward Uzumaki Kushina. "Then let me witness the strength of the Nine-Tails Jinchuriki!"
Meanwhile, Araki