Sensing the parasitic consciousness inside Hawk dissipate, Araki understood that Alucard had taken care of the aftermath and dismissed the Four Red Yang Formation.
Then he stared at the three corpses on the ground and fell into thought.
"Information can be extracted even from a dead person's brain... not to mention Orochimaru could start researching Impure World Reincarnation at any time. Even if they have no combat power, simply interrogating them for intelligence would be troublesome! I need to find a more reliable way to deal with this."
Elsewhere.
Namikaze Minato, the AB Brothers, Kana, and the others watched the barrier beyond the mountain rise and vanish in the blink of an eye, each harboring different thoughts.
Namikaze Minato grew increasingly anxious.
Because of his girlfriend, he was perhaps the second most proficient user of Sealing Technique in Konoha.
Thus, he had the clearest understanding of the power of the [Four Red Yang Formation].
Among the Konoha Shinobi Army currently stationed at the northern border of the Land of Fire, there should have been no one capable of breaking such a barrier head-on.
So... although he did not want to admit it, Konoha's reinforcements had likely failed.
Sure enough, Araki's figure soon returned.
After dealing with Jiraiya and the others, no one in the Konoha camp could threaten this place anymore, so there was no need for him to continue intercepting them.
After returning, Araki frowned as he watched the three people still locked in an inseparable battle within the barrier.
"It seems I overestimated the AB Brothers' combat strength. Even with so little room left for Namikaze Minato to maneuver, the two of them still can't take him down?"
And...
As he was thinking, Namikaze Minato suddenly exploited another opening in Killer B's defenses at the very limit of