Heavenly Feather Blade slid slowly from Uzumaki Kuming's waist. Just as he was about to make his move, a ripple in space caught his attention.
"Whoosh."
"Bang!"
Several figures suddenly appeared among the ruins behind Uzumaki Kuming.
"Huh? Minato, Sis, what are you—"
The ones who had traveled through space using the Flying Thunder God Technique were none other than Kushina Uzumaki and the others, whom Kuming had arranged to stay outside the village for her delivery. Kushina was drenched in sweat and held tightly in Minato's arms. In her embrace was a wrinkled newborn, crying loudly.
Behind them stood Hiruzen Sarutobi, Uchiha Fugaku, and the others Kuming had assigned to guard Kushina during the birth. They were all injured and panting heavily, looking utterly exhausted. It seemed they had depleted too much Chakra.
"Kuming, we were attacked by a middle-aged man."
"It was Madara Uchiha!"
Minato answered before Kuming could finish speaking. But as soon as he did, his attention was drawn to the terrifying statue before them. Their coordinates had been set based on Kuming's location, and they had arrived amid the ruins left by the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path.
"The village was attacked?! By whom?"
Seeing the village he had spent his life protecting reduced to this state, Hiruzen Sarutobi couldn't help getting agitated.
"If I'm not mistaken, the only person capable of controlling two Tailed Beasts and the Demonic Statue of the Outer Path at once is Madara Uchiha."
"He may have had an accomplice, too."
Uzumaki Kuming glanced at the child in Kushina's arms, then looked thoughtfully toward the two Tailed Beasts he had dragged outside the village with his Shadow Clone. For a moment, he hesitated.
He had already restrained the two Tailed Beasts, but it couldn't last forever. His Shadow Clone