"Naruto, be good. Daddy will be back soon." Seeing Naruto flailing his hands and struggling to sit up as if trying to express something, Kushina set him down beside her and coaxed him softly.
"Wah... wah..." (That's not what I mean! Take me with you! I'm really strong.)
But clearly, no one could understand what Naruto was trying to say.
"Minato, be careful." Kushina held Naruto close and gave him a quiet reminder.
"Of course. I'm the Fourth Hokage!" Minato Namikaze's lips curved slightly upward. His Hokage robe caught a faint glimmer under the moonlight, and in the next instant, he vanished.
Naruto stared blankly at the sight, subconsciously thinking, So cool!
Within Konoha, everything had descended into disorder and chaos. Faced with the Nine-Tails suddenly appearing inside the village, the ninjas were at a loss, unable to organize any meaningful resistance.
Only after the Third's orders were relayed did a trace of order emerge throughout the village. Anbu ninjas appeared in every corner, gathering the scattered shinobi, while the Third himself took the lead and charged toward the Nine-Tails.
"Extend, Adamantine Staff!" With a loud shout, the Adamantine Staff in the Third's hand suddenly lengthened. Compared to it, the Third looked like an ant wielding a massive pillar, yet he displayed terrifying strength as he struck the Nine-Tails across the back. A pained roar immediately rang out.
"Shikaku!"
He spun aside to evade a claw from the Nine-Tails, only to be forced backward by the momentum. Even so, the Third continued directing the battle.
"Yeah!" Without needing the Third to say another word, Shikaku Nara was already on the front line. As the current clan head of the Nara clan, the captain of Ino-Shika-Cho, and Konoha's chief Hokage advisor, he relied on more than just his intellect.
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