The moment Minato appeared, his gaze swept across the entire battlefield.
Fugaku's Susanoo was struggling continuously within the towering trees, wood chips flying everywhere. It looked like he would break free in mere seconds.
Clear signs of battle covered the area. Aburame Torune's corpse lay amid the rubble, and a distinct slash mark ran across the ground beneath their feet.
Yamanaka Fū lay unconscious some distance away.
Boom!
The flaming barrier around them shook violently before shattering under a tremendous force. Naruto appeared, cloaked in Nine-Tails chakra.
"Dad, where's Danzō?"
Susanoo swung its arm, reducing the towering trees entirely to splinters. Uchiha Fugaku said in a deep voice, "He got away."
His chakra receded, the Mangekyo in his eyes vanished, and Susanoo disappeared as well.
"Which way did he go?" Minato Namikaze asked directly.
Uchiha Fugaku pointed west, and Minato vanished at once with the Flying Thunder God Technique.
Naruto did not give chase. Even in Nine-Tails Chakra Mode, he could not match Minato's speed when using the Flying Thunder God. He might as well wait here for the results.
About ten minutes later, Minato Namikaze appeared again and shook his head helplessly. "There was no trace of him. He's already escaped."
An arm extended from Naruto's Nine-Tails chakra cloak and lifted Yamanaka Fū. "Dad, this guy's still alive."
"Hm?" Minato Namikaze glanced over, then nodded. "Take him back to Konoha. We need to make him tell us where Danzō fled."
The night's turmoil eventually passed, and Root's rebellion was suppressed within a very limited scope.
Konoha's villagers were not greatly affected, but when they awoke, they discovered that something unusual had happened in the village.
News of Danzō's defection spread rapidly throughout the village, becoming the talk of the town.
Of course, most ordinary villagers had no idea