Has no one come down yet?
About a minute had passed since the footsteps first appeared. Minato Namikaze could not help considering the walking speed of an ordinary person and how long it would take to reach this place.
Suddenly, the footsteps stopped. They stopped very close to Minato Namikaze, as though the person were standing at the stairwell right beside him.
Just as Minato Namikaze had been unable to see the details of the stairs above or below while standing on the staircase earlier, normally, the person descending should not have been able to see Minato Namikaze in their blind spot either.
Without the footsteps, the surroundings seemed exceptionally quiet. With no other noise to interfere, he could even vaguely hear faint breathing.
Just as Minato Namikaze wondered why the person had stopped moving, the breathing suddenly caught, as if they had discovered something. The footsteps began racing back, rapidly widening the distance from Minato Namikaze!
Minato Namikaze frowned. "Chase!"
After chasing for about half a minute, Minato Namikaze realized he would not catch up anytime soon like this. Judging the approximate distance of the sound, he instantly threw a kunai. It ricocheted off the walls in succession as it shot upward, while Minato Namikaze used the Flying Thunder God to teleport after it.
However, something strange happened. Once he caught up, the footsteps came to an abrupt stop. Minato Namikaze appeared above the kunai and looked around, but there was not a single person in sight.
Then the sound rang out again! The sound of climbing stairs had become the sound of descending them, as though its owner were deliberately avoiding Minato Namikaze and did not want him to find them.
Minato Namikaze naturally understood that this was a trap, but the situation could hardly get any worse.