The Rock Ninja's Worries

From a distance, Yagura, who had been silently observing Fuguki's battle with A, suddenly stirred and lightly shifted to the left.

"Whoosh!"

Under the night sky, a kunai gleaming with cold light suddenly sliced past him.

As if in slow motion, at the instant Yagura calmly leaned aside and the kunai slowly passed by him—

"Rasengan!"

A low shout suddenly rang out from beside him without warning.

Almost instantly, Minato's figure appeared at Yagura's side, the blazing blue sphere gathered in his palm smashing fiercely toward him!

Yagura's expression finally changed. His previously calm face was now filled with disbelief!

The blazing blue sphere drawing ever closer was reflected in his pale violet eyes. The countless spiraling streams of chakra, like a beautiful painting, filled his entire field of vision.

"Boom—"

It hit!

Minato rejoiced inwardly.

But the next moment—

His expression instantly changed!

Before him, Yagura's struck body suddenly turned into a puddle of water, slowly scattering onto the ground.

"Water Style: Water Clone Jutsu!"

At that moment, a calm voice came from behind Minato.

"Did you think that while I was hiding in the shadows, I would overlook your terrifying teleportation technique?"

Just as Minato turned his head back in surprise—

The rapid sound of hand seals came from behind him, followed swiftly by a voice.

"Coral Palm!"

Yagura held his hooked club in one hand while forming a strange shape with the other. Blue chakra gathered atop it as he instantly struck toward Minato's back.

Feeling the fierce sound of air tearing behind him, Minato vanished from where he stood before his body had even fully turned around.

Yagura's palm struck nothing, and his expression grew solemn.

He sharply turned to look at Minato, who had suddenly appeared again some distance away, and murmured in a low