Minato's fingertips pressed firmly on Baishi's chest, and cold sweat slid down his golden temples, hitting the charred gravel.
It's too quiet.
When he penetrated the Chakra of this body, he did not encounter the expected obstacles of severed meridians, nor did he feel the dead silence of Chakra. On the contrary, his perception was as if he stepped on the air and fell into a boiling deep sea.
What a terrifying vitality that is.
Warm, sticky, violent, with the Uzumaki Clan's unique dominance, even purer than the Chakra in Kushina! This is not at all the physique that a low-level ANBU, who has been performing assassination missions all year round and whose body is overdrawn, should have. This is simply a monster in human skin!
What made Minato's scalp feel numb even more was the extremely obscure fluctuation deep in Baishi's heart.
As the controller of Flying Thunder God Technique, Minato's perception of the laws of time and space is extremely acute. The fluctuation is so weak that it is almost integrated with the heartbeat, but the characteristic of distorting space is absolutely unmistakable.
"The unfamiliar Flying Thunder God coordinates in Mental Space..." A dazzling scene flashed through Minato's mind, and his stomach spasmed.
He knows Flying Thunder God!
This man who has been pretending to be a cowardly cannon fodder not only owns Sage Body that is comparable to Senju Hashirama, but also secretly masters Space-time Ninjutsu, the core of Konoha! His cutting off Tailed Beast Bomb just now was not a desperate attempt at all, but a play with ease!
"What the hell..." Minato's Adam's apple rolled with difficulty, and Baishi's pale and lifeless face was reflected in the blue pupils. This face no longer looked weak at this moment, but a bottomless mockery.
Minato subconsciously tightened his fingers, his knuckles turning blue-white due to excessive force. He wanted to Hand Seals immediately and use Four Symbols Seal to completely lock this extremely dangerous variable.
"Go away!"
A shrill scream suddenly exploded.
"Bang!"
Kushina slammed Minato's shoulder away. She didn't even use ninjutsu, it was purely out of instinct to protect her calf. Like an enraged lioness, she slapped away Minato's hand that was pressing on Baishi's chest.
Minato was caught off guard and took two steps back in the slippery mud, almost falling.
"What are you doing?!" Kushina's eyes were red, and the remaining Nine-Tails Chakra made a crackling sound at the tip of her red hair. She hugged Baishi tightly and blocked with her body. Minato looked at him, his voice hoarse horribly, "Do you want to kill him again? Namikaze Minato, I'm warning you, if you dare to touch a hair on his head, I will drag you to death today even if I try to break the seal with Nine-Tails!"
These decisive words were like a sap hitting Minato's Heavenly Spirit Cap.
He looked at his fiancée who once had eyes for him, but now she showed substantial murderous intent towards him for another man.
Pain.
His heart felt like it was being cut back and forth with a dull knife. But he was not even qualified to question him, because in the tampered desperate memory of Kushina, he was a coward who ran away from battle.
"Minato, how is the situation?"
Sarutobi Hiruzen leaned on Golden Cudgel and stepped closer on the gravel. The old man's eyes swept over Baishi's blood-stained Mask, his eyes so deep that it was hard to see through.
In the shadows, Danzo's one eye stared fixedly at him. Root's ninjas had quietly blocked the surrounding commanding heights, and the smell of gunpowder smoke from Explosive Tag pervaded the night wind again.
As long as Minato says "he hides his strength" or "he is a threat", Danzo will definitely give Erased's order without hesitation.
Minato froze in place.
Say it?
Expose this underlying scam and tell Third Hokage and Danzo that this man owns Sage Body and Space-time Ninjutsu and is most likely the biggest cancer lurking in Konoha?
Minato looked past Third Hokage and landed on Kushina.
She knelt in the muddy water, strangling Baishi's shoulders with her arms, and the blood and tears in the corners of her eyes had not yet dried up. Although the ferocious Fox skull had dissipated, Nine-Tails's violent aura still roamed around her body.
If Baishi is revealed now...
Danzo will definitely take action. Once Baishi resists, Kushina will definitely side with Baishi without hesitation. At that time, Four-Tails's status will instantly soar to Six-Tails or even Eight-Tails.
Konoha's Barrier Team can't be stopped at all. The whole village will turn into a hell on earth tonight.
For the sake of the overall situation.
Minato closed his eyes and bit the tip of his tongue hard. The rusty smell of blood filled his mouth, forcibly suppressing the shock and jealousy in his heart.
"He..." When Minato opened his eyes again, his blue pupils had returned to their usual calmness, but there was an unbreakable haze deep in his eyes.
"He was seriously injured." Minato turned around and faced Third Hokage Hokage, his voice not rising at all, "In order to cut off Tailed Beast Bomb's Chakra convergence, he overdrawn all his vitality. The meridians atrophied in a large area, and Chakra was almost exhausted. If he doesn't rescue him immediately... he won't be able to survive tonight."
Baishi, who was pretending to be dizzy, silently raised the corners of his mouth under Mask.
Perfect.
He accurately calculated the character of Minato. This perfectionist who values "Will of Fire" and the "big picture of the village" more seriously than his life would never dare to detonate the nuclear bomb Kushina at this juncture.
As long as Minato compromises the first time, there will be a second and third time.
The pride of this blond genius has been pushed into the quagmire by his own hands.
"Send to Konoha Hospital immediately!" Sarutobi Hiruzen ordered in a deep voice, "Medical Team! Start Highest Level's rescue plan! ANBU clear the streets along the way and no one is allowed to approach!"
"Hiruzen!" Danzo slammed his crutches on the ground, his one eye sinister, "This kind of unknown origin..."
"I said, save people!" Sarutobi Hiruzen turned around suddenly, and the terrifying coercion belonging to Shinobi Hero instantly blocked Danzo's words, "He was injured to stop Nine-Tails from running away, and he is a hero of Konoha. Anyone who dares to have a wrong idea at this time is a traitor to the village!"
Danzo turned pale, snorted coldly, turned around and disappeared into the darkness.
Several elite medical ninjas quickly brought the stretcher. Kushina refused to let anyone touch Baishi. She personally carried Baishi onto the stretcher and followed her closely.
When the stretcher passed by Minato, Baishi's hanging left hand shook slightly.
On the fingertips, a faint touch of Lightning disappeared in an instant.
That's a provocation.
A naked provocation that only Minato can understand.
Minato stood there, looking at the back of Kushina escorting Baishi, his fists clenching. His face, which always had a smile as warm as the sun, completely sank at this moment, like the abyss before a storm.
"Who are you...?"
Minato murmured in a low voice, and quietly held a special Flying Thunder God Kunai between his fingertips.
"No matter what your purpose is, since you dare to use Kushina as a bargaining chip..."
The breeze stirred up the ashes on the ground, and Minato's figure disappeared instantly, leaving only a cold and biting whisper.
"I will definitely... kill you with my own hands."
Konoha Hospital, top level.
The pungent Toxic Water smell covered up the smell of blood. Every five steps in the corridor, there was a ANBU wearing an animal Mask, and the entire floor was blocked so that not even a fly could fly in.
The door to the emergency room was closed, and the red indicator light looked like a bleeding eye.
Kushina leaned against the white wall outside the door, wringing his hands together and digging his nails into his flesh without noticing that blood was oozing out.
"Ding--"
The red light in the emergency room went out, and several sweaty medical ninjas pushed open the door and walked out.
Kushina rushed forward and grabbed the attending doctor's collar. "How is he?! Speak!"
The doctor was shaken so dizzy that he hurriedly spoke, but he said something that made everyone ANBU in the corridor stunned.
"The injured person... he..."
The doctor swallowed and looked like he had seen a ghost.
"He's awake, and... he wants to see you by name."