During this process, the Nine-Tails seemed to let out a pained roar after being caught off guard by Hinata's sword.
Hinata ignored it. After finishing all this, she looked at the toe she had just cut off from the Nine-Tails.
No, by now, it had already become a wriggling mass of orange Chakra.
Naruto also seemed to be regaining some clarity.
In a daze, he left this place and returned to reality, but before he could make any move—
He was suddenly kicked away.
Hinata slowly lowered her leg and simply said, "Trash."
Of course, that was only on the surface. In reality, she was thinking, What do I do? I think I may have overdone the act. Will I completely offend him to death?!
"But it really feels so good," she said, looking at what she was holding in her hand. "And I even got something new. I do feel a little bad about it."
However, her experience as a veteran actress told her that she had to keep it up.
She looked at Naruto, as well as Shibi Aburame and Choza Akimichi, whose expressions were grim, and said, "All right, let's head over too!"
The reason Shibi Aburame looked so grim was not because Choza Akimichi had been injured, though that was part of it.
The real reason was this: although he had suspected Hinata and the others' intentions, he had overlooked the fact that even if they had other plans, they did not necessarily have to go easy on them.
At this point, there was nothing more he could do. All he could do was wait.
All he could hope for now was that Minato Namikaze would be faster.
The reason he was not going over was naturally because he knew he would only hold them back,