At that moment, Shinnō suddenly darted to a corner at incredible speed.
He grabbed Yuliu and rushed through a door on the other side.
In the blink of an eye, he vanished.
As the dust gradually settled, Naruto and Sakura saw that Yuliu had been taken away as well, and they were immediately frantic with worry.
Being kind and lawful by nature, they chased after him without a second thought.
Sasuke, however, did not move right away.
Instead, he cast a cold glance in one direction.
Then he quickly strode away.
Hinata crouched inside the ventilation shaft, watching the direction Naruto and the others had gone, a faint smile appearing on her face.
Did Sasuke notice me? Not bad!
Hinata thought that since the big show here was over, perhaps she ought to head to the next location too. But would it be inappropriate to just go over there like this?
Then she thought about it. There did not seem to be any problem with her showing up. As long as she did not reveal her abilities, was it really strange for her to appear here?
So she opened the ventilation grate again.
Then she jumped down from inside and landed on the ground, looking at the collapsed floor.
She went over to take a look. It was not a hole leading straight down, as she had imagined.
There was another layer of space beneath it.
She just did not know where it led.
Then she activated her Byakugan, locked onto the direction the others had gone, and chased after them.
One thing Hinata still could not understand was how Naruto, who had been knocked flat by Shinnō with just two punches earlier—
—had somehow been pummeled so many times after Sasuke arrived without anything happening to him. Hinata found