Minato Namikaze did not fare well from that final sneak attack either.
As he fled back, he had nearly been struck by one of the Eight-Tails' tentacles.
Though Jiraiya had gained even greater power after entering Sage Mode, he was still somewhat powerless when facing a tailed beast.
At a time like this, no matter how many more people joined the fight, it would have been useless. That was the strength of a tailed beast.
People could not defeat it easily, except for a very select few.
Just as Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya each chose to take a step back to avoid the rampaging Eight-Tails—
The Eight-Tails suddenly vanished from where it stood. The disappearance of that colossal creature immediately aroused everyone's curiosity.
Neither Jiraiya nor Minato Namikaze allowed anyone to go over and investigate right away.
Who knew whether those two would pull some other trick and get their men injured?
But clearly, they had been wrong. Nothing had been left behind.
At that moment, Minato Namikaze and Jiraiya understood that the two had deliberately done this in order to escape.
Then, a ninja beside them asked Jiraiya,
"Should we pursue them?"
Jiraiya glanced at Minato Namikaze, then finally shook his head.
"Forget it. This time, our original goal was simply to disrupt them and gather more intelligence."
"Besides, no one was injured. I don't want to press them too hard either. What if they have an ambush waiting ahead?"
Everyone agreed with Jiraiya's words.
After clearing away some traces from the area, they left.
The situation elsewhere was much the same.
Killer B had already returned to his human form, with someone slung over his shoulder.
"Big Brother, hang in there. We've basically completed our mission. We just need to bring the information back."
Killer B was so