"What exactly happened up there? Why couldn't Orochimaru and Uchiha Yū stop Minato Namikaze even when they joined forces..."
"That's impossible..."
Doubt rose in Kakuzu's heart. He had thought the reinforcements had arrived because things above had already been settled. He never expected Jiraiya to be rescued. Didn't that mean their greatest trump card was gone? The thought weighed heavily on Kakuzu.
Minato Namikaze had left marks on all of them. After successfully bringing Jiraiya to safety, he flashed back to their side and, in the blink of an eye, took all his companions away. However, just as Minato Namikaze was about to leave with the Third Hokage—
Uchiha Yū above acted swiftly, using his absolute crushing strength to interrupt Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God.
The Third Hokage, left behind, watched the scene with a dark expression.
He had never expected that he would be the one left behind at the very last moment!
"Third Hokage-sama, it seems Minato Namikaze no longer has a chance to take you away. Though he rescued Jiraiya, he left behind someone even more important. This one-for-one exchange is not a loss for us."
A faint smile rested on Uchiha Yū's face. The ninjas fighting nearby all gathered at his side, looking down from above at the abandoned Third Hokage.
One could imagine how stifled the Third Hokage felt. Surrounded by powerful enemies, he did not choose to surrender. Instead, he displayed the bearing a Hokage should possess.
"Uchiha Yū! I will never surrender to you! Even if I die in battle here today!"
The resolve on his face was absolutely not an act. The greatest difference between the Third Hokage and Danzo was that he truly possessed the resolve to sacrifice his own life. Thus, when surrounded by powerful enemies, he did not give