And just as Namikaze Minato hesitated between fulfilling his duty as a Konoha shinobi and bringing Utakata back to the village, or following his heart and letting him go, a faint spatial fluctuation came through.
In an instant, Qian looked over from the sky.
The next moment, with a burst of Chakra smoke, Utakata, who had still been unconscious and lying on the ground, vanished.
Without even thinking, Qian could guess this was Kirigakure's doing.
It made sense. Although Kirigakure had shown an extremely resolute attitude in this surprise attack, as if they would not stop until they made a massive commotion, as the village's only remaining Tailed Beast, they definitely had a backup plan.
Now, that backup plan had taken effect.
Aside from the Summoning Technique and the Reverse Summoning Technique, Qian could not think of any other possibility that could produce this effect.
Moreover, that faint spatial fluctuation just now was clear proof.
Only...
Qian's gaze turned deep as he looked at Namikaze Minato.
Even he, up in the sky, had been able to detect that spatial fluctuation in advance. Qian did not believe Namikaze Minato, who had trained the Flying Thunder God Technique to an extremely profound level, would fail to sense it.
And given the distance between him and Utakata, along with his reaction speed, Qian was certain Minato absolutely could have stopped Utakata before he was summoned away.
After all, if he remembered correctly, the Flying Thunder God: Guiding Thunder that Minato knew had the effect of sealing off and tearing through space.
In that case, there was no way he could not have stopped them.
Taking a step back, even if his reaction had been slow and he had not had time to cast a technique to stop him, leaving a Flying Thunder God