Compared to the many forces operating in Konoha, some signs had already emerged beneath the surging undercurrents.
Kushina's delivery concerned the village's Tailed Beast, so the delivery room had not been set up in the hospital, but in an extremely secret underground location. Only ANBU personnel were permitted to enter.
Many ANBU shinobi stood guard outside, with numerous sensory ninja positioned throughout the surrounding area, but there were no ninja from the Uchiha family!
"Don't worry, Minato. Nothing will go wrong with Kushina's delivery. Mother and child will both be safe."
As someone with experience, Biwako comforted Minato Namikaze.
Everything inside the room was normal, and medical ninja were waiting outside. The moment anything went wrong, they would enter the delivery room immediately.
"With all of you waiting outside the delivery room, of course I'm relieved. It's just that I have this faintly bad..."
Minato did not finish his sentence. He saw a medical ninja walking inside, and a trace of dangerous tension rose within him. He instantly grabbed the man, while the nearby ANBU shinobi reacted and surrounded the medical ninja with their weapons drawn.
"What are you doing? I'm here to change the medicine for the patient."
The instant the medical ninja finished speaking, he was slammed to the ground. His disguised body twisted, transforming into a strange white creature. Minato Namikaze recognized it immediately—it was White Zetsu, once of the Akatsuki.
"Dawn Hidden Village! Everyone, be on guard! The enemy is here!"
The appearance of White Zetsu outside the delivery room meant that enemies had infiltrated the area and located them. Sure enough, in the very next moment, a masked figure walked straight out of the wall.
"We never should have entrusted something this important to White Zetsu. What a bunch of idiots! They couldn't even maintain