"What exactly happened up there? Why couldn't Orochimaru and Uchiha Yuu stop Minato Namikaze even when they joined forces..."
"That's impossible..."
Kakuzu was filled with doubt. He had assumed the ninjas who came to support them had done so because the situation above had already been settled. He had 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 instantly returned to their side. In the blink of an eye, he took all his companions away. However, just as Minato Namikaze was about to leave with the Third Hokage—
Uchiha Yuu moved swiftly from above, using his utterly overwhelming power to interrupt Minato Namikaze's Flying Thunder God.
The Third Hokage, left behind where he stood, watched the scene with a dark expression.
He had never expected to be abandoned at the very last moment!
"Third Hokage, it seems Minato Namikaze no longer has a chance to take you away. Although he rescued Jiraiya, he left behind someone even more important. This one-for-one exchange is no loss for us."
A faint smile rested on Uchiha Yuu's face as all the surrounding ninjas who had been fighting gathered at his side. They looked down from above at the abandoned Third Hokage.
One could only imagine how stifled the Third Hokage felt. Surrounded by powerful enemies, he did not choose to surrender without resistance. Instead, he displayed the bearing expected of a Hokage.
"Uchiha Yuu! I will never surrender to you! Even if I die here today!"
The resolve on his face was certainly not an act. The greatest difference between the Third Hokage and Danzo was that he truly possessed the resolve to sacrifice his