"Naruto!"
Hinata Hyuga's pupils contracted sharply as her Byakugan clearly saw the trajectories of the three streams of chakra.
Her mind went blank.
Why?
Why were the Tsuchikage and Raikage attacking Naruto?
Weren't they here to provide support?
"This can't be—" Ao's voice trembled as his Byakugan stared fixedly at the chakra flows of Ōnoki and the Raikage.
That was not a feint.
That was killing intent.
Pure, undisguised killing intent.
"Bastards!" Might Guy roared, instantly opening the Seventh Gate and trying to rush over, but the Asura Path and Human Path blocked his way in an instant. There was simply no time.
Rock Lee watched helplessly as the three forces closed in on Naruto, his entire body frozen in place.
"Commissar—"
Yagura gritted his teeth and tried to use ninjutsu to support him, but Kisame's Samehada had him tightly entangled.
Zabuza gripped the Kubikiribōchō, veins bulging across his forehead.
"Those damned old foxes!"
Everyone understood.
This was no accident.
This was a long-planned encirclement and assassination.
The white sphere of Dust Release tore through space, the Raikage's fist carried violent lightning, and the Deva Path's Shinra Tensei formed an invisible wall of repulsive force.
All three struck the center at the same instant.
Naruto's right hand shot toward his waist.
A specially made kunai flew from his hand, slicing through the water as it shot toward the surface fifty meters away.
"Flying Thunder God!"
Naruto vanished in an instant.
The three forces collided where he had stood, unleashing a devastating shockwave.
The pressure inside the water sphere instantly collapsed. A massive column of water shot into the sky, and the waters within a hundred meters exploded into a white mist.
Rock Lee was hurled away by the shockwave, tumbling more than a dozen times through the air before barely