Reinforcements

Fugaku and Hiashi came over to Minato. Fugaku spoke first. "How are things looking? Has anything happened that we should know about?"

Minato shook his head. "Not that I've seen. They almost seem to be deliberately throwing their lives away. It's strange that the village let them in, too... How exactly did they get through the Sensory Barrier?"

Suddenly, Minato's eyes widened.

"Wait, has anyone seen Eiji and Kushina!?"

A massive explosion had erupted in the forest earlier, and Minato had wondered then whether Eiji was fighting there.

But at the same time, hordes of Kumogakure ninja had thrown Konoha into chaos, and powerful ninja were fighting at the Konoha Main Gate. There had been no time to think things through.

Fugaku's and Hiashi's brows twitched. "You mean..."

Just then, footsteps sounded in the distance. Kushina was sprinting toward them!

"Kushina?" Minato went forward to meet her. "Where's Eiji? Wasn't he with you?"

"Eiji got surrounded in Konoha Forest while saving me. He's fighting over a hundred Kumogakure ninja right now!" Kushina panted.

She had been unable to find Tsunade, so when she heard the commotion here, she hurried over.

"What!?"

Shock spread across the faces of many of those present. Eiji had caused that enormous disturbance in the forest?

Some had even thought Lady Mito must have stepped in to cause such tremendous destruction. After all, she was the wife of the God of Shinobi.

Although she had not fought in a long time, no one had ever doubted her strength.

Humm—!

While everyone was still talking, a massive purple cube rose from the ground in the direction of Konoha Forest!

It completely enclosed an entire section of Konoha Forest!

"Is that barrier ninjutsu?"

Shikaku Nara leaped down from a rooftop beam to join them, looking toward the purple