Otsutsuki Mowu and the other two had been watching Hinata. None of them had noticed what was happening behind them.
So they hadn't noticed Samui's movements, either.
Now Samui had darted right up to them. It was impossible not to notice her.
Panic seized all three. They wanted to believe Samui was merely passing by.
But her appearance at a moment like this was far too strange. Even so, Mowu and the others did not attack immediately. That would be too risky.
Samui was moving incredibly fast, but to the three frantic Otsutsuki, she seemed to be moving in slow motion.
Only when they saw that small figure throw herself into the woman's arms did the three Otsutsuki retreat into the Space-Time Portal as if accepting defeat, gradually vanishing from sight.
The moment Samui held Hinata securely in her arms, the panic in her heart finally began to fade.
Hinata happily wrapped her arms around Samui's neck, her face lighting up. "Samui, how did you find time to come out?"
Samui simply picked Hinata up and headed toward the Hokage's office. "It was almost time for a break, so I came to meet you. You went out of your way to come see me. I couldn't leave you to make the trip alone!"
Hinata beamed at her, swinging her legs as she sat in Samui's arms.
Neither of them had any idea that they had just escaped a brush with death.
Uchiha Yin had finally found Sakura Haruno's address and gone straight there with Kaguya.
Sakura's mother was preparing lunch, completely at ease. She had never imagined that the esteemed Lord Hokage would suddenly appear at her home.
She hurriedly bowed, visibly alarmed. "Lord Hokage, is there something you need?"
Yin had knocked precisely because he didn't want to startle