"Hayashi! Don't go!"
"That's a barrier!"
As though unwilling to give up, Kakashi called Hayashi's name again.
To be honest, Gekko Hayate wasn't the only one who felt something was wrong. His own heart had been in his throat all day, too.
What this child wanted, what he intended to do-
He had no idea at all.
But ever since the incident with Neji, and now with this plan involving Konoha...
This child had all but placed himself among those certain to die.
Kakashi had seen that look before.
Usually, it only appeared in the eyes of those who never came back.
When he had brought the Sealing Squad over to seal the One-Tail just now, he had truly breathed a huge sigh of relief.
But...
Why, in just a few moments...
Had things turned out like this?
Before him, the girl in thin black clothes was already hurtling toward the Four Violet Flames Formation with devastating momentum.
But in the second before she struck it...
Kakashi was still praying inwardly.
Praying for what?
It sounded ridiculous, but he was actually praying.
Praying that the formation laid by the enemy could stop Hayashi completely.
Lord Third had already enlisted Lord Jiraiya to set an inescapable trap outside. Even if Hayashi didn't get out, there wouldn't be any problem.
Thinking this, Kakashi blinked his dry eyes.
When he opened them again...
The Golden Chains behind the girl forcibly bound her into a ball, wrapping around her body as she smashed through the Four Violet Flames Formation and rushed out.
The flames burned against the chains behind her with a sizzling sound, but quickly went out.
Where the violet flames licked them, the golden light only dimmed for an instant before shining again.
Uzumaki Hayashi, in the sharpest possible form-
**Broke through