Watching the two leave, Yechen smiled.
"Interesting. This could be an opportunity."
Just then, a figure appeared before Yechen. It was Minato Namikaze.
Seeing him appear, Yechen marveled at how quickly the village's barrier had reacted.
Less than two minutes had passed between Obito Uchiha's arrival and departure.
Even in that brief span, the barrier had detected him and pinpointed his location.
That alone showed just how powerful this barrier was.
Moreover, Minato Namikaze's swift arrival indicated that he had incorporated Flying Thunder God Marks into the barrier.
That allowed him to identify where a problem had occurred, teleport to the nearest node, and then reach his destination as quickly as possible.
When Yechen sensed him approaching, he did not leave. Instead, he deliberately waited for Minato Namikaze to arrive. That had been his intention all along.
"Yechen, did you encounter that masked man?"
Minato Namikaze asked urgently the moment he appeared. The question made it clear that he had already figured out the man's usual methods.
Yechen concealed nothing and instead explained why the man had come.
At those words, Minato Namikaze's composure shattered, and intense killing intent poured from him.
He had been investigating the man's motives for repeatedly entering Konoha, but he had never imagined that their target was the Nine-Tails-in other words, his wife, Kushina Uzumaki.
How could he not be furious? She was his wife!
"Is everything you said true? Their target is the Nine-Tails?"
As he spoke, Minato Namikaze stared intently at Yechen, trying to read something from his expression.
"Why are you looking at me like that?" Yechen asked with a chuckle.
"Of course I didn't agree to his proposal. If I had, would I have told you everything?"
Only after a long while did Minato Namikaze withdraw his killing intent, his tone