"I'll be taking the Nine-Tails."
Obito Uchiha emerged from the Kamui Dimension with Kushina Uzumaki and casually tossed her to Minato Namikaze.
"You can have the Jinchūriki back."
By then, Hiruzen Sarutobi had received the news and rushed over. The delivery room was packed with Anbu Ninja.
He had never expected someone to attack the Jinchūriki the moment he left.
Who could have expected this man to use Space-Time Ninjutsu?
"Kushina."
Minato Namikaze caught his wife, anxiety crossing his face at her pallor.
"Minato, let them deliver my baby while I'm still alive."
She hugged her husband, tears falling.
"I'm sorry. I won't be able to stay with you in the days ahead."
"Please take good care of our child..."
"Kushina, Kushina, you'll be all right."
Minato Namikaze's voice trembled.
He knew that a Jinchūriki would die after the Tailed Beast left their body.
He refused to believe this had happened.
At Hiruzen Sarutobi's signal, Biwako Sarutobi and the Medical Ninja took Kushina Uzumaki into the delivery room.
It was all they could do under the circumstances.
"Minato, Kushina has a special constitution. If we seal the Nine-Tails back inside her in time, she might survive!"
Looking at the despondent Minato, Hiruzen Sarutobi offered words of comfort.
Although he did not know whether it would work, they still had to try with hope.
What if they succeeded?
At those words, hope rekindled in Minato Namikaze's despairing eyes. He looked at the masked man, who showed no fear despite being surrounded by Anbu.
"Hand over the Nine-Tails!"
"Heh, come take him yourself."
As Obito Uchiha spoke, he vanished from the spot.
On the streets of Konoha.
Obito Uchiha stood on a rooftop, looking over the village where he had once lived without a trace of attachment in his eyes. There was