Faced with the Nine-Tails shirking his duties, Kushina Uzumaki exploded with rage, her red hair standing on end behind her as she roared, "If I die, you'll die with me!"
Watching her seethe, the Nine-Tails revealed a sly, almost human smile and bargained, "Undo the seal, and I'll lend you all my power."
"Don't even think about it." Kushina Uzumaki refused without hesitation. "If you won't help, then we'll die together."
"Damn it." The Nine-Tails snorted. "There won't be any danger. I've already sensed an extremely powerful mass of dark chakra coming this way."
"What?" Kushina Uzumaki had yet to react.
Then a sharp cry came from the real world: "Break!"
A blade rang out as the Unintentional Blade left its sheath. Its curve swept through the air, its graceful gleam like a young woman's freshly drawn eyebrows. Layer upon layer of lightning reflected off its mirrorlike surface, carrying boundless might as it converged into a single point descending from above and pierced the very center of the storm whipped up by the Sand Ninja.
The enormous mass of sand vanished in an instant, and the arcs of electricity that shot out followed the chakra within the sand, carrying a paralyzing effect.
Anyo's shadow clone flashed like lightning and unleashed the Illusion Blade Technique. In just a few blinks, every attacking Sand Ninja had fallen, and not one of them was still breathing.
That was close. I almost didn't make it.
Seeing that Mikoto was out of danger, Anyo breathed a sigh of relief.
The two Anbu recognized the newcomer and called out together, "Lord Night!"
Ignoring them, Anyo walked straight up to Kushina Uzumaki and demanded, "Why weren't you using your full strength just now? If I'd arrived a little later, you would all have died. Do you understand?"