"Hah!!! Rise!"
With his hands pressed tightly together, Nagato's face began to contort from exertion. Cold sweat beaded across his forehead, and his body trembled.
But his efforts paid off.
Before long, the terrifying Buddha, nearly a thousand meters tall, began to lose its weight. Amid thunderous rumbling and dragonlike clouds of dust, it actually rose slowly into the air. Hashirama Senju's expression shifted.
"I never imagined you could go this far.
Young man, I, Hashirama Senju, would call you..."
"Stop fooling around! It's time to go, big brother!"
Tobirama Senju appeared beside Hashirama in an instant, his expression grim. He placed a hand on Hashirama's shoulder, then activated the Flying Thunder God Technique. In the blink of an eye, they were gone.
Only the great Buddha was drawn up into the sky.
Finally, like a crashing meteorite, it slammed into the enormous sphere suspended above and was completely buried beneath the rubble that continued to pile onto it.
Countless black markings appeared in overlapping layers across the sphere's surface. It was a powerful sealing jutsu capable of suppressing the Nine Tailed Beasts.
Naruto and Sasuke were startled by the figure that suddenly appeared before them. Minato promptly disarmed them, grabbed the backs of their collars, and vanished.
So fast! His speed is on a completely different level from before. Even if my Sharingan can see him, my body can't react. Damn it!
Sasuke's vision blurred, and he found that he had already been taken away, appearing on a protruding rock at the edge of the battlefield.
Minato rested his hands on their shoulders.
Naruto scratched his head in puzzlement as he looked at Minato.
"It's too dangerous over there. Getting caught in the crossfire is no joke."
Minato explained.
"Oh, no, I was wondering why you're helping us,