"Got you, Nine-Tails."
The masked man who suddenly appeared had a terrifying ambition gleaming in his eyes.
He emerged abruptly from the ceiling, reaching out with his sinister hand towards Kushina, who was in a weakened state!
Just as he was about to succeed, a yellow figure suddenly appeared in front of Kushina.
Minato's golden hair swayed gently, and his sapphire-blue eyes firmly locked onto the enemy before him.
The moment he appeared, he threw a specially crafted three-pronged kunai from his hand!
The sharp kunai, carrying a dangerous aura, aimed directly at the black-clad masked man who had suddenly appeared.
Seeing this, Obito, beneath the mask, had no choice but to abandon his plan to strike successfully.
He quickly entered a state of intangibility, allowing Minato's kunai to pass harmlessly through his body.
"As expected of the legendary 'Yellow Flash,' arriving just in time," Obito said in a rough, hoarse voice.
"Thanks for the compliment," Minato replied, another kunai appearing in his hand as he assumed a combat stance, ready to strike.
Because Senior Danzo had shared some information about this mysterious man with him, Minato knew that his opponent possessed a troublesome intangibility ability, rendering him immune to all damage.
The only vulnerability appeared during the brief moment when Obito launched an attack.
Therefore, Minato was now searching for that fleeting opportunity to strike.
If he could swiftly eliminate this guy, he would be free to support the village.
However, Obito did not give him the chance for a one-hit kill.
Instead, like Minato, he was also looking for the perfect moment to strike.
To ensure the safety of the child, Sarutobi Biwako immediately carried the baby away from the battlefield.
But just as she stepped out of the delivery room, a large number of white spores began to uncontrollably sprout from her body!
In less than a second, they grew into several white humanoid monsters with only half a face.
The rapid growth of the White Zetsu almost instantly drained Biwako's chakra, causing her to collapse to the ground.
"What kind of monsters are these?!" Tsunade's pupils contracted sharply.
She was about to step forward, but her body also began to sprout White Zetsu!
Although she immediately used her chakra scalpel to cut them off, her speed was still too slow.
One of the White Zetsu detached from Biwako's body and reached out to grab little Naruto.
"I wonder if you'll choose your weakened wife or your newborn child, my dear teacher!"
Obito's eyes gleamed with malice as he eagerly anticipated the choice the Yellow Flash would make.
Just as Minato hesitated, a blade of light erupted!
Danzo slashed through the wall of the operating room, simultaneously cutting the White Zetsu that was reaching for Naruto in half.
Then, with one hand, Danzo grabbed the still-swaddled Naruto, while his other hand wielded a long sword infused with terrifying wind-style chakra.
In an instant, Danzo appeared in front of Obito and delivered a lightning-fast slash!
The terrifying wind blade spread like ripples, and a thin white line of light appeared.
The entire building they were in was sliced in half.
"Such terrifying swordsmanship..." Obito said, though he had avoided the attack by using his intangibility, he was still shaken.
After all, during his time in the Land of Rain, he had nearly been killed by Danzo.
This guy's wind-style techniques were definitely not to be underestimated.
As the building slowly tilted to one side, Danzo narrowed his eyes.
Almost... but not quite.
Although his wind-style ultimate technique, "Void Sword," was said to be capable of cutting through space, it was still difficult to threaten Obito, who was in a different dimension.
"Minato, take the child and leave this place. I'll handle things here," Danzo said to Minato.
The situation was too dangerous, and Naruto's continued presence here not only posed a risk to his life but would also distract Kushina and Minato.
"Understood. I'll leave it to you, Senior Danzo. I'll return as soon as possible!" Minato glanced at Kushina, then quickly moved to Naruto's side.
Using the Flying Thunder God Technique, he teleported Naruto to a secret base.
After carefully placing Naruto and setting up a barrier, Minato gently patted the baby's belly and said, "Sorry, Naruto. Daddy has to go protect Mommy now."
With that, he prepared to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to return to Kushina's side.
But at that moment, a terrifying presence descended.
He rushed out of the house and looked up at the sky, where the massive Seven-Tails was hovering above Konoha.
A huge black energy ball was rapidly forming in front of it.
"A Tailed Beast Bomb..." Minato gritted his teeth as he watched.
Having faced tailed beasts multiple times, he knew just how devastating this attack could be. If it hit the village, a large portion of the area would be obliterated in an instant!
As the Fourth Hokage, he could not allow such a thing to happen.
At this moment, the five characters on the back of his Hokage robe seemed to glow.
"Kushina, please hold on a little longer..." With that, Minato activated the Flying Thunder God Technique and appeared on the Hokage Monument.
The moment he appeared, the Seven-Tails completed its charge.
A catastrophic ninjutsu descended from the sky—a massive Tailed Beast Bomb, dozens of meters in diameter, hurtling down from above.
"No way..."
"An attack like this will destroy the entire village!"
Faced with such an attack, many ninja were filled with despair.
Even Hiruzen Sarutobi and Shisui Uchiha felt a deep sense of helplessness.
The truth was, Konoha was severely lacking in anti-air capabilities.
Against the Seven-Tails' relentless bombardment, they had no way to counter it.
Even the Mangekyō Sharingan, said to be the most effective against tailed beasts, was useless at this distance.
Standing atop the Seven-Tails' head, Orochimaru's long hair fluttered wildly in the wind as he laughed, "Perish, Konoha!"
He seemed to already see the village crumbling under the Tailed Beast Bomb.
Just as everyone was consumed by despair, Minato Namikaze, clad in his Hokage robe, finally made his grand entrance.
"My apologies, everyone. I'm late," Minato said, placing one hand on the ground.
Without waiting for a response, he disappeared again, reappearing in mid-air.
"It's the Fourth Hokage!" Many people saw his figure and couldn't help but feel a sense of relief.
Minato did not disappoint them.
He raised his kunai, and a large number of sealing formulas spread out from his hand, forming a web-like pattern in the air!
As the massive Tailed Beast Bomb descended, it seemed to be swallowed by an invisible pocket the moment it touched the web of seals.
In the next second, a terrifying explosion, akin to a nuclear blast, erupted outside the village!
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