Rengoku had no interest at all in getting tangled up with Sara right now. He only shot her a cold glance. In the instant their eyes met, an invisible force burst straight out from Rengoku's eyes.
Sara only felt her vision suddenly go black. Before she could react, the world spun violently, and she lost consciousness, collapsing stiffly onto the ground.
At that very moment, a deafening roar echoed through the air. The incredibly thick and heavy door in front of Rengoku was suddenly blasted open by an overwhelmingly powerful force.
Amid flying rubble and billowing dust, Naruto's figure was like a kite with its string cut, violently blown away by the shockwave of the explosion.
Immediately after, a massive puppet slowly crawled out through the shattered doorway.
At the puppet's head, Anrokuzan's twisted, ferocious face was clearly visible. He was flailing wildly as he roared, "What's wrong, brat from Konoha! If you've got it, keep going!"
Naruto struggled to his feet, swaying unsteadily. A trace of blood spilled from the corner of his mouth, clearly showing how badly that blow had injured him.
Even so, Naruto clenched his teeth and endured the pain as he snapped back, "Damn it, I'm out of chakra!"
Hearing Naruto's words, Anrokuzan immediately let out an extremely arrogant burst of laughter, "Hahahaha! Looks like it's all over! You overconfident idiots were never my match!"
Just as Anrokuzan was getting carried away with his triumph, a strange voice suddenly sounded, "That's right. It really is over."
Anrokuzan froze, hurriedly turning his head, only to see a cold-faced man flying straight toward him at an astonishing speed.
As the man flew through the air, his hands formed seals at lightning speed. Streams of runic symbols poured endlessly from his hands.
Those runes rapidly intertwined and converged in midair, forming a gigantic formation in the blink of an eye.
Rengoku raised the formation high above him and shot forward like a meteor, then slammed a single palm onto the body of the puppet Anrokuzan was controlling.
In that instant, dense layers of sealing marks spread rapidly across the puppet's body, like a mysterious spiderweb wrapping it up tight.
Anrokuzan's eyes went wide, his face filled with terror, because he shockingly realized that, the powerful Dragon Vein energy that had been flowing into him without end had, without any warning at all, completely cut off its connection to him.
As the energy supply abruptly stopped, the enormous puppet fell apart in midair like a pile of blocks that had lost their support.
Anrokuzan himself, flailing helplessly, fell straight down like a kite out of control.
With a loud "bang," he slammed heavily into the ground, kicking up a cloud of dust.
The ground instantly caved in, leaving behind a deep crater, showing just how violent the impact was.
At this moment, Minato finally rushed to the scene.
His figure flashed, and he instantly teleported over at incredible speed.
He grabbed Naruto, then quickly retreated to Sara's side, who was already unconscious on the ground.
Rengoku slowly turned his head back, a faint smile spreading across his face as he said softly, "Yo, Minato. Long time no see."
Hearing this sudden greeting, Minato couldn't help but pause slightly.
He focused his gaze. This stranger had defeated Anrokuzan so easily, which immediately made Minato wary.
However, before he could react any further, those blood-red eyes entered his view.
"Crap!", Minato's heart shook, a sense of danger surged up, but it was already too late to dodge.
In an instant, an invisible force surged out from the other man's eyes and completely enveloped his body.
Under the influence of this eerie pupil technique, Minato felt as if his body had been hit with a binding spell. It suddenly became stiff, unable to move at all.
"Big brother!", Naruto cried out in alarm when he saw this.
But before the words had even finished leaving his mouth, Rengoku had already moved in like a ghost. He reached out with one hand and, without hesitation, grabbed Naruto's head, forcing him to meet his gaze.
Immediately after, Naruto was frozen in place as well, as if his pressure points had been sealed.
At the same time, with his sharp perception, Rengoku had already sensed Minato's teammates and Naruto's companions approaching with a large number of the Roran villagers.
A black bead appeared in Rengoku's hand once again.
He opened the Bond Star and accessed Naruto's bond inside Minato's space.
He unlocked the second bond.
["Ding! Uzumaki Naruto level-two bond unlocked."]
["Congratulations to the host for obtaining: Uzumaki Naruto's 10% chakra."]
Rengoku infused it together with his own pupil chakra.
Next, Rengoku reached out and pinched Naruto's mouth open, without the slightest hesitation stuffing that mysterious bead straight inside.
Then he gently pushed forward with his palm, and Naruto involuntarily gulped, swallowing the bead down in one go.
In an instant, the restraints placed on Naruto vanished completely.
After regaining his freedom, Naruto was terrified. He hurriedly crouched to the side, desperately sticking his fingers down his throat, trying to vomit it back up, dry-heaving as he angrily demanded:
"You! Who are you, anyway? What did you just make me eat?"
However, in the face of Naruto's barrage of questions, Rengoku acted as if he hadn't heard a thing and ignored him completely.
Instead, he walked straight over to Minato and released the restraints binding his body.
Minato reacted instantly, grabbing Naruto and retreating rapidly.
Although his expression was cautious, he did not appear overly panicked.
After all, judging from the other man's actions just now, there didn't seem to be any obvious malicious intent.
At this moment, Minato's gaze fell on the Uchiha clan attire that Rengoku was wearing, and a hint of curiosity rose in his heart.
He thought to himself, "Could this person be from the Uchiha clan? Looks like I'll need to investigate this properly once we get back."
As Minato's thoughts raced, the tightly shut door behind them slowly opened, and two figures lunged fiercely toward Rengoku like bolts of lightning.
Looking closely, one of them was Yamato. His right arm instantly transformed into a massive tree, surging toward Rengoku with fierce momentum.
The other was Kakashi. With swift movements, he pulled several shuriken from his waist and hurled them straight at Rengoku without hesitation.
Facing such a rapid assault from the two of them, Rengoku merely narrowed his eyes slightly, the Sharingan within them beginning to spin rapidly.
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