"How... could it be like this..."
Hatake Kakashi, the strongest among the group, knelt on both knees, gasping for breath.
Born with naturally low chakra reserves, he looked around.
In the sea of burning flames, Might Guy, Genma Shiranui, Ebisu, and the others had fallen to the ground, unconscious.
Now, in the entire back hill area, only two people remained standing.
One was Uchiha Mingyue, the cause of everything.
The other was Yūhi Kurenai, who had not made a move from beginning to end.
In less than five minutes.
The generation hailed as the strongest since the Sannin had been taken down.
Hatake Kakashi looked at Mingyue in disbelief and couldn't help but shout:
"Mingyue! Why? Why do you want to betray Konoha when you possess such power?!"
Kage-level!
Undoubtedly, a 15-year-old Kage-level!
A young genius just like his teacher, Namikaze Minato.
Coupled with the Uchiha bloodline, surpassing Namikaze Minato was not impossible.
However, Hatake Kakashi could not understand.
Why?
Why did this classmate choose betrayal?!
"Betrayal? Don't use that word loosely, alright? If I don't leave, I'm the one who will be unlucky later."
Mingyue answered Hatake Kakashi without any emotional fluctuation while turning his head to look down at the village.
Many Konoha ninjas were starting to rush this way.
Had they noticed the battle happening here?
"We will meet again in the future. Look forward to that day, classmate."
Mingyue smiled faintly, retracted his Elementalization, and the flames burning on his body surface gradually extinguished.
"Wait! You guy! Wait... for me!"
Sarutobi Asuma, who was lying on the ground, struggled to stand up again, trying to chase after him.
However, as the one who had been beaten the most severely among the group, let alone standing, he was already on the verge of fainting.
Mingyue completely ignored this short-lived ghost, striding forward to cross the back hills of Konoha and leave the Land of Fire.
However, at this moment, another beautiful figure blocked Mingyue's path.
Yūhi Kurenai!
Looking at the female classmate who was only 15 like him, but whose brows already revealed a faint charm, and with whom he shared a trace of unspoken affection.
Mingyue paused his steps slightly.
"Why..."
Yūhi Kurenai, who had not attacked the whole time, remained silent and conflicted for a long time, but could only barely squeeze out a single word.
Mingyue did not answer.
After all, he couldn't possibly say, "I am a transmigrator, I know Namikaze Minato is going to die tonight, and the Uchiha will be exterminated in a few years, so I'm slipping away in advance."
Regarding Yūhi Kurenai and that hint of ambiguity.
Mingyue never pointed it out because he knew he would leave sooner or later.
Silent for a few seconds, sensing the Konoha reinforcements gradually approaching from behind.
Mingyue suddenly reached out, wrapped his arm around Yūhi Kurenai's slender waist, and pressed a kiss on her lips.
Yūhi Kurenai's ruby-like eyes instantly widened, looking at the face close at hand in disbelief.
Two seconds later, she closed her eyes, becoming increasingly intoxicated.
"U... Uchiha Mingyue—you... you bas—ugh!"
Seeing this scene, Sarutobi Asuma's face turned green with anger, but before he could finish his sentence.
Under the double blow of severe physical pain and mental shock.
His body could not bear it for a moment, and he fainted directly.
This kiss did not last long before Mingyue released Yūhi Kurenai.
"Konoha will definitely be mine. Wait for me."
Leaving only this sentence, Mingyue's figure quickly vanished into the moonlight, never to be seen again.
He looked extremely like a scumbag.
However, that was indeed the truth.
Mingyue admitted he was an extremely selfish person.
Because such an action would inevitably push the Uchiha into a position even more opposed to the village.
Even if everything was destined.
Regarding Yūhi Kurenai, Mingyue liked her, but not to the extent of life and death.
But he absolutely could not hand her over to anyone else, which was why he gave her a preventive shot before leaving.
Yūhi Kurenai turned to look.
In the dark forest of the back mountain, Mingyue's back was long gone.
Yūhi Kurenai raised her hand slightly, touching her red lips with her fingertips, her face full of complex emotions, unknown thoughts running through her mind.
At this time, the Konoha reinforcements who noticed the commotion here had also arrived.
When they saw over a hundred young ninjas lying on the ground, they were all startled.
One of the ninjas from the Sarutobi Clan hurriedly ran forward, picked up the unconscious Sarutobi Asuma, and shouted:
"Young Master Asuma is injured! Quick, send him to the hospital!"
Another Konoha Chunin rushed to Hatake Kakashi's side, supported him, and asked:
"What on earth happened?"
Hatake Kakashi also looked in the direction Mingyue left with a complex expression. After thinking quickly, he replied:
"Ignore these things for now, reinforce the Hokage immediately!"
Mingyue had mentioned more than once just now that his teacher, the Fourth Hokage Namikaze Minato, would die tonight.
This made Hatake Kakashi feel extremely uneasy.
After hesitating for a while, Hatake Kakashi finally decided to ignore Mingyue for the time being and deal with the Nine-Tails matter first.
However, this matter could not be kept hidden.
Just as Hatake Kakashi prepared to drag his injured body to rush outside the village to reinforce Namikaze Minato.
Boom!!!
Above the horizon, a pillar of fire tore through the sky like a meteor, landing precisely on the Hokage Building.
Instantly, the entire Hokage Building turned into a sea of fire.
Everyone on the scene was scared silly.
The only person who could display Fire Release to such a vivid and thorough level was that man!
Also at this time, the sounds of battle between Namikaze Minato and the Nine-Tails outside the village stopped.
The battle between Namikaze Minato and the Nine-Tails.
Was the winner decided?
Hatake Kakashi looked towards the outside of the village, and in the next second, he ran quickly towards the village outskirts, praying constantly in his heart:
"It's fine, it's fine, Teacher must be fine..."
However, when Hatake Kakashi arrived at the village entrance, he did not see Namikaze Minato returning.
He only saw Sarutobi Hiruzen holding a baby with yellow hair who was obviously just born and crying loudly, saying with a face full of grief:
"Minato and his wife, in order to protect Konoha... sacrificed themselves."
Hatake Kakashi, who arrived just in time to hear these words, felt his mind go completely blank in an instant.
A few seconds later, his vision went dark, and he fainted right there.