"Reanimation Jutsu—"
After Sato used Wood Style: Deep Forest Emergence to create the most suitable battle environment, the Split Entity did not cooperate with Sato. Instead, it immediately controlled Namikaze Minato to sacrifice himself, asking Sato to extract the Yin Kurama and put it back into Naruto's body.
Instead, he performed hand seals and summoned two coffins again.
After the coffin lids fell at a 90-degree angle, two figures covered in cracks emerged. If Chiyo, Kakashi, or even the White Zetsu clone saw this scene, they would instantly recognize the identities of these two figures. Like the Third Raikage, Third Kazekage, and Namikaze Minato, they were members of the Five Kage of the past.
One of them was the Fourth Kazekage of Sunagakure, Gaara's father—Rasa. This was one of the trophies that Sato had obtained from Orochimaru.
The other person was one of the five most dazzling stars of the First Ninja World War, the Second Mizukage of Kirigakure, who died alongside the Second Tsuchikage—Gengetsu Hōzuki.
This was one of Sato's achievements over the past two and a half years.
Unlike the Third Raikage and Third Kazekage, whose strength had been severely weakened, the Second Mizukage and Fourth Kazekage, who were summoned via the Reanimation Jutsu this time, were infinitely close to their prime.
Brush—
Almost the moment the two Kage appeared, Golden Chakra suddenly erupted from Namikaze Minato. This Golden Chakra covered his whole body, and his appearance quickly changed from the Reanimated state to a silhouette with six Magatama on the neckline and two small horns on his head.
This silhouette was exactly the Nine-Tails Mode.
"Yes, Nine-Tails Mode, not Kurama Mode. This form can be said to be a perfect Jinchūriki, but it is not truly a perfect Jinchūriki. Because Kurama has not yet recognized Naruto, he will naturally not recognize Namikaze Minato, who sealed him.
The reason why Namikaze Minato in the original story could enter Kurama Mode instantly is that Yin Kurama and Yang Kurama are one. At that time, Kurama had already recognized Naruto, so Yin Kurama naturally recognized Namikaze Minato and chose to fight side-by-side with the father and son.
But now, Kurama has not recognized Naruto and also hates Namikaze Minato, so it is naturally impossible to activate Kurama Mode.
The Nine-Tails Mode can be activated simply because Namikaze Minato is too strong. Even without regaining his consciousness, the Split Entity can force him to exert this level of power. To be precise, it is because of the Split Entity that the unconscious Namikaze Minato can exert this power.
Because the Split Entity is also one of Sato's avatars and possesses Sato's memories. It is different from Yakushi Kabuto, a gamer who doesn't know how to play Nagato properly. The Split Entity is genuinely good at playing Namikaze Minato.
So, after Namikaze Minato entered the Nine-Tails Mode, the Split Entity directly used the Dustless Bewildering Cover to enter an invisible state, and then used the Earth Style: Lightened Boulder Jutsu to float into the air.
After giving the other Five Kage the order to fight freely, the Split Entity focused on controlling Namikaze Minato and engaged in a fierce battle with Sato, the main body, with both hands bound.
Currently, Shukaku (One-Tail) has not finished being sealed, and it will take at least a few days until Matatabi (Two-Tails) is sealed again. When the sealing of Matatabi is about to end, extracting the Yin Kurama from Namikaze Minato's body and restoring the Nine-Tails in Naruto to its full state is the best way to kill two birds with one stone.
Therefore, Sato can't let the battle end so quickly; at least he has to play with the Split Entity for a few days. And the acting can't be clumsy—it must look like a real fight.
Under the control of the Split Entity, Namikaze Minato raised his right hand. Blue and purple Chakra emerged in a 2:8 ratio, quickly forming a super-dense hybrid energy sphere in his palm.
This energy sphere was impressively a technique that Jinchūriki can only use in at least a Version 2 state, and its level had reached S-rank—the Tailed Beast Ball.
The reason why Namikaze Minato developed the Rasengan was that he was inspired by this trick. But other Jinchūriki mostly condense the Tailed Beast Ball in front of their mouths. Namikaze Minato, however, condenses a small Tailed Beast Ball in the fashion of a Rasengan. Despite the small size of this Tailed Beast Ball, its power is not weak at all.
Boom!!!
After Namikaze Minato condensed the Rasengan-like Tailed Beast Ball, he entered the Golden Body Mode, and his figure suddenly disappeared without warning.
In the next second, a deafening explosion erupted in the forest inside the barrier. A gigantic mushroom cloud rose from the center of the barrier, making the White Zetsu outside anxious. If it wasn't too far away, he wouldn't be stopped outside the barrier.
If the barrier in front of him was just the Four Violet Flames Formation, then the White Zetsu clone would have ignored it and entered. It's a pity that the barrier in front of him is dozens of times stronger than the Four Violet Flames Formation—even the Mayfly Technique can't bypass it.
Therefore, the White Zetsu clone could only look at the dense sea of trees and imagine the scene inside through the sound of the explosion. The explosion inside the barrier was naturally caused by the Tailed Beast Ball.
However, Namikaze Minato's Flying Raijin sneak attack failed to catch Sato and the others. Before the Tailed Beast Ball exploded, Sato used the Wood Style: Hōbi Technique in time to protect Hinata and the others; even Chiyo, who was an ally, was no exception.
After the mushroom cloud dissipated, a certain area of the sea of trees had vanished. However, several wooden shields in the shape of fangs and grimaces remained intact. Having resisted the explosion of the Tailed Beast Ball without damage, it was evident that the defensive power of these wooden shields was immense.
"Kakashi-sensei, Karin, Hinata, Sakura, and that senior, please lead the enemy to the edge of the barrier."
After Sato unlocked all the shields, he looked at Namikaze Minato, who had entered the Nine-Tails Mode in front of him, and said with a serious face: "I may not be able to take care of you in the next battle. If there is any change in the situation, the Wood Clone will immediately open the barrier and let you out."
"I see." Kakashi nodded gravely.
Facing his teacher's Flying Raijin + Tailed Beast Ball, even he couldn't react to it, let alone use Kamui to warp the explosion away. This battle between Flying Raijin users, as well as Wood Style versus the strongest Tailed Beast, was no longer something they could participate in at their level.
"Sato, be careful."
Then, Kakashi took Hinata and the others toward the edge of the darkness. Sensing the movement of their Chakra, the Third Raikage and others chased after them.
After the teammates left, Sato used Wood Style to restore the sea of trees again and used the full strength of his Lightning Chakra Mode (Bright Vest) to start a five-day and five-night battle with Namikaze Minato.
Yes, this battle… lasted five days and five nights!
In addition to hiding his Sage Mode and Wood Release, Sato used the full strength of his normal Lightning Chakra Mode, such as the Deep Forest Bloom and Wood Dragon Technique, as well as Senju Tobirama's Water Style—almost all used several times.
The sea of trees inside the Four Red Yang Formation was also destroyed by them over and over again. Constantly destroyed, Sato continued to recreate it.
As strong as Sato was, it was impossible for his Chakra to last until now naturally. What kept him going was Namikaze Minato's infinite Chakra, the Nine-Tails Chakra, and Wood Style's ability to absorb Chakra.
Whenever Sato was about to run out of Chakra, Namikaze Minato, under the control of the Split Entity, would be caught by Sato's branches, which would absorb Chakra crazily. But just when Sato wanted to seal him, Namikaze Minato, always using the Flying Raijin Technique, would break free from his shackles.
This led the White Zetsu clone, who could only watch the battle for a while when the sea of trees was destroyed from time to time, to be unable to tell who had the advantage.
But the five days and five nights of fighting made the members of Akatsuki fall into silence.