Kakuzu and Kisame Hoshigaki, stationed outside Konoha Village, were stunned.
They clearly knew this was Chinya's Shadow Clone, yet they had no way to deal with it.
After all, this clone possessed half of Chinya's chakra and could use his jutsu.
Chinya's Shadow Clone was currently exchanging ninjutsu attacks with Kisame and Kakuzu.
If it were just a regular Shadow Clone, Kisame and Kakuzu could have handled it easily.
The problem lay in the fact that Chinya's Shadow Clone could also utilize Kenbunshoku Haki.
This made capturing Chinya's clone extremely difficult for them.
As for Chinya himself, Kisame and Kakuzu didn't even dare hope they could defeat him.
Earlier, Chinya's [Thunder Flash Swift Speed] technique had left both of them shaken to their cores.
But failing to take down even one clone? That's just pathetic.
Come to think of it, how much chakra did Chinya actually have?
Why does this clone keep using jutsu without stopping?!
They couldn't get close at all.
...
Back in Konoha.
Under Hiruzen Sarutobi's command, Konoha ninja were evacuating villagers and organizing resistance against the Nine-Tails.
Watching from afar, Chinya found the whole thing laughable.
"Using shuriken and kunai on the Nine-Tails? Are they here auditioning for a comedy act? Why does someone like that even qualify as a ninja? The entry requirements are so low."
Chinya watched several ninja leap toward the Nine-Tails and energetically hurl kunai and shuriken from their ninja tool pouches at it.
Although the kunai bore explosive tags, the resulting explosions on the massive fox body felt no more significant than a tickle—perhaps not even that.
The Nine-Tails simply roared, releasing a powerful gust that blew all those ninja away.
The Nine-Tails smacked the airborne ninjas like ragdolls.
Those hit faced near-certain death. Even survivors would end up with every bone broken.
Suddenly, Chinya turned his gaze toward Hokage Rock. "Finally here?"
On Hokage Rock, where Minato Namikaze's face was carved, the real Minato appeared.
Chinya refocused himself. Although he'd resolved Uzumaki Miyuki's life-threatening crisis caused by the Nine-Tails, new dangers still awaited her ahead.
Minato fixed his serious gaze upon the rampaging Nine-Tails in the distance.
"Bearing the name of Hokage, protecting our families within the village—this is my duty now. I won't allow you to run wild any longer!"
The Nine-Tails noticed Minato as well, turning its entire body to face him, fixing a ferocious glare on the Hokage.
Minato murmured, "You noticed me, huh?"
The Nine-Tails opened its mouth, starting to gather energy into a Tailed Beast Ball.
Minato quickly performed hand seals. "I won't let you destroy this place!"
The beast fired the Tailed Beast Ball directly at Minato, which sped straight toward him.
The Tailed Beast Ball ripped through the earth, leaving a massive trench in its wake.
Unexpectedly, the ball stopped mid-flight.
Looking closely, it wasn't completely halted—it had been drawn into a technical formation.
When the Tailed Beast Ball had completely sunk into the technical formation, Minato Namikaze took out a kunai.
[**Flying Thunder God Second Stage!**]
In the next second, a massive explosion erupted far outside the Konoha Village.
Minato had transferred the Tailed Beast Ball using the Flying Thunder God Technique.
A mountain was flattened under the blast of the Tailed Beast Ball.
Minato glanced toward the explosion, tilting his head slightly.
With such a large scale, he'd have to be careful choosing where it detonated.
Seeing that Nine-Tails' Tailed Beast Ball had been moved, Hiruzen Sarutobi and others realized immediately it was Minato's doing.
Minato now wanted to inform Hiruzen about the current situation.
Yet one hand silently reached from behind, attempting to grab Minato.
Minato sensed something, tightened his grip on the Flying Thunder God Kunai, and stabbed backward.
To his surprise, the kunai and his arm passed through the enemy's head like mist—only for his wrist to be grabbed.
Obito Uchiha spoke solemnly: **"Your opponent is me. And... this is the end!"**
Obito activated Kamui, trying to pull Minato into the space-time dimension.
At the moment Minato was about to be drawn inside, he used the Flying Thunder God Technique and vanished from the spot.
Underneath his mask, Obito frowned slightly. **"Escaped... You're fast. Next time, I'll absorb you faster—finish you off the moment we make contact."**
Minato reappeared outside the small hut where he had earlier dodged an explosive tag attached to Naruto's baby carrier.
**"My attack went right through him, yet he could regain form again—and tried to suck me in immediately. What exactly is that ninja technique?!"**
As Minato pondered, the space ahead distorted.
Obito Uchiha appeared once more.
**"See how far you can run now, Minato Namikaze!"**
Minato stayed on high alert—this was no ordinary opponent standing before him.
He controlled Nine-Tails, wielded superior Space-Time Ninjutsu, and carried dangerous ideals.
If they didn't settle things here, the consequences could become even worse than the Nine-Tails' rampage.
If he returned to the village, this man would follow, plunging the battlefield into chaos.
Minato Namikaze glanced toward the left where Chinya was fighting. Anyone holding their own against Chinya by now can't possibly be a normal opponent.
With Chinya now tied up in battle, Minato had no choice but to entrust the village's safety to Hiruzen Sarutobi. He had to keep Obito Uchiha occupied here.
Obito Uchiha locked heavy chains around his wrists.
Obito sneered, "[Now that the Nine-Tails] has been unleashed, you have no hope left!"
Obito charged at Minato Namikaze, and Minato rushed forward to meet him as well.
The clash between mentor and student was about to begin.
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