Before long, waves of discussion spread through the area.
In the eyes of many Konoha shinobi, the Nine-Tails had truly provoked the wrong opponent this time. It had been publicly humiliated in front of the entire shinobi world.
"Haah. So even the Nine-Tails has a day like this."
Not far away, Kisame shook his head with lingering fear.
He finally understood that surrendering to Konoha and siding with the Fifth Hokage had been the wisest choice he could have made.
Otherwise, death might not have been the worst ending.
He might have ended up like the Nine-Tails, publicly humiliated before the world.
"The Nine-Tails is nothing special."
"Going berserk in front of Lord Fifth is just asking to die."
Deidara and Sasori exchanged glances. Both saw relief in each other's eyes.
To them, surrendering to Konoha had been a perfect decision.
"The Nine-Tails' reputation is completely ruined."
"Whenever I think of how it only acts tough against the weak, I can't stop laughing."
"If the Nine-Tails still wants face, it should hurry back into Naruto's body. Otherwise, it'll only become an even bigger joke."
Mei Terumi, Konan, the Queen of Loulan, Princess Sara, Tsunade, Jiraiya, Hiashi Hyūga, Uchiha Fugaku, and the others all smiled knowingly.
Strength was the only real truth.
Even the famous Nine-Tails had been humiliated in front of Uchiha Ren.
"Kakashi-sensei, so this is what the Nine-Tails is really like?"
In a corner, Sasuke sighed after a moment.
"I used to think the Nine-Tails was terrifying. Now it seems I was too shallow."
"Whoa!"
Sakura suddenly covered her mouth and cried out.
Because at that moment, the Nine-Tails seemed to have been driven mad by humiliation.
A terrifying wave of Tailed Beast chakra erupted from its body again, as if it still wanted to go berserk.
"You… really deserve to die."
The Nine-Tails, already socially dead, roared in helpless fury at the Fifth Hokage.
The next instant—
With a sharp burst of wind, the Nine-Tails turned and ran.
Yes.
It ran.
Clearly knowing it was no match for Uchiha Ren, the fully transformed Nine-Tails swung its nine tails violently and tried to flee Konoha.
It wanted to escape the village.
More importantly, it wanted to escape Uchiha Ren.
"One day, I'll come back."
"When that day comes, I'll repay today's humiliation a hundredfold."
As it fled Konoha, the Nine-Tails snorted coldly in its heart, its eyes filled with resentment.
Even after suffering social death, it refused to admit defeat.
After all, it was the legendary Nine-Tails.
What was public humiliation?
Once it escaped Konoha and hid for ten or twenty years, it would still be a proud Tailed Beast.
Unfortunately, reality changed faster than any plan.
It ran, but it underestimated Uchiha Ren's strength.
Bang!
A violent collision rang out.
Before many people could react, the Nine-Tails, which had almost escaped Konoha, seemed to slam into an invisible force.
Its massive body flew backward and crashed heavily into the ground.
A huge crater formed beneath it, and the shockwave shook Konoha several times.
"Nine-Tails, you're just a pet. You still want to run?"
Uchiha Ren appeared above the Nine-Tails in a flash and spoke calmly.
"I'll give you one more chance. Go back into Naruto's body yourself."
"Otherwise, bear the consequences."
The moment he finished speaking, a terrifying aura swept out and pressed down on the Nine-Tails at terrifying speed.
"Roar!"
After being smashed into the ground like trash, the Nine-Tails let out a painful roar.
Its eyes stared at Uchiha Ren with extreme humiliation.
As the legendary Nine-Tails, it had never suffered such contempt.
It wanted to erupt.
It wanted to go mad.
It wanted to destroy Konoha completely.
But reason told it not to.
If it did, it would die miserably.
In truth, the Nine-Tails did not fear death.
As a Tailed Beast, it was almost immortal.
But for some reason, it had a faint instinct.
Uchiha Ren could truly kill it.
Completely.
"What?"
Ren's lips curved slightly.
"Still unconvinced?"
"Wuu…"
The next instant, a deeply aggrieved sound rang out.
Then, under countless gazes, the Nine-Tails, which had looked so stubborn a moment ago, wagged its nine tails.
Like a pet, it let out an obedient whimper.
Silence.
Complete silence.
Looking at the Nine-Tails acting like a pet, many people present were stunned.
No one had expected the Nine-Tails, which had seemed ready to fight to the death, to suddenly obey so cleanly.
It had surrendered to reality.
This was enough to make countless jaws drop.
At first, many people had still doubted Hashirama and Madara's words.
No matter how miserable the Nine-Tails was, surely it could not really be like a pet, right?
Now, reality proved otherwise.
The Nine-Tails truly was a pet.
This thing really could not hurt anyone.
"So the Nine-Tails really is a pet…"
After a long silence, Kakashi lowered Make-Out Paradise and sighed.
"The Fifth Hokage is terrifying. Even the Nine-Tails was suppressed without effort."
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