"Ahhh..."
Kushina let out a yawn.
"So, are we just going to keep waiting here?"
Quite a bit of time had already passed.
The sun was nearly setting.
"Let's wait a little longer. Kamito is educating Konoha's future, after all."
Minato Namikaze watched Uchiha Shisui and Uchiha Itachi with an appreciative expression.
Their ideas were undeniably childish, but unexpectedly, they were both pretty good kids.
They just needed a little proper guidance.
"Huh? What's wrong? Why are you all staring at me?"
Minato asked in confusion.
He had suddenly noticed that Aburame Shiken, Hyūga Hiyasu, Ryoha, and Hideki were all looking at him with rather strange expressions.
"Ah, it's nothing. Nothing at all."
The four of them hurriedly changed the subject.
How strange.
No matter how they looked at it, Minato should have been the same type of person as Itachi and Shisui.
So why had he never ended up like that?
Could this be the terror of a hidden black-hearted saint?
(Minato Namikaze: No, seriously. What kind of people were around Itachi and Shisui? And what kind of people were around me when I was in school? It's obviously a case of being influenced by your surroundings!)
"Have you figured it out yet? We've already waited an entire day. We don't have any time pressure, but we can't keep wasting time like this."
Uchiha Kamito asked.
For the sake of these two kids from his clan, he had practically exhausted himself.
"Kill, kill, kill... I absolutely refuse to become a sinner of the Land of Fire, a sinner of Konoha. Kill them all. Kill them all."
Uchiha Kamito slapped his forehead again in frustration.
It's over.
The kid had completely fallen into darkness.
Now he'd have to drag him back out.
Raising children really was the biggest headache.
"White Eyes, give me a hand."
"Get lost. Is that how you ask someone for help?"
"Tch. Fine then. It's not like those two tricks of yours are anything special."
Uchiha Kamito extended his right hand.
He tapped several points around Uchiha Shisui.
Shisui instantly became completely unable to move.
"Watch more, listen more, think more. Talk less and move less. Got it?"
After saying that, he turned toward Uchiha Itachi.
"If you still can't figure it out, how about keeping your Shisui-niichan company for a while?"
"I figured it out! Completely! Totally! From now on, Uncle, whatever you say, I'll do."
"Good boy."
Shisui, who couldn't move or speak:
So that was the correct answer. Let me go! I know how to answer now too!
"Hey, let's get started. Everything's settled over here."
Only then did the others step forward.
"Perfect timing. Another beautiful night."
Aburame Shiken sighed emotionally.
"Kushina, how's it looking? Any problems?"
"Not a single one."
Kushina replied confidently.
Inside her seal space, the Nine-Tails was equally confident.
Finally.
Finally.
Its moment had arrived.
It absolutely had to perform well.
It couldn't afford to mess with Konoha, but surely it could handle the Hidden Cloud Village.
"Good. Kamito, you can open the show."
"No problem. After spending so long teaching these kids, I've been itching to fight."
Uchiha Kamito replied with a smile.
If he couldn't beat up children, he could beat up them instead.
"Kakashi."
"Yeah?"
"Watch carefully. This move is going to look really cool."
"Oh."
Uchiha Kamito drew his ninja sword.
Holding it in his right hand, he ran two fingers of his left hand along the blade.
Immediately, blazing flames erupted across the entire sword.
Facing the direction of the Hidden Cloud Village, Uchiha Kamito swung downward with tremendous force.
"Fire Release: One-Blade Cremation."
Crack!
The entire Hidden Cloud Village was instantly split in two by a massive sword scar.
One second later, blazing flames erupted from the cut, rapidly spreading until they engulfed the entire village.
Beside him, Kakashi looked at the short blade in his own hand.
Then he looked at the long sword in Kamito's hand, its flames gradually dying down.
A thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
Compared to a short blade... he actually preferred long swords.
...
Meanwhile, below in the Hidden Cloud Village, chaos had already erupted.
"Enemy attack! Enemy attack! Everyone, get to the shelters immediately! Everyone, get to the shelters immediately!"
"Help me! I don't want to die!"
A man trapped beneath a collapsed building screamed desperately for help.
"Please help me! I spent my entire life saving that money! Without it, how am I supposed to live?"
Some people worked their whole lives only to lose everything overnight.
"Hey! What are you doing?!"
"Shut up! Who knows whether we'll survive this? Let me have some fun first. I've wanted you for a long time."
"Ah! No! Stop!"
Some used the raging fire as an excuse to indulge their lust.
"That's my money! You can't take it!"
"Get lost. If it's in my hands, it's mine."
Others used the disaster to loot and enrich themselves.
The great fire exposed the ugliest sides of human nature.
"Everyone, follow orders and proceed to the shelters immediately!"
"Anyone taking advantage of the situation—kill them."
Cee swiftly cut down the man attempting to assault a woman.
"Anyone looting property—kill them."
"Anyone refusing orders—kill them."
After only a few decisive actions, Cee quickly stabilized the situation.
However, his actions were noticed by one of the masterminds behind the attack.
Hyūga Hiyasu said,
"Found a pretty impressive guy. That should be Cee, the Hidden Cloud Village's future strategist. What do you think? Should I get rid of him?"
"No need."
Aburame Shiken smiled.
"Smart people like him often become our greatest allies. He'll help us deliver our message to the Hidden Cloud Village."
"Seriously? The Hidden Cloud Village has never produced a missing-nin."
Hiyasu looked completely unconvinced.
"We don't need him to become a missing-nin. As long as he feels responsible for the Hidden Cloud Village, he's easy to deal with. People like that are the simplest to manipulate."
He turned to Kushina.
"Kushina, cause more destruction later and kill fewer people. Let's plant a small nail."
"Oh. That's fine. This lady never enjoyed bullying the weak anyway."
"ROAR!"
A thunderous roar echoed through the battlefield.
Killer B had completely transformed into the Eight-Tails.
An enormous amount of chakra gathered inside its mouth.
A Tailed Beast Bomb shot straight toward the group.
"Minato, your turn."
"Leave it to me."
Minato rapidly formed hand seals.
As the massive Tailed Beast Bomb approached them, it suddenly seemed to fall into another dimension.
Then it vanished completely.
Seeing this, both Killer B and the Eight-Tails stared in disbelief.
How was that possible?!
How could a Tailed Beast Bomb simply disappear?
Of course, it hadn't disappeared.
It had merely reappeared inside the Hidden Cloud Village.
The moment Killer B realized what had happened, he immediately threw himself forward.
Using his enormous body, he blocked the attack of his own Tailed Beast Bomb to protect the village.
As a result, the Eight-Tails' body was covered in wounds.
"Are you alright, B?"
The Eight-Tails asked anxiously.
"I'm fine—"
Pfft!
Killer B spat out a mouthful of blood.
"B!"
"I'm fine. Just a few broken ribs. The enemy's over there. Let's go. We can't use Tailed Beast Bombs anymore."
"Right."
The Eight-Tails charged forward.
Then, just as suddenly, it retreated at incredible speed.
"ROAR!"
The strongest Tailed Beast in the ninja world—
the Nine-Tails had arrived.
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