Chōmei's firm voice answered Gekko Chizan's doubts.
"Not the Nine-Tails?"
"Right. The cave is filled with raging emotions right now. It looks like the Nine-Tails' jinchūriki, that little girl, has gone berserk."
Berserk???
To make Kushina lose control at this moment, there could only be one reason.
That is...
Her son was taken!
...
Inside the cave.
Uchiha Makito relied on the bizarre nature of his dōjutsu. Even when facing Namikaze Minato, he showed no fear at all.
After all, although Minato could use space-time ninjutsu to jump around, after his clash with Gekko Chizan,
Uchiha Makito had grown far more cautious, forcibly increasing an untouchable distance in front of himself as defense.
Although this consumed a massive amount of his ocular power, he did not want to be injured again by Flying Thunder God due to a mistake.
The sounds of fighting inside the cave made Kushina, who had just given birth to Naruto, frown deeply. Those blood-red eyes made her extremely uneasy.
At this moment, the Nine-Tails inside her body became restless first.
"Damned Uchiha!"
"Roar!"
The seal was already unstable due to childbirth. With this, the Nine-Tails began to riot, and the seal was on the verge of collapse.
"Damn it! Nine-Tails, you bastard!"
Kushina was furious inside!
Her man was fighting an unknown enemy out there, and this bastard chose this moment to cause trouble!
She casually grabbed a medicine case from the side. Without thinking, Kushina swallowed a pill from it.
This was medicine prepared in advance by Gekko Chizan.
Carefully produced by Orochimaru, it rapidly restored injuries and chakra, with no side effects.
The production was so low that Gekko Chizan had only three pills—one for himself, one for Pakura, and the last one was with Kushina.
As the pill went down, the Uzumaki clan's chakra transformed into golden chains and began suppressing the Nine-Tails.
"Bastard! Kushina, you're a complete bastard!"
"That's the Uchiha clan! That hatred-filled chakra is exactly the same as the one who controlled me before!"
"If you keep suppressing me like this, aren't you afraid he'll kill your man, then kill you too?!"
"No, it'd be better if you all died! But I refuse to be controlled by him!"
The Uzumaki clan's Adamantine Sealing Chains were extremely powerful. Even the Nine-Tails had no solution.
If it resisted head-on, it couldn't endure. If it tried to escape, it couldn't move. The fox was suffocating with frustration!
"Minato!"
Just as both sides were locked in a stalemate, the arrival of Sarutobi Hiruzen broke the situation.
The Third Hokage, Sarutobi Hiruzen—the Professor of Ninjutsu. Seeing his arrival, Uchiha Makito was somewhat speechless, already cursing Nagato countless times in his heart.
With one hand forming seals, he turned around and spat out a mouthful of ancient flames.
"Fire Release: Dragon Flame Roar Technique!"
If Gekko Chizan were here, he would definitely give this one a thumbs-up.
Orochimaru had humans spit snakes, snakes spit snakes.
This guy had humans spit fire, fire turn into dragons, dragons spit fire!
Blazing flames erupted from the dragon's mouth. Sarutobi Hiruzen's gaze sharpened—based on his experience, he immediately recognized how powerful this technique was.
He dared not be careless and formed seals rapidly.
"Water Release: Water Formation Wall."
"Summoning! Enma, help me! Adamantine Staff!"
As the water surged, a long staff suddenly pierced through the flames and water, charging straight toward Uchiha Makito.
The Adamantine Staff transformed from Enma originally planned to grab the opponent once it got close.
But in the next second, both he and his summoner were stunned—because no matter how much the Adamantine Staff extended, it could not touch the opponent.
"This is?"
"Dōjutsu! This is his dōjutsu! Mangekyō Sharingan!"
Namikaze Minato held a formula-marked kunai in his left hand, palm up with his right, as a blue-glowing Rasengan appeared.
He also launched an attack.
Upon hearing the words Mangekyō Sharingan, Sarutobi Hiruzen's pupils shrank. As the Third Hokage, he naturally understood what the Mangekyō Sharingan represented.
"So annoying! You people!"
"Wouldn't it be fine to just leave the Nine-Tails to me?!"
"Do you really have to force me to do this?!"
Seeing his actions being obstructed, Uchiha Makito's emotions began to destabilize.
His two Sharingan started spinning madly.
A pitch-black energy began to emerge from his body.
Black chakra transformed into flame-like matter, and skeletal structures began appearing one after another.
Very soon, a half-bodied skeleton clad in armor wrapped him in its center.
As the skeleton swung both arms, two weapons instantly appeared in his hands.
"Susanoo."
"Enma! Push him out! Don't fight here!"
"Minato, don't let him touch Kushina!"
Sarutobi Hiruzen swung the Adamantine Staff again, trying to force the opponent out. After all, he knew exactly how strong Susanoo was.
Namikaze Minato nodded heavily and casually threw out another formula-marked kunai, intending to attack using Flying Thunder God.
"Ahhh, aren't you annoying!"
"Hehehe, but..."
The two spears swung simultaneously—one collided with the Adamantine Staff, while the other forced Namikaze Minato back.
In the next instant, Uchiha Makito, wrapped in Susanoo, leapt past the two of them. Namikaze Minato used Flying Thunder God to appear directly in front of Kushina's birthing bed.
At the same time, he reached out to pull his son into his arms.
But things were never that smooth. Uchiha Makito grabbed Uzumaki Naruto a step ahead of him.
"Naruto!"
"My son!"
That single action completely ignited Kushina's emotions!
"Nine-Tails, you bastard! If you don't behave!"
"Even if I die, I'll take you with me! Give me chakra!"
Kushina's eyes turned incomparably crimson, the red light no weaker than the Sharingan.
Malicious crimson chakra began to cover Kushina's entire body.
One tail, two tails, three tails—until the fourth tail appeared.
Half-tailed beast transformation!
"Gone berserk?"
"Damn it!"
"Roar!"
Amid furious roars, the Nine-Tails' violent chakra fully erupted.
The four tails lashed out in all directions, forcibly destroying every seal inside the cave.
The cave collapsed.
Destroying the seals was only the first step. In the next moment, Kushina's target became Uchiha Makito.
She rose and unleashed a deliberate, devastating punch!
"Hmph!"
The spear was raised to block, but half-tailed beast transformation greatly increased strength. This punch blasted Uchiha Makito—along with Susanoo—straight out.
Still fighting fiercely outside, Gekko Chizan only saw a black skeletal frame and a mass of crimson chakra appear one after another in his vision.
"Susanoo?"
"The Nine-Tails? Half-tailed beast transformation?"
"It's over. This entire night has turned into utter chaos!"
"Chizan! Don't space out! It's coming again!"
"Shinra Tensei!"
A destructive shockwave surged toward him once more.
"This one's even more annoying!"
"I'm out!"
Flying Thunder God widened the distance. Then Gekko Chizan roared loudly:
"All Anbu, fall back!"
"The battle from here on no longer belongs to you!"