The Mangekyō Sharingan's Genjutsu instantly took control of the Jinchūriki together with the Nine-Tails.
Although Uchiha Makito's attainments in Genjutsu were indeed a bit lacking, that did not affect the fact that the Nine-Tails under the illusion had already begun to go berserk.
The Sharingan's Genjutsu strike made the Nine-Tails directly recall those tragic memories from back then. For a moment, the nine tails began to flail wildly, and wherever they swept past, houses were completely destroyed.
And the instigator behind it all had already vanished without a trace.
Namikaze Minato was holding his son in his arms, his expression extremely grim.
Although he had saved his son, his wife had actually gone berserk—and inside the village, at that.
Namikaze Minato took a deep breath and handed Naruto to the ANBU ninja who rushed over beside him.
"Protect Naruto."
After saying that, his figure flashed as he charged toward the rampaging Nine-Tails.
Minato tried to use the Flying Thunder God Technique to get close to the Nine-Tails, but the powerful chakra fluctuations around it interfered with his ninjutsu.
"Damn it, in that case—Summoning Jutsu!"
A gigantic toad descended from the sky, directly giving the Nine-Tails a chance to make intimate contact with the ground.
Before Gamabunta could even react, he felt that the thing he was stepping on was slowly propping itself up. That terrifying aura left him completely stunned.
Once he reacted, he immediately started cursing at the top of his lungs:
"You bastard, Minato! It's bad enough that Jiraiya keeps screwing me over, but you little bastard are doing it too!"
"This is the Nine-Tails!"
Namikaze Minato did not respond. What else could he do? If he could, he truly wanted to wake Kushina right now, but the Nine-Tails was already berserk. At this stage, he could only suppress it first.
"Kushina…"
The only thing that comforted Minato was that his wife was merely berserk and not in any mortal danger.
The enemy had already disappeared as well. Next, all that remained was to suppress the Nine-Tails.
"Minato, get out of the way!"
"Enma, knock the Nine-Tails out!"
Suddenly, the enormous adamantine staff thickened and lengthened at the same time, slamming into the Nine-Tails' abdomen and forcibly pushing it out of the village through sheer brute strength.
Of course, all the buildings along the way were completely gone.
Among them was a building that was extremely important to Konoha.
The Ninja Academy!
Hatake Sakumo's eyes practically popped out of their sockets. The next second, his furious roar rang out:
"You damn Nine-Tails! My school!"
After shouting that, he turned into a streak of light and charged toward the Nine-Tails, the short blade in his hand fully coated with chakra.
His roar made both Sarutobi Hiruzen and Namikaze Minato shake their heads helplessly.
The two of them also stood atop Gamabunta's back and rushed toward the Nine-Tails.
But very soon, they discovered another astonishing thing. On the other side of the village, a massive amount of red light had dyed even the sky there crimson.
A gigantic red serpent was rampaging madly through the forest.
"Hmm? The smell of a filthy snake."
"Chizan's senjutsu, huh…"
Seeing that red glow, Gamabunta spat disdainfully. Namikaze Minato, on the other hand, looked over with a grave expression, then took a deep breath and withdrew his gaze, focusing once more on the Nine-Tails.
To push the senjutsu of Ryūchi Cave to this extent proved just how troublesome the enemy Gekko Chizan was facing really was.
And the truth was that Gekko Chizan was currently being besieged.
...
After tossing the Nine-Tails into Konoha, Uchiha Makito returned to Nagato's side.
The pitch-black Susanoo immediately thrust a spear straight into Tagitsuhime's serpentine body, which instantly enraged her.
"Nagato, you're useless. Dealing with a bastard like this, and you still haven't taken him down."
"The Nine-Tails has already gone berserk. Let's join forces and take him down!"
Uchiha Makito's Mangekyō Sharingan spun once more. The spear that had just pierced Tagitsuhime's serpentine body suddenly accelerated and lunged forward.
It directly pierced through the red serpent's body.
"Tagitsuhime, are you alright?"
"Hmph, just a small issue! Chizan, fall back! I'm going to swallow the two of them alive!"
The sneak attack caused Tagitsuhime's rage to surge once more.
At this moment, Tagitsuhime had fully revealed her serpentine form. Her crimson vertical pupils were filled with killing intent.
The surrounding air also became deadly and oppressive.
"The sage of Ryūchi Cave is very strong."
"Three of my clones have already been taken out."
Nagato clasped his hands together as the surrounding stones once again flew toward Tagitsuhime.
Uchiha Makito grinned.
"What sage? In the face of absolute power, all you can do is be crushed!"
"If an ordinary Susanoo can't take you down, then try this!"
"Complete Body!"
The originally pitch-black skeleton began to transform. Its body grew taller, and a layer of armor flickering with black flames covered it.
In the blink of an eye, it became a black giant clad in armor. With a wave of its right hand, the spear that had just pierced Tagitsuhime's body returned to its grasp.
The Complete Body Susanoo was revealed just like that.
Uchiha Makito stood at the brow of the Susanoo. He endured the stabbing pain in his eyes, his face filled with madness.
"Damn, Tagitsuhime, this can't be underestimated."
"I'll join the fight too."
Gekko Chizan knew very well how terrifying the Complete Body Susanoo was. He did not know whether Tagitsuhime alone could withstand it.
So he began to exert his full power as well. Empowered by senjutsu chakra, the Titan Python's body began to expand, and at the same time, with him as the center, everything around began to crystallize.
Tagitsuhime launched the first attack, opening her mouth to unleash a sea of flames—her fire poison.
"Crystal Release!"
A massive Eight Trigrams disc appeared once more, followed by countless beams of light firing out in rapid succession.
"Shinra Tensei!"
Nagato flashed forward, raised his hand, and unleashed a Shinra Tensei.
Relying on the terrifying repulsive force, he blocked all of their attacks.
Then came Uchiha Makito's assault.
"One filthy snake, one bastard."
"Die!"
Two long spears were hurled out violently, and then the Mangekyō Sharingan spun.
The spears that were still flying through the air instantly stabbed into the bodies of the red serpent and the Titan Python.
"Boom!"
Pierced through—once again both serpents were impaled and nailed straight into the ground.
"Damn it!"
"This guy's dōjutsu is so damn annoying!"
Damage to their energy bodies did not cause too much harm to their true forms, but it still left Gekko Chizan and Tagitsuhime extremely irritated.
That dōjutsu—Mukyō—when paired with attacks, was simply infuriating to deal with.
But waiting to die was never Gekko Chizan's style.
Just as Nagato and Uchiha Makito were about to smile—
The two gigantic serpents vanished.
Immediately after, a mass of blue light and a mass of red light directly enveloped them both.
"Did you really think I wouldn't do anything?"
"You destroyed my jutsu-marked kunai and thought I couldn't use the Flying Thunder God anymore?"
"Don't you know there's something called a moving, invisible coordinate?"
Gekko Chizan's cold laughter echoed right beside their ears.