Kakuzu?
Naruto knew of him—a rogue ninja from Takigakure who had mastered the Forbidden Technique Earth Grudge Fear, an old bastard who had lived for many years.
Then he died.
When nearly every member of Akatsuki had mobilized to recruit him, Akatsuki clashed fiercely with Konoha's many powerful figures, and Kakuzu was killed by the immortal Uchiha Kazue.
"Don't lump me together with trash like him," Naruto said coldly. "We should be worrying about ourselves first. My father is almost mad with rage."
The two of them looked at Minato, who was preparing to charge again.
Minato's Dead Demon Consuming Seal needed only one final hand sign. Once he formed it, the Reaper would inevitably appear. Considering Minato's elusive speed, if he truly went mad, he might really take both of them out in one go.
"What is he planning to do?"
"Dead Demon Consuming Seal."
"Tch. The legendary top-tier Sealing Jutsu that summons the Reaper. I don't want to die that way."
As they spoke, the three clashed several more times.
Naruto barely roused his exhausted mind, manipulating the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue, Wood Golem, and Wood Dragon to desperately entangle Minato. Hiruko also unleashed Scorch Release and the White Rage Technique.
But neither of them managed to truly injure Minato.
Swish! Swish! Swish!
After several flashes, Minato landed atop the Thousand-Armed Buddha Statue, leaving spatial coordinates in several different places.
Hiruko was truly panicking. "Retreat! He's left coordinates everywhere. The longer this drags on, the more coordinates he'll have. He really might drag us down with him!"
He had only just obtained the Great Toad Sage's corpse. How could he be willing to die here?
Naruto nodded decisively as well. He immediately turned and created more than a dozen Wood Clones, which fled swiftly in different directions.
Watching Naruto