"The Tailed Beasts... there's only one left?"
As far as he knew, there should have been two sources of tailed beast chakra now.
One was the Nine-Tails' chakra, which he could currently sense. The other was the Vessel of the Ten-Tails, which had yet to fully revive.
Yet now, through the connection between Ten-Tails, he could find no trace of the other Ten-Tails, as though it had never existed at all.
"Where did that woman hide the Ten-Tails?"
Ōtsutsuki Isshiki suspected that the Ten-Tails' Vessel had been hidden away. Finding it would probably be impossible.
"Well, one Nine-Tails is still something."
With an explosive crack of air, Ōtsutsuki Isshiki vanished from where he stood and flew toward Kumogakure at tremendous speed.
Kumogakure.
"This is bad."
The instant a voice reached Naruto's ears, his consciousness sank. Turning around, he saw the enormous Kurama crouching on the ground.
"What's wrong, Kurama? You seem really worried."
There was undisguised terror on the Nine-Tails' face.
"So everything the Sage of Six Paths said was true?"
He had sensed the Ten-Tails Jinchuriki the moment he appeared.
There was no way he could fail to sense the Ten-Tails' chakra.
Although he did not know exactly what that being was, the instant he sensed him, he knew what lay at his core.
"It couldn't be anything else." The Nine-Tails lowered himself to the ground and stared gravely at Naruto.
"Listen carefully, Naruto. In the coming battle, don't think about how to defeat the enemy. Focus everything on buying time. As long as we hold out until that woman can spare a hand, we win. I'll support you with everything I have."
"Wait... Kurama, what do you mean? Explain it first!"
Before Naruto could hear the Nine-Tails' answer, a series of calls pulled him back to awareness.
"Naruto,