The Nine-Tails was finally sealed away once more. Filled with hatred and resentment, it could no longer mount any effective resistance. With its sight, hearing, and sense of smell all stripped away, it was like a headless fly. Bound by Sealing Jutsu and the Sharingan, it could not move at all and could only watch as its enormous body once again dissolved entirely into Chakra. Kushina's body reappeared, absorbing all that Chakra into herself.
Having finished all this, Minato felt utterly exhausted. He hurried forward to check on Kushina and found her completely unconscious.
"It's over now," Fugaku said with a long sigh.
This battle had originally been a certain defeat, yet the tailed beast had turned everything upside down. He suddenly understood why the First Hokage had given tailed beasts to the other villages in the first place: so they could keep each other in check and no longer dare start wars so easily.
The power of a tailed beast was simply too terrifying. It was utterly beyond what human strength could compare to!
The three of them brought Kushina back inside the fortress.
The Konoha forces had already begun clearing the battlefield. Jiraiya had led a unit to support the Rain Ninja.
When they saw Zhen and the other three fly back, the many shinobi below broke into spontaneous cheers, celebrating this hard-won victory.
After landing, Fugaku could not help but marvel inwardly. The ability to fly was truly far too convenient. Among all shinobi in the ninja world, aside from Ōnoki of Iwagakure, it seemed only Zhen could fly.
If every Konoha shinobi could fly, they could sweep across the entire ninja world!
Zhen had entertained the same thought when he first gained the ability to fly. But passing on his own flying ability was far too