The Nine-Tails in Chains

"Ah!"

Minato couldn't believe it; the Nine-Tails was trapped like that.

As the Nine-Tails Chakra was continuously released, the spherical tree cluster continued to expand.

"Oh no, get out of here quickly!"

Orochimaru shouted loudly at the onlookers.

Warninged by Orochimaru, the ninjas quickly fled. Orochimaru also escaped underground.

"Boom."

With a deafening roar, the tree cluster was completely burst open, and the force of the explosion swept across the entire area, forming a mushroom cloud.

The fleeing ninjas were also thrown into the air by a tremendous force, crashing and tumbling over.

"Cough cough."

Jiraiya burst from the ground, having been thrown over by the explosion and then buried under the earth. The other ninjas fared much worse; some vomited blood after getting up, while others were dizzy and disoriented.

Orochimaru also emerged from the ground. Looking at the destruction caused by the explosion, he was also troubled. How long would it take to restore everything to its original state?

"It's a pity it wasn't a perfect Wood Release technique, but we did obtain experimental data."

The giant snake muttered to itself.

"Orochimaru, what should we do now?"

Jiraiya and Minato approached Orochimaru and asked him a question. Orochimaru's performance gave Jiraiya confidence that he could deal with the Nine-Tails.

The light emanating from Orochimaru slowly faded, and the markings on his body shrank and disappeared at his forehead.

Orochimaru, what are you doing?

"It will disappear naturally when the time is up. This seal technique has a time limit until it is perfected."

"Roar."

The Nine-Tails roared at Orochimaru, for this little guy had once again made him experience the effects of Wood Release, leaving him powerless. Now, the Nine-Tails' resentment towards Orochimaru had risen to third place, second only to the overpowered Hashirama Senju and Madara Uchiha.

With a powerful leap from its hind legs, the Nine-Tails- Tails sprang directly above Orochimaru, instantly unleashing a Tailed Beast Bomb with incredible speed.

Minato placed his hands on Orochimaru and Jiraiya's shoulders respectively. He activated the Flying Thunder God, and the three of them instantly teleported away. Just as they left, the Tailed Beast Bomb arrived at the location they had occupied.

"Boom."

The immense destructive force caused the earth to shake, and when the smoke cleared, a deep crater remained. Without Minato's help Orochimaru and Jiraiya would have been severely injured.

The Nine-Tails was searching everywhere for Orochimaru, determined to avenge him. Nine-Tails quickly detected Orochimaru's aura and immediately rushed towards its location.

The Nine-Tails arrived at an open space, where Orochimaru stood alone in the middle.

"Is this the burial ground you chose for yourself, you ant?"

The Nine-Tails mocked Orochimaru, because he was so confident that the person before him did not have the ability to kill him.

Orochimaru stared silently at Nine-Tails, as if he were looking at a lifeless object. This gaze ignited Nine-Tails's fury like a volcanic eruption, erupting swiftly. The thought that he, the mighty Nine-Tails, was being looked down upon by an ant was something he had never experienced before.

Ignoring any potential ambushes, Orochimaru charged straight at Orochimaru, its front paws slamming into the ground and lifting up a large chunk of rock, which Nine-Tails quickly sliced into pieces. Then, Nine-Tails unleashed a barrage of punches at Orochimaru, like a machine gun firing its weapon.

Orochimaru began to dodge quickly, constantly changing his position. When he couldn't dodge, he would use his hands and feet to block, but he didn't have the thick skin of Nine-Tails, and his hands and feet would feel pain.

While Orochimaru was busy dealing with the situation, Nine-Tails had already unknowingly approached Orochimaru. Nine-Tails used rocks as Nine-Tails, preventing Orochimaru from noticing its true purpose: to tear Orochimaru apart to vent its hatred.

The Nine-Tails- Tails lashed out with its claws at Orochimaru's body, already imagining the exhilarating feeling of tearing Orochimaru's body apart with its own claws. However, when its claws slid from Orochimaru's head to his abdomen, it didn't feel any flesh being touched. Just then, Orochimaru suddenly turned into a cloud of smoke and disappeared with a "pop."

Nine-Tails realized that it had fallen for this ant's trick again.

"Roar."

The Nine-Tails creature roared to the sky, unable to accept being deceived by the same person time and time again. Wouldn't it be better to have a fair and square duel? Why bother using your brain?

The Nine-Tails began unleashing Tailed Beast Bomb incessantly, trying to force Orochimaru out. He didn't believe the Konoha ninjas would allow him to wreak havoc on Konoha's territory like this.

Just as Nine-Tails was preparing to condense a giant Tailed Beast Bomb, a group of ninjas suddenly appeared, surrounding Nine-Tails and rapidly Hand Seals. Nine-Tails initially seemed unconcerned, but when the ninjas finished their hand Hand Seals and chains appeared from their bodies, Nine-Tails showed fear for the first time. It hadn't forgotten the purpose of those chains.

The Nine-Tails' days of imprisonment began with these chains. Before it could even launch its Nine-Tails Tailed Beast Bomb, it was entangled by the chains. First, its mouth was bound, then its limbs. As the chains tightened, the Nine-Tails instantly lost its footing and collapsed to the ground.

"It seems the Nine-Tails is nothing special after all!"

The Masked Man stood on the Hokage Rock, looking at the Nine-Tails and remarking with emotion.

"That's because the Sealing Jutsu of the Uzumaki Clan are too powerful."

Black Zetsu said, "Indeed, they are very strong. They could even seal their mother." Black Zetsu then looked up at the bright moon in the night sky. The Uzumaki Clan's Sealing Jutsu originated from the Sage of Sage of Six Paths' legacy, but without the power to protect the Sealing Jutsu, they were wiped out by a coalition of other ninja villages.

"What a pity."

What are your plans for the next stage?

Black Zetsu give the Masked Man a break. A working man should act like a working man and not expect to rest.

"I plan to recruit a group of powerful missing-nin. I alone am no match for Konoha. Stealing the Tailed Beast will be nothing but empty talk."

The Masked Man was still traumatized by the three-on-one fight earlier; it was just too much bullying. If you're so tough, fight one-on-one! I'll let you off the hook for now, but once I've gathered my men, I'll take on ten of you and crush you all.

"This is a good idea. The missing-nin are all quite strong, and they also harbor hatred for their former ninja villages, which fits our criteria perfectly."

Black Zetsu agreed with the Masked Man's suggestion; having some subordinates would save him from running around so much.

Let's go.

The Masked Man took a deep look at the Uchiha clan's territory, then turned and disappeared. Black Zetsu also glanced at the location of the Nine-Tails and slowly burrowed into the ground.

"Let me go."

The Nine-Tails shook its limbs violently, trying to disrupt the Ninjutsu, but the opposite was true; the chains tightened even more.