Bang!
The Gold Sand that had surged toward Minato Namikaze was swept away by several red Chakra tails, scattering in every direction.
As this Chakra continued to well up inside Minato, an evil, savage aura instantly swept out around him.
"Hmm?!"
"What's that aura?"
"That stinking fox?!"
Inside the sealed space.
Shukaku, sitting cross-legged like a potbellied Buddha, suddenly opened its eyes. The instant this Chakra leaked out, it had sensed an aura it loathed.
"Shukaku, is that the Nine-Tails?"
Souya stood before Shukaku, his face full of shock. He asked as though bracing for the worst.
He couldn't make sense of what was happening. The Nine-Tails Night had never occurred, so how could the Nine-Tails be inside Minato Namikaze?
Kushina was alive and well. At most, they could have split off half the Nine-Tails with her cooperation. But even if the Nine-Tails had been divided in two, shouldn't the other half have been sealed inside the Child of Prophecy?
Could that old Toad have had something to do with this too?
No, that couldn't be right!
If Minato Namikaze had sealed the other half of the Nine-Tails inside himself, he wouldn't have failed to use it during the battle with Orochimaru last time...
Even if he hadn't been a Perfect Jinchuriki then, he should still have been able to draw on the Nine-Tails Chakra with the powerful Eight Trigrams Seal.
While Souya's thoughts raced in a jumble, Shukaku suddenly spoke.
"No..."
"That isn't it!"
"This is just its Chakra. I can't see that obnoxious, smug dead fox..."
Shukaku narrowed its eyes and stared at Minato Namikaze's abdomen. After a moment, its expression eased, though it still looked displeased.
Even just the amount of Chakra Minato Namikaze had was already greater than that of Shukaku, the genuine Tailed Beast...
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